COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia College Women’s Basketball will have a new leader on the sidelines next season. The college announced on Wednesday that James Arnold is transitioning to a new position of Vice President of Student Experience and Director of Athletics, and Matt Moore will now serve as the program’s interim head coach for the
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti Belfast, Irlanda del Norte (CNN) — Bajo un cielo azul resplandeciente en el legendario astillero Harland & Wolff en Irlanda del Norte, donde una vez se construyó el Titanic, la modesta Villa Vie Odyssey se encuentra en dique seco, eclipsada por el enorme barco de fiesta caribeño de 12 cubiertas que se alza
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Leaders of South Korea, China and Japan will meet next week in Seoul for their first trilateral talks since 2019. South Korea’s presidential office said Thursday that the meeting among South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran interred late President Ebrahim Raisi at the holiest Shiite shrine in the nation on Thursday, days after a fatal helicopter crash killed him along with the country’s foreign minister and six others. Mourners lowered Raisi into a tomb at the Imam Reza Shrine
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By Helen Regan and Avery Schmitz, CNN (CNN) — Families of Rohingya people trapped in Myanmar’s west are desperately trying to contact loved ones after a weekend of widespread arson attacks displaced up to 200,000 people and caused extensive destruction of homes. The country’s Rohingya have long suffered mass atrocities and forced displacement that many
Continue ReadingBy GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Walk around multicultural metropolises like Paris or Marseille, or any small village in the French countryside, and signs of faith are everywhere. Many Muslim women wear headscarves and historical Catholic churches anchor nearly every neighborhood. But France’s principle of “laïcité,” loosely translated as “secularism,” means no
Continue ReadingBy GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Brought into the international spotlight by the ban on hijabs for French athletes at the upcoming Paris Olympics, France’s unique approach to “laïcité” — loosely translated as “secularism” — has been increasingly stirring controversy from schools to sports fields across the country. The struggle cuts to
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Valera Kucherenko ya había servido en el Ejército ucraniano cuando Rusia invadió el país en 2022. Pero volvió a alistarse y, en una fatídica noche de octubre de 2023, perdió ambas manos en un ataque con granadas. Es una historia demasiado común entre los soldados ucranianos. Desde el comienzo de
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations has approved a resolution establishing an annual day to commemorate the 1995 genocide of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims by Bosnian Serbs. The move Thursday was vehemently opposed by Serbs who fear it will brand them all as “genocidal” supporters of the
Continue ReadingBy RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press SPENCER, Mass. (AP) — If goat yoga is a trend, piglet yoga may not be far behind. Yoga classes in Massachusetts are selling out within hours and people come from far away to participate. Wilbur, Charlotte and Bluey came from a neighbor’s farm to play among people doing the downward
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — The Minneapolis Police Department is investigating a hit-and-run incident as a potential bias crime after a driver struck a man in the parking lot of a mosque while driving toward him at high speed, police said. The 36-year-old victim had non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A former Baltimore city prosecutor who achieved a national profile for charging police officers in a Black man’s death was spared prison time in her sentence Thursday for perjury and mortgage fraud. Democratic former State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s sentence includes 12 months of home confinement, 100
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Travelers are contenting with big crowds and flight delays on what is expected to be the busiest day of the Memorial Day weekend. More than 6,000 U.S. flights were delayed by early evening Friday on the East Coast, continuing a trend that has tested the patience of passengers all
Continue Reading By Michael Rios, Mia Alberti and Fidel Gutierrez and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Nine people were killed and a presidential candidate was briefly taken to hospital after a stage collapsed under heavy winds at a campaign rally in Mexico on Wednesday. Candidate Jorge Álvarez Máynez said he was not injured in the incident, which
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — State lawmakers first attempts at regulating discrimination from artificial intelligence have floundered in states across the country. The technology increasingly plays a hidden role in major decisions for millions of Americans, including in housing, hiring and even medical care. Only one of seven such bills
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese electronics and entertainment company Sony says it’s focusing on creativity in movies, animation and video games, rather than old-fashioned gadgetry. Its chief executive, Kenichiro Yoshida, outlined the company’s strategy Thursday, saying Sony was helping creative professionals deliver what he called “kando,” or a moving experience.
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN Español) — Al menos nueve personas murieron y decenas resultaron heridas este miércoles luego de que una ráfaga de viento hiciera colapsar la tarima durante un mitin de campaña del candidato presidencial Jorge Álvarez Máynez y de la candidata a alcaldesa Lorenia Canavati en el municipio de San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Tennessee’s Medicaid program will in a few months provide free diapers for covered children under the age of 2 – the first state Medicaid program to do so, the program said Tuesday. On Friday, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services approved an amendment to
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press GREENFIELD, Iowa (AP) — For block after block through the small city of Greenfield, Iowa, the destructive power of a tornado that ripped apart more than 100 homes in just one minute is evident in the muddy, shattered mess left behind. All along the mile-long swath
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ex-President Donald Trump has campaigned in one of the most Democratic counties in the nation, holding a rally in the South Bronx. The Republican was hoping to woo New York minority voters by appearing in one of the most diverse and impoverished
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