By Tina Burnside and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN A Southwest Airlines flight bound for Fort Lauderdale was forced to return to Havana, Cuba, on Sunday morning after reportedly experiencing bird strikes, the carrier says. In a statement to CNN Sunday, Southwest said the plane suffered bird strikes. “Southwest flight #3923 departing Havana, Cuba, for Fort Lauderdale,
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By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Charlisse Leger-Walker scored 23 points and Bella Murekatete added 21 to help Washington State earn a trip to the NCAA Tournament by beating No. 19 UCLA 65-61 in the Pac-12 Championship. It was the first-ever tournament championship for the Washington State women. Up by three with
Continue Reading By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Memphis Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins says there’s no timetable for Ja Morant to return to the team. The two-time All-Star isn’t in Los Angeles for games against the Clippers and Lakers while the NBA investigates a social media post in which Morant appeared to be
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nicolas Deslauriers, Noah Cates and Scott Laughton scored goals for the Philadelphia Flyers and Carter Hart stopped 24 shots in a 3-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings. David Perron scored his 16th goal for the Red Wings and Ville Husso had 34 saves. Deslauriers and
Continue Reading By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Jalen Green scored 31 points and the Houston Rockets got a 142-110 victory over San Antonio, beating the Spurs for the second straight night in a matchup of the Western Conference’s worst teams. The Rockets snapped an 11-game skid with a 122-110 win Saturday night in
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Las secuelas de “Rocky” no son precisamente conocidas por sus oponentes llenos de matices, así que hay que reconocerle a “Creed III” el mérito de intentar dar cuerpo a su antagonista, interpretado por Jonathan Majors. Sin embargo, el desarrollo de la historia de fondo ralentiza el ritmo, en una película que por
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COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) — A massive fire at a crammed refugee camp for Rohingya Muslims in southern Bangladesh has left thousands of the refugees homeless. No casualties have been reported at Balukhali camp in Cox’s Bazar district. The UNHCR in Bangladesh said in a tweet that Rohingya refugee volunteers responded to the fire on
Continue Reading INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Running back Devon Achane of Texas A&M outdueled former Texas Longhorns star Bijan Robinson by posting the fastest 40-yard dash at the NFL’s annual scouting combine workout. Achane finished in 4.32 seconds and was one of three backs to break the 4.4 mark. Robinson was fifth on the list at 4.46. Chase
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Paul Manafort, the former chairman of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, has agreed to pay $3.15 million to settle a civil case filed by the Justice Department over undeclared foreign bank accounts. When the civil case was filed in April 2022, prosecutors alleged that Manafort had failed to disclose more than 20
Continue Reading By KIRK KERN Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Ivan Barbashev scored his first two goals with Vegas and Jonathan Quick got his first victory with the Golden Knights in a 4-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens. Shea Theodore and Reilly Smith also scored for Vegas, which got its third straight home win. Quick —
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By Daniel Dale, CNN As president, Donald Trump made some of his most thoroughly dishonest speeches at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. As he embarks on another campaign for the presidency, Trump delivered another CPAC doozy Saturday night. Trump’s lengthy address to the right-wing gathering in Maryland was filled with wildly inaccurate claims about
Continue Reading LINDENHURST, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a small plane trying to return to a Long Island airport after the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit crashed, leaving one person dead and the two others aboard with critical injuries. Suffolk County Police say no one on the ground was hurt when the single-engine plane crashed Sunday
Continue Reading By DICK SCANLON Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Damian Lillard scored eight of his 41 points from the foul line in the final three minutes Sunday night to the lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 122-119 win over the Orlando Magic. Jerami Grant added 20 points, six rebounds and seven assists for the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As warmer weather returns, more people are visiting outdoor hiking and biking spots. But officials remind us of a few things to keep in mind before stepping foot on the trails. “This time of year people are gonna be out in the parks and on the trails,” Assistant Chief for the Boone
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Hit Japanese manga “One Piece” is coming to Netflix as a live-action series — a development that’s both exciting and worrisome for fans who have seen mixed success in a growing list of Hollywood adaptations. Chronicling the coming-of-age adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a young pirate with
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By Isabella Roberts COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The U.S. Supreme Court is mulling over a decision after hearing oral arguments for several lawsuits against President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program, including one led by Missouri’s Attorney General. More than 26 million people applied for this program when it was launched in October of last year
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo Hong Kong (CNN) — China estableció un objetivo oficial de crecimiento económico de “alrededor del 5%” para 2023, ya que busca reactivar la segunda economía más grande del mundo después de un año de crecimiento tibio debido a las medidas pandémicas. También ampliará su presupuesto de defensa un 7,2%, lo que supone un
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — After a decade in Chinese President Xi Jinping’s shadow, Li Keqiang is taking his final bow as the country’s premier, marking a shift away from the skilled technocrats who have helped steer the world’s second-biggest economy in favor of officials known mainly for their unquestioned loyalty to China’s most powerful leader in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on the Columbia Tribune’s Chris Kwiecinski this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The two talked about both Mizzou men’s basketball and football. Head coach Dennis Gates and company beat Ole Miss on Saturday to end regular-season action. That and an Auburn win, earned MU a
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Según una nueva investigación, una dieta “de tipo keto” baja en carbohidratos y rica en grasas podría estar relacionada con niveles más elevados de colesterol “malo” y duplicar el riesgo de sufrir episodios cardiovasculares como obstrucción de las arterias, infartos de miocardio y accidentes cerebrovasculares. “Nuestro estudio halló que el consumo regular
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