By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Five players from Canada’s 2018 world junior team have taken a leave of absence from their current clubs in recent days. Michael McLeod and Cal Foote of the New Jersey Devils, Carter Hart of the Philadelphia Flyers, Dillon Dube of the Calgary Flames and Swiss club Ambri-Piotta’s Alex Formenton
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — American forward Nicholas Gioacchini has transferred to second-tier Como in Italy after one season with St. Louis in Major League Soccer. The 23-year-old scored 10 goals in 32 regular-season league matches. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Gioacchini spent the 2021-22 season on loan with Montpellier in France’s Ligue 1 and had
Continue Reading By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey utility regulators have given preliminary approval to two new wind farms off the state’s coast. And both would be considerably farther offshore than earlier projects that drew opposition from beachgoers who don’t want to see wind turbines on the horizon. The state Board
Continue Reading By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The underdog role has worked out for the Kansas City Chiefs with Patrick Mahomes. The San Francisco 49ers have odds in their favor. Two of the four teams facing off Sunday are quite familiar with these stakes. The defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs are in the AFC championship
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A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted a Columbia doctor on charges that he lied to Medicare by placing bogus orders for tests and medical equipment.
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards, Catherine Nicholls and James Frater, CNN (CNN) — Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban told NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg that his government supports Sweden’s membership bid, potentially removing the final hurdle to accession after months of fraught negotiations. “I reaffirmed that the Hungarian government supports the NATO membership of Sweden,” Orban wrote Wednesday
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The Missouri General Assembly has only been in session for a few weeks now and that short time has been marked by infighting among the Republican supermajority.
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Google, Inc. Facts The name Google is a play on the word “googol,” a mathematical term referring to a 1 followed by 100 zeros (represented as 1 x 10100). Alphabet, Inc., Google’s parent company, employed 190,167 people as of September 30, 2025. Timeline 1995 – Founders
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at horse racing’s Triple Crown. The three races in the Triple Crown are the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes. Facts A horse must win all three races to achieve the Triple Crown. There have been 13 Triple Crown winners:– 1919 Sir Barton– 1930
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the Academy Awards, also known as the “Oscars.” March 15, 2026 – The 98th Annual Academy Awards ceremony takes place, with Conan O’Brien hosting. March 2, 2025 – The 97th Annual Academy Awards ceremony takes place, with Conan O’Brien hosting. 2026 Winners (selected) Best Picture
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of John Roberts, chief justice of the United States. Personal Birth date: January 27, 1955 Birth place: Buffalo, New York Birth name: John Glover Roberts Jr. Father: John Glover Roberts Sr., steel company executive Mother: Rosemary (Podrasky) Roberts Marriage: Jane (Sullivan) Roberts (July 27,
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at crude oil reserves and production around the world. Facts Crude oil is a form of liquid petroleum, extracted from rock formations and used for fuel and other purposes. Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) produce about 37% of the world’s crude oil,
Continue Reading By Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — Former National Rifle Association President Oliver North was ousted after he raised concerns about corruption within the gun-lobbying group, he testified Tuesday at a civil corruption trial in New York. Prosecutors allege that top NRA members used the non-profit organization as their “personal piggy bank,” through years of illegal self-dealing and
Continue Reading By Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — An Oklahoma state lawmaker says he will now change the language of a bill he proposed that designates anyone “of Hispanic descent” that is “a member of a criminal street gang” and convicted of a “gang-related offense” a terrorist. Earlier this month, Oklahoma state Rep. Justin Humphrey, a Republican,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Sheriff’s deputies responded shots fired call on Tuesday night to the 200 block of North Rainbow Drive in Boone County. Captain Brian Leer with the department told ABC 17 News deputies found shell casings in the road and one home with damage from the shooting. No injuries were reported. Investigators
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A fire broke out at a mixed-use building in southeastern China Wednesday, killing at least 39 people and injuring nine others in the second deadly blaze involving students in a week, state media reported. The fire started in the basement of the street-front building in Xinyu city,
Continue Reading By BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press ELY, Nev. (AP) — White attackers turned a lush, high desert oasis in eastern Nevada, with its bubbling springs and a rare stand of Rocky Mountain junipers, into killing fields. They massacred hundreds of Native people there in the 1800s — a horrific history once retold in hushed tones behind
Continue Reading By Nadeen Ebrahim and Abbas Al Lawati, CNN Abu Dhabi, UAE (CNN) — The war between Israel and Hamas has already spilled over to the wider Middle East, with prospects of a confrontation between regional and world powers becoming ever more likely. Over the weekend, three US service members were killed and more than 30
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Alaska Airlines has found loose bolts on “many” of its Boeing Max 9 planes that were recently grounded for inspections, the carrier’s CEO announced Tuesday. Federal investigators are now considering when Max 9s will be safe to fly again as pressure mounts to add oversight on the airplane
Continue Reading CNN By Victoria Butenko, Andrew Carey, Christian Edwards, Olga Voitovych and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine says it has intelligence suggesting only five bodies were delivered from the crash site of a Russian military transport plane to a nearby morgue, a Ukraine military intelligence official told CNN, casting doubt on Moscow’s claim that dozens
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