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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to hear the appeals of two brothers who were sentenced to death for four fatal shootings in a Kansas soccer field in December 2000 known as “the Wichita massacre.” Outgoing Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said the high court’s decision means Jonathan and Reginald Carr no longer have any direct appeals of their death sentences. However, Schmidt said, they can […]

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals have fired coach Kliff Kingsbury and parted ways with general manager Steve Keim after a dreadful season that saw constant unwanted headlines, a serious knee injury to star quarterback Kyler Murray and lots of losing. The team confirmed the changes on Monday. “We have announced that head coach Kliff Kingsbury has been relieved of his duties,” the Cardinals said in a statement. “In […]

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Cardinals fire coach Kliff Kingsbury after 4-13 season that ended on 7-game losing streak; GM steps away, too. Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

Houston is back at No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll for the second time this season, while Kansas State continued its unexpectedly strong start by leaping from unranked to the verge of the top 10. The Cougars received 34 of 60 first-place votes in Monday’s poll to return to the top after a two-week stay there earlier this season. Kansas was second and had […]

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Biden administration said Monday that Iran’s sale of lethal drones to Russia for use in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine means the country may be “contributing to widespread war crimes.” National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan leveled the charge against Iran on Monday as he spoke to reporters accompanying President Joe Biden on a trip to Mexico. While it did not signal a policy shift, the […]

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s President Andrzej Duda was meeting Monday with the prime minister and some of his ministers to discuss security issues amid the war in neighboring Ukraine, including Kyiv’s request for delivery of Western-made heavy battle tanks. A presidential aide said the request for German-made Leopard 2 tanks which Poland, among other countries, uses, will be on the agenda. Pawel Szrot said that should Warsaw decide to […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors hearing evidence Monday against a former New York gynecologist accused of sexually abusing nearly 150 patients can “cancel” and “condemn him,” but they should acquit him of federal charges that he enticed women to cross state lines to be abused because he didn’t know where they were coming from, his lawyer said in an opening statement. Defense attorney Deirdre Von Dornum told jurors as the […]

Jerusalem’s 2,000-year-old Pilgrimage Road Preparing for Modern Revival  Massive project, which exposes road used by Jewish pilgrims during Second Temple Period, slated to open to the public along with Pool of Siloam in coming years  By Maya Margit/The Media Line  This road might not lead to Rome, though it is indeed Roman. For nearly a decade, archaeologists in Jerusalem’s City of David National Park have been working hard to uncover […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Kevin McCarthy is the new House speaker, but as bruising as it was for him to seize the gavel in a history-making election, it may be even more difficult for the embattled leader to do much with the powerful position — or to even keep it. Like the two most recent Republican speakers, John Boehner and Paul Ryan, McCarthy takes the helm of a restive, rebellious […]