ST. LOUIS — AJ Green had 17 points as Northern Iowa defeated Illinois State 78-65 in the Missouri Valley Conference Tourney quarterfinals. Noah Carter added 16 points for the Panthers on Friday, while Trae Berhow chipped in 15. Antonio Reeves led the Redbirds with 20 points and three blocks.
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers are hoping Gov. Ron DeSantis is a fan of strawberry shortcake. The House voted 109-4 on Friday to send the governor a bill that would make the tasty treat the official state dessert. Key Lime Pie is already Florida’s state pie. The designation of
Continue ReadingBy TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Aliyah Boston notched her 22nd consecutive double-double with 17 points and 14 rebounds as top-ranked South Carolina beat Arkansas 76-54 in the Southeastern Conference women’s tournament quarterfinals. The Gamecocks received their SEC regular season championship before tipoff, then took their first step toward a
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America Oregon lawmakers adjourned the 2022 short legislative session after passing a slew of ambitious legislation, including overtime pay for farmworkers, $600 stimulus payments for low-income workers and a $400 million spending package focused on affordable housing and homelessness. This session, which concluded Friday, was the final one for
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press A glance at the reaction of sports to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia and its ally Belarus are being increasingly excluded from world sports. Events they are barred from include the Winter Paralympics in Beijing, World Cup soccer qualifying, world athletics championships in Oregon, and world figure skating championships in
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer In better times, Ukrainian drone enthusiasts flew their gadgets into the sky to photograph weddings, fertilize soybean fields or race other drones for fun. Now some are risking their lives by forming a volunteer drone force to help their country repel the Russian invasion. One entrepreneur who runs a
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer In better times, Ukrainian drone enthusiasts flew their gadgets into the sky to photograph weddings, fertilize soybean fields or race other drones for fun. Now some are risking their lives by forming a volunteer drone force to help their country repel the Russian invasion. One entrepreneur who runs a
Continue ReadingLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The Los Angeles Times, USA Today Sports, IndyStar and News & Observer earned Grand Slam honors and the Montgomery Advertiser was awarded a Triple Crown in the annual Associated Press Sports Editors contest. This year’s contest was revamped in an effort to better represent the digital-first focus of today’s
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The environmental group Oregon Wild has sounded the alarm and started a petition, claiming the Forest Service is pushing ahead with what’s become a controversial plan to log some of the last remaining old-growth trees in the popular Phil’s trail area west of Bend
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Two weeks after postponing earlier plans for a strike, teachers at Proviso Township High School District 209 will be hitting the picket line on Friday, amid a contract standoff with the district. The Proviso Teachers Union will go on strike Friday morning,
Continue ReadingBy MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An Amtrak engineer has been acquitted of charges related to a high-speed derailment that left eight people dead and hundreds injured in Philadelphia in 2015. The jury cleared 38-year-old engineer Brandon Bostian of causing a catastrophe, involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment. He had been charged once for
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story ECHO SUMMIT, California (KPIX) — Dynamite charges ripped into a massive rockslide of tons of boulders and debris blocking Highway 50 at Echo Summit Friday, as Caltrans crews began the lengthy process of clearing the major weekend traffic route into South Lake Tahoe. The blast
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business A Toyota sold at a Florida collector car auction Friday for $2.5 million. As you might guess, this was not your standard Rav4 Hybrid. (Yes, car prices have gone up a lot, but not that much.) This particular Toyota was, genuinely, the rarest of the rare. It was a Toyota
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar, CNN Convoy groups led by American truckers are making their way toward the nation’s capital to demand an end to all Covid-19 mandates and restrictions. The protesters, with members coming from at least three individual convoy groups, are expected to arrive in Washington, DC, throughout the upcoming weekend. The convoys follow the
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Stellantis, the maker of Dodge and Jeep vehicles, has a factory in Russia. But it has not announced plans to pull out the country in the face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, unlike some other companies. Chief executive Carlos Tavares said he feels that doing so would only harm the
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election officials are pushing back against a Republican-hired investigator’s review of the 2020 election. Former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman issued a report Tuesday recommending that legislators decertify the election results. The Wisconsin Election Commission issued a seven-page rebuttal on Friday saying most of
Continue ReadingBy Brooke Shafer Click here for updates on this story FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (WFOR) — The Fort Lauderdale Police Department has announced new rules for the next month as thousands of spring breakers are expected to head to South Florida. From March 4 to April 3 on the public beaches in Fort Lauderdale: Tents, tables,
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Some Obsidian Middle School eighth-graders got a chance Friday to take hands-on learning to a whole new level, collaborating to build tech projects as they gear up not only for for high school but for possible future careers.
Continue ReadingBy DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The family of a Northern California woman charged with faking her own kidnapping in 2016 criticized the way she was arrested. The family said Friday that 39-year-old Sherri Papini was “ambushed” in front of her children Thursday. They said she would have turned herself in if
Continue ReadingCHARLOTTE, N.C. — Justin Hill had 10 of his 24 points in overtime as Longwood beat North Carolina A&T 79-65 in the quarterfinals of the Big South Conference tourney. Hill hit 12 of 14 free throws, including 6 of6 in OT. He added seven rebounds Marcus Watson led the Aggies on Friday with 27 points
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