By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Andy Reid couldn’t win the big one until he went to Kansas City and got Patrick Mahomes. Now, there’s no telling how many big games the coach affectionately known as “Big Red” will win. Reid was a near-unanimous choice by The Associated Press for the top spot among
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels is expected to start the Jayhawks’ opener against Missouri State on Friday. The preseason Big 12 offensive player of the year missed some spring practices while continuing to rest a shoulder injury he sustained last season. But it was a back
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Saturday Night Live” star Heidi Gardner will be among several entertainers expected to take part in a virtual tailgate and concert experience before the NFL’s kickoff game in Kansas City next month. The show dubbed as the “World’s Largest Tailgate” looks to celebrate the
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — A suspect is in custody after a shooting at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday afternoon left a faculty member dead and prompted students and others to shelter in place for hours as police looked for the gunman, school officials said. Shots
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One was allegedly seen pulling out a handgun, before getting in the victim’s car and driving off, the statement says.
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Police evacuated the Gerbes Superstore in Jefferson City on Monday after a bomb threat was phoned in.
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Jonathan G. Shelley, 31, of Columbia, turned himself in at the Boone County Sheriff’s Office.
Continue ReadingCNN, WPLG By Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — A Broward County, Florida, sheriff’s fire rescue helicopter crashed into an apartment complex Monday morning, leaving two people dead and two others injured. Authorities identified the dead as Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue Capt. Terryson Jackson, who was in the helicopter, and an unnamed adult woman who
Continue ReadingBy Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN Washington (CNN) — It was a bittersweet birthday for one of the National Zoo’s giant pandas on Sunday as he celebrated his last one in the United States ahead of a return home to China. The 26-year-old bear, Tian Tian, along with two other pandas in the zoo, are slated
Continue ReadingBy Mostafa Salem and Michael Schwartz, CNN Abu Dhabi and Jerusalem (CNN) — Libya’s internationally recognized government dismissed Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush on Sunday after a meeting she held with her Israeli counterpart sparked an uproar in the country. Israel’s foreign ministry announced on Sunday night that the meeting had taken place in Rome last
Continue ReadingBy Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — A Broward County, Florida, sheriff’s fire rescue helicopter crashed into an apartment complex Monday morning, leaving two people dead and two others injured. Authorities identified the dead as Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue Capt. Terryson Jackson, who was in the helicopter, and an unnamed adult woman who lived in
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — Even as Ukrainian forces have breached the first line of Russian defenses on part of the southern front, soldiers taking part in the counteroffensive have revealed just how difficult it is to make more than incremental gains in the face of complex and multi-layered fortifications. Ukrainian
Continue ReadingWACH By Sara Smart and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A University of South Carolina student was fatally shot early Saturday after he tried to enter the wrong home on his own street, the Columbia Police Department said – the latest case in which someone in the US was shot after apparently approaching the wrong
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A University of South Carolina student was fatally shot early Saturday after he tried to enter the wrong home on his own street, the Columbia Police Department said – the latest case in which someone in the US was shot after apparently approaching the wrong home.
Continue ReadingCNN By Rob Picheta, Heather Law, Xiaofei Xu and Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — France will ban schoolchildren from wearing abayas ahead of the upcoming academic year, the government has said, the latest in a series of contentious restrictions in the country on clothing associated with Muslims. French Education Minister Gabriel Attal said the long,
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, Heather Law, Xiaofei Xu and Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — France will ban schoolchildren from wearing abayas ahead of the upcoming academic year, the government has said, the latest in a series of contentious restrictions in the country on clothing associated with Muslims. French Education Minister Gabriel Attal said the long, robe-like
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LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (KMIZ) A 2-year-old boy from Illinois drowned at the Lake of the Ozarks Sunday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to the call at 9:45 a.m. near the Grand Glaze Arm. According to Troopers, the boy wandered away from his family and was later found in the water. The
Continue ReadingBy LAURA BARGFELD Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Florida residents are evacuating from homes in low-lying areas along the Gulf Coast as forecasters predict that Tropical Storm Idalia will hit the state as a major hurricane by Wednesday. Idalia would be the first storm to hit Florida this hurricane season and a big blow
Continue ReadingCNN, WJXT By Nouran Salahieh, Sara Smart and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A federal hate crime investigation is underway after a White gunman with a swastika-emblazoned assault-style rifle killed three Black people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, authorities said. The shooting claimed the lives of Angela Michelle Carr, 52, Anolt Joseph
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Today marks 60 years since the March on Washington when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his pivotal “I Have a Dream” speech on the National Mall. Around 250,000 people rallied for jobs and freedom that day on August 28, 1963. Decades later, many children who attended the march are
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