By GAVIN GOOD Associated Press Bret Bielema suddenly has No. 24 Illinois looking like a Big Ten West contender in his second year since replacing Lovie Smith as the Illini’s coach. They’re ranked for the first time since 2011. They beat Iowa and Wisconsin in the same season for the first time since 1989, and
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A school board member from a small city in Washington state and his stepson have been charged with assaulting and interfering with police during the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Richard Slaughter, 40, of Orting, Washington northwest of Mount Rainier, was arrested Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A school board member from a small city in Washington state and his stepson have been charged with assaulting and interfering with police during the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Richard Slaughter, 40, of Orting, Washington northwest of Mount Rainier, was arrested Wednesday
Continue ReadingGREENVILLE, Miss. (AP) — A police officer has been shot to death in the Mississippi Delta city where she grew up, and several other people were injured by gunfire. The shootings happened Tuesday night in Greenville. Mississippi Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell says Greenville Police Department detective Myiesha Stewart was killed as she and other
Continue ReadingBy DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota coach Lindsay Whalen recently asked her players to raise their hand if they played last season with a teammate next to them. Nobody did. That’s because the Gophers only have three players back from 2021-22. The good news in Whalen’s fifth year running the program
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Tom Brady dijo que ha recurrido a la terapia física y mental para tratar su salud mental en los últimos años con el fin de poder “ser bueno para la gente que me rodea”. Tom Brady sale del campo tras la victoria de los Tampa Bay Buccaneers sobre los Atlanta Falcons
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN Ryan Reynolds has the help of a holiday favorite to get into the ‘spirit’ of the season this year — none other than “Elf” star Will Ferrell. The pair headline the new Apple TV+ Christmas movie “Spirited,” for which a teaser was released on Wednesday. In it, the comedic duo start
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department’s internal watchdog is investigating whether Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis improperly used federal pandemic aid to fly migrants to Martha’s Vineyard as part of his effort to “transport illegal immigrants to sanctuary destinations.” At issue is whether millions of dollars in interest earned on State
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Karl has begun a turn expected to bring it to Mexico’s southern Gulf coast. Karl is expected to approach land by the weekend without gaining hurricane strength. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Karl had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph late Wednesday. It was centered about 240 miles
Continue ReadingBy Nick Valencia and Jade Gordon, CNN More than three years after the incident, a grand jury will finally get to hear evidence in the case of motorist Ronald Greene, who died after he was violently arrested by Louisiana State Police troopers. Union Parish District Attorney John Belton told CNN he will present evidence in
Continue ReadingBy TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Quarterback Daniel Jones isn’t thinking about asking the New York Giants for a new contract despite having a good start to the season in what is a make-or-break year for him. The Giants didn’t pick up the fifth-year option on Jones’ rookie contract earlier
Continue ReadingBy Casey Gannon and Weslan Hansen A Texas family of five was sentenced together on Wednesday for storming the Capitol on January 6, with the two parents getting jail time and three adult children given probation and some home confinement. The Munn family from Borger, Texas, was among some of the first to enter the
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice The Justice Department says the seized documents taken from Mar-a-Lago during the FBI search in August amount to 21,792 pages, according to a court filing this week, far short of the 200,000 pages former President Donald Trump’s legal team had claimed. Trump’s defense team now has access
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Beginning next Monday, drivers will see new variable speed limit signs throughout a 10-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 97 south of Bend, ODOT said Wednesday.
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised tests of long-range cruise missiles, which he described as a successful demonstration of his military’s expanding nuclear strike capabilities and readiness for “actual war,” state media said Thursday. Wednesday’s tests extended a record number of weapons demonstrations this
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has laid out a national security strategy aimed at checking an ascendant China and a more assertive Russia. That’s even as it stresses that domestic investments are key to helping the U.S. compete in the critical decade ahead. The administration’s release of its first
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — CVS reducirá los precios de sus productos menstruales de marca propia en todo el país y pagará los impuestos sobre las ventas de esos productos en una docena de estados. A partir del jueves, CVS bajará los precios un 25% en los tampones, compresas, pantiprotectores y copas menstruales
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott appeared at ease in addressing questions about the team’s most recent visit to Kansas City to play the Chiefs. It was an outcome dubbed as ’13 Seconds,’ representing how much time was left in regulation when Buffalo squandered a
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, Laura Ly and Paul LeBlanc, CNN A federal appeals court has agreed to let New York’s concealed gun law remain in effect until a three-judge panel weighs in on a court ruling that blocked parts of the restrictive gun measure. In a two-sentence ruling, 2nd Circuit Court Judge Eunice Lee referred New
Continue ReadingTED SHAFFREY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The iconic getaway town of Atlantic City is known to some people for its casinos, others for its amusement park and boardwalk. About 38,500 others call it home. But sea levels are rising and flooding is becoming more severe and frequent. Some seaside towns broach the
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