By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Kristaps Porzingis scored a career-high 41 points, including 29 in the first half, and the Washington Wizards beat Minnesota 142-127 after Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony-Towns was helped off the court in the third quarter with a right leg injury. Towns grabbed at his leg and went down
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Led by Javon Cooley’s 13 points, the Marist Red Foxes defeated the Columbia Lions 52-39 on Monday night. The Red Foxes improved to 3-4 with the victory and the Lions fell to 2-7.
Continue ReadingParija Kavilanz, CNN Business | Lianne Kolirin, CNN and Toyin Owoseje, CNN Luxury fashion house Balenciaga is suing the production company behind its Spring 2023 ad campaign after paperwork about a Supreme Court ruling on child pornography was identified in one of the images. The label, which is already facing condemnation over a different campaign
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A growing number of Republicans, including former Vice President Mike Pence, criticized Donald Trump on Monday for dining with a Holocaust-denying white nationalist and the rapper formerly known as Kanye West days after launching his third campaign for the White House. Pence, in an
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Estados Unidos tiene un promedio de más de 1.150 tornados al año: una cifra que supera la de cualquier otro país. De hecho, es mayor a la de Canadá, Australia y todos los países europeos juntos. En Estados Unidos, todos los estados han sufrido al menos un tornado, y algunos registran
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press SMITHFIELD, R.I. — Led by Antwan Walker’s 19 points, the Bryant Bulldogs defeated the Framingham State Rams 98-44 on Monday night. The Bulldogs improved to 6-1 with the victory and the Rams fell to 0-1.
Continue ReadingBy Alta Spells, Dianne Gallagher and Eric Levenson, CNN In a motion filed Monday, retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre and Favre Enterprises Inc. asked a Mississippi court to dismiss a civil complaint filed against him by the Mississippi Department of Human Services, seeking to retrieve funds distributed to Favre as part of what the state
Continue ReadingBy NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns had to be helped off the court in the third quarter at Washington because of what the team is calling a right calf strain. Towns was well behind the play during a Washington break and grabbed his right leg. After a
Continue ReadingCNN By Ray Sanchez, CNN Shanquella Robinson arrived in the picturesque Mexican town of San José del Cabo on October 28 with six of her friends. One day later, the 25-year-old student at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina died while staying in a luxury rental property in Baja California Sur. Now, nearly one month
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Dos tuits del boxeador mexicano Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez sobre un video de Lionel Messi comenzaron el revuelo. En el video en cuestión se ve a Messi en el vestuario tras la victoria de Argentina sobre México y parecía mostrar al delantero moviendo la camiseta mexicana con el pie. Pero la
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is set to vote Tuesday on legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages, putting Congress one step closer to passing the landmark bill and ensuring that such unions are enshrined in federal law. Senate Democrats are moving to quickly pass the
Continue ReadingBy KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The federal government said Monday it will spend $250 million over four years on environmental cleanup and restoration work around a drying Southern California lake that’s fed by the depleted Colorado River. The future of the Salton Sea, and who is financially responsible for it, has
Continue ReadingBy STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell spent much of his first day on the job speaking to his new players and realizing that many of them had hoped this search would have a different outcome. Fickell told them that change is never easy while adding that “the
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge will decide whether to block Mississippi from using three drugs when it puts inmates to death. His ruling could determine whether the state carries out its next execution in about two weeks. U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate heard arguments Monday in a
Continue ReadingANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani has been voted the majors’ best designated hitter for the second consecutive season. The Los Angeles Angels’ two-way slugger won the Edgar Martinez Outstanding Designated Hitter Award on Monday, beating out Houston’s Yordan Alvarez as the top player at the position in 2022. Ohtani won the AL MVP award
Continue ReadingBy Monica Garrett and Dakin Andone, CNN The world’s largest active volcano, Mauna Loa on Hawaii, is erupting for the first time in nearly 40 years. Though lava is flowing down one side of the volcano, the eruption in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is not threatening communities, the US Geological Survey said midday Monday. “All
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN The Orion spacecraft, which is at the core of NASA’s historic Artemis I mission, reached its farthest distance from Earth Monday afternoon, shattering the record for the maximum distance a spacecraft designed to carry humans has ever traveled. The space agency confirmed Monday evening that the Orion capsule had reached the
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The Las Vegas Raiders looked like they were falling apart two weeks ago. They had just lost to the Indianapolis Colts at home. Quarterback Derek Carr became emotional in the postgame news conference. He said not all his teammates were fully committed. Wide receiver Davante
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s environment minister said Tuesday her government will lobby against UNESCO adding the Great Barrier Reef to a list of endangered World Heritage sites, arguing that criticisms of government inaction on climate change were outdated. Officials from the U.N. cultural agency and the International Union for
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice A federal judge in Washington, DC, on Monday said that Donald Trump doesn’t have “absolute immunity,” as the former president claimed he should, in response to a lawsuit in its early stages related to Trump’s actions around the 2020 presidential election. Civil rights groups have sued Trump
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