By Thomas Geyer Click here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, Iowa (Quad-City Times) — A Davenport man is facing a 25-year prison sentence after he allegedly brandished a firearm to steal a $1.79 Swisher Sweet cigar Tuesday from the Kwik Star on East 53rd Street, Davenport Police said. Fortunato Alonso Herrera, 19, is charged
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — There are 18 new COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 6,181, the Oregon Health Authority reported Thursday. OHA reported 5,417 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Thursday, bringing the state total to 649,389. OHA releases new COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough report OHA’s most recent
Continue ReadingBy PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Hailey Van Lith had a career-high 34 points including 16 in the decisive third quarter as No. 4 Louisville won its 10th straight over Clemson 93-71. The Cardinals reached 20 victories for the 12th straight season. But not before getting a scare from the Tigers
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Mike Tirico on the 2022 Winter Olympic host city and nation.
Continue ReadingBy MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Kiki Smith scored 25 points, Nina Rickards added 16 and Florida stunned No. 7 Tennessee 84-59, giving the Gators their fifth victory in 59 meetings between the teams. It was Florida’s biggest win in the series. None of the previous four had been by more
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matthew Stafford got a call this week from a childhood friend who knows a little something about waiting a long time to win his first championship. Clayton Kershaw is hoping to be at SoFi Stadium next Sunday when Stafford leads the Los Angeles Rams in
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Happy Thursday, Central Oregon! We’re looking at the chance for a few clouds Thursday night, with lows in the 20s, and breezes will turn light out of the southeast after midnight. Our skies will be clear to mostly clear Friday and Saturday, along with highs in the low 50s. The real warmup begins Sunday, with highs in
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — El presidente de la Comisión de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado de Estados Unidos, el senador Robert Menéndez, solicitó este jueves sancionar y designar como un “importante narcotraficante extranjero” al expresidente de Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández, según una carta que envió a los secretarios de Estado y del Tesoro en Washington. Menéndez
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The Deschutes Soil and Water Conservation District has a digital platform that helps connect manure providers, like ranchers, with local gardeners and others who can use the fertilizer. For more information: https://www.deschutesswcd.org/manure-exchange-program
Continue ReadingBy Angela Dewan and Danya Gainor, CNN The highest glacier on the world’s tallest mountain is losing decades worth of ice every year because of human-induced climate change, a new study shows. The findings serve as a warning that rapid glacier melt at some of the Earth’s highest points could bring worsening climate impacts, including
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Live updates from the first night of the figure skating team event, featuring Nathan Chen, at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Continue ReadingCONWAY, Ark. (AP) — Tishara Morehouse scored 19 points, Kendall Spray added 12 points and No. 22 Florida Gulf Coast made 17 3-pointers in beating Central Arkansas 71-44 for coach Karl Smesko’s 600th career win. Smesko reached the milestone in just 726 games, faster than Pat Summitt (734 games), Tara VanDerveer (767), and C. Vivian
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A second straight day of phone messages threatening staff and students at Powell Butte Community Charter School Thursday led Crook County Sheriff’s Office investigators to a seventh-grade boy who was arrested, officials said.
Continue ReadingBy Linnea Allen Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — Rachel Hatcher is a young mother, a third-grade teacher and in her 30’s who had a close call. “So, I’m with kids all day,” she said. “And if you’ve been in a third-grade classroom, that’s a little … it’s fun and
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U.S. freeskier David Hall took advantage of his last chance in the 2018 Olympic halfpipe final, landing four variations of double corks to defend his Games title – what he now refers to as “the best run of my career.”
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Mike Tirico gets NBC’s Primetime coverage of the Winter Olympics underway from Beijing, China.
Continue ReadingBy Kristin Fisher, CNN Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin encouraged CEOs from more than two dozen of America’s largest defense companies to accelerate hypersonic weapons development during a high-level meeting Thursday. Two CEOs who participated in the meeting said Austin spoke of the matter in urgent terms and described China as a threat in this field.
Continue ReadingRICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — Jomaru Brown came off the bench to score 15 points and he made the second of two foul shots with 3 seconds remaining in the third overtime to lift Eastern Kentucky over Kennesaw State 82-81. Michael Moreno had 21 points and nine rebounds for the Colonels (11-12, 3-6 Atlantic Sun Conference).
Continue ReadingSAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) — Caleb Asberry tossed in 16 points and Texas State knocked off Appalachian State 68-66. Shelby Adams had 11 points and six rebounds for the Bobcats (14-6, 5-3 Sun Belt Conference), who have won four straight at home. Adrian Delph had 22 points for the Mountaineers (14-10, 8-3), whose six-game winning
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN Their paths to the New York Police Department’s downtown Manhattan headquarters on Thursday could hardly have been more different, but President Joe Biden and New York City Mayor Eric Adams are now — by their choosing and at their own political risk — increasingly bound as the Democratic Party tries to
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