By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer New Jacksonville Jaguars coach Doug Pederson announced his full staff Thursday. It includes Press Taylor as offensive coordinator and Mike Caldwell as defensive coordinator. Heath Farwell will be special teams coordinator. Mike McCoy will serve as quarterbacks coach. And Jim Bob Cooter will be passing game coordinator. It’s a
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican’s big fraud and extortion trial is exposing some unseemly realities of how the Holy See operates. A new spy story is taking center stage that is more befitting of a 007 thriller than the inner workings of a papacy. According to testimony obtained Thursday,
Continue ReadingBy Angie Ricono, Cyndi Fahrlander Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Kansas (KCTV) — The Kansas Department of Corrections is hoping playing cards will help them solve cold cases. It’s not as crazy as it sounds. A few other states have used playing cards to help solve cases—Connecticut, Indiana and Florida. “You’re
Continue ReadingGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — An iconic Gaza bookstore destroyed in an Israeli airstrike last year has reopened. A dedication ceremony on Thursday lifted the spirits of the store’s ecstatic owner and a large crowd of well-wishers. The five-story building that housed Samir Mansour’s bookstore on its ground floor was reduced to rubble during
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders have lauded the bloc’s cooperation with Africa on vaccines in the fight against the coronavirus, but there is no sign they will move toward the temporary lifting of intellectual property rights protection for COVID-19 shots. Despite calls from India and South Africa supported by
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Team USA is within two medals of its 2018 haul after collecting silver in women’s hockey and bronze in speed skating’s women’s 1000M event.
Continue Reading Team USA is within two medals of its 2018 haul after collecting silver in women’s hockey and bronze in speed skating’s women’s 1000M event.
Continue ReadingBy Sara Spary, CNN Meteorologists in the UK have issued a rare danger-to-life alert as Storm Eunice is forecast to batter parts of the country Friday, potentially creating a “sting jet” that could bring havoc to streets. On Thursday, the UK’s weather service, the Met Office, issued the rare red alert — the highest weather
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Schneider and Devan Cole, CNN Former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg will be questioned by lawyers from the Washington, DC, attorney general’s office, which has sued the company and former President Donald Trump’s 2017 Inaugural Committee. DC Superior Court Judge Yvonne Williams said Thursday she is allowing a limited deposition of
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Amazon, Starbucks, Microsoft Philanthropies, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, billionaires Steve and Connie Ballmer and others say they’ll spend more than $10 million to combat homelessness in Seattle. The Seattle Times reports the money will help set up and fund a team from the new King County Regional Homelessness Authority, designed
Continue ReadingBy NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — If Mikaela Shiffrin exits the Beijing Olympics without a medal, it won’t be for lack of trying. Shiffrin plans to enter the team event, which would mean she’d compete in all six Alpine races this year. Of course, starting the events hasn’t been the issue. She’s
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A judge has ruled that a white Ohio sheriff’s deputy wasn’t acting in his capacity as a deputized federal agent when he fatally shot Casey Goodson Jr. Defendant Jason Meade was charged last year with murder and reckless homicide in the fatal December 2020 shooting of
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn, CNN Business Eviation, the company behind what is supposed to be the world’s first all-electric passenger airplane, has undergone an unexpected change in leadership just before the plane’s projected first flight — and the company and the now-former CEO are offering different takes on the situation. Eviation, an Israel-based company, has said
Continue ReadingBy KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story CORVALLIS, Oregon (KPTV) — An Albany man is in custody after he reportedly broke into a woman’s home, dropped his pants, and began strangling her while she showered. The Corvallis Police Department said on Feb. 12 around noon, officers responded to reports of a burglary
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business America’s “Great Resignation” has transformed the workforce, leading to higher wages and better conditions for many. It has also left a mark on the nation’s high rate of inflation. But as the “Great Return” beckons for employees who have spent months working from home, their attitude to in-person work, pay
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch prosecutors have urged judges to impose a 12-year prison sentence on a 76-year-old Afghan man they accuse of involvement in war crimes in a Kabul prison in the 1980s. The suspect, identified as Abdul Razzaq Rafief, told judges his prosecution was a case of mistaken identity. Police believe his
Continue ReadingBy KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story SALEM, Oregon (KPTV) — A prisoner at the Oregon State Penitentiary escaped custody Wednesday morning while doing laundry, according to the Oregon Department of Corrections. Bohanna McQuiston, 40, has been in custody since Jan. 11, 2021 for two counts of burglary in Clackamas County and
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — Las mascarillas de alta calidad para niños pronto podrían ser más fáciles de encontrar en Estados Unidos, si los planes del Gobierno se concretan. Los mandatos estatales de uso de mascarillas están desapareciendo, pero ¿deberías seguir usándolas de todos modos? El gobierno de EE.UU. planea que ahora las mascarillas de alta calidad
Continue ReadingBy KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A 46-year-old man who was brutally assaulted early Sunday morning in the Old Town area of Portland has died. Officers responded to an assault call at about 4:17 a.m. in the area of Northwest 3rd Avenue and Northwest Glisan Street. Officers
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Day 13 featured six medal events, including the women’s 1000m, where Brittany Bowe secured bronze for the United States! For more moments like these, watch Winter Gold daily at 11 a.m. ET on Peacock.
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