Missouri’s pro sports teams push to get legal sports gambling on 2024 ballot
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A coalition of professional sports teams in Missouri is backing a new proposal to put…
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Defense Department awards $20.6 million to proposed nickel mines in Minnesota and Michigan
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Department of Defense has awarded $20.6 million to developers of the proposed Talon…
Continue Reading5 former officers charged with federal civil rights violations in Tyre Nichols beating death
By ADRIAN SAINZ and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Five former Memphis police officers have been charged with federal…
Continue ReadingEx-NFL Media journalist sues league alleging longstanding institutional discrimination
By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer A former NFL Media journalist is accusing the league of refusing to address what he calls longstanding institutional…
Continue ReadingPrescription opioid shipments declined sharply even as fatal overdoses increased, new data shows
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press New data shows that the number of prescription opioid pills shipped in the U.S. continued to fall through the…
Continue ReadingNY Philharmonic gets $40 million gift that endows Gustavo Dudamel’s job as music director
NEW YORK (AP) — Incoming music director Gustavo Dudamel will conduct the New York Philharmonic at its spring gala on April 24, the orchestra said…
Continue ReadingArmored train carrying North Korea’s Kim Jong Un crosses into Russia ahead of Putin meeting
By Helen Regan, Gawon Bae, Jake Kwon, Jessie Yeung, Brad Lendon and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Kim Jong Un’s heavily armored private train has…
Continue ReadingGuatemala President-elect suspends transition after agents raid election facilities, open vote boxes
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Following raids on electoral facilities in Guatemala where government agents opened boxes…
Continue ReadingPulitzer officials expand eligibility in arts categories; some non-U.S. citizens can now compete
NEW YORK (AP) — The Pulitzer Prize Board has revised its longtime rules on eligibility for many of its arts awards and will now allow those not…
Continue ReadingHouston Rockets’ Kevin Porter Jr. fractured girlfriend’s vertebra in NYC assault, prosecutors say
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr.’s alleged attack on his girlfriend in a New York…
Continue ReadingMontenegro police probe who built underground tunnel leading to court depot holding drugs, and why
PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Police in Montenegro have launched an investigation after an underground tunnel was discovered leading from a key…
Continue ReadingWhat’s ahead now that Republicans are opening an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he is launching an impeachment inquiry against President Joe…
Continue ReadingBea Romer, Colorado first lady who championed state-funded preschool, dies at 93
Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Former Colorado first lady Bea Romer, who helped establish public funding for preschool to help the state’s…
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Jefferson County School Board appoints Regina Mitchell to fill board vacancy
The board of Jefferson County School District 509J voted Monday evening to appoint Regina Mitchell to fill a vacancy on the school board. She is…
Continue ReadingFrance’s Foreign Ministry says a French elected official has been arrested in military-run Niger
PARIS (AP) — France’s Foreign Ministry says that a French official has been arrested in military-run Niger, and is calling for his immediate…
Continue ReadingFor HBCUs, the bands are about much more than the show to the Black community: ‘This is family’
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — It’s almost 10 p.m. and still a sweltering, sticky 95 degrees when Texas Southern’s Ocean of…
Continue ReadingRescue teams are frustrated that Morocco did not accept more international help after earthquake
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The text-message alert came in the middle of the night: A massive earthquake had hit Morocco.…
Continue ReadingManhunt for the escaped Pennsylvania killer draws hundreds of officers to small township where he’s believed to be armed with a rifle
CNN By Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The Pennsylvania manhunt for an escaped convicted killer has escalated and shifted focus to a small…
Continue ReadingSupporters of Native activist Leonard Peltier hold White House rally, urging Biden to grant clemency
By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hundreds of activists and Indigenous leaders rallied outside the White House…
Continue ReadingA Connecticut couple rescues a baby shark caught in a work glove
By PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press GLASTONBURY, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut couple’s scuba diving trip in Rhode Island turned into a mission to…
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