Month: March 2022
K-State hires Baylor assistant Jerome Tang as hoops coach
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas State hired Jerome Tang to be its next basketball coach Monday, entrusting a…
Continue ReadingTormentas y fuertes lluvias dejan varios muertos y desaparecidos en Brasil
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Fuertes tormentas en el estado brasileño de Río de Janeiro dejaron como saldo al menos cinco personas…
Continue ReadingMotorsports celebrates strong weekend across several series
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — It was quite the weekend in motorsports, which is typically the bit player on the…
Continue ReadingHertha Berlin backer calls for club president to go
By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Hertha Berlin investor Lars Windhorst has slammed the club president Werner Gegenbauer and called…
Continue ReadingFormer Czech Prime Minister Babis indicted in fraud case
PRAGUE (AP) — Former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis will face trial after the prosecution indicted him in a fraud case involving European Union…
Continue ReadingAmy Schumer wants Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to appear on the Oscars
By Marianne Garvey, CNN Amy Schumer isn’t going to avoid current world events during her Oscar hosting duties. The “Life &…
Continue ReadingRussian race walker Lashmanova banned for doping, loses gold
LONDON (AP) — Russian race walker Yelena Lashmanova has been banned for two years for doping and will be stripped of her Olympic gold medal.…
Continue ReadingGreece: Norwegian photographer held on spy charge released
Associated Press LESBOS, Greece (AP) — A Norwegian photographer arrested on espionage-related charges on the Greek island of Lesbos has been…
Continue ReadingHigh court rejects case of Christian group, bisexual lawyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it won’t review the case of a Seattle-based Christian organization that was sued after declining to hire…
Continue ReadingWorkers go on strike at California refinery owned by Chevron
OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — More than 500 workers at a Chevron Corp. refinery in the San Francisco Bay Area are on strike over safety…
Continue ReadingWorkers go on strike at California refinery owned by Chevron
OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — More than 500 workers at a Chevron Corp. refinery in the San Francisco Bay Area are on strike over safety…
Continue ReadingA quarter of Ukrainians have fled their homes. Here’s where they’ve gone
By George Ramsay, CNN At least 10 million people have been forced to flee their homes in Ukraine following Russia’s invasion less than a month…
Continue ReadingA quarter of Ukrainians have fled their homes. Here’s where they’ve gone
CNN By George Ramsay, CNN At least 10 million people have been forced to flee their homes in Ukraine following Russia’s invasion less than a…
Continue ReadingA quarter of Ukrainians have fled their homes. Here’s where they’ve gone
CNN By George Ramsay, CNN At least 10 million people have been forced to flee their homes in Ukraine following Russia’s invasion less than a…
Continue ReadingOvermars joins Antwerp in wake of Ajax misconduct scandal
ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — Former Dutch soccer great Marc Overmars has been appointed sports director of Belgian club Antwerp only weeks after…
Continue ReadingDoctors finding hurdles to using pills to treat COVID-19
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer COVID-19 patients now have new treatments they can take at home to stay out of the hospital — if doctors get the…
Continue ReadingDoctors finding hurdles to using pills to treat COVID-19
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer COVID-19 patients now have new treatments they can take at home to stay out of the hospital — if doctors get the…
Continue ReadingBuffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is buying insurer Alleghany for $11.6 billion
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business It may not be the “elephant-sized” deal that Warren Buffett has long promised, but Berkshire Hathaway…
Continue ReadingMaryland hires Seton Hall’s Willard as basketball coach
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer Kevin Willard is taking over as Maryland’s basketball coach after a dozen seasons at Seton Hall. The Terrapins…
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