AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn football coach Bryan Harsin says he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is isolating at home.Harsin said in a statement that he tested positive on Thursday but wasn’t experiencing symptoms.The first-year Tigers coach said he will participate remotely in meetings and practices. Assistant head coach Jeff Schmedding, who works with
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The author of the million-selling “Lies My Teacher Told Me” books has died. James W. Loewen was 79. “Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong” was published in 1995 and became a favorite of students and former students as it
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Late South Carolina athletic director Mike McGee and longtime NFL defender John Abraham were among those named to the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame. The two were part of 10 named to the hall on Friday the group will be enshrined on October 14 and recognized at South Carolina’s football
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Pennsylvania state prosecutors have dropped their case against a jail guard accused of sexually abusing inmates. They say they were hamstrung by the recent state Supreme Court decision that freed Bill Cosby. The attorney general’s office had been seeking to prosecute John Shnipes on charges that he assaulted four female
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Three days of searching for a father who allegedly abducted his son and another boy in Utah led authorities to his location early Saturday in Elko, Nevada, and after being taken into custody, he provided the location of the two boys and their mother, Carbon County sheriff’s deputies said.
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Trustees of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium said Friday that financial abuses by four former executives cost the institution more than $630,000. A forensic analysis ordered by the zoo’s board of trustees showed money from a zoo levy that pays for animal care was not
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Trustees of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium said Friday that financial abuses by four former executives cost the institution more than $630,000. A forensic analysis ordered by the zoo’s board of trustees showed money from a zoo levy that pays for animal care was not
Continue ReadingBy Sasha Lenninger Click here for updates on this story TAOS, N.M. (KOAT) — Summer Mirabal is making history as the first female police chief for the Taos Pueblo Police Department. “I’ve always wanted to be a cop since I was a little girl,” Mirabel tells KOAT. Mirabel said she’s always felt a strong desire
Continue ReadingBy KELLI KENNEDY and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press A photograph of people laying down on the floor in pain while waiting for antibody infusions at a treatment site in Jacksonville, Florida, has become a vivid illustration of the huge demand for COVID-19 drugs amid a surge in infections. Monoclonal antibodies remain one of a handful
Continue ReadingBy EVENS SANON and MATÍAS DELACROIX Associated Press LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — Haitians left hungry and homeless by a devastating earthquake are rushing relief shipment trucks and in some cases stealing desperately needed supplies. People stole foam mattresses, tarps and food Friday in the small, hard-hit port city of Les Cayes. In the town
Continue ReadingBy ACACIA CORONADO Report for America/Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ lieutenant governor is blaming unvaccinated Black people for rising COVID-19 hospitalization and death rates. His comments were quickly denounced as racist. Republican Lt. Governor Dan Patrick made the comments Thursday night on a Fox News segment. Patrick said the biggest group in most
Continue ReadingBy SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Democrats say the Legislature will return to Springfield to redraw political districts that will be used for legislative elections over the next decade, this time using data from the 2020 census. The announcement came as Republicans said census data released last week show the maps that
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — General Motors is recalling all Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles sold worldwide to fix a battery problem that could cause fires. The recall raises questions about lithium ion batteries, which now are used in nearly all electric vehicles. President Joe Biden wants to cut greenhouse
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — General Motors is recalling all Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles sold worldwide to fix a battery problem that could cause fires. The recall raises questions about lithium ion batteries, which now are used in nearly all electric vehicles. President Joe Biden wants to cut greenhouse
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan’s office said this spring that 10 months of her missing text messages could be attributed to an unknown technology issue. However, The Seattle Times reports that internal emails appear to show officials had already known for months why the texts were gone and when they disappeared. City Attorney
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer Skipper Tom Slingsby and his defending champion Team Australia had two seconds and a fifth in the first three fleet races to take a one-point lead over Sir Ben Ainslie and his British team at SailGP’s ROCKWOOL Denmark regatta. The Aussies lead the British 18-17, with Jimmy Spithill’s U.S.
Continue ReadingRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have filed new indictments against four men in connection with a plot to damage a power grid somewhere in the northwest U.S. Two of suspects were former U.S. Marines who had been stationed at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. The U.S. Department of Justice says the four men were
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI Associated Press President Joe Biden is nominating former senior State Department official Nicholas Burns to serve as his ambassador to China and former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to serve as his envoy to Japan. The White House formally announced the much-anticipated nominations Friday. Emanuel was also a former three-term congressman who served
Continue ReadingBy Mallory Simon, Leyla Santiago and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN The Florida State Board of Education has sent an order to Broward and Alachua counties’ school board officials stating that they have 48 hours to comply with the state’s wishes to allow an opt-out option for masks or the state will begin withholding funds, according to
Continue ReadingCNN, KEYE, WSVN By Mallory Simon, Leyla Santiago and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN The Florida State Board of Education has sent an order to Broward and Alachua counties’ school board officials stating that they have 48 hours to comply with the state’s wishes to allow an opt-out option for masks or the state will begin withholding
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