By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Changing the way the so-called “transition take fouls” are officiated this season won’t keep them out of the NBA game. In fact, the league thinks that sort of play now may make the game better. The long-awaited rule change — one of the points of education for the NBA
Continue ReadingBy Shannon Ehrhardt Click here for updates on this story KNOXVILLE, Iowa (KCCI) — Imagine running 31 miles in one full day. “It’s not that hard,” said 16-year-old Natalie Collins. Natalie’s mother died four years ago due to breast cancer. She said she runs to pass on the love and care her mother had for
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Black man died after a police encounter in a Denver suburb in 2019 because he was injected with a powerful sedative after being forcibly restrained, according to an amended autopsy report publicly released Friday. Despite the finding, the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old massage therapist,
Continue ReadingBy John Cardinale Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — Taos New Mexico’s landscapes make it one of the most sought-after spots to live in the state of New Mexico. “I grew up in this house,” said Ben Hernandez. Currently, the Hernandez Family is calling Taos home. “We took this
Continue ReadingBy WCVB Staff Click here for updates on this story BEVERLY, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A gray seal that has become a spectacle in Beverly crawled out of the freshwater pond where it’s been drawing onlookers and waddled to look the city’s police station. The seal, nicknamed Shoebert, was first spotted in Shoe Pond last week
Continue ReadingBy Senait Gebregiorgis Click here for updates on this story NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida (WESH) — A New Smyrna Beach man took matters into his own hands to try to recover his stolen tools. He offered a small reward to anyone around town who could help. He eventually got that help, as well as his
Continue ReadingBOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) — Bowling Green coach Scot Loeffler will miss Saturday’s game at Mississippi State because of ‘a personal health matter.’ The school gave no details about Loeffler’s condition in a new release, but did say he was expected to return to the sideline for the Falcons’ next game against Akron on Oct.
Continue ReadingBy Anne Shannon Click here for updates on this story PENNSYLVANIA (WGAL) — Pennsylvania State Police are actively investigating the disappearance of Mary Ann Bagenstose 38 years ago in Lancaster County. Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers has announced a $5,000 reward for information about the case. Bagenstose, 25, last spoke to her mother on the morning of
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A pilot killed in the crash of his small plane last Thursday east of Marion Lake, between Mount Jefferson and Three Fingered Jack, has been identified by a family member as Chehalis, Washington resident Wayne Wirt.
Continue ReadingOpinion by Fatih Birol for CNN Business Perspectives The global energy crisis sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is causing hardship around the world and shining a spotlight on the flaws in today’s energy system. Volatile prices are hurting consumers and businesses while greenhouse gas emissions are rising and air pollution is leading to millions
Continue ReadingBy GEOFF MULVIHILL and SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The tattoos on Billie Stafford’s hands — inspired by street art and full of references to her work helping prevent drug-related deaths — have become an indelible memorial to the friend who inked them and the opioid crisis that killed him
Continue ReadingBy BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s mayor says he plans to erect hangar-sized tents as temporary shelter for thousands of international migrants who have been bused into the Big Apple as part of a campaign by Republican governors to disrupt federal border policies. The tents are among an
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El cohete de la misión Artemis I tendrá su tercer intento de lanzamiento el martes 27 de septiembre, pero la Depresión Tropical Nueve podría cambiar eso. La ventana de lanzamiento de 70 minutos se abre a las 11:37 a.m. (hora de Miami) y el cohete del Sistema de lanzamiento
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Flooding likely worsened by climate change has submerged one-third of Pakistan’s territory and left 33 million of its people scrambling to survive, according to Pakistan’s prime minister, who says he came to the United Nations this year to tell the world that “tomorrow, this tragedy
Continue ReadingBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota prison guard was fired over the suicide of a man who was serving life sentences for killing four people. Sgt. Deandre Adams violated corrections policy in failing to adequately check on Chad Isaak, according to a termination letter from the warden at North Dakota State Penitentiary. Adams was
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department says it will allow American tech firms to expand their business in Iran to boost internet access for the Iranian people. The Iranian government cut most internet access for its 80 million citizens during a crackdown on demonstrators protesting the death of 22-year-old Mahsa
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh has announced a settlement with a property management company owned by the family of former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Frosh announced Friday that Westminster Management has agreed to pay a $3.25 million civil penalty and restitution to settle a
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN The Artemis I rocket will get its third launch attempt on Tuesday, September 27, but Tropical Depression Nine could change that. The 70-minute launch window opens at 11:37 a.m. ET and the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft continue to sit on the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Continue ReadingBy Dan Merica and Michael Warren, CNN The race for North Carolina’s open Senate seat features two leading candidates who have taken opposing paths in their bids for higher office. Democrat Cheri Beasley, the first Black woman to be a major-party Senate nominee in North Carolina, has served for two decades as a judge and
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — To help combat a growing gun violence problem, the mayor of Portland, Oregon, is launching a system proponents say can track the location of gunshots using hidden microphones. Oregon Public Broadcasting report s a panel recommended the city adopt ShotSpotter in a July report. Stephanie Howard, Mayor Ted Wheeler’s director of
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