IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Longtime Iowa football broadcaster Ed Podolak announced Monday he will move out of the radio booth this season and limit his appearances to pregame shows and podcasts. Podolak played quarterback and running back for the Hawkeyes before he became a fixture at running back for the Kansas City Chiefs from
Continue ReadingBy Ray Brewer, Imani Fleming Click here for updates on this story MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (WMUR) — A judge has ordered Adam Montgomery, who was convicted of murdering his 5-year-old daughter, Harmony, to appear at his sentencing next month. In an order issued on Friday by Judge Amy Messer, she denied Montgomery’s request to be
Continue ReadingBy Connor Hills Click here for updates on this story OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (KMBC) — A Kansas City area high school football coach and former starter for Kansas State Wildcats is being remembered after reportedly passing away over the weekend. Two metro area high schools, Shawnee Mission South and Mill Valley, sent out messages on
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By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — TikTok will file a court challenge if Congress passes legislation paving the way to a nationwide ban of the app, a top executive told employees in an internal memo obtained by CNN. On Saturday the House of Representatives passed a foreign aid package containing language that could lead to a
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH Associated Press COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — For the past year, five fit, academically superior men and women have been spun in centrifuges, submerged for hours, deprived temporarily of oxygen, taught to camp in the snow, and schooled in physiology, anatomy, astronomy, meteorology, robotics, and Russian. On Monday, the five Europeans and an
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By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — The CIA has “failed to handle allegations of sexual assault and harassment within its workforce” in a “professional and uniform manner,” and appeared to mete out “little to no accountability or punishment” for perpetrators, according to a House report released on Monday. The House Intelligence Committee, in an
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week with profound legal and political consequences: whether former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a federal case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election. In addition
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press The final letter that George Mallory wrote to his wife before he vanished on Mount Everest a century ago has been digitalized. The letter was published on Monday by Cambridge University. In it, he tried to ease her worries, though he said his chances of reaching the world’s highest peak
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Los ecuatorianos manifestaron este domingo su apoyo a nueve de las 11 propuestas de reformas legales y constitucionales planteadas por el presidente Daniel Noboa, específicamente las enfocadas en seguridad y justicia, según los resultados oficiales preliminares del conteo rápido del referendo y consulta popular que se llevaron adelante. Cerca del
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — “How much plastic will you have for dinner, sir? And you, ma’am?” While that may seem like a line from a satirical skit on Saturday Night Live, research is showing it’s much too close to reality. Ninety percent of animal and vegetable protein samples tested positive for microplastics, teeny
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press An independent Russian news site has reported that a court in Russia convicted the spokesperson of U.S. technology company Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, of justifying terrorism and sentenced him to six years in prison in absentia. The news site Mediazona says the charges against Meta communications director Andy Stone
Continue ReadingBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Express Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and the fashion retailer is seeking to sell the majority of its stores. Columbus, Ohio-based Express is also the parent of Bonbons and Upwest brands. It said Monday it planned to close 95
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By Antoinette Radford, CNN (CNN) — “They stole six years of my life, and I committed no crime,” writer Behrouz Boochani tells CNN from New Zealand, where he now lives. He does not mince his words as he describes the impact of being detained as an asylum seeker on a remote island in Papua New
Continue ReadingBy MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Lawyers for Armenia have asked the top U.N. court to throw out a case filed by Azerbaijan over the Karabakh region that accuses Armenia of ethnic cleansing. Monday’s request comes after Azerbaijan launched proceedings at the International Court of Justice in 2021 in the case.
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing a soccer promoter’s antitrust lawsuit to go forward against FIFA and the U.S. Soccer Federation over the world governing body’s policy of not permitting a country to host league matches involving teams from other countries. Monday’s order leaves in a place a federal appeals court ruling in
Continue ReadingBy Toula Mazloum Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA (CTV Network) — A first of its kind entertainment law course centred on Taylor Swift will be offered this fall at Queen’s University. Professor of business law at Queen’s University, Mohamed Khimji, will be teaching the course this September. He told CRFA Live on
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By Parija Bhatnagar, CNN New York (CNN) — Trendy fashion retailer Express Inc. has filed for bankruptcy after consistently struggling with continued missteps over its merchandise mix that failed to get shoppers excited. The retailer filed with the bankruptcy court in Delaware and said it also plans to shutter several stores as part of the
Continue ReadingBy Mitchell Consky Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — As OpenAI’s ChatGPT continues to change the game for automated text generation, researchers warn that more measures are needed to avoid dangerous responses. While advanced language models such as ChatGPT could quickly write a computer program with complex code or summarize
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Supermarket chains Kroger and Albertsons say they will sell more of their stores in an effort to quell the federal government’s concerns about their proposed merger. The companies said Monday they would now sell 579 Kroger and Albertsons stores to C&S Wholesale Grocers, a New Hampshire-based grocery company, for
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel expects its top ally, the United States, to announce as soon as Monday that it’s blocking military aid to an Israeli army unit over gross human rights abuses in the Israeli-occupied West Bank before the war in Gaza began six months ago. The move would mark
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