Councilman Andre Dickens wins Atlanta mayor race over Moore ATLANTA – City Council member Andre Dickens won a runoff election Tuesday to become Atlanta’s next mayor, riding a surge of support that powered him past the council’s current president, Felicia Moore, after finishing second to her in November. Moore had been the leading candidate by a wide margin in the first round of voting on Nov.
BERLIN – A World War II bomb exploded at a construction site next to a busy railway line in Munich on Wednesday, injuring four people, one of them seriously, German authorities said. A column of smoke was seen rising from the site near the Donnersbergerbruecke station.
GENEVA – The U.N. migration agency says the coronavirus pandemic appears to have accelerated “hostile rhetoric” against migrants in the world and “radically altered” mobility, projecting in a new report that travel and other COVID-19-fighting restrictions could dampen migration worldwide as long as they remain.
BOSTON – Republican Gov. Charlie Baker announced Wednesday he won’t seek a third term as governor of Massachusetts, where his party is bitterly split between supporters and foes of former President Donald Trump.
TOKYO – The omicron variant kept a jittery world off-kilter Wednesday as Japan further tightened travel restrictions, infections linked to the new version of the coronavirus popped up in more places and new evidence made clear the mutant strain was circulating weeks earlier than thought.
(All times Eastern) Subject to change Thursday, December 2 COLLEGE BASKETBALL 8:30 p.m. PAC-12N — Washington at Arizona 9 p.m.
LAWRENCE — Not even a week has passed since the conclusion of Kansas football’s 2021 season, and head coach Lance Leipold has already made changes to his coaching staff ahead of 2022. Leipold announced Monday both defensive line coach Kwahn Drake and cornerbacks coach Chevis Jackson won’t return to the Jayhawks’ coaching staff.
LAWRENCE — Kansas volleyball will be competing in the NCAA tournament for the 10th time ever in program history, with its first round matchup coming Thursday at 4:30 p.m. in Omaha, Nebraska against Oregon.
The boys’ and girls’ basketball teams for Thomas More Prep-Marian will open the season at less than full strength. The Monarchs tip off the year Thursday at the 39th annual Gerald Mitchell Hays City Shoot-Out.
The 39th annual Gerald Mitchell Hays City Shootout begins tonight. Teams competing include: Boys Bracket: No.