MEBANE, N.C. (AP) — Lloyd Dobyns Jr., an award-winning NBC News correspondent and anchor, has died at the age of 85. His son, Ken Dobyns, said his father died Sunday in Mebane, North Carolina, following complications from a series of strokes. The family statement noted Dobyns worked for NBC News in Europe, the Middle East,
Continue ReadingCLEVELAND (AP) — The Texas Rangers placed catcher Jonah Heim on the COVID-19 injured list before Tuesday night’s game at Cleveland. Also, pitchers Spencer Howard and Dane Dunning are not with the team because of health and safety protocols. Howard and Dunning had been scheduled to start Wednesday and Thursday. Left-hander Jake Latz, who is
Continue ReadingBy Dan Merica, CNN President Joe Biden and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have found their chosen rhetorical rivals in the fight against the coronavirus: each other. And neither seems eager to back down anytime soon. The recent uptick in direct rhetoric between the Biden White House and the Republican governor with unbridled political aspirations reached
Continue ReadingBy Ellie Kaufman and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The Pentagon acknowledged Tuesday that there had been “some terrible conditions” at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar where the US military has temporarily stationed thousands of evacuees from Afghanistan as they relocate people leaving the country. “We are aware of and as concerned as anybody about
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer OWING MILLS, Md. (AP) — The PGA Tour is still planning on one tournament this fall as part of its Asia swing. But it won’t be any more than that. The CJ Cup in South Korea already has announced it is returning to Las Vegas for the second straight
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — Yadier Molina is staying with the St. Louis Cardinals, agreeing to a $10 million. one-year contract that covers what could be his final season in 2022. St. Louis announced the deal with its longtime catcher before its matchup with Detroit. The 39-year-old Molina broke into the majors with the Cardinals in
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Continue ReadingBy Alex Rogers, CNN Herschel Walker, the former University of Georgia football star, filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday to run for Senate in Georgia, months after former President Donald Trump publicly encouraged his longtime friend to campaign for the key seat. Walker is expected to be the early front-runner in the
Continue ReadingBy JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Oklahoma man seen on video pushing an Associated Press photographer over a wall outside the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot has been arrested. Benjamen Scott Burlew of Miami, Oklahoma, is the second person to be charged with attacking photographer John Minchillo, who was documenting the
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The Bend Park and Recreation District is calling on all parents who rely on its after-school care program Kids INC to help recruit and refer potential employees in the next two weeks, or face temporary program cutbacks.
Continue ReadingBy TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans have ramped up precautions at their team headquarters with their COVID-19 outbreak growing to four. Coach Mike Vrabel said Tuesday he is feeling almost non-symptomatic after receiving a monoclonal antibody treatment under doctor’s advice. Vrabel remains in quarantine at his
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — A group of Haitian migrants has been taken into federal custody after coming ashore in South Florida. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say federal officers and local law enforcement took 42 migrants into custody near Key Biscayne. Officials said they are investigating whether the group was smuggled to the United States.
Continue ReadingSYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse coach Dino Babers says the Orange will use both Tommy DeVito and dual-threat transfer Garrett Shrader at quarterback when the season begins at Ohio in less than two weeks. DeVito is a redshirt junior whose experience in the Orange’s fast-paced system gives him an advantage, though he missed the last
Continue ReadingBy DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Jamien Sherwood had to make a big transition after being drafted by the New York Jets in the fifth round by moving from safety to linebacker. It has been a successful position move so far for the rookie from Auburn who is
Continue ReadingBy GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s veterans affairs agency is facing questions from a state lawmaker after it published job advertisements for nurses touting the fact that the state doesn’t require its employees to get coronavirus vaccinations. The ads on a state jobs website prominently note the lack of vaccination requirements
Continue ReadingBy GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s veterans affairs agency is facing questions from a state lawmaker after it published job advertisements for nurses touting the fact that the state doesn’t require its employees to get coronavirus vaccinations. The ads on a state jobs website prominently note the lack of vaccination requirements
Continue ReadingFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — In a story published August 24, 2021, The Associated Press reported on a new kind of climate observatory station in the upper Colorado River basin. The story should have made clear that watersheds around the expansive Rocky Mountains have similar characteristics.
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — An organizer of a neo-Nazi campaign to threaten journalists and Jewish activists in three states was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison after apologizing for what he did and saying he’s a changed man. Cameron Shea was one of four members of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division charged last year with
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El director de la CIA William J. Burns se reunió cara a cara con el líder principal de los talibanes en Kabul este lunes, de acuerdo con dos funcionarios de Estados Unidos, a medida que Estados Unidos continúa evacuando a sus ciudadanos y aliados afganos fuera de Afganistán antes de que
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business Dozens of major companies, state and federal agencies and other organizations that misconfigured a setting in their Microsoft software inadvertently exposed millions of people’s personal information to the public internet for months, according to security researchers. The data leak, which affected American Airlines, Maryland’s health department and New York’s Metropolitan
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