LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Former Iowa State sharpshooter Milan Momcilovic has committed to Kentucky, giving coach Mark Pope one of the best players in the transfer portal. Momcilovic announced his decision on Instagram on Monday, less than a week after pulling his name out of the NBA draft. A 6-foot-8 forward, Momcilovic led the nation …
June 1 (Reuters) – A gunman killed six people and himself during a series of shootings in several locations of Muscatine, Iowa, a waterfront city across the Mississippi River from Illinois, police said. A preliminary investigation into the gun violence indicated the shootings “stemmed from a domestic-related dispute,” the Muscatine Police Department said in a …
HONOLULU (AP) — The killings of three men on Hawaii’s Big Island were “especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel,” prosecutors said in court documents that also seek a tougher sentence because the victims were older than 60. Jacob Baker, 36, who is charged with murder in the deaths of two 69-year-old men and one 79-year-old man, …
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jacob deGrom tossed five scoreless innings to earn his 100th career win and Ezequiel Duran had three hits as the Texas Rangers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 on Monday night. A two-time NL Cy Young Award winner, the 37-year-old deGrom (4-4) allowed four hits and struck out eight in his …
MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in Iowa are investigating the fatal shootings of six people who they believe were killed by a relative who took his own life when confronted by police Monday. Police were called Monday to a home in Muscatine, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of Cedar Rapids, where they found four …
KYIV, June 2 (Reuters) – Russian air attacks on major Ukrainian centres including Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv killed at least five people and wounded dozens early on Tuesday, authorities said, after days of warnings that Moscow was planning a major assault. Four people were killed and 16 injured in a Russian attack on Dnipro, in Ukraine’s east, …
Rick Adelman, a Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who played for seven NBA seasons before becoming one of the game’s all-time winningest coaches, has died, the National Basketball Coaches Association announced Monday. Adelman, the father of Denver Nuggets coach David Adelman, was 79. The cause of his death was not immediately announced. “The Denver Nuggets …
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two-time WNBA All-Star Caitlin Clark made one thing perfectly clear Monday — she enjoys playing for coach Stephanie White and anyone who infers otherwise is just plain wrong. A few minutes later, White said she also appreciates coaching Clark. Two days after cameras caught the Indiana star and the Fever coach engaged …
SANTA FE, N.M., May 26 (Reuters) – New Mexico legislators probing Jeffrey Epstein on Monday said they have issued their first subpoenas, calling for evidence on the late sex offender from 14 entities including federal law enforcement agencies, the state governor’s office and a Santa Fe scientific institute. The New Mexico Truth Commission, in its …
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A few days in early March 2025 changed the course of the NHL. Mitch Marner was at the epicenter of it. The Maple Leafs and Hurricanes discussed the possibility of a Marner-for-Rantanen swap. Marner held the keys with his full no-movement clause, and he preferred staying put and seeing out one …