By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri has rewarded coach Eliah Drinkwitz a contract extension through the 2028 season after he led the Tigers to an 11-2 record and a victory over Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl. Drinkwitz’s contract was due to expire after the 2027 season. The extension
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — En 2024 llegan grandes estrenos en el cine y la televisión. Tendremos regresos altamente esperados como “Dune”, “Beetlejuice” y “Joker”, y también nuevas producciones como “Avatar”, “Zorro” y “El Pingüino”. A continuación, te presentamos algunos de los nuevos filmes y series de TV que se estrenan en 2024. Netflix “Avatar: The
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood closed out an up and down 2023 with “Wonka” regaining No. 1 at the box office, strong sales for “The Color Purple” and an overall $9 billion in ticket sales that improved on 2022’s grosses but fell about $2 billion shy of pre-pandemic norms.
Continue ReadingADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Former world champion cyclist Rohan Dennis is reported to have been charged in connection with the death of his wife, Olympic cyclist Melissa Hoskins, who died after being struck by a vehicle while riding in Adelaide. Australian media reports said Dennis has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving, endangering
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — A member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political party has offered one of the party’s first public apologies for the internal strife that preceded Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. Knesset member Galit Distel Atbaryan gave a searingly personal mea culpa in an interview with Israel’s Channel 13 on Sunday. She said: “I’m here
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Just two days after defeating No. 7 Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl, Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz has received a contract extension. The UM Board of Curators approved an extension on Sunday for Drinkwitz that lasts through the 2028 season, according to a press release. Drinkwitz was named the SEC Coach
Continue ReadingBy Ezra Kaplan Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Newly released body cam footage shows the last hour of a man’s life who died in police custody on Dec. 13. The audio and video paint a picture of officers frustrated with emergency room staff who insisted on discharging a man
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — A U.N. spokesperson says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has closed an international tribunal that was created to investigate the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Over the years, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon held in absentia proceedings and found three members of the militant Hezbollah group guilty in connection with
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says a lithium-ion battery fire on a cargo ship is out after days of burning off the coast of Alaska. That is according to a statement late Saturday. The 19 crew members of the ship, Genius Star XI, were uninjured and technicians from the Salvage
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By Nadia Kounang, CNN (CNN) — On Sunday, the US Food and Drug Administration warned consumers of possible bacterial contamination of Reckitt/Mead Johnson’s Nutramigen Hypoallergenic Powdered Infant Formula Products. The specialty formula is a hypoallergenic infant formula used by infants allergic to cow’s milk. The manufacturers voluntarily recalled 675,030 cans of the formula on December
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shecky Greene, the gifted comic and master improviser who became the consummate Las Vegas lounge headliner and was revered by his peers and live audiences as one of the greatest standup acts of his generation, has died. He was 97. His widow, Marie Musso Green,
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — La reina Margarita II de Dinamarca anunció que abdicará a principios de 2024, tras más de cinco décadas de reinado. Margarita cederá el trono a su hijo, el príncipe heredero Federico, según dijo en su tradicional discurso de Nochevieja retransmitido por la televisión danesa. Citó una operación de espalda en febrero de
Continue ReadingOpinion by David Mark (CNN) — Editor’s Note: David Mark is a political journalist, author and public speaker. He is the author of “Going Dirty: The Art of Negative Campaigning” and co-author of “Dog Whistles, Walk-Backs, and Washington Handshakes: Decoding the Jargon Slang and Bluster of American Political Speech.” The views expressed in this commentary are his
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KEYTON Associated Press STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II announced Sunday that she plans to abdicate after 52 years and hand over the throne to her son, Crown Prince Frederik. The queen, who is Europe’s longest-reigning living monarch, announced during her New Year’s speech that she would step down on Jan.
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, elogió a quienes participan en lo que llama eufemísticamente su “operación militar especial” en Ucrania y dijo que Rusia “será aún más fuerte”, en su discurso de Año Nuevo a la nación, mientras varias ciudades rusas han anunciado que cancelan festividades en solidaridad con el
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sportsbook director Jay Kornegay is anticipating massive crowds at Westgate’s Las Vegas location this weekend and Monday to bet on the two College Football Playoff semifinal games. Part of it is timing. Last season’s games were on New Year’s Eve; this season’s are on New
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Billie Eilish set out to write the “Barbie” movie’s end credits song “What Was I Made For?” about the titular Mattel doll at the center of the summer’s biggest blockbuster. But the result was a bit more personal than the Grammy winner intended. “I swear to God, I never
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By AnneClaire Stapleton, CNN (CNN) — In a surprise move Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has announced she will abdicate her role early in 2024, after a reign lasting more than five decades. Margrethe, 83, will hand over the throne to her son, Crown Prince Frederik, she said in her traditional New Year’s Eve speech broadcast
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CNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — In the year since Jeremy Renner almost lost his life in a freak New Year’s Day accident, the Marvel star has proved himself just as much a superhero offscreen. It was on New Year’s Day 2023 that the “Avengers” actor was crushed near his Nevada home while
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By Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu suggested Sunday that Chris Christie should drop out of the 2024 presidential race before his state’s primary, declaring the former New Jersey governor has reached a “dead end.” Sununu, who has endorsed former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in the Republican primary, told CNN’s Dana Bash on
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