By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Rizzo gave two bottles of wine to each of his New York Yankees teammates on opening day. Rizzo purchased 26 boxes, each with two bottles of wine from the Il Cellese winery in Castellina in Chianti, Italy, near Siena. Rizzo visited there for a
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By Katie Hunt, CNN Plants make popping sounds that are undetectable to the human ear, according to recordings made in a new study — and they make more sounds when thirsty or under other kinds of stress. The research shakes up what most botanists thought they knew about the plant kingdom, which had been considered
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Columbia police have announced no arrests in connection with three separate shootings over two days this week.
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN The shooter who killed three children and three adults at The Covenant School in Nashville used three of seven legally purchased firearms in America’s latest massacre. Audrey Hale, a 28-year-old former student who was under care for an emotional disorder, was in possession of an AR-15 military-style rifle, a 9 mm
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — The Cleveland Guardians locked up two more key players to long-term contracts before opening another season. The AL defending champions signed All-Star second baseman Andrés Giménez to a seven-year contract and completed a four-year deal with reliever Trevor Stephan before facing the Mariners in their opener on Thursday night. Giménez’s $106.5 million
Continue ReadingBy RAEGAN SCHARFETTER Click here for updates on this story FORT WORTH (KTVT) — An investigation is underway after a 2-year-old girl possibly shot herself at a Fort Worth home Wednesday night. Around 11:30 p.m. March 29, police were sent to a shooting call at a home in the 2600 block of Aiken Lane. When
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By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business ABC News on Thursday stunned staffers, laying off several senior executives and restructuring its newsroom amid a broader workforce reduction being carried out by its parent company Disney, people familiar with the matter told CNN. “Throughout the company, teams are being impacted by the downsizing that was announced several weeks
Continue ReadingBy MARISSA ARMAS Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — Wednesday was the first day of the annual conference for the National Association for Chicana and Chicano studies. This year the conference is in Denver and is celebrating its 51st anniversary. This is the first in-person conference the organization has held since
Continue Reading LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Russian players are set to return to table tennis events after the sport’s governing body followed the International Olympic Committee’s advice to let them compete as neutrals. The decision by the International Table Tennis Federation paves the way for players from Russia and its ally Belarus to end a year-long exclusion
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Five people, including three children, had minor injuries after a car smashed into another parked vehicle Wednesday in Jefferson City. The car’s driver, Danielle Bailey, 28, was “visibly intoxicated” and arrested at the scene, police said in a news release. Bailey was driving a Nissan Altima in the 1400 block of
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HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — Police in Connecticut have charged former Quinnipiac University basketball player Dezmond “Dezi” Jones in connection with what appears to be a domestic violence incident involving a female student at the school who also was arrested. Hamden police charged Jones with misdemeanor strangulation/suffocation and disorderly conduct on Tuesday. They also charged Ava
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By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Protesters chanted “Save our children!” inside and outside of the Tennessee Capital as lawmakers resumed work for the first time since this week’s mass shooting at a Christian school in Nashville. Among those who filled the state Senate chamber’s gallery on Thursday were
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer DALLAS (AP) — Indiana coach Teri Moren is The Associated Press college women’s basketball coach of the year. She led Indiana to its first Big Ten regular season championship in 40 years. The Hoosiers rose to No. 2 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll and earned the school’s
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer DALLAS (AP) — Indiana coach Teri Moren is The Associated Press college women’s basketball coach of the year. She led Indiana to its first Big Ten regular season championship in 40 years. The Hoosiers rose to No. 2 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll and earned the school’s
Continue Reading By Anna Bahney, CNN Homebuyers saw another week of falling mortgage rates, with the average rate dropping last week for the third week in a row, according to data from Freddie Mac released Thursday. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.32% in the week ending March 30, down from 6.42% the week before. A year ago,
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Face facts: Khloe Kardashian is not going to let people play with her about her looks. The reality star and entrepreneur posted a video of her workout on her verified Instagram account Wednesday. which included an appearance by her 4-year-old daughter, True. Kardashian explains her workout routine in the caption
Continue Reading TRURO, Nova Scotia (AP) — A public inquiry has found widespread failures in how Canada’s federal police force responded to the country’s worst mass shooting and recommends that the government rethink the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s central role in the country’s policing. In a seven-volume report released Thursday, the Mass Casualty Commission also says the
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By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Ethnic rebels and independent media in Myanmar say air strikes by Myanmar’s military on a village in the country’s northwest have killed at least eight civilians, including two children. They say the attack in Chin state near the Indian border also wounded 20 people. It came three
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FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Tony Skinn has been hired to coach men’s basketball at George Mason. Skinn was a starting guard who helped the Patriots reach the Final Four during March Madness as an 11-seed in 2006. Skinn replaces Kim English, who left George Mason for Providence after Ed Cooley departed Providence for Georgetown. Skinn
Continue ReadingBy KCAL KCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story CALIFORNIA (KCAL, KCBS) — A number of powerful storms that have hit in recent months have led to an unprecedented buildup of trash along the Southern California coastline. Mounds of debris could be seen all over Long Beach Wednesday evening, with yet another storm
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