NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Hicks’ eight-year tenure with the New York Yankees ended when the outfielder was released from a contract that had more than 2 1/2 seasons remaining. Hick was designated for assignment last Saturday and the Yankees released him before a series opener against San Diego. At the time Hicks was cut,
Continue ReadingBy Kennedi Walker Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — Eleven years after her son’s drowning death, Dana Gage continues to spread awareness about water and boat safety. Her youngest son, Conner, was at a birthday party when he jumped from a boat dock roof and didn’t resurface. The Tarrant County mom
Continue ReadingBy FOX 12 Staff Click here for updates on this story HARRISBURG Oregon (KPTV) — Wildlife officials captured a 25-lb snapping turtle found wandering through a Harrisburg pasture on Apr. 28. The invasive species, which wildlife officials say poses a threat to native fish and wildlife habitats, “not to mention human hands and feet,” was
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Christopher Morel of the Chicago Cubs led off the eighth inning with a bloop single against reliever Eduardo Salazar, ending the Cincinnati Reds’ no-hit bid that began with six dominant innings by Hunter Greene. Greene, winless in his first 10 starts, tied a career high with 11 strikeouts and walked two. The
Continue ReadingNORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Haley Lee hit a grand slam, Cydney Sanders and Alyssa Brito each added a homer and top-ranked Oklahoma extended its winning streak to 47 with a 9-2 victory over Clemson in the opener of the Norman Super Regional. Oklahoma (55-1) tied Arizona’s all-time Division I record of 47 straight wins —
Continue ReadingBy KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has signed legislation that will ban discrimination based on body size by adding weight and height to the list of protected categories such as race, sex and religion. Exemptions under the ordinance include cases in which an individual’s height or
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration stripped one of the nation’s largest drug distributors of its license to sell highly addictive painkillers Friday after determining it failed to flag thousands of suspicious orders at the height of the opioid crisis. The action against Morris & Dickson Co. that
Continue ReadingCNN, KTVT, KEYE By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Just days after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accused the state House speaker of presiding over the chamber while drunk and called on him to resign, a GOP-led state House ethics panel heard explosive testimony from investigators detailing what they described as years of misconduct by
Continue ReadingEAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Former Michigan State football coach Denny Stolz has died. He was 89. Michigan State announced Stolz died on Thursday. The family informed the school of his death, and no cause was given. Stolz won 126 games over 21 seasons with the Spartans, Bowling Green, San Diego State and Alma College.
Continue ReadingBy Itay Hod Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Every day, Captain Zach Kellerman goes through what might just be the world’s most dangerous commute. To get to work, he must jump from a swaying boat to a rope ladder dangling off the side of a massive ship 15-stories high,
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Gov. Tina Kotek has declared a drought in Sherman and Lake counties through Executive Order 23-08, and directed state agencies to coordinate and prioritize assistance to the region.
Continue ReadingBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The United States has completed a perfect group stage at the Under-20 World Cup for the first time. The Group B-leading Americans beat Slovakia 2-0 in San Juan. Second-placed Ecuador beat Fiji 9-0 in Santiago del Estero to follow the U.S. into the Round of 16. The U.S. finished the
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press Funding for drug treatment centers in Oregon, financed by the state’s pioneering drug decriminalization policy, stood at over a quarter-billion dollars Friday as officials called for closer monitoring of where the money goes. That need for oversight was demonstrated Wednesday when state officials terminated a $1.5 million grant agreement with
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By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press Funding for drug treatment centers in Oregon, financed by the state’s pioneering drug decriminalization policy, stood at over a quarter-billion dollars Friday as officials called for closer monitoring of where the money goes. That need for oversight was demonstrated Wednesday when state officials terminated a $1.5 million grant agreement with
Continue ReadingBy Mia Alberti, CNN (CNN) — The United Nations has chosen Brazil to host the international climate meeting, COP30, in the Amazonian city of Belém do Pará in 2025, the country’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced on Friday. “I’ve participated in COPs in Egypt, Paris, Copenhagen and all people talk about is the
Continue ReadingBy MARÍA VERZA Associated Press SANTIAGO XALITZINTLA, Mexico (AP) — When the Popocatepetl volcano reawakened in 1994, Mexican scientists needed people in the area who could be their eyes and ears. State police helped them find one, Nefi de Aquino, a farmer then in his 40s who lived beside the volcano. From that moment on,
Continue ReadingBy Erik Waxler Click here for updates on this story PASCO COUNTY, Florida (WFTS) — Authorities said the “sick and disturbing” case started with Randy Coffelt. From his Clay County home, investigators said he met a Pasco County teenager on an app called “Chat Avenue” and manipulated her into sending him nude pictures. Pictures he
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Anna Faustino bajaba las dunas de Mui Ne, Vietnam, en un trineo de arena cuando vio por primera vez a Tom Rogers. De repente, lo vio por el rabillo del ojo, rodando de cabeza por la duna de arena junto a ella. Anna volteó para mirar a Tom, con los ojos
Continue ReadingBy MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The mother of the man who killed Gabby Petito told her son in an undated letter that she would “dispose of a body” if needed because she loved him so much, according to copies of the note shared publicly for the first time this week by
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An English couple who fought to get their baby son back from child services and then abused him so severely the 10-month-old was dead just over a month later were sentenced to life in prison for murder Friday in what a judge described as a case of
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