By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer First, new Purdue coach Ryan Walters gave walk-on running back Devin Mockobee a scholarship. Now he intends to keep the Boilermakers’ reputation intact — as the Cradle of Quarterbacks and Den of Defensive Ends. One day after being hired, the former Illinois defensive coordinator was introduced as Jeff Brohm’s
Continue ReadingBy Jonny Hallam and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN United Nations member states have removed Iran from a key UN women’s rights group just months after it joined. The unusual reversal comes as Iran is rattled by an ongoing protest movement sparked by the death of a young woman in the custody of the country’s so-called “morality
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Charlie Health compiled statistics on school counselors in Oregon using data from American School Counselor Association and the National Center for Education Statistics.
Continue ReadingBy Brittany Hope Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — The California Department of Social Services said it is investigating a Sacramento daycare after a mother claimed her toddler walked out of the daycare and was found alone at a nearby park late at night. Breonna Dixon said she dropped off
Continue ReadingBy Bill Kirkos and Ray Sanchez, CNN A Texas jury began deliberations Wednesday in the trial of a former Fort Worth police officer accused of murder in the 2019 shooting of 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson in her home. The deliberations got underway after closing arguments in which the state portrayed Aaron Dean as a power-hungry former
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The U.S. Census Bureau is putting on hold plans to apply by 2025 a controversial method for protecting the privacy of participants in its most comprehensive survey of Americans after facing pushback from prominent researchers and demographers. The statistical agency said Wednesday in a blog post that the science doesn’t
Continue ReadingBy KANTELE FRANKO Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An appeals court panel’s decision that revived unsettled federal lawsuits against Ohio State University over decades-old sexual abuse by a team doctor won’t be reconsidered by the full court. A judge had dismissed most of the unsettled cases, saying it’s clear the late Richard Strauss abused
Continue ReadingBy KANTELE FRANKO Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An appeals court panel’s decision that revived unsettled federal lawsuits against Ohio State University over decades-old sexual abuse by a team doctor won’t be reconsidered by the full court. A judge had dismissed most of the unsettled cases, saying it’s clear the late Richard Strauss abused
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN A NASA spacecraft is gearing up for the first of a series of close encounters with the most volcanic place in the solar system. The Juno spacecraft will fly by Jupiter’s moon Io on Thursday, December 15. The maneuver will be one of nine flybys of Io made by Juno over
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for January delivery rose $1.89 to $77.28 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for February delivery rose $2.02 to $82.70 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for January delivery rose 8 cents to $2.24 a gallon. January heating oil rose 18 cents to $3.28 a gallon. January natural gas fell 51
Continue ReadingBy Vince Rodriguez, Breana Albizu Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — Several Albuquerque hospitals held a press conference to provide an update on rising cases of respiratory illnesses in New Mexico. During Monday’s virtual meeting, UNM Hospital, Lovelace Hospital and Presbyterian Hospital addressed hospital capacity and the steps they’re
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The NBA and its players now have until Feb. 8 if either side wants to opt out of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement. That’s after the league’s board of governors approved a plan to push the deadline back Wednesday. The original opt-out deadline was Thursday. The sides agreed last week to
Continue ReadingCHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — Police say a person with a gun shot and wounded a contract worker outside an Amazon delivery station in Arizona before a second worker who was armed fatally shot the suspect. Authorities said the second contract worker possibly stopped an active shooter situation Wednesday at the delivery hub in the Phoenix
Continue ReadingBy WGAL Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW BLOOMFIELD, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — Perry County investigators announced the arrest of a woman in a 35-year-old homicide at a news conference on Tuesday afternoon. Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Daryl Vankirk said troopers arrested Judith Ann Jarvis, of Millerstown, on Tuesday morning in Lancaster County.
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Giving the “National Treasure” movies a young-adult spin, “National Treasure: Edge of History” transforms the franchise into a Disney+ series, one that offers the same playful approach to the past while weighing that down with tiresome relationship issues and a protagonist with her own Scooby gang. The opening episodes have
Continue ReadingBy BRANDON GDULA numberFire Should you have cold feet about starting Tua Tagovailoa against the Buffalo Bills? Buffalo ranks 10th in adjusted pass defense, according to numberFire’s metrics. In their first meeting, Tua was the QB25, because of a disappointing line of 186 passing yards and a touchdown on 18 attempts. Najee Harris has had
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Survivors of last month’s deadly mass shooting at a Colorado gay nightclub testified Wednesday to Congress about the onslaught of threats and violence against members of the LGBTQ community as they urged lawmakers to pass a law banning some semiautomatic weapons. Michael Anderson, a 25-year-old bartender at
Continue ReadingBy David Collins Click here for updates on this story TOWSON, Maryland (WBAL) — A love triangle ended in the fatal shooting of a man in Baltimore County, according to police charging documents and court testimony. County police said they charged Timothy Brice, 23, of Woodstock, with first-degree murder and a firearm violation in connection
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NewsChannel 21 is proud to announce that veteran broadcast journalist Cathy Marshall has been named News Director, effective this week.
Continue ReadingBy GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sadie Sink may have felt imposter syndrome when she first joined the cast of “Stranger Things,” but the 20-year-old actor is absolutely the real deal. Sink has been applauded by fans as her role of Max has become more central to the plot, and her
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