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ORONO, Maine — Ja’Shonte Wright-McLeish registered 17 points as Maine narrowly defeated NJIT 65-61, giving interim head coach Jason Steadman his first win. Steadman, in his first season as an assistant coach at Maine, was elevated to the head position on Thursday, replacing Richard Barron. Miles Coleman led the Highlanders on Sunday with 24 points.
Continue Reading By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Michigan coach Juwan Howard appeared to throw a punch after arguing with Wisconsin coach Greg Gard during the postgame handshake line following the Badgers’ 77-63 victory. It was unclear what upset Howard, but Wisconsin was up 15 when it took a timeout with 15 seconds
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Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A gemstone, billed as one of the largest gem-quality opals in existence, has been sold for nearly $144,000 at auction in Alaska on Sunday. The auction house, Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals, said the opal, dubbed the “Americus Australis,” weighs more than 11,800 carats. It also has a long
Continue ReadingBy WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story MINNETONKA, Minnesota (WCCO) — The head coach of Minnetonka High School’s girls basketball team is stepping away following an incident involving “accusations of hurtful and derogatory words,” a school spokesperson said. Varsity head coach Leah Dasovich will not coach the remainder of the season, school
Continue Reading By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Aliyah Boston had 16 points and 12 rebounds to tie the Southeastern Conference mark of 19 straight double-doubles and No. 1 South Carolina clinched a share of the league title with a 67-53 victory over No. 12 Tennessee. The Gamecocks improved to 11-0 this season
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KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a Nevada man has died after the small plane he was piloting crashed northwest of Kingman. Mohave County Sheriff’s officials say the pilot was the only person aboard the single-engine plane when it went down Saturday afternoon near the Triangle Airpark. They say the victim died at the scene
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By Pooja Salhotra and Theresa Waldrop, CNN A 21-year-old female student at SUNY Potsdam was shot and killed near the upstate New York campus Friday night, state police and university officials said. The victim, identified as Elizabeth Howell, was found on College Park Road, state police said in a news release. She was pronounced dead
Continue Reading MILAN (AP) — Inter Milan was upset 2-0 at home by midtable Sassuolo and wasted a chance to leapfrog city rival Milan and go top of the Italian league. Leader Milan had stumbled Saturday with a 2-2 draw at last-place Salernitana. Inter remains two points behind in second but with a game in hand. Giacomo
Continue Reading AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Honesty Scott-Grayson scored 23 points with five steals and Auburn scored the last 11 points of the game to upset No. 21 Georgia 65-60. After Jenna Staiti’s layup put Georgia on top 60-54 with 7:16 to play, the Bulldogs missed their last 11 shots and had six turnovers. Aicha Coulibaly, who
Continue ReadingBy Lee Peck Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A year after one of the Port City’s most horrific murder cases — four people now stand accused of the deaths of Tony and Leila Lewis. Their murders sent shockwaves through the Happy Hill community after their home on Dr. Thomas
Continue Reading VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — A Virginia high school senior who was born with no right leg and a left leg that ends at the middle of his thigh took home a state wrestling championship, surprising everyone but himself. Adonis Lattimore, a senior at Landstown high School, won first place Saturday in the Virginia High
Continue Reading BAROOGA, Australia (AP) — Hannah Green of Australia is the first woman to win a mixed-gender tournament on a main golf tour. The former Women’s PGA champion shot a 66 for a four-shot victory in the TPS Murray River on the PGA Tour of Australasia. It’s part of an innovative series in Australia where men
Continue Reading TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Deja Kelly scored 26 points, Alyssa Utsby added 12 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 24 North Carolina defeated Florida State 64-49. Kennedy Todd-Williams scored 10 points for the Tar Heels and Anya Poole grabbed 13 rebounds. The Tar Heels led by one point early in the fourth quarter before breaking
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A German newspaper and other media say a leak of data from Credit Suisse, Switzerland’s second-biggest bank, reveals details of the accounts of more than 30,000 clients — some of them unsavory — and points to possible failures of due diligence in checks on many customers. Credit Suisse said it “strongly rejects
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Bayer Leverkusen top-scorer Patrik Schick has been ruled out for several weeks after tearing a muscle in his left calf. Leverkusen says that an MRI scan confirmed the damage sustained during the team’s 3-2 loss at Mainz in the Bundesliga on Friday. Schick has scored a
Continue Reading MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Rori Harmon scored 19 points with eight rebounds, seven assists, three steals and a block to lead No. 14 Texas to a 67-58 win over West Virginia. Aliyah Matharu, one of three Longhorns with eight points, closed it out with a three-point play with 12.9 seconds left, her layup coming at
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN Covering what’s really happening on the Ukrainian border is being made even more difficult because of the constant flow of unverified or potentially misleading information, said Clarissa Ward, CNN’s chief international correspondent. The prevalence of amateur videos, crowdsourced content and difficult to discern satellite imagery can confuse or perhaps misinform even
Continue ReadingCNN By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Covering what’s really happening on the Ukrainian border is being made even more difficult because of the constant flow of unverified or potentially misleading information, said Clarissa Ward, CNN’s chief international correspondent. The prevalence of amateur videos, crowdsourced content and difficult to discern satellite imagery can confuse or perhaps misinform
Continue Reading CNN By Christina Maxouris, CNN Tasha Nelson’s 10-year-old son held back tears when he heard the news. The two were in the car when the announcement came through the radio: Virginia’s freshly sworn-in governor had signed an order attempting to ban mask mandates in schools. “My son looked up at me and he had tears
Continue ReadingBy Abby Dodge Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — With events resuming after a year or two off because of the pandemic, gig workers are back at it. But one local Kansas City musician hit a sour note Tuesday morning: His personal gear was missing from his car. “It
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