By Chelsea Jones Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — A man living with a condition that limits the way he moves is not being held back. Instead, Peter Knabis continues his quest to visit all the Major League Baseball ballparks as he follows his favorite team the Cleveland Guardians. “I
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — The WNBA just had its highest-attended opening month in 26 years, fueled by a powerhouse rookie class with the likes of Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. The league also said Monday it had its most-watched start of the season games ever across all six networks that broadcast
Continue ReadingBy Paul Burton Click here for updates on this story DORCHESTER, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Students at a charter school in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood will be finishing the year remotely after a shooting at a nearby MBTA station may have targeted a student. Student may have been shooting target There’s now a strong private security presence
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization behind the Oscars, announced 17 people elected to its board of governors Monday. The 2024-2025 board of governors include both-first timers, like director Patricia Cardoso, and veterans like Rita Wilson, Warner Bros. co-chair and CEO Pam Abdy and composer
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By Curt Devine and Audrey Ash, CNN (CNN) — US Department of Veterans Affairs officials have eliminated frontline jobs for staffers who provide care to veterans, even though agency leaders previously declared such positions would largely be protected from cuts, according to a CNN review of documents and interviews with more than 20 VA employees and job
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Monday overwhelmingly approved its first resolution endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The U.S.-sponsored resolution welcomes a cease-fire proposal announced by President Joe Biden that the United States says Israel
Continue ReadingSAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — More suspects are facing charges in a shootout that injured 11 people last month in Savannah’s busy tourism district. Savannah police spokesman Neil Penttila said Monday that authorities are seeking two men on arrest warrants charging them with aggravated assault and weapons charges in the May 18 shootings. That’s after police
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Foreign Ministry says it has rescinded the accreditation of a correspondent for Austria’s public broadcaster ORF and told her to leave the country. The ministry says it’s in response to Austria’s expulsion of a journalist for Russian state news agency Tass. ORF says Maria Knips-Witting had been based in Moscow since
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Courteney Cox still has the moves she first showed in Bruce Springsteen’s 1984 video for “Dancing in the Dark.” The “Friends” star famously appeared in Springsteen’s music video, jumping on stage to dance with The Boss. She’s recreated it for TikTok. “1980’s dancing…in the dark,” Cox captioned the video.
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CNN By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Courteney Cox still has the moves she first showed in Bruce Springsteen’s 1984 video for “Dancing in the Dark.” The “Friends” star famously appeared in Springsteen’s music video, jumping on stage to dance with The Boss. She’s recreated it for TikTok. “1980’s dancing…in the dark,” Cox captioned the
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By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — University of Connecticut men’s basketball head coach Dan Hurley said he will remain at the school after reports he was flirting with the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers for the same position. The Lakers offered the coach of the reigning back-to-back NCAA champion Huskies a six-year, $70 million contract, according to ESPN, to fill
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un sarcófago descubierto en 2009 en una cámara funeraria egipcia venía con una historia complicada: la antigua escritura del contenedor de piedra indicaba que había sido utilizado dos veces, pero aunque se conocía a su segundo ocupante, el sumo sacerdote de la dinastía XXI Menkheperrê, el primer propietario seguía siendo un
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press Bill Gates and his energy company are starting construction at their Wyoming site for a next-generation nuclear power plant he believes will “revolutionize” how power is generated. Gates was scheduled to be in the tiny community of Kemmerer Monday to break ground on the project. The co-founder of Microsoft is
Continue ReadingBy CORAL MURPHY MARCOS Associated Press COAMO, Puerto Rico (AP) — Towns in central and southern Puerto Rico are struggling to emerge from a prolonged power outage that has forced authorities in the U.S. territory to activate an emergency response team. Officials on Monday also requested food distribution to those in need. The outage occurred
Continue ReadingBELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic was included on Serbia’s 16-man preliminary roster for the upcoming Paris Olympics, ending doubts he would skip the basketball tournament. The three-time NBA MVP has missed some important international tournaments in the past, citing long NBA seasons. But Jokic ended the current NBA season earlier than
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz landed a commitment from three-star offensive lineman Henry Fenuku on Monday afternoon. The Texas native’s pledge to MU gives the Tigers eight commitments in the Class of 2025. Funuku chose Drinkwitz and company over offers from Georgia, Florida, Ole Miss, Ohio State, Florida State and others. Coming
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Investigators have identified a 28th victim in a mass shooting at a birthday party in Akron, Ohio, last week that left one person dead, city officials said Monday, as they continue their search for a suspect or suspects. The latest victim was initially believed to be a witness but
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By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has turned down a clemency request for condemned inmate David Hosier, a move that likely clears the way for his execution. Hosier is scheduled to be executed Tuesday for the 2009 deaths of Angela and Rodney Gilpin of Jefferson City. His lawyer
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has turned down a clemency request for condemned inmate David Hosier, a move that likely clears the way for his execution. Hosier is scheduled to be executed Tuesday for the 2009 deaths of Angela and Rodney Gilpin of Jefferson City. His lawyer
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The Los Angeles Lakers offered Dan Hurley what would have seemed like a basketball coach’s dream: a chance to coach one of the world’s most popular franchises, possibly an opportunity to work with LeBron James and a salary that would have doubled his current one. Hurley passed. He’s staying
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