LOS ANGELES (AP) — Purdue center Zach Edey has won the John R. Wooden Award as the nation’s top men’s college basketball player. The announcement was made Tuesday on ESPN. Edey is the first Canadian-born winner and the second player from Purdue to be honored, joining Glenn Robinson in 1994. The 7-foot-4 Edey is the
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By Cheri Mossburg and Christina Maxouris, CNN The family of an 18-year-old woman who was fatally shot by a California school safety officer in 2021 reached a $13 million settlement agreement with the Long Beach Unified School District in their civil case, family attorneys said in a news conference Tuesday. Manuela “Mona” Rodriguez was shot
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By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America The North Dakota Senate passed a series of bills on Monday that would restrict transgender people’s rights in sports, health care, schools, workplaces and daily life. Doctors would be prohibited from providing gender-affirming care to people under 18, and transgender boys wouldn’t be allowed to join girls’ sports
Continue Reading By PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn coach Dan Hurley let the moment envelope him Tuesday on the 40-mile ride from Bradley International Airport back to campus watching the fans who hung signs from highway overpasses and lined the streets leading into Storrs. More than 7,000 people gathered inside Gampel Pavilion, Connecticut’s
Continue Reading By LISA BAUMANN Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Washington state has purchased a three-year supply of a leading abortion medication in anticipation of a court ruling that could limit its availability, Gov. Jay Inslee said Tuesday. The Democratic governor said he ordered the Department of Corrections, which has a pharmacy license, to buy 30,000
Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press SANTA ANA PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is in New Mexico to roll out details of what federal officials are billing as the first-of-its-kind pilot program to prevent wildlife-vehicle collisions and improve connections between habitats. States, Native American tribes and local governments will be able
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Andrés García, reconocido actor en México de origen dominicano, murió a los 81 años, confirmó este martes Margarita Portillo, esposa del artista. García fue conocido por una vasta carrera en cine y televisión y notables papeles como galán de telenovelas mexicanas. Margarita, viuda de Andrés García: Sostuve su mano hasta el
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police raided Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City early Wednesday and attacked Palestinian worshippers, Palestinian media reported, raising fears of wider tension as Islamic and Jewish holidays overlap. Tension has already been high in east Jerusalem and the West Bank for months, and fears of further violence were fueled with the
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — An Indigenous anti-mining activist has been killed in a violent part of western Mexico. Authorities confirmed Tuesday that Eustacio Alcalá was found dead days after he disappeared. Alcalá had led a fight to prevent an iron ore mine from opening near his Nahua village of San Juan Huitzontla. The village is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former President Donald Trump faced a Manhattan Judge Tuesday for an arraignment. Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, according to the Associated Press. Trump is the first president in U.S. history to be criminally charged, but despite being charged the former president says he still
Continue Reading LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Newly crowned NCAA champion UConn will headline the 2024 Maui Invitational. The field, announced on Tuesday, will be stacked once again, with North Carolina, Michigan State and Auburn joining the Huskies at the tiny Lahaina Civic Center from Nov. 25-27. The field also will include Colorado, Dayton, Iowa State and Memphis.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Board president Scott Hovis was among the three winners for the Jefferson City Board of Education on Tuesday. Five candidates were listed on Tuesday’s ballots for three seats. Hovis and fellow incumbent Brad Bates took the most votes, with Suzanne Luther also winning a spot on the board. Michael Harvey and
Continue Reading By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Polls have closed in Chicago as voters choose a new mayor to lead the heavily Democratic city. Tuesday’s runoff pitted former Chicago schools CEO Paul Vallas against progressive Brandon Johnson. Vallas is a moderate Democrat endorsed by Chicago’s police union and major business groups. Johnson is a
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Save the date because Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker’s wedding special is set to premiere on April 13. The special, titled “Til Death Do Us Part Kourtney & Travis,” will stream on Hulu and feature appearances by Kris Jenner, Kim Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian, Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner, according to a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education will have three new faces when it meets again. April Ferrao, John Lyman and Paul Harper took the top three spots in the field of seven. The group included only one incumbent — Chris Horn. Horn came in fifth place behind former state Rep. Chuck Basye. Ferrao
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Veteran offensive lineman Josh Wells has signed a one-year deal with Jacksonville. He returns to the Jaguars after four seasons in Tampa Bay. Wells was an undrafted rookie from James Madison in 2014. He spent the first five years of his NFL career with Jacksonville. He started nine games and missed
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By Dan Heching, CNN If anyone was still wondering if Donald Glover is still bitter about being passed over to join the cast of “Saturday Night Live,” it turns out the opposite is true. In a new interview with GQ published Tuesday, the “Atlanta” star reflected on the fact that he failed to land either
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By Dan Heching, CNN In what will surely delight action movie audiences worldwide, it looks like John Wick isn’t going anywhere any time soon. The notoriously unkillable assassin played by Keanu Reeves — who has portrayed the character in four films thus far, most recently in last month’s well-received “John Wick: Chapter 4” — will
Continue Reading By PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn coach Dan Hurley let the moment envelope him Tuesday on the 40-mile ride from Bradley International Airport back to campus watching the fans who hung signs from highway overpasses and lined the streets leading into campus. More than 7,000 people gathered inside Gampel Pavilion, Connecticut’s
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Andrés Manuel López Obrador, presidente de México, dijo el martes que le escribió a su homólogo chino, Xi Jinping, para pedir su colaboración en el control de envíos de fentanilo de China a México. “Sería un apoyo inestimable contar con información sobre quiénes importan esta sustancia, en qué cantidad, en qué embarcaciones”,
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