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14 from figure skating community killed in plane crash, six of them from Boston club

Jan. 30, 2025 13:02 PM EST

NORWOOD, Mass. (AP) — Two teenage figure skaters, their mothers, and two former world champions who were coaching at a historic Boston club were among the 14 members of the skating community killed when an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night and crashed into...

The Chiefs will seek another Super Bowl sweep in a title game rematch against the Eagles

Jan. 30, 2025 06:02 AM EST

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs keep finding themselves on one side of a Super Bowl rematch. A year after beating the San Francisco 49ers for the second time in five seasons in the NFL's championship game, Mahomes and the Chiefs will square off against the Philadelphia...

Royals agree with RHP Carlos Estévez on 2-year, $22M deal, person familiar with deal tells AP

Jan. 29, 2025 21:25 PM EST

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Royals and reliever Carlos Estévez have agreed to a two-year, $22 million contract, giving Kansas City another potential closer alongside Lucas Erceg, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Wednesday night. The deal includes a $13...

US woman tried for 3 killings goes missing from a Mexican prison in 1969. Details finally emerge

Jan. 29, 2025 18:46 PM EST

The mystery of what happened to a U.S. woman who was tried in three killings before disappearing from a Mexican prison more than 50 years ago is about to be solved. Authorities have planned a news conference for Thursday to discuss the case of Sharon Kinne, who was charged before her...

NWSL MVP Temwa Chawinga signs contract extension with Kansas City Current

Jan. 29, 2025 16:08 PM EST

The Kansas City Current have signed National Women's Soccer League Most Valuable Player Temwa Chawinga to a three-year contract extension. The deal announced Wednesday would keep the forward from Malawi with the Current through the 2028 season. Last season, her first...

As the Chiefs chase a 3-peat, DeAndre Hopkins and other vets finally get their Super Bowl chance

Jan. 29, 2025 14:23 PM EST

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — DeAndre Hopkins was stuck on a downtrodden team in Tennessee headed for the No. 1 overall pick in the draft. Kareem Hunt was stuck without a job at all. Yet the veteran wide receiver and running back, along with Marquise Brown, D.J. Humphries...

Refugee resettlement agencies scramble after Trump orders them to halt their federally funded work

Jan. 29, 2025 11:15 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tens of thousands of recently arrived refugees might lose support for basic necessities like food and rent after a Trump administration order suspended federal funding for resettlement agencies. There is widespread confusion as agency leaders seek greater clarity...

Jalen Hurts will try to become 4th starting QB to win a Super Bowl after losing in his debut

Jan. 29, 2025 09:48 AM EST

Jalen Hurts bucked decades of history just by getting back to the Super Bowl after losing his first trip there as a starting quarterback. Now he will try to become the fourth quarterback to win the NFL's ultimate prize as a starting quarterback after losing his first Super Bowl...

The tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas is alarming. It's not the biggest in US history though, CDC says

Jan. 28, 2025 19:50 PM EST

A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear to be the largest outbreak of the disease in U.S. history as a state health official claimed last week. “We would expect to see a handful of cases every...

Ex-detective in Kansas left suicide letters before his body was found ahead of trial

Jan. 28, 2025 19:10 PM EST

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A former police detective in Kansas left five suicide letters before fatally shooting himself as he was about to stand trial last month over allegations that he sexually assaulted and terrorized vulnerable Black women for decades, investigators announced Tuesday. ...