By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer Bill Self likes to remind his team that the faces may change at Kansas but the expectations within his program never do. Expectations outside the program? Turns out they are as high as possible this year. The Jayhawks were the clear No. 1 pick in the AP Top 25
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — A US Marine rapid response force is headed to the waters off the coast of Israel and the Pentagon is preparing American troops for a potential deployment to the country, escalating the US’ show of force in the region as it works to prevent the conflict
Continue ReadingMACON, Ga. (AP) — A central Georgia sheriff said four men detained in the county jail escaped through a damaged window and a cut fence. Bibb County Sheriff David Davis said jail staff noticed a break in the perimeter fence around the jail at about 6 a.m. Monday. They went back and watched video footage
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced he is limiting shelter stays for migrant families with children to 60 days in the city’s housing system. Monday’s move to tighten the rules comes as the Democratic mayor seeks to ease the pressure a city system overwhelmed
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said Monday that if elected again to the White House, he would reinstate and expand a travel ban on people from predominantly Muslim countries, suspend refugee resettlements and aggressively deport those whom he characterized as having “jihadist sympathies.” During a campaign event in Clive, Iowa,
Continue ReadingBy Adam Thompson Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — An envelope addressed by an inmate from a Maryland correctional facility with a white powder substance was found in a judge’s chamber in the Cummings Courthouse, on Calvert Street, Monday afternoon in Baltimore, according to the Baltimore City Sheriff’s Office. Hazmat crews
Continue ReadingWJZ By Adam Thompson Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — An envelope addressed by an inmate from a Maryland correctional facility with a white powder substance was found in a judge’s chamber in the Cummings Courthouse, on Calvert Street, Monday afternoon in Baltimore, according to the Baltimore City Sheriff’s Office. Hazmat
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The price of the lifesaving Covid-19 medication Paxlovid is likely to rise next year for most patients as the United States continues to transition out of the emergency phase of the pandemic, sparking concerns among doctors that it will become less accessible. Just as with Covid-19 vaccines this season,
Continue ReadingKINGSLAND, Ga. (AP) — A Black man who spent more than 16 years in prison in Florida on a wrongful conviction has been fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop. Leonard Cure was shot and killed by a Camden County deputy during a traffic stop Monday. The Georgia Bureau of
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER and KEN SWEET Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former FTX executive and onetime billionaire has testified against the cryptocurrency exchange’s founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, at his New York City federal fraud trial. Nishad Singh said Monday that his admiration for him faded as he watched excessive spending on investments, property and
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Adjustable-rate mortgages, which got a bad name during the housing meltdown of the late 2000s, are gaining some traction again as would-be homebuyers face the highest rates in decades for fixed-rate mortgages. As rates for the 30-year fixed-rate loan climb to levels not seen in 23 years,
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Zahid Mahmood, CNN Gaza and London (CNN) — Ibrahim Dahman and his family entered the hotel room and looked out toward the blue of the Mediterranean Sea. His two young sons were excited to spot a swimming pool below their window, but this was no vacation. “But they don’t strike… they
Continue ReadingCNN By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Zahid Mahmood, CNN Gaza and London (CNN) — Ibrahim Dahman and his family entered the hotel room and looked out toward the blue of the Mediterranean Sea. His two young sons were excited to spot a swimming pool below their window, but this was no vacation. “But they don’t strike…
Continue ReadingBy FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — The Negro River, the Amazon’s second largest tributary, has reached its lowest level since official measurements began near Manaus 121 years ago. Monday’s record confirms that this part of the world’s largest rainforest is suffering its worst drought, just a little over two years after its
Continue ReadingBy Albany Herald Staff Click here for updates on this story MACON, Georgia (Albany Herald) — The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in finding four inmates who escaped from the Bibb County Detention Center. The Inmates fled from the detention center through a damaged day room window and a cut
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump will be back in court Tuesday for his New York civil fraud trial, but a face-to-face showdown with former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen will have to wait. Cohen, a key witness in the state’s case against the former president, postponed his testimony
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Federal wildlife officials said Monday they are delaying a long-awaited decision to declare the ivory-billed woodpecker extinct, months after grainy photos and videos emerged that purported to show the bird flying through a Louisiana forest. In 2021, the agency seemed ready to declare the so-called Lord God Bird extinct:
Continue ReadingBy Macie Goldfarb, CNN (CNN) — Four inmates, including a man charged with murder, are on the run from authorities after escaping a central Georgia jail through a damaged second-floor window and getting through the perimeter fences, according to authorities. The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office said the inmates escaped from the Bibb County Detention Center
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — A nonprofit founded by former Victoria’s Secret billionaire Leslie Wexner and his wife Abigail is breaking off ties with Harvard University, alleging the school has been “tiptoeing” over Hamas’ terror attacks against Israel. The Wexner Foundation’s decision to end its relationship and financial support for Harvard is
Continue Reading
(Update: More details of ceremony) SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs will honor all veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces on Veterans Day, Saturday, Nov. 11 at 11:00 a.m. during its Statewide Veterans Day Ceremony this year in view of the Oregon State Capitol Building. This event will feature remarks by
Continue Reading