By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Chris Paul returned from a broken thumb sooner than expected when the NBA-leading Phoenix Suns played the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night. “It’s good to have him back,” Suns coach Monty Williams said about an hour before tip-off. “He’s been working diligently to not just get
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Miller, a two-time All-Star and dominant postseason reliever who helped negotiate the recent labor deal that ended Major League Baseball’s 99-day lockout, has retired at 36. Miller had a 4.75 ERA in 40 games last season, his third year with St. Louis. The left-hander with a devastating slider played 16
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The omicron subvariant, that is fueling COVID-19 surges in Europe and Asia, has been found in the wastewater of some Oregon communities. While data shows that BA.2 is not the dominant variant in Oregon, the could change — given that state’s pandemic trends have generally lagged the rest of the country
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s lieutenant governor and his wife have appeared in a video saying they decided to get an abortion more than 30 years ago. Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson posted the video Thursday, a day after a social media post he wrote 10 years ago about
Continue ReadingCLAY BAILEY Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins says All-Star guard Ja Morant is expected to miss at least the next two weeks with right knee soreness. Morant, the Grizzlies’ leading scorer at 27.6 points a game, has missed the last two games after tweaking the knee against Atlanta last
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States says it will seek tougher U.N. Security Council sanctions after North Korea said it test-fired its biggest intercontinental ballistic missile to date. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said Friday the U.S. would propose a measure “to update and strengthen” the council’s sanctions, though
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has preserved a sense of rarely seen unity through four rounds of unprecedented sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. But at an EU summit Thursday, the 27 leaders have faced division on the biggest issue of all: energy. During
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Este jueves aumentaron las especulaciones sobre el paradero del ministro de Defensa de Rusia, Sergei Shoigu, ya que el portavoz del Kremlin se negó a comentar los informes de los medios de comunicación de que tenía problemas de salud. Shoigu, un aliado cercano del presidente Vladimir Putin, ha mantenido un perfil
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Robin Quaison kept alive Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s hopes of playing in another World Cup for Sweden. With the suspended Ibrahimovic watching on, Quaison came off the bench and scored in the 110th minute as Sweden beat the Czech Republic 1-0 after extra time to advance to one of the playoff finals in European
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — National Transportation Safety Board investigators say a four-seat car carrying six Oklahoma teenagers reportedly didn’t fully stop before entering an intersection where it was hit by a large truck, killing all of the teens. NTSB spokesperson Peter Knudson said Thursday that witnesses reported that the car
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice A federal appellate judge considering whether Donald Trump should be forced to turn over his tax returns to Congress suggested on Thursday that he could become president again — and that could be a factor in the case. “We have a situation that involves a sitting President
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN The Oscars will not shy away from acknowledging the ongoing war in Ukraine, according to the show’s executive producer Will Packer. “This is a really [momentous] time in humankind history, and we’re very aware of that,” Packer told reporters during a virtual press conference on Thursday. “And so you don’t go
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — An 18-wheeler burst into flames Thursday after it ran over a mattress on Moffet Road in Mobile. It all started around noon when the driver said he ran over the mattress that was in the middle of the road. The truck
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN Four days of confirmation hearings gave America the fullest picture yet of the judge who will likely become the first Black female justice of the US Supreme Court. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson spent three days in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee — two of them marathon sessions of questioning —
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona, CNN GOP Sen. Rick Scott of Florida faced intense backlash from Democrats and members of his own party for proposing a legislative agenda. House Republicans, however, aren’t worried about opening themselves up to potential attacks as they prepare to unveil an official policy platform. “The difference between us and Rick Scott: Rick
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Italy has gone from winning the European Championship to failing to qualify for the World Cup in just eight months. In a stunning fall from grace, the Azzurri were upset by North Macedonia in a 1-0 loss in the qualifying playoffs. They will miss out on back-to-back World Cups
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Los medios estatales de Corea del Norte, KCNA, informan que este jueves se realizó un lanzamiento de prueba del nuevo misil balístico intercontinental Hwasong-17. KCNA dice que el 23 de marzo, el líder norcoreano, Kim Jong Un, emitió una orden escrita a mano para realizar un lanzamiento de prueba de un
Continue ReadingGLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a fight between two armed teens sparked a shooting at a suburban Phoenix outlet mall, leaving a 4-year-old boy and three others wounded. Police in the city of Glendale say the 4-year-old boy is still hospitalized Thursday in critical condition, a day after the shooting. The other three people
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY and GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal jury has convicted U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska on charges that he lied to federal authorities about an illegal $30,000 contribution to his campaign from a foreign billionaire at a 2016 Los Angeles fundraiser. The jury in California deliberated about
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES, California (KCAL, KCBS) — The LAPD is employing one of its best tactics to get ghost guns off the streets – gift cards. The LAPD is hosting a gun buyback event Saturday just for ghost guns, the firearms that are often bought online
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