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GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Darius Banks scored a season-high 24 points as Chattanooga defeated Furman 64-58 on Saturday. Malachi Smith added 20 points for the Mocs. Smith also had nine rebounds and seven assists.David Jean-Baptiste, who was second on the Mocs in scoring coming into the contest with 15 points …

By AL LESAR Associated PressKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Zakai Zeigler came off the bench to score 16 points and No. 19 Tennessee weathered a furious second-half rally, beating Vanderbilt 73-64 on Saturday night.The Volunteers (18-6, 9-3 Southeastern Conference) ,led by as many as 16 points early in the second half. …

By John Coleman BEJING (mocnews.com) Beijing’s Winter Olympics have felt the effect of COVID-19. Competitions leading up to the Olympics were cancelled, training sites shut down and curlers forced into isolation. One thing the curlers have missed out on is their social culture                                                                                                                                                  Celebrations such as this from the 2018 …

North Korea Looks to Upgrade Its Nuclear Arsenal By HARRISON BROWN NORTH KOREA (mocsnews.com) – Kim Jung Un, the dictator of The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, also known as North Korea), is under the microscope of top United Nations panel officials after the dictator was caught seeking material …

By: Brenna Powers LAS VEGAS (mocsnews.com) – Country music singer-songwriter Dolly Parton will be hosting the 2022 Country Music Awards in Las Vegas Parton’s co-hosts have yet to be announced, but they will be in charge of hosting a new format of the show. The awards show will take place …

By Thea Marshall CHATTANOOGA, TN (mocsnews.com)- Joe Rogan put Spotify in a tough situation after Anti-coronavirus vaccine comments and racial slurs in his podcast. Now the streaming service has to make difficult decisions. Spotify must now decide where they stand on these issues because of heightened sensitivity regarding both issues. …

By Owen Kennedy, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA (mocsnews.com)- In the world of COVID-19 and the restrictions it has had on the world around us, many people have looked for ways to try to live a normal life. While in quarantine for exposure to COVID-19, Garrett Bernal missed his usual Sunday church service …

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — A woman who was found guilty in a fatal hit-and-run of a Tennessee police officer has been sentenced to 11 years in prison. Janet Hinds, 57, was sentenced on Monday, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported. A jury convicted her in September of vehicular homicide by …

By MICHAEL WARREN Associated PressATLANTA (AP) — There’s a problem with putting someone on a pedestal: Exposed on all sides, a hero to some can be seen as a traitor to others.Atlanta plans to install a statue of a Native American man atop a 110-foot (34-meter) column in its new …