CHICAGO (AP) — United Airlines says federal regulators are increasing their oversight of the carrier following a series of recent issues. United’s vice president of corporate safety said Friday that the Federal Aviation Administration will examine multiple areas of the airline’s operation to ensure safety compliance. United CEO Scott Kirby tried to reassure customers earlier
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Audi Crooks grabbed the Iowa State name plate and emphatically placed it on the big NCAA Tournament bracket board, into the space for the second round. She absolutely earned the chance to do so. “That was so fun, my teammates soaked me in water,” she
Continue ReadingBy MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — The president of Brazil’s soccer federation says the rape convictions of former footballers Dani Alves and Robinho end “one of the most nefarious chapters” in the country’s sports history. Ednaldo Rodrigues said in a statement that the executives at ruling body CBF and its coaching
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. fighter jets from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier struck three underground storage facilities in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen late Friday. That’s according to a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a military operation not yet made public. The official
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Freshman Audi Crooks scored a career-high 40 points on 18-for-20 shooting in her sensational NCAA Tournament debut, and No. 7-seed Iowa State hit all the big shots in the second half to rally from 20 points down and beat 10th-seeded Maryland 93-86 on Friday night.
Continue ReadingMESA, Ariz. (AP) — Chicago Cubs left-hander Justin Steele departed his final tuneup for opening day after he was struck on his left leg by a comebacker on Friday. Steele was hit by Luis Matos’ leadoff grounder for San Francisco in the second inning of their Cactus League game. He was replaced by Jose Romero.
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The City of Indio has begun placing barriers and signs around the area where local musician and singer, Abi Carter, will perform on Saturday. The Indio native will be performing in her first concert ever, hosted by the city in her honor. On Friday, workers could be seen setting up the staging area along Towne
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Assailants burst into a large concert hall in Moscow on Friday and sprayed the crowd with gunfire, killing over 60 people, injuring more than 100 and setting fire to the venue in a brazen attack just days after President Vladimir Putin cemented his grip on power in a highly orchestrated electoral landslide.
Continue ReadingBASTROP, Texas (AP) — A cement truck veered into a school bus carrying more than 40 pre-K students returning from a field trip to a Texas zoo Friday, killing a boy on the bus and a man in another vehicle, authorities said. Officials said the bus rolled over on the highway in the rural outskirts
Continue ReadingCNN By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Former New York Rep. George Santos announced Friday that he was leaving the Republican Party and would continue his congressional comeback bid as an independent. Santos, who faces a slew of federal charges and was expelled from the House last year, attacked the GOP in a social media post
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fans will get to learn plenty about Kiki Rice during an ESPN original series airs in May. The UCLA sophomore point guard though is hoping that her play on the court can make the Bruins one of the top stories of the NCAA Tournament. Rice
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Two people are dead, including a child, after a concrete truck struck a school bus full of pre-K children returning from a field trip head-on in Bastrop County, Texas, according to officials. The bus, traveling westbound on State Highway 21, was hit by the concrete truck traveling in the
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — Authorities say an inmate was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash soon after his escape from a Hawaii jail. Correctional officers found the inmate on a highway outside Kauai Community Correctional Center early Friday. Police say he was running north on the highway when a
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate bogged down Friday evening on a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills, increasing the prospects that funding for some key federal agencies could lapse and initiate a partial government shutdown beginning at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. Though passage was not in doubt,
Continue ReadingCNN By Mariya Knight, Anna Chernova and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack at a popular concert venue complex near Moscow Friday after assailants stormed the venue with guns and incendiary devices, killing at least 60 people and injuring 145. The terror group took responsibility for the attack in
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The malnourished and badly bruised son of a parenting advice YouTuber politely asks a neighbor to take him to the nearest police station in newly released video from the day his mother and her business partner were arrested on child abuse charges in southern Utah.
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of arrests for illegally crossing the U.S. southern border with Mexico nudged upward February over the previous month. But at a time when immigration is increasingly a concern for voters, the numbers were still among the lowest of Joe Biden’s presidency. According to government figures,
Continue ReadingBy CADEN FRANK Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — It has been a long wait for No. 4 seed Gonzaga to get to host women’s NCAA Tournament games again. After rattling off 23 straight regular season wins, 21 by double figures, and maintaining a perfect regular season conference record there seemed to be little doubt
Continue ReadingBASTROP, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a concrete truck has crashed into a school bus carrying more than 40 prekindergarten students on a field trip in Texas, killing a boy on the bus and a man in a third vehicle. Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Deon Cockrell says the bus was struck at about
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick will be the only names on ballots for the office in Pennsylvania’s April primary after a ruling by the state’s highest court. Friday’s ruling completed the third of three successful court challenges to the paperwork of three
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