By The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Led by Jamar Brown’s 22 points, the UMKC Kangaroos defeated the Omaha Mavericks 63-58. Frankie Fidler led the way for the Mavericks with 29 points. The Kangaroos improved to 14-15 with the victory and the Mavericks fell to 14-16.
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY and ROB MAADDI AP Sports Writers LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eric Bieniemy is expected to become UCLA’s associate head coach and offensive coordinator, two people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The people spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because details of the contract are still being worked
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Led by Cade Tyson’s 25 points, the Belmont Bruins defeated the Missouri State Bears 93-78 on Saturday night. The Bruins improved to 17-12 with the win and the Bears fell to 15-14.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — The UT Martin Skyhawks defeated the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 82-72 on Saturday night led by Jacob Crews’ 31 points. The Skyhawks are now 19-10 on the season, while the Redhawks dropped to 8-21.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press SAINT CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Makhel Mitchell scored 21 points as Little Rock beat Lindenwood 82-73 on Saturday night. Mitchell also added 14 rebounds and three blocks for the Trojans (18-11, 12-4 Ohio Valley Conference). Khalen Robinson added 19 points while shooting 4 of 7 from the field and 10 for
Continue Reading By The Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Led by Gibson Jimerson’s 19 points, the Saint Louis Billikens defeated the George Washington Revolutionaries 96-91 on Saturday night. The Billikens improved to 10-17 with the victory and the Revolutionaries fell to 14-13.
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas man has pleaded guilty to two counts of involuntary manslaughter for speeding through a red light and killing a Kansas City police officer, his K-9 partner and a pedestrian. Officer James Muhlbauer, 42, Jesse Eckes, 52, and Champ the dog were all killed in the crash last February.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hundreds of mourners attended a funeral mass for a Kansas City-area DJ who was killed during a celebration rally of the Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory. Lisa Lopez-Galvan was remembered Saturday during a funeral mass as a loving mother and wife who saw each day as a chance for excitement and
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — Grace Beyer set the women’s NAIA career-scoring record on Saturday, rising to 3,874 points with a 32-point effort in an 80-56 victory for University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy (St. Louis) over Hannibal-LaGrange (Missouri). Needing 14 points to pass the NAIA record of 3,855 points set by Miriam Walker-Samuels of Claflin
Continue Reading FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Khalif Battle shattered his previous career high by scoring 42 points to help carry Arkansas to a season sweep of Missouri, 88-73, overshadowing a 33-point career-best effort by the Tigers’ Sean East II. Battle topped his 32-point best mark with a pair of free throws with 7:27 left and followed it
Continue Reading By DANA GAURUDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Alex DeBrincat had two goals and an assist and the Detroit Red Wings scored three times in the first six minutes while rolling over the St. Louis Blues 6-1. Patrick Kane extended his point streak to seven games on Saturday with a goal and an assist as
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Football is back in full force this weekend. Sorry, the other one. Saturday marks the beginning of Apple’s second year of streaming Major League Soccer matches, a decade-long, $2.5 billion deal that’s part of an ambitious effort to attract more fans and money to the 28-year-old league,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been arrested after a car chase from the Missouri State Highway Patrol and crashing into multiple parked cars early Saturday morning. According to a release from the Jefferson City Police Department, at 2:13 a.m. Travion Reams, 30, was driving the 2006 Ford Fusion with passenger Antoinette Jones,
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Gazing at February’s full snow moon, which will illuminate the night sky this weekend, may feel a little more special than usual after a dramatic lunar landing. Just over a week after launching, the uncrewed Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 lander, also called Odysseus or “Odie,” successfully touched down near the
Continue Reading By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — The body of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny has been given to his mother more than a week after he died, Navalny’s spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said on Saturday. “Alexey’s body was handed over to his mother. Many thanks to all those who demanded this with us,” Yarmysh posted to
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — ShotSpotter – a system intended to detect gunfire and cut police response times – has run into sharp criticism from officials and community groups, with some major cities opting not to deploy the technology. The acoustic gunshot detection system promises to alert police officers to “virtually all gunfire within a city’s
Continue Reading By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — The Nigeria Customs Service says it is investigating reports people were trampled to death during a sale of bags of confiscated rice amid growing anger over skyrocketing prices of food in Africa’s most populous country. “There was a chaotic situation caused by the impatience of people to follow the laid down procedures
Continue Reading By JULIE CARR SMYTH and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The resignation letter was short and direct. “I can no longer be under an oath to uphold the New Constitution of Ohio,” wrote Sabrina Warner in her letter announcing she was stepping down from the state’s Republican central committee. It was just
Continue Reading By Shirin Faqiri, CNN (CNN) — A 23-year-old mother who died after helping save her three young children from a house fire has now helped eight other people through organ donations, her family and the local coroner said. Madison Hope Summerville celebrated her 23rd birthday just three days before a house fire broke out on
Continue Reading By Darya Tarasova and Joshua Berlinger, CNN (CNN) — The widow of the late dissident Alexey Navalny said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is engaging in “satanism” by refusing to release her husband’s body. “No true Christian could ever do what Putin is now doing with a body of Alexey,” Yulia Navalnaya said in video
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