By Eric Bradner, Omar Jimenez and Bill Kirkos, CNN Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is fighting for her political survival, seeking to finish in the top two in Tuesday’s crowded primary and advance to an April runoff in her quest for a second term. Lightfoot, the first Black woman and first out gay person to serve
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MAINZ, Germany (AP) — Striker Ludovic Ajorque and teenage forward Nelson Weiper scored their first goals for Mainz as it routed Borussia Mönchengladbach 4-0 to move up to seventh place in the Bundesliga. South Korea winger Lee Jae-Sung scored in the 25th minute for the home side and Denmark forward Marcus Ingvartsen struck early into
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Tonight: Overnight lows cool to the upper 20s with a light wintry mix expected after 8 PM. Surface temperatures look to remain above freezing meaning travel impacts or low to none. Winds switch out of the northwest at 5 mph. Tomorrow: Saturday sees a shift of winds out of the west/southwest leading to a warming
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Spanish police say six people have been detained for their alleged involvement in a scheme to possibly fix the result of a Copa del Rey game. The game under investigation is Levante’s 8-0 victory at lower-tier Huracán Melilla on Dec. 2, 2021. The cup game was in Melilla, one of Spain’s two
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) For the second time in his career, Matt Nagy is the offensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs. KC promoted the 2022 quarterbacks coach to offensive coordinator, after former OC Eric Bieniemy took a job with the Washington Commanders. Nagy was Kansas City’s offensive coordinator in 2016 and 2017, before he
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The preliminary findings of an autopsy indicate Thomas E. Gifford’s death was a homicide, according to a Camden County Sheriff’s Office press release on Friday. Pathologists from Southwest Forensics conducted an autopsy on Gifford’s body earlier this week, the press release stated. Gifford’s death was ruled suspicious last week. He was 62.
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By Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN A suicide prevention committee that was established by the Pentagon last year is recommending instituting a waiting period for gun purchases on bases and raising the minimum age for buying firearms in an attempt to reduce the number of suicides among service members. The Suicide Prevention and Response
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Florida Panthers goaltender Spencer Knight is out indefinitely while he receives care from the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program. The league and Players’ Association announced Knight’s absence Friday. Knight will continue to be paid while receiving treatment. He can return to the team once he’s cleared for on-ice competition by program administrators.
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Estados Unidos tiene información de inteligencia de que el gobierno de China considera proporcionar a Rusia drones y municiones para usar en la guerra en Ucrania, le dijeron a CNN tres fuentes familiarizadas con la inteligencia. Ahora bien, parece que Beijing todavía no ha tomado una decisión final, aclararon las fuentes, pero
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Olympic ice dancers Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean Luc Baker withdrew Friday from figure skating’s world championships as they continue to prioritize their physical and mental health. Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko will take their place next month in Saitama, Japan. Hawayak and Baker were 11th at last year’s Beijing Games
Continue ReadingBy WLWT Staff Click here for updates on this story WARREN COUNTY, Ohio (WLWT) — Kings Local School District and the Warren County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help finding two students believed to have run away together. The Warren County Sheriff’s Office said sophomores, Ella Cecrle and Logan Dunn, didn’t return home from school
Continue Reading PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Ron Hextall says isn’t bothered by fans clamoring for him to be fired. Chants of “Fire Hextall” erupted several times during a dismal 7-2 loss to Edmonton that dropped the Penguins to 10th place in the Eastern Conference. Hextall says he understands the team has not met expectations
Continue Reading JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Backup quarterback C.J. Beathard signed a two-year contract extension with the Jacksonville Jaguars. The move keeps him from hitting free agency next month. Beathard spent the last two seasons as Trevor Lawrence’s backup. He played in six games, with most of the work coming in mop-up duty. He’s 2-10 as an
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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — U.S. first lady Jill Biden said Friday that she feels a kinship with Africans during her sixth visit to the continent, telling The Associated Press in an exclusive interview that she wants to support nations fighting for democracy — “just like I feel we’re doing in
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Prosecutors say a nonprofit organization that provides services for foster c children and youth with special needs in Missouri will pay a $1.8 million fine for overbilling the federal government. Federal and Missouri officials announced Friday that Great Circle, based in Webster Groves, also agreed to several compliance orders after
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RUSSELLVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County Sheriff’s Department said in a Friday press release that it arrested a man allegedly connected to vandalism in Russellville. The 21-year-old Russellville man was arrested Friday morning in the 4900 block of Marion Street. The man was not named in the press release. The Department had multiple complaints of
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By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russians in Moscow and other cities brought flowers to Ukrainian poets and held one-person pickets with antiwar slogans to mark the first anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Russian media and rights groups reported at least a dozen detentions on Friday. OVD-Info, a legal aid group
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By Sara Murray and Jason Morris, CNN The judge who oversaw a special grand jury investigating efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia says he instructed jurors they were prevented from discussing deliberations but did not face restrictions in talking about the panel’s final report. “The
Continue Reading By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s leader is giving qualified support for China’s new involvement in trying to resolve the war in his country. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Beijing’s interest isn’t a bad thing and could be useful in isolating Russia. He says the question is what actions follow China’s words.
Continue Reading By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Some top Idaho officials are raising alarms after the state’s Republican attorney general declined to join a 24-state lawsuit against Biden administration waterway protections. Opponents say the new water rules could impact public and private land across the state. Instead, Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador’s office
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