By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Democrat-controlled Virginia Senate committee has defeated a bill that would have prohibited abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy in most circumstances. The measure from Republican Sen. Amanda Chase failed Thursday on a party-line vote of 6-9. While a similar bill is alive in the House,
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Canada defeated South Korea 12-7 in its first women’s curling game at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Canada is ranked third in the round robin.
Continue ReadingBy Beccah Hendrickson Click here for updates on this story EGG HARBOR TWP., New Jersey (WPVI) — A South Jersey nurse is going above and beyond for breast cancer patients across the country to honor her mother who died of the disease in 2020. “My mother, I believe, was the most caring person in the
Continue ReadingBy Laura Smith-Spark, CNN London’s Metropolitan Police Service Commissioner Cressida Dick has resigned amid criticism of her leadership following a series of scandals that have dented public confidence in Britain’s largest police force. In a Thursday statement, she said: “It is with huge sadness that following contact with the Mayor of London today, it is
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN The first Super Soul Party in 2017 was a largely impromptu affair, designed to make sure a few folks experiencing homelessness could watch the biggest game of the year in comfort. Meir Kalmanson, dressed in Tom Brady’s New England Patriots jersey, invited men he met on New York sidewalks to a
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Switzerland broke a tie in the seventh end with a takeout on the final throw and went on to beat China, 7-5.
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History will be made regardless of result, as legendary U.S. snowboarder Shaun White competes in his final competition.
Continue ReadingBy George Solis Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Prisoners at Philadelphia Police Department Headquarters had to be moved to another holding facility on Wednesday afternoon due to a “drainage issue,” Action News has learned. The disruption started around 3:30 p.m. at the department’s new headquarters at Broad and Callowhill streets
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer BROWNSBURG, Ind. (AP) — Antron Brown still walks into the same race shop he’s called home for years. The Indiana shop he rents still belongs to Don Schumacher Racing. But now the 45-year-old Brown finds himself digging through papers and boxes, waiting for deliveries and calling the shots as
Continue ReadingBy Courtney Carpenter Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — On Tuesday, Harris County sommissioners passed budgets for the short fiscal year of 2022 and fiscal year 2023. After discussion, they ultimately passed the budgets without making proposed cuts in funding to some community organizations. The Houston Area Women’s Center is
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON and BRIAN MAHONEY AP Sports Writers PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers have traded Ben Simmons to the Brooklyn Nets for James Harden as part of a multiplayer deal. Simmons has yet to play this season for the 76ers after an offseason trade demand. Harden could become a free agent at the
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Willey Click here for updates on this story SPRING, Texas (KTRK) — A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of a woman accused of luring a man to be killed by MS-13 gang members. Karla Jackelin Morales, 20, cut off her ankle monitor five days before she was
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer New research suggests the coronavirus can invade and destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirths in infected women. Stillbirths are uncommon but pregnant women with COVID-19 face an elevated risk, particularly with the delta variant. Researchers in 12 countries including the United States analyzed tissue from 64 stillbirths and
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Deschutes County was filled with clean roads, clear skies and busy parks Thursday on a nearly 70-degree and sunny day in the middle of winter.
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM Associated Press Ricky Ian Gordon had two operas premiere in a five-night span. “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis” debuted at New York City Opera on Jan. 27, 14 years after it was first commissioned by the Minnesota Opera from Gordon and librettist Michael Korie. “Intimate Apparel” opened at Lincoln Center Theater on
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, CNN Instacart, the grocery delivery service that Justin Krumbah worked for, donated $50,000 to a GoFundMe account that was set up for his funeral costs, according to a statement from the company. Krumbah was killed Monday during a deadly shooting at a Fred Meyer store in Richland, Washington, CNN previously reported. The
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge in South Carolina set a $150,000 bond for a small-town police officer charged with voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a man who investigators said led her on a high-speed chase after running through a stop sign. Hemingway police officer Cassandra Dollard was
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — En Nicaragua, el exaspirante presidencial y líder del Movimiento Campesino Medardo Mairena, el dirigente campesino Pedro Mena y el miembro del grupo promotor de reformas electorales José Antonio Peraza fueron declarados culpables del delito de conspiración para cometer menoscabo de la integridad nacional, en juicios a puertas cerradas
Continue ReadingBy Nic Garcia Click here for updates on this story FRESNO, California (KFSN) — Holly Hayes says her son has been bullied for months, most recently by a group of boys at a local supermarket — she’s had enough. “It’s out of control,” said Hayes. She says bullies followed her son off the Kastner Intermediate
Continue ReadingBy Jason Oliveira Click here for updates on this story MERCED, California (KFSN) — History was made in the North Valley over the weekend when Leticia “Moses” Oceguera made her head coaching debut for the UC Merced men’s basketball team. “I grew up where my mother and father always taught me there’s no such thing
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