By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Michigan coach Juwan Howard hit Wisconsin assistant Joe Krabbenhoft after arguing with Wisconsin coach Greg Gard during the handshake line following the Badgers’ 77-63 victory. The Big Ten says it plans to “take swift and appropriate disciplinary action when it completes its review.” During his
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE and MALAK HARB Associated Press KUWAIT CITY (AP) — The Kuwaiti government has canceled a women’s yoga retreat this month in the latest flashpoint of a long-running culture war over women’s freedoms in the Gulf Arab sheikhdom. Women might be progressing across the Arab world, but in Kuwait, the guardians of conservative
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — At the Beijing Capital International Airport, the body language tells the story. It’s the story of weeks of Olympic work in an environment of COVID testing, COVID checkpoints and cleaning up after things — very diligently — as thousands of visitors stop by your capital during the era
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — At the Beijing Capital International Airport, the body language tells the story. It’s the story of weeks of Olympic work in an environment of COVID testing, COVID checkpoints and cleaning up after things — very diligently — as thousands of visitors stop by your capital during the era
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A jury in Georgia has adjourned without a verdict in the federal hate crimes trial over the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery. A U.S. District Court judge dismissed the jury Monday evening after about three hours of deliberations that followed closing arguments in the case. The
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press American midfielder Brenden Aaronson scored in consecutive Austrian Bundesliga matches for the first time, getting a goal in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time in first-place RB Salzburg’s 2-0 victory over second-place Wolfsberg. Aaronson, a 21-year-old from Medford, New Jersey, started the movement that led to his goal with a
Continue ReadingBy Laura Studley, CNN One man died and another was injured after they were struck by subway trains in different areas of New York City within hours of each other Saturday night, the New York Police Department (NYPD) said. In the first incident, a 35-year-old male was walking between train cars on the southbound J
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A security guard working at a Prineville-area saloon was arrested early Sunday morning, accused of committing a sex crime in the parking lot, Crook County sheriff’s deputies said.
Continue ReadingBy TED ANTHONY AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — They did it — that much seems obvious. But what, exactly, was the “it” that they did? China pulled off a technically superior Olympics with very few mechanical glitches — no small affair in the pandemic era. It made that happen primarily by creating a “closed-loop
Continue ReadingBy TED ANTHONY AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — They did it — that much seems obvious. But what, exactly, was the “it” that they did? China pulled off a technically superior Olympics with very few mechanical glitches — no small affair in the pandemic era. It made that happen primarily by creating a “closed-loop
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Eating a plant-based diet has been shown to be very good for your heart and your overall health, as well as that of the planet. In fact, a recent study found a young person could live an additional 13 years by eating more vegetables and legumes, as well as whole grains,
Continue ReadingBy GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press YUROK RESERVATION, Calif. (AP) — A Native American tribe has issued an emergency declaration on human trafficking and missing women. There have been five instances in the past 18 months where Indigenous women have gone missing or been murdered between San Francisco and the Oregon border. The Yurok Tribe along
Continue ReadingBy GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press YUROK RESERVATION, Calif. (AP) — A Native American tribe has issued an emergency declaration on human trafficking and missing women. There have been five instances in the past 18 months where Indigenous women have gone missing or been murdered between San Francisco and the Oregon border. The Yurok Tribe along
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press The Conference Board delivers its latest monthly index of U.S. consumer confidence Tuesday. Home improvement chain Lowe’s Cos. reports quarterly results Wednesday. The Commerce Department issues its January tally of new U.S. home sales Thursday.
Continue ReadingBy GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press YUROK RESERVATION, Calif. (AP) — Five Native American women have disappeared or been killed along California’s rugged Lost Coast in the past 18 months. The crisis has spurred the Yurok Tribe to issue an emergency declaration and brought increased urgency to efforts to build the first database of such cases
Continue ReadingBy GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press YUROK RESERVATION, Calif. (AP) — Five Native American women have disappeared or been killed along California’s rugged Lost Coast in the past 18 months. The crisis has spurred the Yurok Tribe to issue an emergency declaration and brought increased urgency to efforts to build the first database of such cases
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — At the height of the Cold War, U.S. President Richard Nixon flew into communist China’s center of power for a visit that, over time, would transform U.S.-China relations and China’s position in the world. But on the 50th anniversary of Nixon’s 1972 trip, the seesaw relationship between
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business It’s no surprise that anyone looking to quit their current job for a new one will want a position that offers better pay and work-life balance. But what may be surprising is just how much more motivating these issues are in a person’s decision to switch jobs today than they
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The defense attorney for the third former Minneapolis officer charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights as Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck rested his case Monday. That came after the officer testified that he didn’t realize how dire Floyd’s
Continue ReadingBy VICTOR CAIVANO Associated Press CORRIENTES, Argentina (AP) — Wildfires that have been ravaging northern Argentina for several weeks continue to advance relentlessly, though there are hopes the light rains that began over the weekend will help authorities curb the blazes. Officials say at least eight separate fires are burning in Corrientes province and have
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