By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Naz Hillmon had 28 points and eight rebounds in her final home game, lifting No. 6 Michigan to a 62-51 win over Michigan State on Thursday. The Wolverines pulled away with a 10-0 run to open the fourth quarter. Michigan can clinch its first
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian soccer club Bahia says at least three of its players were injured by a homemade explosive on the team’s bus. The device detonated inside the bus on the way to a match. Bahia said on Twitter that goalkeeper Danilo Fernandes is in a hospital
Continue Reading LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg will return for a fourth season but has agreed to a pay cut and a reduced buyout if he’s fired after next season. Athletic Director Trev Alberts made the announcement on Thursday night. Hoiberg is 21-65 overall and 6-49 in the Big Ten entering a home game
Continue Reading By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn star guard Paige Bueckers has been cleared to return. Bueckers has been sidelined since early December with a left knee injury. Bueckers will suit up Friday for the seventh-ranked Huskies when they host St. John’s in Hartford. Bueckers went down in the closing seconds
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN KIRBY Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — An argument over marijuana sparked a sword attack that left the defendant’s mother dead and two of his family members injured last month, a law enforcement investigator testified Thursday. Archie Niles Jr., an investigator with the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office, testified
Continue ReadingCNN By Jack Guy, CNN It was not the wedding day they envisaged, but as Russia attacked their country Thursday Yaryna Arieva and her partner Sviatoslav Fursin rushed to tie the knot with the sound of air raid sirens ringing in their ears. “That was very scary,” Arieva, who married her partner at Kyiv’s St
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By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — One Republican in the Arizona House defected from a united GOP front to defeat a measure banning manufacturing or prescribing medication that would cause an abortion. The bill that unexpectedly failed Thursday would have eliminated the choice used by half of the people who have abortions in
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A Joshua Tree homeowner shot a man who attempted to break into his home late Monday night, according to San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department. The attempted burglary happened off of the 6000 block of Del Oro Road. Authorities reported that the break in led to a shooting between the suspect and the homeowner. Moments later
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ESPN is near the goal line of landing a top-tier talent to join the “Monday Night Football” booth. Troy Aikman is on the verge of leaving Fox after 22 years to become the lead analyst on the primetime package. The New York Post reported that Aikman will sign a
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — “Debemos salvar a Ucrania hoy y salvar al mundo democrático”. Con esas palabras al pueblo ucraniano, el presidente Volodymyr Zelensky expuso claramente lo que está en juego en este momento sin precedentes. Después de meses de acumulación militar y maniobras diplomáticas cada vez más frenéticas desde Occidente, Rusia ha invadido a
Continue Reading ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — A few hours after clinching top spot in the ATP rankings, Daniil Medvedev eased into the Mexican Open semifinals with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Yoshihito Nishioka. Medvedev became No. 1 in the rankings earlier in the day after Novak Djokovic lost to Jiri Vesely at Dubai. Medvedev will face either
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — The city’s first ever guaranteed basic income program will launch in April, with a lottery to determine which 5,000 low-income families in Chicago will get monthly $500 checks for one year. “Today’s announcement is all about supporting our residents who are
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — A summary of some key areas in collective bargaining between Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association as of proposals through Feb. 26, as obtained by The Associated Press.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El actor y cineasta Sean Penn está en Ucrania, donde asiste a conferencias de prensa y se reúne con el presidente Volodymyr Zelensky mientras Rusia comienza su invasión del país de Europa del Este. La oficina del presidente de Ucrania dijo que Penn llegó a Kyiv para “decirle al mundo la
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story COLLEYVILLE, Texas (KTVT) — A Colleyville Middle School teacher resigned Thursday, Feb. 24 after a video of something she said in a private conversation with colleagues in a hallway started spreading on social media. Grapevine-Colleyville ISD alerted families to the news in a statement it
Continue ReadingBy Reg Chapman Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — Bullets ring out, day and night. People who call the Minneapolis north side home know the sound all too well, and they tell WCCO that gang violence is the driving force. For the first time, we’re getting inside perspective from a
Continue ReadingBy Gerry May Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — A helping hand from the state of Louisiana — after a handout from Uncle Sam — will help Shreveport repair one of the trouble spots in its sewer system. Mayor Adrian Perkins on Thursday announced a $5 million state grant to
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals canceled a March 7 hearing in Pasadena on the attempt by American female players to reinstate their equal pay case against the U.S. Soccer Federation following a settlement agreement contingent on a new labor contract. In announcing the cancellation, the court revealed for the
Continue ReadingBy Gabriella Bachara Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — The moment a heart transplant patient reconnected with his surgeon after 25 years is nothing short of heartwarming. “I remember Glenn like it was yesterday. Although, it wasn’t yesterday,” Surgical Director of Cardiac Transplantation at Aurora St. Luke’s Hospital Dr. John
Continue ReadingBy JAMES PAXSON Click here for updates on this story GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Michigan (WNEM) — Three firefighters from the Grand Blanc Township Fire Department, along with one of their friends, are being recognized for saving three men’s lives while off-duty this past weekend. Firefighters Kyle Knopf, Adam Frank, and Dave Betchel – along with
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