By ADAM BEAM, CHINEDU ASADU and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press Nigerian leaders Sunday mourned the death of the CEO of one of the country’s largest banks after he and five others were killed Friday in a helicopter crash in Southern California’s Mojave Desert. Herbert Wigwe, chief executive of Access Bank, and his wife and son
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM, CHINEDU ASADU and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press Nigerian leaders Sunday mourned the death of the CEO of one of the country’s largest banks after he and five others were killed Friday in a helicopter crash in Southern California’s Mojave Desert. Herbert Wigwe, chief executive of Access Bank, and his wife and son
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A woman in a trenchcoat opened fire with a long gun inside celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s megachurch in Texas before being gunned down by two off-duty officers who confronted her, sending worshippers rushing from the building between busy Sunday services, authorities said. The woman entered the
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By Raja Razek and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — A woman in a trench coat armed with a long rifle – and accompanied by a young child – entered pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church on Sunday afternoon and began firing, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said. Two off-duty law enforcement officers – a Houston police officer
Continue ReadingBy TOM ODULA, MUTWIRI MUTUOTA and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum and his coach died in a car crash in Kenya late Sunday, a fellow athlete who went to the hospital and saw Kiptum’s body said. Kiptum was 24 and on course to be a superstar of
Continue ReadingCNN By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin transferred his duties to his deputy as he is hospitalized for treatment for symptoms “suggesting an emergent bladder issue,” according to the Pentagon. Austin has been admitted into the critical care unit at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and it is “not clear
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The president’s national security spokesman John Kirby is getting an expanded role at the White House. Kirby will have a new title, White House national security communications adviser, and his role goes from a deputy assistant to the president to an assistant to the president. That’s according
Continue ReadingPULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Cameron Brink had 21 points, 11 rebounds and five steals, Hannah Jump added 20 points and No. 6 Stanford pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat Washington State 73-58 on Sunday. Kiki Iriafen added 17 points, 14 rebounds — seven offensive — and five assists for Stanford (22-3, 11-2 Pac-12).
Continue ReadingBy ERALDO PERES and ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press MADRE DE DEUS, Brazil (AP) — They couldn’t see it, but they could hear it. Carnival revelers Sunday in northeastern Brazil ‘s Madre de Deus heard the aluminum can street party before spotting it: More than 30 paraders decked out in cumbersome outfits made from hundreds of
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A woman in a trenchoat entered the Houston megachurch of celebrity pastor Joel Osteen and started shooting Sunday afternoon and was killed by two off-duty officers working security, police said. They added a young child with the woman was critically hurt and another man nearby was
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 38 points, Jalen Williams scored 32 and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Sacramento Kings 127-113 on Sunday. Gilgeous-Alexander made 15 of 26 shots and had seven assists and Williams made 13 of 20 shots and had nine assists and eight rebounds
Continue ReadingBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Super Bowl Sunday is here — and, as always, there’s a vast roster of advertisers ready to vie for fans’ attention during game breaks. Airing a Super Bowl commercial is no easy feat. On top of the reported $7 million price tag for a 30-second
Continue ReadingSAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A man whose family’s gender reveal photo shoot sparked a Southern California wildfire that killed a firefighter in 2020 has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, prosecutors said Friday. The El Dorado Fire erupted on Sept. 5, 2020, when Refugio Jimenez Jr. and Angelina Jimenez and their young children staged a
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Running back Jerick McKinnon and wide receiver Skyy Moore were active for the Kansas City Chiefs for the first time in nearly two months for their Super Bowl showdown with the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. McKinnon and Moore, who both played a crucial role
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas sheriff said Sunday that a shooter was down after a shooting at the Houston megachurch of celebrity pastor Joel Osteen on Sunday afternoon. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez did not immediately provide more details in his post on X, the platform formerly known as
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized Sunday following symptoms pointing to an “emergent bladder issue,” the Pentagon said. In a statement, the Pentagon said Austin was transported by his security detail to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center around 2:20 p.m. He “is retaining the functions and
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s been a tough February so far for the UCLA Bruins. They suffered a 20-point loss at No. 4 Stanford and were without center Lauren Betts, as well as two other players. “We need to get our family back whole,” coach Cori Close said Sunday.
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — Second-seeded Tommy Paul won his second career ATP title, surging ahead by winning the first three games in the third set and beating unseeded Marcos Giron 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-3 in an all-American final at the Dallas Open on Sunday Neither player had dropped a set on the hardcourt in Dallas before
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin transferred his duties to his deputy as he is hospitalized for treatment for symptoms “suggesting an emergent bladder issue,” according to the Pentagon. Austin has been admitted into the critical care unit at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and it is “not clear how
Continue ReadingCNN By Steve Almasy and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Investigators are still trying to decipher what motivated a 36-year-old mother to open fire with a semi-automatic rifle in a popular Houston megachurch Sunday in an incident that left two people injured, including her 7-year-old son, before she was killed by law enforcement. The shooter,
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