By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — RayJ Dennis shook off a tough start to score 13 points and lead No. 14 Baylor to a 68-56 victory over Cincinnati in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament. Jalen Bridges added 12 points and eight rebounds as the No. 3 seed in
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lori Shelton can’t fathom ever having the money to buy a home — and that’s a major reason why so many voters feel down on the economy ahead of this year’s presidential election. Shelton, 67, drives an Uber to help pay rent in Aurora, Colorado. An advance
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Chiefs added a new playmaker to their offense on Thursday night. Wide receiver Marquise Brown confirmed on social media that he is joining the Chiefs. ESPN’s Adam Schefter is reporting that Brown agreed to a one-year deal worth as much as $11 million. “Hollywood” Brown posted 51 catches
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp will back his fellow Republicans’ presidential ticket in November. That does not mean he will cheerlead for former President Donald Trump or even endorse him by name. “I’m going to support the nominee,” Kemp told reporters this week after Trump won his state’s
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By Ivana Kottasová, Olga Voitovych and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Russian forces deported Bohdan Yermokhin from the occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol in the spring of 2022, flew him to Moscow on a government plane and placed him into a foster family. He was sent to a patriotic camp near the capital
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By Kevin Liptak and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Saginaw, Michigan and Milwaukee (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s weeklong tour of swing states aimed to prove he can still stump the old way for his last campaign in a long life of politics, a state-by-state argument to convince voters that he remains the best man for the job.
Continue Reading By Daniel Strauss and Brian Rokus, CNN (CNN) — Republican National Committee members have received a three-page memo from Chairman Michael Whatley announcing and explaining various aspects of the RNC’s merger with the Trump campaign. The memo arrives days after former President Donald Trump clinched the GOP nomination and nearly a week after Donald Trump’s
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Diksha Madhok, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — As TikTok fans in the United States worry about losing access to the wildly-popular social media app, there are lessons they can learn from a country on the other side of the world. On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives passed a bill that could lead
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — Australia says it will restore funding to the United Nations relief agency for Palestinians. Several weeks ago, the agency lost hundreds of millions of dollars in support because of Israeli allegations that some of its Gaza-based staff participated in the Oct. 7 attack. The Australian government pledged Friday to increase aid for
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Olivia Rodrigo puso anticonceptivos de emergencia a disposición de quienes asistieron al concierto de su gira “Guts” en Missouri el martes, como parte de su iniciativa Fund 4 Good. Como se pudo ver en las redes sociales, en el interior del local de St. Louis donde actuó Rodrigo se pusieron
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Editor’s Note: The original version of this story had the incorrect time for when the 911 call was made. It has been corrected. Nashville’s Urban Search And Rescue Team on Thursday continued to search along the riverbank for 22-year-old University Of Missouri student Riley Strain. In a press conference this afternoon, Metro Nashville police said there
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs and Marquise Brown have agreed on a one-year deal that could be worth up to $11 million. That’s according to a person familiar with the contract. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the contract had not been signed.
Continue Reading By Sabrina Souza and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — A Manhattan judge on Thursday denied a motion to dismiss federal bribery and extortion charges against Sen. Bob Menendez on grounds of legislative immunity. The New Jersey Democrat had argued that the charges violated the Constitution’s separation of powers doctrine and Speech or Debate Clause, which
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Despite falling just one game short of its second state championship win in program history, Jefferson City Boys Basketball did capture its best finish to a season in more than three decades on Thursday night. The Jays lost to De Smet Jesuit 75-56 in the MSHSAA Class 5 State Championship, earning second
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Esa-Pekka Salonen will leave the San Francisco Symphony following the 2024-25 season, just his fifth as music director. Salonen announced his departure Thursday with a statement critical of the orchestra’s leadership. Salonen says: “I do not share the same goals for the future of the institution as the board of governors
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By Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN (CNN) — The presiding judge in former President Donald Trump’s Georgia election subversion case said he will deliver his decision on the ethics allegations against District Attorney Fani Willis on Friday and that it will not “be based on politics.” Georgia Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee confirmed to CNN affiliate
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — More passengers who were aboard an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 jet when part of its fuselage blew out in January are suing — including one who says his life was saved by a seat belt. The latest lawsuit, representing seven passengers, was filed in Washington’s King County Superior Court Thursday against Boeing,
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El jefe de Seguridad del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de República Dominicana, el general Mao Gómez Vásquez, dijo a CNN que un puente aéreo humanitario de las Naciones Unidas para ayudar a Haití podría entrar en funcionamiento la semana entrante. Gómez Vásquez reveló que las autoridades dominicanas solicitaron a sus
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Defense attorneys for Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge to dismiss a grand jury indictment against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western movie “Rust.” Defense attorneys on Thursday accused prosecutors of unfairly “stacking the deck”
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — La justicia dominicana dictó este jueves una pena de prisión de 20 años más indemnización contra John Kelly Martínez por el homicidio de la adolescente Esmeralda Richiez en República Dominicana, informó el Ministerio Público ese país. Además de la condena por infanticidio, envenenamiento, tortura contra una menor de edad y
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