KENTWOOD, Mich. (AP) — No charges will be filed against an 82-year-old driver who struck and killed a pedestrian in western Michigan. Why? The man insists he believed he hit a deer. The incident occurred in Kentwood in September 2020. Page Stokes was struck at night while crossing a busy street. Her body wasn’t discovered
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Joanne Allen-Taylor scored 13 points, Lauren Ebo had 11 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 12 Texas beat Southeast Missouri State 88-47. Ebo started a 14-0 run in the first quarter and Allen-Taylor scored the final four points as Texas led 18-4. Allen-Taylor and Rori Harmon combined to score Texas’ final
Continue ReadingBy Ted Barrett and Ali Zaslav, CNN The Senate on Wednesday night cleared a key procedural hurdle to advance the annual defense policy bill. The procedural vote on the measure passed by a wide bipartisan margin of 84-15. This comes after congressional leaders struck a deal earlier Wednesday evening, agreeing to negotiate on the China
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Fox Sports rules analyst Mike Pereira and game analyst Daryl Johnston will be part of the United States Football League’s senior management team when the league debuts next spring.  Pereira, who will be the head of officiating, was the NFL’s vice president of officiating for six seasons before retiring after the
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El alcalde de Cambridge, Maryland, fue arrestado y acusado de 50 cargos de distribución de pornografÃa de venganza, según un comunicado de prensa de la Oficina del fiscal del estado de Maryland. Los registros judiciales indican que Andrew Bradshaw, quien asumió el cargo en enero pasado, fue arrestado este lunes
Continue ReadingBy DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California officials are asking the full 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a ruling that rejected the state’s first-in-the-nation ban on for-profit private prisons and immigration detention facilities. Last month’s ruling by a three-judge appellate panel maintained a key piece of the nation’s detention
Continue ReadingBy DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California officials are asking the full 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a ruling that rejected the state’s first-in-the-nation ban on for-profit private prisons and immigration detention facilities. Last month’s ruling by a three-judge appellate panel maintained a key piece of the nation’s detention
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MARION COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — A large amount of marijuana was seized from a property after deputies located an illegal grow operation while responding to a burglary call over the weekend, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. Just after 6 a.m., on Sunday, deputies
Continue ReadingIDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Department of Agriculture says a record number of watercraft fouled with invasive mussels were caught at the state’s boat inspection stations this year. But the Post Register reports that officials say Idaho’s waterways still remain free of the invasive quagga and zebra mussels. Nic Zurfluh with the Agriculture
Continue ReadingBy KDKA-TV News Staff Click here for updates on this story HARMONY, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A Seneca Valley senior got perfect scores on both of his college admission exams. Liam Volk-Klos got a 1600 on the SAT and a 36 on the ACT, the district said on Facebook. Out of the two million students who
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s red-hot sports betting industry smashed its own national record in October for the highest amount of bets taken in a single month, topping $1.3 billion. That figure easily surpassed the just over $1 billion worth of bets that Atlantic City’s nine casinos and
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s red-hot sports betting industry smashed its own national record in October for the highest amount of bets taken in a single month, topping $1.3 billion. That figure easily surpassed the just over $1 billion worth of bets that Atlantic City’s nine casinos and
Continue ReadingMYTISHCHI, Russia (AP) — The players hoping to make China’s men’s hockey team for next year’s Beijing Olympics have lost a second trial game against a Russian club as uncertainty builds over whether they will be allowed to play at the Winter Games. International Ice Hockey Federation officials observed Kunlun Red Star’s 4-1 loss to
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Battery-powered vehicles will get top billing at the Los Angeles Auto Show opening this week after a year’s hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic. Subaru will unveil its first all-electric vehicle, a smallish SUV named the Solterra. VinFast is a Vietnamese automaker that plans to start selling in the U.S. next
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden is not expected to attend the Beijing Winter Olympics as his administration is on the verge of implementing a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Games, a senior administration official told CNN. The President has not yet formally signed off on having no government officials
Continue ReadingCNN By Theresa Waldrop, CNN The 11-year-old sole survivor of a plane crash Saturday in Michigan is “doing amazing,” her mother said. Christie Perdue’s husband, Mike Perdue, did not survive, but she believes he saved their daughter, Laney, by holding her tight as the plane crashed. “It was a miracle and a tragedy, all in
Continue ReadingBy CBS13 Staff Click here for updates on this story CLEMENTS, California (KOVR) — A bar in a small San Joaquin County town has had its liquor license suspended after an investigation into allegations that it was selling fake COVID-19 vaccination cards. The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control says alcohol sales at the Old
Continue ReadingCNN en Español (CNN) — Moderna anunció este miércoles que solicitó “la autorización de uso de emergencia (EUA, por sus siglas en inglés) de su vacuna covid-19 de refuerzo en el nivel de dosis de 50 [microgramos] para todos los adultos de 18 años o más a la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de los
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN The 5:2 diet, a type of intermittent fasting, is no more effective than traditional approaches to weight loss, according to what researchers said was the first study of the regimen in a “real-life setting.” However, the researchers found that the approach, which involves two days of heavily restricting calories (500 calories
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN Rising summer temperatures could lead to an exponential increase in the number of wildfires and acres burned in the Sierra Nevada in California, researchers have found. The study, published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, found that there’s a 19% to 26% jump in wildfire risk for each degree of summer
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