By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer American coach Jesse Marsch has been hired by Leeds and the club is hoping a late-season change in manager can help to preserve its English Premier League status. Marsch replaces Marcelo Bielsa and is back in work nearly three months after leaving German team Leipzig. Bielsa was fired on
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — A man who spent $8.50 apiece in 1984 for a pair of tickets to Michael Jordan’s NBA debut with the Chicago Bulls has sold one of them at auction for $468,000. Michael Cole had bought the tickets as a college student at Northwestern University. He couldn’t find anyone to join him for
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — A man who spent $8.50 apiece in 1984 for a pair of tickets to Michael Jordan’s NBA debut with the Chicago Bulls has sold one of them at auction for $468,000. Michael Cole had bought the tickets as a college student at Northwestern University. He couldn’t find anyone to join him for
Continue ReadingBy WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story LE SUEUR COUNTY, Minnesota (WCCO) — Smoke rose from a gaping hole in the ground in rural Lexington Township, near Le Center in Le Sueur County. It was all that was left of a home that exploded Friday night. The Le Sueur County Sheriff’s Office
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Mid Oregon Credit Union announced Monday that the board of directors has named current President Kevin Cole President/CEO, effective January 2023. Long-time CEO Bill Anderson will retire at the end of the year, completing a remarkable career spanning 32 years of service to Mid Oregon Credit Union and the Central Oregon community.
Continue ReadingBy SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s state Senate has passed a Republican-backed bill that would do away with the need for a license to carry a handgun in public, thereby eliminating a current background check requirement. Democrats said the measure would fuel gun deaths and proposed an amendment that would expand background
Continue ReadingBy WFOR Staff Click here for updates on this story FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (WFOR) — A dog was shot and killed in Lauderhill after it attacked a woman and her neighbor. According to police, the owner of the dog and his girlfriend live together in a house in the 4700 block of NW 11th Court,
Continue ReadingOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi has extended the contract of athletic director Keith Carter with a four-year deal worth $1.1 million annually. The school announced the new deal on Monday, saying it took effect in January. Carter became vice chancellor for intercollegiate athletics in 2019. The Rebels won 10 regular season games in football for
Continue ReadingBy WFOR Staff Click here for updates on this story MIAMI GARDENS, Florida (WFOR) — The Miami Dolphins joined forces with the South Florida community for the 12th annual Dolphins Challenge Cancer over the weekend, raising funds for innovative cancer research at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. The Dolphins Challenge Cancer had a record-breaking 4,483 participants
Continue ReadingBy ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer Florida State pitchers Parker Messick and Bryce Hubbart have formed the most effective 1-2 punch in the country through two weeks. The redshirt sophomore left-handers have combined to strike out 46, walk three and allow one run in 23 2/3 innings. Unbeaten Texas posted two shutouts while sweeping Alabama.
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch of Florida says he will not seek reelection in the fall. He is the 31st House Democrat to announce plans to leave the chamber as this year’s midterm elections draw closer. Deutch has served in Congress since 2010 and is chair of the House Ethics Committee. On the
Continue ReadingBy Peter Wilkinson, CNN The closure of Europe’s skies to Russia’s airplanes has created real problems for travelers trying to fly both to and from the country as it continues its invasion of Ukraine. That’s led to a scramble for the last planes in and out. For some passengers it was a race against time
Continue ReadingBy KCAL KCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story VENICE, California (KCAL) — Venice residents are concerned that a recent string of fires might turn into something much bigger in the near future if city officials don’t step in to stop the spread before it’s too late. “It was a whole scene, I
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice The first trial for a January 6 US Capitol attack defendant won’t have any members of the public, media or even the wife of the defendant in the courtroom to witness much of the proceedings, a federal judge decided on Monday. Judge Dabney Friedrich decided not to
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A Ukrainian tennis player who is seeded No. 1 at the Monterrey Open does not want to face a Russian opponent at the Mexican tournament unless tennis’s governing bodies follow the International Olympic Committee’s lead and insist that players from Russia and Belarus are only identified as “neutral athletes.” Elina Svitolina
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM Associated Press The Metropolitan Opera is presenting the original French version of Verdi’s “Don Carlos” for the first time after 217 performances since 1920 of the extensively revised and translated Italian more familiar as “Don Carlo.” The eighth and final performance on March 26 will be broadcast to movie theaters worldwide. The
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The European Space Agency says the launch this year of a joint mission with Russia to Mars is now “very unlikely” due to sanctions linked to the war in Ukraine. The agency said Monday that it was assessing the consequences of sanctions for its cooperation with Russia’s
Continue ReadingBy Shaun Boyd Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Colorado (KCNC) — Two months after their lives were upended by a wildfire that took everything they owned, hundreds of Louisville residents unloaded on a City Council that they say is taking all they have left — the hope of rebuilding. “Just let us
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Laura He, CNN Business Switzerland, a major hub for storing wealth that is popular with Russian oligarchs, is breaking with its tradition of neutrality to sanction Russia. The Swiss government will adopt EU sanctions imposed following the invasion of Ukraine and immediately freeze any assets belonging to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN Maksim Chmerkovskiy is attempting to return home. The “Dancing With the Stars” veteran posted a new video message Monday, updating his followers on what he’s been seeing and experiencing in Ukraine. “I’m going to try and make my way out. I’m going to start making my way towards the border. I
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