BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say the body of a Kentucky teenager has been found after a tornado ravaged her neighborhood. Nyssa Brown was the seventh member of her family to die in the tornado that hit Bowling Green last week. A coroner says the 13-year-old’s body was found Thursday in a wooded area
Continue ReadingCNN By Jen Christensen, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration relaxed certain federal regulations Thursday on medication abortion, a two-medication process that has become one of the most commonly used abortion methods in the United States. What is medication abortion? Medication abortion, also known as medical abortion, is a method by which someone ends
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration relaxed certain federal regulations Thursday on medication abortion, a two-medication process that has become one of the most commonly used abortion methods in the United States. What is medication abortion? Medication abortion, also known as medical abortion, is a method by which someone ends their
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Chargers tight end Donald Parham is expected to be discharged from the hospital after being removed on a stretcher during a game against Kansas City on Thursday night. The team says Parham stayed overnight for observation after being diagnosed with a concussion. Coach
Continue ReadingBALTIMORE — De’Monte Buckingham had 11 points as UNC Greensboro defeated UMBC 62-51. Keondre Kennedy led the Retrievers with 14 points.
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Baker Mayfield was finally feeling good after taking some hard knocks this season. A blind-side hit off the field will likely keep the quarterback out of Cleveland’s game on Monday against Las Vegas. The NFL moved the game back two days after a rise in COVID-19
Continue ReadingLYNNWOOD, Wash. (AP) — Police in the Seattle suburb of Lynnwood say a high school student was arrested Thursday after bringing a pistol and ammunition to the school. Police say the 15-year-old boy reportedly showed the gun to several students at from Meadowdale High School on Wednesday. Police say one of the students told their
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A generous $25,000 gift from Visit Central Oregon will provide the Museum at Warm Springs with new signs on Highway 26, the major east-west highway that runs through the town of Warm Springs. The signs, which will feature the Museum’s new logo, will draw attention to east and west bound travelers and encourage them to visit the Museum, officials said Thursday.
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott asserted the Pentagon has no authority to punish unvaccinated members of the state National Guard, joining other Republican governors who have called on Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to withdraw or otherwise nullify the military’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate. In a Thursday letter to Austin, Abbott wrote that
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Vancouver Canucks president and interim general manager Jim Rutherford continued to fill out his front office Thursday, naming Stan Smyl ice president of hockey operations. The 62-year-old Smyl, a star player for the Canucks from 1978-91, will work closely with Rutherford on all hockey operations matters, including player personnel decisions
Continue ReadingBy MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars have a chance to show whether Urban Meyer’s sudden dismissal three days before a game will pull them together or tear them apart. The skidding Jaguars host AFC South rival Houston in a matchup that has more bearing on next season
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — Bars, restaurants, retail stores and entertainment venues across the Canadian province of Quebec will be required to operate at 50% capacity because of a surge in coronavirus cases from the new omicron variant. The rule was announces Thursday by Quebec’s premier as part of a series of new pandemic restrictions after forecasts
Continue ReadingCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — LaMelo Ball will rejoin the Charlotte Hornets in Portland for their game Friday night against the Trail Blazers. Ball has missed the team’s last six games while in the NBA’s health and safety protocols. The NBA Rookie of the Year last season, he’s listed as questionable on the team’s injury report
Continue ReadingCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — LaMelo Ball will rejoin the Charlotte Hornets in Portland for their game Friday night against the Trail Blazers. Ball has missed the team’s last six games while in the NBA’s health and safety protocols. The NBA Rookie of the Year last season, he’s listed as questionable on the team’s injury report
Continue ReadingBy AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jenna Staiti had 21 points and 11 rebounds while coming up with a critical defensive stop in the final seconds of overtime to help No. 17 Georgia beat No. 2 North Carolina State 82-80. Sarah Ashlee Barker made a long, leaning 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — The premier of Australia’s most populous state says he is not considering lockdowns or other restrictions as a record 2,213 new COVID cases were reported Friday, the highest number since the pandemic began. The new peak followed the 1,742 cases reported on Thursday, which had topped the previous record set in September.
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Los antecedentes penales juveniles de Claudette Colvin, una pionera de los derechos civiles que en 1955 se negó a ceder su asiento a una persona blanca en un autobús de Alabama, fueron sellados, destruidos y eliminados luego de un fallo de un juez. Colvin, ahora de 82 años, fue arrestada
Continue ReadingAKRON, Ohio (AP) — Two South Florida men have pleaded guilty in Ohio to leading a nationwide scheme to fraudulently obtain over $35 million in COVID-19 relief loans. Court records show 55-year-old James Stote and 52-year-old Phillip Augustin pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. They each face up to
Continue ReadingAKRON, Ohio (AP) — Two South Florida men have pleaded guilty in Ohio to leading a nationwide scheme to fraudulently obtain over $35 million in COVID-19 relief loans. Court records show 55-year-old James Stote and 52-year-old Phillip Augustin pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. They each face up to
Continue ReadingBy EVA VERGARA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The widow of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet has died in the apartment where she led a secluded life in her final years, away from the luxuries and power she held during the military regime of 1973-1990. A son said Lucia Hiriart died Thursday surrounded by close
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