By Amanda Jackson, CNN For two years, an elk was seen with a tire around its neck. Now, after several attempts, wildlife officials have freed the animal of the rubber hindrance. The bull elk was first spotted by a Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) officer in 2019 conducting a population survey of Rocky Mountain bighorn
Continue ReadingCNN By Amanda Jackson, CNN For two years, an elk was seen with a tire around its neck. Now, after several attempts, wildlife officials have freed the animal of the rubber hindrance. The bull elk was first spotted by a Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) officer in 2019 conducting a population survey of Rocky Mountain
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press Former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has accepted a lifetime appointment to the Board of Trustees of Clemson University, her alma mater. Haley graduated from Clemson with an accounting degree in 1994. The board position announced Tuesday comes as Haley ponders her next political steps. She remains
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi and Whitney Wild, CNN Sen. Gary Peters, the chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, is asking TikTok to provide information on its policies monitoring and removing violent extremist content from its platform, as part of the committee’s efforts to investigate the rise in domestic terrorism and the events surrounding the January
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi auditor is demanding repayment of $77 million in misspent welfare money in one of the poorest states in the nation. This includes $828,000 the auditor is seeking from retired NFL player Brett Favre and an employee of his business, Favre Enterprises. Initial allegations
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi auditor is demanding repayment of $77 million in misspent welfare money in one of the poorest states in the nation. This includes $828,000 the auditor is seeking from retired NFL player Brett Favre and an employee of his business, Favre Enterprises. Initial allegations
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Back with the U.S. national team following a two-game banishment for breaking team COVID-19 protocols, Weston McKennie is refusing to speak with reporters. The 23-year-old Juventus midfielder was dropped for last month’s World Cup qualifiers against Canada and Honduras by U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter for
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — The remains of five people and the wreckage of a U.S. Navy helicopter that crashed in the ocean off California have been recovered. The Navy says Tuesday that a salvage team made the recovery on Friday and the remains have been sent to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware for identification.
Continue ReadingST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild have placed rookie left wing Matt Boldy on the injured non-roster list with a broken ankle. The move was made as the team set the roster to start the regular season. Boldy was hurt last week in a preseason game. He’s expected to be sidelined for four
Continue ReadingBy Sonia Moghe, CNN A federal judge has temporarily allowed health care workers in New York to apply for religious exemptions to the state’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate, according to an order. US District Judge David Hurd made the ruling on Tuesday, granting a preliminary injunction that allows health care workers to apply for religious exemptions
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Author Sally Rooney is holding off on allowing her current book to be translated into Hebrew, citing Israel’s “system of racial domination and segregation against Palestinians.” In a statement issued Tuesday through her literary representatives, the Wylie Agency, the Irish novelist said she hoped to
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The man once billed as the Michael Jordan and Tom Brady of policing ended up being “not the right fit” for the city of Miami. The city manager has decided to suspend with the intention of firing Police Chief Art Acevedo after a tumultuous six-month tenure.
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Hubert Germain, the last of an elite group of French fighters who helped liberate France from Nazi control in World War II, has died at 101. The French president’s office announced the death in a statement Tuesday. The statement said Germain “embodied a century of freedom.” It didn’t divulge details of his
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission says it has issued its inaugural green bonds, raising 12 billion euros ($13.8 billion) from a sale that attracted strong demand from investors. The European Union’s executive branch is planning to issue up to 250 billion euros in green bonds by the end of
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission says it has issued its inaugural green bonds, raising 12 billion euros ($13.8 billion) from a sale that attracted strong demand from investors. The European Union’s executive branch is planning to issue up to 250 billion euros in green bonds by the end of
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer The USGA and R&A now offer a local rule that would allow tours to limit clubs to a maximum of 46 inches. The PGA Tour already has said it would go along with it. That means Phil Mickelson won’t be able to use the driver he had at Kiawah
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October is Safe Sleep and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month. The Oregon Health Authority estimates nearly 40 infants in the state die in their sleep each year. Some of these deaths are preventable. Recently enacted legislation banning the manufacturing and sale of crib bumpers in the state hopes to make an impact, and a cross-agency workgroup is focused on educating caregivers.
Continue ReadingBy MARK PRATT Associated Press A letter written by founding father Alexander Hamilton during the Revolutionary War has been returned to the state of Massachusetts. Authorities say the letter was reputedly stolen in the 1930s or 1940s by a “kleptomaniacal cataloguer” at the state archives. A federal appeals court decision upheld a previous ruling that
Continue ReadingALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Former New York Yankees star Joe Pepitone has dropped his lawsuit against the Baseball Hall of Fame that sought the return of a Louisville Slugger bat that Mickey Mantle used to hit his 500th career home run. David M. Barshay, a lawyer for Pepitone, filed a notice of voluntary dismissal on
Continue ReadingBy WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster’s season is over. Coach Mike Tomlin says Smith-Schuster will have surgery to repair an injured right shoulder and is heading to injured reserve. Smith-Schuster sustained the injury in the second quarter of a victory over Denver last week that ended
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