WICHITA, Kan. — Wichita State has hired longtime major league manager Eric Wedge as its baseball coach, giving him a five-year contract and the task of turning around the Shockers’ once-proud program. Wedge was a senior catcher on the team that won the 1989 national championship. He went on to play parts of four seasons
In a 79-23 vote Wednesday, the Louisiana House gave final passage to a bill barring abortion once there's a detectable fetal heartbeat, as early as the sixth week of pregnancy. Gov. John Bel Edwards, the Deep South's only Democratic governor, supports the ban and intends to sign it into law despite opposition from national party leaders who say such laws are attacks on women.
JOLIET, Ill. – After winning on the 20th anniversary of his first career Top Fuel start a year ago, things continue to come full circle for NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series star Clay Millican at Route 66 Raceway, the site of this weekend’s 22nd annual Route 66 NHRA Nationals. Millican will pilot an 11,000-horsepower […]
The Twins gave Max Kepler a five-year, $35M deal in February, and now he's putting up great stats. Kepler has been on the Twins' radar since he was 14 years old in Germany.
The World Health Organization will remove "gender identity disorder" from its global manual of diagnoses -- a major win for transgender rights. The change was announced last summer, but a resolution to amend the health guidelines was officially approved Saturday.
Looks like Drake’s sideline antics are starting to catch up with him. A league spokesperson says the NBA spoke to... Read More »
At least seven people were killed and more than a dozen were missing after a pleasure boat carrying South Korean tourists capsized Wednesday on the flooding Danube in the Hungarian capital, police and ambulance crews said. The boat reportedly collided with another tourist vessel shortly after 9 p.m. (1900 GMT) near the Hungarian parliament building, then turned over on the river, which has been flooding, with very strong currents, while a rainstorm enveloped Budapest. Mihaly Toth, a spokesman for the boat's owner... Читать дальше...
LOS ANGELES — Big swings, not many big misses. The Mets took notice in their 9-5 loss on Monday night at Dodgers Stadium just how often Los Angeles seemed to guess right at the plate. Amazin’. That got the Mets’ attention. On Tuesday night it was a different story as the Mets came away with...
We the North face the Golden State in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday
File photo of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
NASHPORT, Ohio — The junior varsity 8 boat from Notre Dame Academy’s rowing team finished third at the Scholastic Rowing Association of America national championship regatta held Friday and Saturday at Dillon Lake.
The young attacker hasn't taken long to catch the eye after making his A-League debut
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Trump says he was "not informed about anything having to do with the Navy Ship USS John S. McCain..."
The US is alarmed by the "arbitrary and unjust" detention of more than one million Uighur Muslims in China's Xinjiang province, a top official has said, demanding an end to human rights abuses against the ethnic and religious minorities. State Department Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus told reporters it was important to speak up for the victims of China's massive campaign of repression against Uighurs and other Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang province in the holy month of Ramzan. "The United States... Читать дальше...
The Copa America starts on June 14, with Brazil playing Bolivia on the opening day.
Hon. Jerry Hill State Capitol, Room 5035 Sacramento, CA 95814 Dear Sen. Hill, Regarding SB 360, you have been quoted
Louisiana is the latest in a sickeningly large number of states to pass yet another restrictive abortion measure, moving to prohibit the procedure once there’s a detectable fetal heartbeat—which occurs before many women even know they’re pregnant.
When Brett White and Steve Price started trading blows, it set in motion one of the wildest Origin finishes in the history of the interstate series. Ten years on, we revisit that night through the eyes of those at the centre of the drama.
As he departed the Justice Department, Special Counsel Robert Mueller delivered a valedictory address in which he reiterated the main points of his office’s written investigative report. In doing so, he explicitly confirmed what many of us have recognized from...
