MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis has finalized an extension keeping coach Penny Hardaway under contract through April 2028. Wednesday’s announcement updates a memo of understanding agreed to in December 2020. The announcement comes two weeks after the NCAA put Memphis on three years of probation with a public reprimand and a fine. The NCAA declined
Continue ReadingBy Megan Thomas, CNN Singer and actress Brandy Norwood shared an update on her health after she experienced a medical incident related to “dehydration and low amounts of nutrition.” “To my beloved fam, friends, and starz thank you for sending love and light my way. I am following doctors’ orders and getting the rest I
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United Way of Central Oregon announced on Wednesday $225,000 in Community Impact investments to 22 nonprofits serving Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Cohen, Justin Lape and Danielle Herman, CNN After the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, an obstetrician who works at a hospital in the Northeast thought she could make a difference by publicly describing what she was seeing, by telling the stories of the patients she saw suffering in the
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Iran nuclear deal is “not our focus right now,” US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Wednesday, noting the administration was instead focusing on supporting the protesters in Iran as efforts to restore the nuclear deal have hit yet another impasse. “The Iranians have made very clear that this is
Continue ReadingCNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Far-right talk show host Alex Jones should pay eight families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims and one first responder $965 million in compensatory damages, a Connecticut jury decided Wednesday, capping a wrenching weeks-long trial that put on display the serious harm inflicted by the conspiracy theorist’s lies.
Continue ReadingBy WCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — A new mural in the Bronx is sounding the alarm for fire safety nine months after a high-rise fire killed 17 people in the borough. Kidde, the company that makes fire safety equipment, commissioned artist Cey Adams to create the mural
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A nuclear waste treatment plant in eastern Idaho designed to treat 900,000 gallons (3.4 million liters) of sodium-bearing, radioactive waste that has had numerous setbacks will likely start operating in early December, a U.S. Department of Energy official said Wednesday. Connie Flohr, manager of the Idaho
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks ended a wobbly day lower on Wall Street after a late-afternoon drop erased the tentative gains major indexes had been clinging to for much of the day. The S&P 500 gave back 0.3% Wednesday, its sixth consecutive loss. The Dow and Nasdaq ended with smaller losses. Yields on the 2-year and
Continue ReadingBy Megan Hickey, Mugo Odigwe and Charlie De Mar Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A dismembered woman’s body was found Monday night in a freezer in a home in Arcadia Terrace, after the homeowner had been reported missing, police said. As CBS 2’s Charlie De Mar reported Tuesday night, the
Continue ReadingBy Ellie Kaufman and Oren Liebermann, CNN The US and its allies need to help Ukraine build a comprehensive air and missile defense system by combining the different systems the allies operate to help Kyiv defend its airspace against Russian attacks, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said Wednesday after a
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El locutor y presentador de ultraderecha Alex Jones debe pagar a ocho familias de las víctimas del tiroteo en la escuela primaria Sandy Hook y a un socorrista casi US$ 1.000 millones en concepto de daños compensatorios, según decidió este miércoles un jurado de Connecticut, poniendo fin a un desgarrador juicio
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Before the 2020 presidential election, certifying election results was routine and generated little public attention. That has changed. Members of certification boards have raised unsubstantiated claims of fraud or other wrongdoing, focusing new attention on a process that could be manipulated if either side didn’t like
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: PepsiCo, Moderna rise; Cameco, Owens & Minor fall.
Continue ReadingBy Olivia Young Click here for updates on this story ARVADA, Colorado (KCNC) — Coming out looks different for everyone. And for one Arvada man, it was something that took him until he was 90 years old. But today he told me it’s the best decision he’s ever made. “It’s never too late to come
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By COLLEEN LONG and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press LEADVILLE, Colo. (AP) — President Joe Biden designated the first national monument of his administration at Camp Hale, a World War II-era training site in this state, as he called for protecting “treasured lands” that tell the story of America. The announcement is a boost to
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press LEADVILLE, Colo. (AP) — President Joe Biden designated the first national monument of his administration at Camp Hale, a World War II-era training site in this state, as he called for protecting “treasured lands” that tell the story of America. The announcement is a boost to
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Video shows police officers in suburban Detroit pulling a Black teenager from a car during a traffic stop in June and repeatedly punching him in the head. The police body camera video was released Wednesday by attorneys for 17-year-old Tyler Wade in combination with a lawsuit alleging
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Nashville social club’s owner has reached a deal to plead guilty to a campaign finance scheme alleged against him and a Tennessee senator, who has deemed the charges a “political witch hunt.” Attorneys for Joshua Smith last week notified the federal judge of the plea-deal
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN American Siamak Namazi, who has been wrongfully detained in Iran for seven years, was forced to return to prison Wednesday after briefly being released on furlough, his family’s pro bono legal counsel said in a statement. “Yesterday, members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) informed Siamak Namazi (50) that his
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