CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Brady Manek scored 22 points, Caleb Love hit three clutch 3-pointers and North Carolina defeated Syracuse 88-79 in overtime. North Carolina’s win came despite a season-high 36 points from Cole Swider of Syracuse. Love’s 3-pointer gave North Carolina a 70-69 lead with 2:20 remaining in regulation. His 3-pointer with 8
Continue ReadingBy Whitney Wild and Geneva Sands, CNN Law enforcement in Washington, DC, said Monday that the Russian invasion of Ukraine, potential protests of President Joe Biden and a possible trucker convoy headed to the Washington area are all factoring into a heightened security response for the State of the Union address Tuesday night. Officials spoke
Continue ReadingBy KATHLEEN RONAYNE and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a man shot and killed his three daughters, their chaperone and himself during a supervised visit with the girls at a church in Sacramento, California. An official says deputies responding to reports of gunfire around 5 p.m. Monday found five people
Continue ReadingBALTIMORE — Sita Conteh had a career-high 22 points as Coppin State defeated Delaware State 80-67. Mike Hood had 16 points for Coppin State. Dominik Fragala led Delaware State with 24 points.
Continue ReadingNEW YORK — Chuba Ohams scored a career-high 23 points plus 11 rebounds as Fordham defeated UMass 85-73. Josh Colon-Navarro had 14 points for Fordham. Michael Steadman had 13 points for UMass.
Continue ReadingHEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Aaron Estrada had 28 points to help Hofstra fend off College of Charleston 89-84. Omar Silverio had 19 points for the Pride (21-10, 13-5 Colonial Athletic Association), who forced a season-high 28 turnovers. Ben Burnham had 19 points and 13 rebounds to pace the Cougars (16-14, 8-10). Reyne Smith added 19
Continue ReadingTEANECK, N.J. — Nigel Scantlebury had 19 points and six rebounds as Central Connecticut edged Fairleigh Dickinson 67-66 in the Northeast Conference tournament. Scantlebury scored the game’s last five points on a 3-pointer and the tying and go-ahead free throws with 7 seconds remaining. Brandon Rush had 15 points for Fairleigh Dickinson.
Continue ReadingBy DICK SCANLON Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Wendell Carter Jr. had 21 points and 12 rebounds, and eight Orlando players scored in double figures as the Magic beat the Indiana Pacers 119-103. Tyrese Haliburton had 23 points and seven assists for the Pacers, and Buddy Hield added 18 points. The game marked the
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK and JOHN PYE Associated Press BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Tens of thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate their homes and hundreds of thousands more have been told to prepare to flee as parts of Australia’s southeast coast are inundated by the worst flooding in more than a decade. The flooding
Continue ReadingCNN By Gregory Krieg and Maeve Reston, CNN Texas Republicans will need a May runoff to decide their nominee for state attorney general after incumbent Ken Paxton fell short of clinching a majority in Tuesday’s primary, setting up a showdown with Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush in May, CNN projects. Paxton led the four-candidate
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has denied executive privilege claims made by former Trump administration officials Peter Navarro and Michael Flynn in response to congressional subpoenas from the House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol. White House deputy counsel Jonathan Su delivered the rejections
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This past weekend, La Pine and Culver were full of hometown fans watching several wrestlers and their teams win state titles — right on their home mats.
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN The jury selection for the first January 6 trial has revealed how shaken Washington residents were watching Trump supporters attack the US Capitol last year — and how that is making it impossible for some to serve on Capitol riot defendants’ juries now. “I live in
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW LOGUE Associated Press AMES, Iowa (AP) — NaLyssa Smith scored 28 points and grabbed 20 rebounds as No. 5 Baylor clinched at least a share of its 12th consecutive Big 12 regular-season title with an 87-62 win over No. 8 Iowa State. Smith was the catalyst as the Bears (24-5, 14-3 Big 12)
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada’s governor and his wife were accosted during the weekend by two men at a Las Vegas restaurant who shouted profanities, taunts and anti-government statements in an incident posted on the internet. In a statement Monday by his re-election campaign, Gov. Steve Sisolak, a Democrat, characterized
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Webfoot Painting Company is looking for a local nurse or certified nursing assistant with a painting, carpentry, and/or deck need to tackle for its 14th annual giveaway, Project Serious: Residential Edition. This year, they’re going Seriously Big and awarding $25,000 of in-kind services.
Continue ReadingBy Steve Almasy, CNN Abbott Nutrition is recalling one lot of Similac PM 60/40 powdered infant formula due to another report of a dangerous bacterial infection. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the US Food and Drug Administration are investigating reports and complaints of infant illness related to formula from Abbott’s facility in
Continue ReadingCNN By Haley Brink, CNN meteorologist An “extreme” atmospheric river is hitting the Pacific Northwest, bringing the threat of avalanches and flooding that will persist for days. “A slow moving low pressure spinning over the north Pacific will result in an atmospheric river (a narrow ribbon of enhanced moisture transport) slowly shifting across the PacNW,”
Continue ReadingBy Haley Brink, CNN meteorologist An “extreme” atmospheric river is hitting the Pacific Northwest, bringing the threat of avalanches and flooding that will persist for days. “A slow moving low pressure spinning over the north Pacific will result in an atmospheric river (a narrow ribbon of enhanced moisture transport) slowly shifting across the PacNW,” the
Continue ReadingCNN By Gianluca Mezzofiore and Katie Polglase, CNN From TikTok videos of tanks in Belgorod to Telegram clips of strikes near Kyiv, social media footage has played a key role in the news coverage of Ukraine, revealing new attacks and military movements. But making sure the videos and images are real, accurate and correctly labeled
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