By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer Georgia won its long-awaited national championship the way it dominated during an undefeated regular season — by relying on its defense. The Bulldogs allowed only 30 yards rushing in beating Alabama 33-18 in Indianapolis. Georgia won its first national title since the 1980 season. The clinching touchdown came on
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The recovery of the fisher, a charismatic, long-tailed forest carnivore, will likely be hindered by the increasing frequency and intensity of future wildfires, new research by Oregon State University indicates.
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer The Beijing Winter Olympics are fraught with potential hazards for major sponsors. They are trying to remain quiet about China’s human rights record while protecting the billions they’ve collectively paid to the IOC for the branding rights. The International Olympic Committee’s top sponsors include household names like Coca-Cola, Procter
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer The Beijing Winter Olympics are fraught with potential hazards for major sponsors. They are trying to remain quiet about China’s human rights record while protecting the billions they’ve collectively paid to the IOC for the branding rights. The International Olympic Committee’s top sponsors include household names like Coca-Cola, Procter
Continue ReadingMALIBU, Calif. — Marcellus Earlington had 16 points off the bench to lift San Diego to a 72-62 win over Pepperdine. Jade’ Smith led the Waves on Monday night with 15 points and six rebounds.
Continue ReadingBy Eliza Mackintosh, CNN As Covid-19 cases skyrocketed across Britain in late December, Stuart Guest spent his vacation poring over scientific reports about air cleaning and filtration systems. Guest, a head teacher at an elementary school in Birmingham, England, scoured Amazon for affordable air purifiers in the hopes of stopping the more transmissible Omicron variant
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago scrapped classes for days in a confusing standoff with the teachers’ union over COVID-19 safety measures in the nation’s third-largest school district. From remote instruction to testing, both sides have been negotiating nearly a dozen complex points of a safety plan that has cast a shadow
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Office of Governor Kate Brown and Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division are seeking applicants for two positions on the state Advance Directive Adoption Committee.
Continue ReadingCNN By Samantha Beech, CNN European Parliament President David Sassoli has died in Italy, according to a Tweet from his spokesman early Tuesday local time. “The @EP_President David Sassoli passed away at 1.15 a.m. on 11 January at the CRO in Aviano (PN), Italy, where he was hospitalized. The date and place of the funeral
Continue ReadingBy JOHN PYE and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic has held a practice session, a day after he left immigration detention, focusing on defending his Australian Open title even while he still faces the prospect of deportation because he’s not vaccinated against COVID-19. The top-ranked tennis star hit the show
Continue ReadingBy JOHN PYE and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic has held a practice session, a day after he left immigration detention, focusing on defending his Australian Open title even while he still faces the prospect of deportation because he’s not vaccinated against COVID-19. The top-ranked tennis star hit the show
Continue ReadingDENVER — Rocky Kreuser had 24 points as North Dakota State topped Denver 87-69. Tevin Smith led the Pioneers on Monday night with 18 points.
Continue ReadingMONTGOMERY, Ala. — Paul King had 15 points off the bench to lead Alcorn State to a 70-60 win over Alabama State. Lenell Henry had 14 points and four assists for the Braves.. Gerald Liddell had 13 points and eight rebounds for the Hornets.
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that high inflation is a serious threat to the Fed’s goal of helping put more Americans back to work, and said the Fed will raise rates more than it now plans if needed to stem surging prices. “If we
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that high inflation is a serious threat to the Fed’s goal of helping put more Americans back to work, and said the Fed will raise rates more than it now plans if needed to stem surging prices. “If we
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago schools will offer more COVID-19 testing and have standards to close school related to infection rates, but the cost of a bitter union battle and five days of missed schools has parents and union members questioning if it was worth it. The Chicago
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago schools will offer more COVID-19 testing and have standards to close school related to infection rates, but the cost of a bitter union battle and five days of missed schools has parents and union members questioning if it was worth it. The Chicago
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Nazem Kadri scored a go-ahead goal late in the third period, and the surging Colorado Avalanche rallied to beat the Seattle Kraken 4-3 on Monday night. Nicolas Aube-Kubel had two goals and Devon Toews also scored for Colorado, which beat former teammate Philipp Grubauer to win its
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More than 28,000 pounds of ground beef sold at Walmart, WinCo, Albertsons and Fred Meyer have been recalled in Oregon and Washington due to possible e. Coli contamination. More information: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/interstate-meat-dist.-inc.-recalls-ground-beef-products-due-possible-e.-coli-o157h7
Continue ReadingBy Sonia Moghe, CNN Prosecutors have agreed to dismiss separate perjury counts Ghislaine Maxwell faces at sentencing if she is unsuccessful in getting a new trial “in light of the victims’ significant interests in bringing closure to this matter and avoiding the trauma of testifying again,” according to a court filing on Monday. The filing
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