By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Some high school athletes are banking big bucks thanks to changes that allow them to accept major endorsement deals. California has become the trendsetter among the 19 states that let high school athletes profit from their name, image and likeness without affecting their eligibility to
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — It’s the middle of the afternoon and Jada Williams begins a live stream on Instagram. In a heartbeat, more than 1,000 of her 671,000 followers join the broadcast and begin typing in questions and comments. Williams does her best to follow along as the comments
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — It’s the middle of the afternoon and Jada Williams begins a live stream on Instagram. In a heartbeat, more than 1,000 of her 671,000 followers join the broadcast and begin typing in questions and comments. Williams does her best to follow along as the comments
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — WNBA teams will play a record 40-game schedule this upcoming season that begins on May 19 the league announced Wednesday. All 12 teams will have games the opening weekend, starting with New York playing Washington and Connecticut facing Indiana. The regular season concludes on Sept. 10 with all 12 teams playing.
Continue ReadingBy FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Closely-watched numbers for annual deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon show the total area of forest loss is down somewhat from last year, but that was a 15-year high. The data was released by the National Institute for Space Research. The agency’s Prodes monitoring system showed
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Christine McVie, the singer-songwriter behind some of Fleetwood Mac’s biggest hits, died Wednesday following a brief illness, according to a statement posted by her family on her verified Instagram account. She was 79. “On behalf of Christine McVie’s family, it is with a heavy heart we are informing you of
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on Wednesday said an “uncertain” economy pushed the e-commerce giant to move forward with rare and wide-ranging layoffs after having gone on a significant hiring spree for much of the pandemic. “We had the lens of a very uncertain economic environment, as well as our having
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — CNN informó este miércoles a sus empleados que había comenzado con los despidos, una medida que se espera afecte a cientos de trabajadores de la cadena mundial de noticias y marque los recortes más profundos de la organización en años. Chris Licht, quien asumió como presidente (CEO) de la cadena en mayo,
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Longtime NFL quarterback John Hadl, who starred for his hometown Kansas Jayhawks before embarking on a professional career that included six Pro Bowl appearances and an All-Pro nod, died Wednesday. He was 82. The university, where Hadl returned after his playing days as a coach
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Chang and Xiaofei Xu, CNN China’s most senior official in charge of its Covid response told health officials Wednesday that the country faced a “new stage and mission” in pandemic controls, state media Xinhua reported — potentially indicating an adjustment to Beijing’s “zero-Covid” strategy which has sparked days of nationwide protests. “With the
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen, Sara Murray and Jason Morris, CNN A state judge singled out Georgia Republican Party chairman David Shafer, one of the fake electors for Donald Trump, for the unique role he played in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the Peach State as part of a ruling on Wednesday. Judge Robert
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, Jamie Gangel and Zachary Cohen, CNN As the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack stares down a fast-approaching deadline to complete its work, members are scheduled to have a key meeting on Friday to discuss its final report as well as the possibility of making criminal referrals,
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In Central Oregon, Youth Villages, a nationwide nonprofit, offers various emotional and behavioral support services to kids and families, and sees the need for its programs on the rise.
Continue ReadingBy LAURA HAEFELI Click here for updates on this story MODESTO, California (KOVR) — A former local high school football coach and his girlfriend, who both worked at a Modesto winery, were killed by a vehicle while they were walking their dog in San Luis Obispo, police say. A coroner identified the pair as San
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace and Lucy Bayly, CNN Business The Federal Reserve could pull back on the pace of its aggressive rate hikes as soon as December, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday at an economic forum. “The time for moderating the pace of rate increases may come as soon as the December meeting,” he said
Continue ReadingLORDSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Commercial electric vehicle startup Lordstown Motors has received approval to ship the first batch of its first model, the Endurance pickup. The company announced Tuesday that the first units of the initial batch of 500 trucks were leaving the plant after they passed safety tests and hit several key benchmarks needed
Continue ReadingBy ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Staffers at Bread for the City, a venerable charity in the nation’s capital, thought they were prepared for this year’s annual pre-Thanksgiving Holiday Helpers food giveaway. The pandemic had faded, but inflation was high, so they budgeted to give out 12,000 meals, 20% higher than normal pre-pandemic
Continue ReadingBy Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Hakeem Jeffries pulled off a quiet revolution on Wednesday, becoming the first leader of the House Democrats to be born after the end of World War II and the first Black leader in either chamber of Congress, in what will likely be the first of many major changes coming for his
Continue ReadingBy KATIE NIELSEN Click here for updates on this story COTATI, California (KPIX) — The number of opioid-related deaths in California has almost tripled over the past few years. One North Bay family is trying to help stop the trend by offering community members training on how to use Narcan, which can reverse an overdose.
Continue ReadingROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud has been named the Big Ten’s offensive player of the year for the second straight season and Penn State’s Nicholas Singleton is freshman of the year. Stroud extended to five years the Buckeyes’ streak of winning the top offensive honor. Stroud finished the regular season as
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