By LEZLA GOODEN Click here for updates on this story WINDSOR LOCKS, Connecticut (WFSB) — Families are waiting for troops to return after a year after being deployed at the Horn of Africa. A total of more than 100 soldiers from the 102nd infantry are expected to arrive around 7 p.m. on January 21. They
Continue ReadingLUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Terrence Shannon scored a season-high 23 points and 18th-ranked Texas Tech remained undefeated at home with a 78-65 win over West Virginia. It was the 1,300th college game coached by West Virginia’s Bob Huggins. He is in his 40th season overall, and 16th at his alma mater. The Mountaineers have lost
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — James Karnik scored a career-high 26 points, Makai Ashton-Langford added 18 points, and Boston College defeated Virginia Tech 68-63. T.J. Bickerstaff had seven points, 10 rebounds and four assists for Boston College. Virginia Tech had a chance to take the lead in the final minute but trailing 64-63 Nahiem Alleyne and Keve
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Payton Willis scored a career-high 32 points, matching a program record with eight 3-pointers, and short-handed Minnesota snapped a four-game losing streak with an improbable 68-65 win over Rutgers. Missing three starters, including their top scorer, the Gophers took the victory with the conference-minimum seven scholarship players available. Minnesota played without Jamison
Continue ReadingBy DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Edin Džeko netted a last-gasp winner to help Inter Milan beat virus-hit Venezia 2-1 and move five points clear at the top of Serie A. Nicolò Barella had canceled out Thomas Henry’s shock opener for Venezia in the first half. Defending champion Inter’s next match is against
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS — Trevon Faulkner posted 18 points as Northern Kentucky got past IUPUI 60-41. Bakari LaStrap led the Jaguars on Saturday with 11 points.
Continue ReadingBy BOBBY BANCROFT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Collin Gillespie had 28 points, Justin Moore added 19 and No. 11 Villanova won at Georgetown 85-74 on Saturday. Gillespie connected on 6 of 9 3-pointers, including four in the second half. Villanova erased an eight-point second-half deficit to continue it dominance over Georgetown. The Wildcats (14-5,
Continue ReadingNEW YORK — Myles Cale had a season-high 21 points as Seton Hall beat St. John’s 66-60. Aaron Wheeler led the Red Storm on Saturday with 13 points, seven rebounds and three blocks.
Continue ReadingBANGOR, Maine — Nathan Johnson registered 17 points as Maryland-Baltimore County beat Maine 88-46. Adefolalrin Adetogun led the Black Bears on Saturday with 10 points.
Continue ReadingSOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — Manchester City’s winning run in the Premier League has ended at 12 matches after a 1-1 draw at Southampton. The Saints took points off the leaders for the second time this season. City needed a 65th-minute header by Aymeric Laporte to earn a point at St. Mary’s, after Southampton took the
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — Zach Cooks had 19 points off the bench to lead Hofstra to a 72-50 win over Northeastern. Jahmyl Telfort led the Huskies on Saturday with 11 points.
Continue ReadingBy MITCHELL NORTHAM Associated Press DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — AJ Griffin hit five 3-pointers — the most by a Duke player this season — and the sixth-ranked Blue Devils routed visiting Syracuse 79-59. Griffin was one of four players for Duke with 15 points, joining Paolo Banchero, Wendell Moore Jr. and Mark Williams. Banchero had
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, Daniella Diaz and Ethan Cohen, CNN The Arizona Democratic Party’s executive board announced Saturday it formally censured Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema for voting to maintain the Senate’s filibuster rules, effectively blocking Democrats’ voting legislation, a key priority for the party. The symbolic gesture Saturday from Arizona Democrats adds to the mounting
Continue ReadingBy KENDALL KEYS, JAMES PAXSON Click here for updates on this story MICHIGAN (WNEM) — A viewing was held Friday night in Pinconning for twin six-year-olds and their father. “They were just such a beautiful family,” said Michele Birnbaum, the twins godmother. The McKeon family is devastated after a Monday afternoon crash. “He had just
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN BOROWY Click here for updates on this story MICHIGAN (WNEM) — Investigators believe they’ve found the body of a student who was last seen on the Michigan State University campus more than 80 days ago. At 12:30 p.m. on Jan. 21, MSU Police and Public Safety and other law enforcement agencies recovered a
Continue ReadingCNN By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The two New York Police Department officers who lost their lives responding to a domestic violence call are being remembered as dedicated heroes to their community. Officers Wilbert Mora and Jason Rivera, both in their 20s, were shot after encountering someone with a gun after responding to a 911 call
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities in eastern Idaho say a man upset with being charged a $150 fee for smoking in his motel room fired multiple rounds from an assault-style rifle into the building before driving away. Authorities say the shooting occurred Friday morning at the Motel 6 in Rexburg, Idaho, and that no one
Continue ReadingLEVERKUSEN, Germany (AP) — Bayer Leverkusen has signed Iran forward Sardar Azmoun for next season. The club announced the transfer shortly after it scored five goals in a Bundesliga game. Leverkusen says the 27-year-old Iran international will join on a free transfer after deciding not to extend his contract with Russian champion Zenit St. Petersburg.
Continue ReadingBy Sonnet Swire Boris Epshteyn, an adviser for former President Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign, acknowledged Friday that he was part of the effort to prop up so-called “alternate electors” to support Trump in key states. “Is that something you ever worked on or would support, for example, in Michigan?” MSNBC’s Ari Melber asked him
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — New recruit Cedric Bakambu scored on his debut as Marseille won 2-0 at Lens to move to second place in the French league. Marseille is one point ahead of Nice, which plays at Metz on Sunday. PSG has a 10-point lead at the top of the standings ahead of its home game
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