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By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer The women’s NCAA Tournament features a dozen Black female head coaches, doubling the number from last year’s tourney. While South Carolina Dawn Staley sees the increase as an indication of the success Black coaches can have when given the chance. But there has been marginal progress when it comes
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By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer The women’s NCAA Tournament features a dozen Black female head coaches, doubling the number from last year’s tourney. While South Carolina Dawn Staley sees the increase as an indication of the success Black coaches can have when given the chance. But there has been marginal progress when it comes
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ESPN has treated the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament on the same level as the College Football Playoff and “Monday Night Football.” But with increased attention toward how the women’s version of “March Madness” is treated compared to the men’s tournament, ESPN’s coverage will be under the microscope. And that
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares have rebounded to advance in most Asian markets after Wall Street extended a rally into a third day on Thursday. Oil prices pushed higher, surpassing $105 per barrel. The Bank of Japan kept its ultra-low interest rate policy unchanged despite moves by the Federal Reserve
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Business As Covid makes a resurgence in China, the country’s leader signaled that his focus this time around is on containing the collateral damage to its huge economy. China must “strive to achieve the maximum prevention and control at the least cost, and minimize the impact of the epidemic on economic
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN For several months at the beginning of the pandemic, American workers felt genuinely cared for by their bosses, according to a new survey released Friday by Gallup, an international polling organization. By April 2020, only a month into the nationwide lockdown, 49% of workers felt warm and fuzzy about how they
Continue Reading By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — The son of a man on death row in Bahrain has again sent a drawing to seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton. He still hopes Hamilton can help save his father’s life. Ahead of Sunday’s season-opening F1 race in Bahrain the 12-year-old Ahmed proudly
Continue Reading By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Evgenii Dadonov scored twice, Nic Roy got the game-winner in the third period and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Florida Panthers 5-3. Brett Howden and William Karlsson each added a goal for the Golden Knights. Logan Thompson made 33 saves as Vegas snapped a five-game
Continue Reading By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Evgenii Dadonov scored twice, Nic Roy got the game-winner in the third period and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Florida Panthers 5-3. Brett Howden and William Karlsson each added a goal for the Golden Knights. Logan Thompson made 33 saves as Vegas snapped a five-game
Continue Reading ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian official says state-run Indian Oil Corp. bought 3 million barrels of crude oil from Russia earlier this week to secure its energy needs, resisting Western pressure to avoid such purchases. The official said India will be looking to purchase more oil from Russia despite calls
Continue Reading By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — KJ Williams scored six of his 18 points in overtime after Murray State blew an eight-point lead late in regulation, and the seventh-seeded Racers extended their winning streak to 21 games with a 92-87 victory over San Francisco in the first round of the NCAA
Continue Reading By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — KJ Williams scored six of his 18 points in overtime after Murray State blew an eight-point lead late in regulation, and the seventh-seeded Racers extended their winning streak to 21 games with a 92-87 victory over San Francisco in the first round of the NCAA
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By Mark Morales, CNN His victim begged for mercy, police say. But all Gerald Brevard allegedly did, according to court documents, was pull the trigger, then sit on a nearby curb. A surveillance camera picked up music playing. New details have emerged in court documents that describe the shooting spree in which Gerald Brevard allegedly
Continue ReadingCNN By Mark Thompson, CNN Business Britain has banned Russian state TV channel RT, saying it was incapable of providing impartial coverage of the war in Ukraine. UK broadcast media regulator Ofcom said it had been conducting 29 investigations into RT’s coverage of Russia’s invasion, and had taken into account the channel’s ties with the
Continue ReadingBy Brian Stelter and An Phung, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Nicholas Kristof said something prophetic on last Sunday’s “Reliable Sources” telecast: “I’m not sure people fully appreciate — it is the photographers and the TV journalists and
Continue ReadingBy Ross Levitt, CNN Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson is not going to be on Blue Origin’s next space flight after the company pushed back the launch date by six days. The launch of the Jeff Bezos-owned company’s rocket originally set for March 23 is now slated to fly on March 29, the company
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, Alaa Elassar and Joe Sutton, CNN A central Texas sheriff’s deputy died Thursday while going door to door and helping people evacuate as several wildfires ravaged the area, authorities said. Deputy Sgt. Barbara Fenley, 51, was assisting evacuation efforts in Carbon and was last heard from when she was on her way
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Remy Martin had 15 points and Christian Braun 14 to lead five players scoring in double figures for top-seeded Kansas, and the Jayhawks opened their 50th NCAA Tournament with an 83-56 victory over Texas Southern. The SWAC champion Tigers had their only lead over
Continue Reading VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Alex Nedeljkovic made 43 saves, Pius Suter scored and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Vancouver Canucks 1-0 on Thursday night to end a six-game winless streak. Nedeljkovic had his second of the season and the fifth of his career. Suter scored midway through the second period, with help from
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anze Kopitar scored on the power play, Cal Petersen made 29 saves and the Los Angeles Kings beat the San Jose Sharks 3-0. Phillip Danault and Adrian Kempe each scored a goal, Sean Durzi had two assists, and the Kings avoided being swept in the four-game season series against the Sharks.
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