By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Govs. Brian Kemp of Georgia and Chris Sununu of New Hampshire have banned TikTok and popular messaging applications from all computer devices controlled by their state governments. The Republicans issued their orders Thursday, also banning the messaging app WeChat. Kemp also banned Telegram. Kemp says there’s too
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Mount Union quarterback Braxton Plunk is one of the three Purple Raiders on The Associated Press Division III All-America team. Plunk is joined by receiver Wayne Ruby and linebacker Rossy Moore on the first team. Mount Union will play North Central of Illinois in the Division III championship game on Friday
Continue ReadingCNN, WHAM By Melissa Bell, Saskya Vandoorne and Christina Maxouris, CNN The woman who hosted an American college student studying in France before he went missing told CNN she thinks he may have left voluntarily — a claim echoed by a French prosecutor. But the young man’s parents don’t believe that’s the case and on
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Billie Moore, who coached America’s first women’s Olympic basketball team to a silver medal at the Montreal Games in 1976, has died at age 79. UCLA, where Moore won 296 games over 16 years including a national title in 1978, announced her death on Thursday. Moore also won a college title
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Former Purdue quarterback Drew Brees is returning to his alma mater as a coach for the Jan. 2 Citrus Bowl game against No. 17 LSU. The retired NFL star will join new Purdue coach Ryan Walters as he settles into his new job. Walters
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs coach Andy Reid knew that Travis Kelce was destined for stardom the moment he laid eyes on him as a college tight end at Cincinnati. But a decade later, not even Reid could have imagined what Kelce has accomplished. He just eclipsed 1,000
Continue ReadingBy JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — As Lionel Messi approaches his second and likely last World Cup final, the stakes could hardly be higher. The same goes for Argentina after more than 30 years of disappointment since it last won soccer’s ultimate prize. For Messi, victory against France at Lusail Stadium
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Ted Barrett and Ali Zaslav, CNN The Senate voted on Thursday to pass sweeping legislation that would authorize $858 billion in national defense funding and rescind the US military’s Covid vaccine mandate. Now that it has passed the Senate, the measure is cleared for President Joe Biden’s signature. The House already approved
Continue ReadingCentral Oregon’s model of collaboration and partnership among the region’s cold-weather shelter providers and community action agency is not one you are likely to see at this scale elsewhere in the state, NeighborImpact said Thursday, offering details as deep cold lingers across the region.
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El Real Madrid fichó al cotizado delantero brasileño de 16 años Endrick, procedente del Palmeiras brasileño, según anunciaron este jueves ambos clubes. “El Real Madrid C. F., la Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras y Endrick y su familia han llegado a un acuerdo que permite al jugador incorporarse al Real Madrid cuando
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Alicia Wallace, CNN Last year, bonuses were bountiful. This year, economic uncertainty is bringing a chill to the holiday-season perk, according to survey data released Thursday by Challenger, Gray & Christmas. More than 81% of the 252 employers surveyed by the outplacement firm said they planned to freeze the value of holiday
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CNN, WDSU By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan, Monica Garrett and Brandon Miller, CNN The massive storm system that pulverized homes, killed three people in Louisiana and brought blizzard conditions to northern states will inflict a new wave of brutal weather starting Thursday. Significant ice and heavy snow will smother parts of the Mid-Atlantic and New
Continue ReadingBy Jason Burger Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — The last surviving female officer from the group of six women who made history at the Oklahoma City Police Department celebrated her birthday. Iona Braswell was one of the first female officers in OCPD. “It taught me not to be so
Continue ReadingBy WYFF Staff Click here for updates on this story HILTON HEAD ISLAND, South Carolina (WYFF) — A rare warning Wednesday for anyone headed to the South Carolina beach for the holidays: watch where you step. Shore Beach Service, a beach patrol and equipment rental service for Hilton Head Island, posted photos on Facebook of
Continue ReadingBy Jonathan Ayestas Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — Ring camera footage appears to show a California Highway Patrol captain, whose death is being investigated along with the murder of her husband, stealing his dog from the Tennessee home of his girlfriend. Julie Harding, the CHP Yuba-Sutter commander, was found
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House passed a bill Thursday that would allow Puerto Rico to hold the first-ever binding referendum on whether to become a state or gain some sort of independence, in a last-ditch effort that stands little chance of passing the Senate. The bill,
Continue ReadingBy WMTW Staff Click here for updates on this story MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (WMTW) — The mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire, is putting the city of Sanford on blast after she says police drove a homeless woman to a shelter that did not have beds available. Sanford police, however, tell a different story. Sanford police
Continue ReadingBy Fletcher Keel Click here for updates on this story ROSS TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WLWT) — Colerain Fire and EMS says a woman was saved from a residential fire after being administered a Cyanokit treatment after inhaling toxic smoke. According to Colerain Fire officials, the Ross Township Fire Department arrived at a house fire in the
Continue ReadingCNN By Barbara Starr and Oren Liebermann, CNN The Biden administration is finalizing plans to send the Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine that could be announced as soon as this week, according to two US officials and a senior administration official. The Pentagon’s plan still needs to be approved by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El pleno de la Cámara de Senadores de México aprobó el “Plan B” de la reforma electoral impulsada por el presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador. El proyecto obtuvo luz verde en el recinto a pesar del voto en contra del senador y líder de la bancada del partido oficialista Morena,
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