Graham expects emotions on senior night
LAWRENCE — How, exactly, does one go about topping an evening that concluded with a stone-faced assassin succumbing to waterworks? It won't be easy, but Kansas coach Bill Self thinks this group's upcoming senior night has a chance at besting the show put on last year by Frank Mason and … …
Global stocks gain after Wall Street rally
Global stocks rose Monday after Wall Street rallied as investors looked ahead to the U.S. Federal Reserve chairman's congressional testimony this week for insights into its economic outlook. KEEPING SCORE: In early trading, Germany's DAX rose 0.9 percent to 12,593.90 and France's CAC 40 added … Read More
NBA agent killed in Colorado crash; 5-year-old son injured
The Colorado State Patrol says Fegan was driving an SUV when he tried to merge onto a highway and was broadsided by a commuter bus near Aspen, which is about 180 miles west of Denver. Colorado State Trooper Gabe Easton told the Aspen Times the SUV's other occupants, Fegan's 5-year-old … …
Robotics camp helps spur creativity
Amelia Whitley, 5, left, and Peyton Applebee, 6, laugh as their Lego robotics drumming monkey begins moving after they finished building it Friday during the Brick Scholars Animal Safari: K-2 Coding Class at the Gateway Technology Center. 022618BrickScholars2. 022618BrickScholars3. More Stories. Read More
Clive McFarlane: Time to redefine boys being boys
Michael Ian Black, in an op-ed for The New York Times titled “The Boys Are Not All Right,” observed that a common thread in the country's wave of mass shootings is that the perpetrators are male. “Too many boys are trapped in the same suffocating, outdated model of masculinity, where …
New Aussie deputy prime minister elected after resignation
A new Australian deputy prime minister was appointed on Monday after his predecessor quit over a sexual harassment allegation. Lawmakers in the Nationals party elected Michael McCormack as their leader. The junior coalition partner's former leader Barnaby Joyce resigned Friday as both party … Read More
At the Olympics, fans became walking corporate billboards
He didn't get the hashtag quite right on the first try, so they withheld the free stuffed bear he waited in line a half-hour to earn. "Add play," the agent said. "It should be #CokePlay." On the final night of the Pyeongchang Olympic Games on Sunday evening, this "agent" was …
Daniel Sedin scores twice, Canucks beat Coyotes 3-1
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Daniel Sedin broke a tie with 9:17 to play with his second goal of the game and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Arizona Coyotes 3-1 on Sunday night. On the winner, Sedin tipped in a long shot from Brock Boeser for his 18th goal of the season. …
Railblazer
WORCESTER – Flames are seen coming from a rail car Sunday evening as the train travels from Holden to Worcester. The Holden Fire Department, which received calls about the fire from concerned residents who saw the train behind the Leominster Credit Union, said the Providence & Worcester … Read More
Miracle Kid selling coffee cozies for Janeway
Sisters Lily Healey and Mya Healey, of Grand Falls-Windsor, pose with a basket of donated coffee cozies for their Janeway fundraiser. – Submitted. Grand Falls-Windsor girl says, 'They take care of kids'. Eleven-year-old Mya Healey has juvenile arthritis and has spent the past nine years of her life … Read More