By HANNA ARHIROVA and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia unleashed a massive missile barrage across Ukraine early Thursday, targeting energy infrastructure in the first attack on such a scale in three weeks. Ukrainian officials reported injuries and hits on residential buildings. Air raid sirens wailed for hours across Ukraine, including the
Continue Reading By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and DAVID BAUDER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In May 2018, the nation’s top Republicans needed help. So they called on the founder of Fox News, Rupert Murdoch. President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell were trying to stop West Virginia Republicans from nominating Don Blankenship, who had been
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By Kate Sullivan and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is calling for changing the retirement age for Americans currently in their 20s and limiting Social Security and Medicare benefits for wealthier Americans, staking out a position on the politically controversial issue of entitlement reform that’s already been the subject of attacks from
Continue Reading By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas inmate is facing execution for the drug-related killings of four people more than 30 years ago. Arthur Brown Jr. is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. The 52-year-old was condemned for the June 1992 deaths
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By Sebastian Shukla, Alex Marquardt and Kosta Hak, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin sat across from his defense minister in the Kremlin last April, slouched in his seat and gripping the table. They were discussing Russia’s siege of the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works plant in the strategic city of Mariupol, in southeastern Ukraine. To
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By Masrur Jamaluddin and Rhea Mogul, CNN Two Indonesian soccer officials were sentenced up to 18 months in prison by a court on Thursday over a deadly stadium crush last year that killed more than 130 people and injured hundreds more in what was one of the sport’s worst disasters. The sentences were the first
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By Jacob Lev, CNN Texas Tech men’s head basketball coach Mark Adams has stepped down from his role, the university announced on Wednesday, days after he was suspended for what the school called an “inappropriate, unacceptable, and racially insensitive comment.” Texas Tech director of athletics Kirby Hocutt determined that the comment was “unintentional and an
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By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kawhi Leonard scored 24 points, Paul George had 23 and the Los Angeles Clippers broke away in the second half to beat the Toronto Raptors 108-100 on Wednesday night. Leonard also had season-high 12 rebounds against the team he helped lead to the NBA title
Continue Reading SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A U.S. lineup expected to provide plenty of power managed just four hits in a 5-1 exhibition loss to the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night ahead of the team’s participation in the World Baseball Classic. Mark DeRosa finally got a chance to make his managerial debut with the U.S. team
Continue Reading By The Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Led by Jaylen Murray’s 22 points, the Saint Peter’s Peacocks defeated the Rider Broncs 70-62 in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament quarterfinal.
Continue Reading BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Led by Davon Barnes’ 19 points, the Texas Southern Tigers defeated the Alcorn State Braves 66-62 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament.
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China’s leader Xi Jinping has called for “more quickly elevating the armed forces to world-class standards,” in a speech days after he warned the country was threatened by a U.S.-led campaign of “containment, encirclement and suppression of China.” China must maximize its “national strategic capabilities” in a bid to “systematically upgrade the
Continue Reading By CRAIG MEYER Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Nikola Vucevic had 25 points and 15 rebounds, Zach LaVine scored 29 points on 12-of-18 shooting and the Chicago Bulls gave their playoff hopes an unexpected boost with a 117-96 victory against the Western Conference-leading Denver Nuggets. It was Vucevic’s 40th double-double of the season. With the
Continue Reading By The Associated Press FRISCO, Texas — Led by Quincy Olivari’s 18 points, the Rice Owls defeated the UTSA Roadrunners 72-71 in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament.
Continue Reading By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Dallas Mavericks star guard Luka Doncic says he’s unsure how he injured his left thigh or how serious it might be. Doncic had to leave the Mavericks’ 113-106 loss in New Orleans during the third quarter because of pain that he says was affecting his
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — Desi-Rae Young scored 28 points and pulled down 17 rebounds to lead No. 21 UNLV to its 22nd win and second-straight NCAA Tournament with a 71-60 win over Wyoming in the Mountain West Conference Tournament championship game. Essence Booker added 19 points for the Rebels, who are headed to the NCAA’s
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By Morgan Rimmer and Clare Foran, CNN Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is being treated for a concussion and is staying at a hospital for observation after a fall at a hotel in Washington, DC, on Wednesday evening. “Leader McConnell tripped at a dinner event Wednesday evening and has been admitted to the hospital and
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has approved a resolution renewing an arms embargo and other sanctions imposed over violence in Sudan’s western Darfur region that began in 2004. Russia and China abstained in Wednesday’s vote, calling the Darfur conflict largely over. The resolution approved on a
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say three Los Angeles police officers have been shot and hospitalized while the suspect remains barricaded in a neighborhood east of Los Angeles. Police say officers went to the Lincoln Heights area at around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday and the shootings were reported about two hours later. Police Chief Michel Moore
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By Amy Simonson, CNN Former Seattle SuperSonics star Shawn Kemp, who was arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting incident Wednesday, was released from jail and no charges will be filed at this time, according to a spokesperson for a prosecutor’s office in Washington state. In a statement emailed to CNN on Thursday, Pierce County
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