By JASON P. SKODA Associated Press MESA, Ariz. (AP) — The Chicago Cubs have signed Jesse Chavez to a minor league deal that includes an invitation to big league camp, adding the veteran reliever after he had a strong year with the champion Atlanta Braves. The 38-year Chavez posted a 2.14 ERA in 33 2/3
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Brent Sass continues to lead the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Sunday, but he must hold off the defending champion as mushers have reached the Bering Sea sea coast and its treacherous ice. Sass breezed through the checkpoint in the village of Shaktoolik on Sunday
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Brent Sass continues to lead the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Sunday, but he must hold off the defending champion as mushers have reached the Bering Sea sea coast and its treacherous ice. Sass breezed through the checkpoint in the village of Shaktoolik on Sunday
Continue ReadingGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — The U.S. Labor Department says the arm of a mechanic working at a mail facility in North Carolina was amputated last year after coming into contact with a machine that had a safety guard removed. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it inspected the facility in
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen and Holly Yan, CNN To help fend off another wave of Covid-19, people will need a fourth dose of vaccine, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla told CBS on Sunday. “Many variants are coming, and Omicron was the first one that was able to evade — in a skillful way — the immune protection
Continue ReadingBy Claire Colbert, CNN Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his longtime girlfriend, Brittany Matthews, have tied the knot in Hawaii, according to posts on the couple’s Instagram accounts. Mahomes and Matthews have been engaged since Mahomes popped the question in September 2020. They share a daughter, Sterling, who was born February 20, 2021.
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story ST. HELENS, Oregon (KPTV) — A firefighter was injured battling a fire at a storage unit facility in St. Helens on Saturday morning, Columbia Fire & Rescue said. The fire department said the firefighter was taken to a Portland hospital and is in stable condition.
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU, Hawaii (KITV) — Honolulu police say 48-year-old Marvin Velasco who had been reported missing on Friday, March 11 was found dead in his work delivery truck. Velasco was reported to be emotionally distraught and was last seen leaving his work yard near Keehi Lagoon
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Los clientes del Museo de Arte Moderno de la ciudad de Nueva York fueron evacuados el sábado por la tarde después de que dos empleados fueran apuñalados dentro del icónico establecimiento por un hombre que estuvo involucrado en dos incidentes de alteración del orden público en el museo en los últimos
Continue ReadingBy Dan Greenwald Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — Three people were shot at a funeral home in North City Saturday afternoon, police tell News 4. The shooting happened near the intersection of Cote Brilliante and Union around 1:45 p.m. A 15-year-old boy was shot in face, a 35-year-old
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — Police are searching for a missing teen last seen at an elementary school earlier this month. Dradyn Taulbee, 13, was last seen around 9:15 a.m. at Frank W. Reilly Elementary School located at 3650 W. School St. on March 4. He
Continue ReadingBy DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer The Minnesota Twins took their first significant step toward restocking their starting pitching by acquiring right-hander Sonny Gray in a trade with the Cincinnati Reds. The Reds included minor league right-hander Francis Peguero in the deal for Twins pitching prospect Chase Petty. The 18-year-old Petty was Minnesota’s first-round draft
Continue ReadingBy MATTIAS KAREN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Arsenal has maintained its grip on fourth place in the Premier League thanks to a 2-0 win over Leicester, with the Gunners enjoying their best run of the season. Thomas Partey netted early and Alexandre Lacazette added a second-half penalty as Arsenal secured its fifth straight league
Continue ReadingBy CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Erling Haaland and Gio Reyna returned from injury as Borussia Dortmund cut Bayern Munich’s Bundesliga lead to seven points with a 1-0 win over coronavirus-hit Arminia Bielefeld. Marius Wolf’s first-half goal was enough for Dortmund to re-inject a measure of excitement into the title race with
Continue ReadingCAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Azar Swain scored 23 points and Yale held on for a 66-64 victory over Princeton to win the Ivy League tournament. The Bulldogs will play in the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time. Yale led by nine with a minute left then withstood a final Princeton rally. Bez Mbeng added 13
Continue ReadingBy Dave Carlin Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WCBS) — Star power never hurts on Broadway and for a show that’s about to start previews, it took a TV favorite to get there. Debra Messing returns to Broadway starring in the new play “Birthday Candles” by Noah Haidle. “I
Continue ReadingBy Anna Muckenfuss Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — Fans are already lined up outside of the Dow Event Center despite the cold to see mid-Michigan natives Greta Van Fleet live in concert. Brooke, a fan from Fort Wayne, Indiana and her friend Ayumi from Los Angeles, California have been
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Jade Edwards scored 21 points, Taylor Brown added 18 and American University defeated Bucknell 65-54 in the title game of the Patriot League Championship. The second-seeded Eagles won the conference championship for the third time, all under coach Megan Gebbia, and advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2018.
Continue ReadingBy PAMELA SAMPSON Associated Press American journalist Brent Renaud has been killed in Ukraine while gathering material for a report about refugees. Ukraine’s Interior Ministry says the 50-year-old documentary filmmaker died Sunday in Irpin, a Kyiv suburb that has been the site of intense shelling by Russian forces in recent days. Another journalist was wounded
Continue ReadingHOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a higher-speed train struck and killed a pedestrian in South Florida. News outlets say police in Hollywood, Florida are investigating the death that happened late Saturday. The collision happened only a short distance from a homeless shelter. Brightline has the worst fatality rate in the nation, according to an
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