PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Temple has named Arthur Johnson the Owls’ new athletic director. Retired Temple basketball coach Fran Dunphy held the job on an interim basis since Pat Kraft left in 2020 to become AD at Boston College. Johnson had been the senior associate athletic director for administration and operations at Texas since 2014.
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland city leaders who last week announced several sites where they plan to build villages for those experiencing homelessness now say one will be scrapped because it sits on a flood plain. The lot is not far from the Springwater Corridor at the bottom of a large hill and next to
Continue ReadingEVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A jury has found a former Monroe prison guard guilty of child rape. The Daily Herald reports Jason Dominguez’s verdict was read Wednesday in Snohomish County Superior Court. According to witness testimony, Dominguez sent sexual messages over Facebook to a girl when she was in her early teens. Charging papers say
Continue ReadingBy Joyce Lupiani Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — A 30-year-old Douglasville woman named Terresha Lucas has been charged with making terroristic threats in the Brookmont subdivision of Douglasville. According to the Douglasville Police Department, residents on Manning Drive began receiving notes last December from a person who claimed to be
Continue ReadingBy Allen Devlin Click here for updates on this story MARIETTA, Georgia (WGCL) — A father son duo in Marietta were woken up early Wednesday morning by their pet dog, Alaska, barking hysterically on their back porch. “I hear my dog barking, and I went outside and there was something black on her bed that
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN Allies of former President Donald Trump testified under oath that they did little to check out some of the uncorroborated claims they made about 2020 election fraud before amplifying them on the national stage, according to newly available court records reviewed by CNN. While the bogus fraud claims
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Andrew Lloyd Webber says he now has a therapy dog, thanks, in part, to the trauma of the “Cats” movie. In an interview with Variety, the creator of the legendary musical lamented about the film version of his musical, which he said was “was off-the-scale all wrong.” “There wasn’t really
Continue ReadingBy FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Microsoft says Russia once again accounted for most state-sponsored hacking, with a 58% share of intrusion attempts it detected in the past year. The targets were mostly government agencies and think tanks — in the United States, followed by Ukraine, Britain and European NATO members. The
Continue ReadingBy FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Microsoft says Russia once again accounted for most state-sponsored hacking, with a 58% share of intrusion attempts it detected in the past year. The targets were mostly government agencies and think tanks — in the United States, followed by Ukraine, Britain and European NATO members. The
Continue ReadingBy FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Microsoft says Russia once again accounted for most state-sponsored hacking, with a 58% share of intrusion attempts it detected in the past year. The targets were mostly government agencies and think tanks — in the United States, followed by Ukraine, Britain and European NATO members. The
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Jon Rahm has made a superb start in his first tournament in his Spanish homeland in two years. He shot an 8-under 63 in the first round of the Spanish Open. Rahm started on the 10th hole and was two shots behind clubhouse leader Ross McGowan.
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox, CNN A rare moment Wednesday on Capitol Hill gave way to a potential deal on the debt ceiling. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell blinked after a three-month stalemate with Democrats. Democrats appear to have taken a deal that many in the caucus acknowledge is little more than kicking the can down the
Continue ReadingCNN By Lauren Fox, CNN A rare moment Wednesday on Capitol Hill gave way to a potential deal on the debt ceiling. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell blinked after a three-month stalemate with Democrats. Democrats appear to have taken a deal that many in the caucus acknowledge is little more than kicking the can down
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN As soon as the US Food and Drug Administration authorizes the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 in the United States, pediatricians’ offices, local pharmacies and even some schools will be ready to help get those first doses into young arms. Vaccine makers Pfizer and BioNTech announced on
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Friday’s jobs report will shed some light on whether August’s disappointing numbers were just a blip — or the start of an unwelcome trend. Either way, the recovery could be bumpy until America gets all the way through the Covid crisis. “The pandemic has always been in the driver’s seat
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Friday’s jobs report will shed some light on whether August’s disappointing numbers were just a blip — or the start of an unwelcome trend. Either way, the recovery could be bumpy until America gets all the way through the Covid crisis. “The pandemic has always been in
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV is reporting that speedboats belonging to the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard have intercepted U.S. vessels in the Persian Gulf. Thursday’s report aired footage that the TV said was filmed from one of the Guard speedboats. It shows a vessel with the U.S. flag and several personnel on board as
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN With Monica Lewinsky as producer, narrator and self-proclaimed “patient zero” for its premise, “15 Minutes of Shame” is a thought-provoking if slightly scattered documentary, one that looks at the nastiness of online culture, its tendency toward snap judgments and the havoc that can wreak on lives of ordinary people. Author
Continue ReadingCNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN With Monica Lewinsky as producer, narrator and self-proclaimed “patient zero” for its premise, “15 Minutes of Shame” is a thought-provoking if slightly scattered documentary, one that looks at the nastiness of online culture, its tendency toward snap judgments and the havoc that can wreak on lives of ordinary people.
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Poland’s president is urging the European Union to take “specific actions” to stop Belarus “pushing” migrants across its border into Polish territory. President Andrzej Duda didn’t outline exactly what those actions might be, but said he’s hoping for assistance beyond what the 27-member bloc’s border agency FRONTEX is already providing on
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