By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Duke assistant coach Amile Jefferson is leaving the Blue Devils to become an assistant with the NBA’s Boston Celtics. That’s according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity Wednesday because the Celtics haven’t publicly discussed their
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — The stage is now set in Virginia for the most important down-ballot election of 2023 – a battle for control of the split legislature that will offer an important window into the mood of swing-state voters as next year’s presidential race kicks off. One incumbent state senator, an anti-abortion
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of leaking highly classified military documents on a social media platform, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal felony charges. Teixeira, 21, entered the pleas during a hearing in Worcester’s federal court days after he was indicted
Continue ReadingCINCINNATI (AP) — Jake Fraley hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning, and the Cincinnati Reds extended their majors-best winning streak to 11 games, rallying past the Colorado Rockies 5-3 for a three-game sweep. It is the Reds’ longest winning streak since they won 12 in a row in 1957. Rookie sensation Elly
Continue ReadingBy WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kyle Hendricks pitched effectively into the seventh inning and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-3 to complete a three-game sweep. Nico Hoerner homered and tripled for the Cubs, who have won eight of nine. Ian Happ doubled twice and drove in three runs for
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Worcester, Massachusetts (CNN) — Jack Teixeira, the Air National Guardsman accused of leaking highly classified military documents on social media, pleaded not guilty in a Massachusetts court Wednesday to six federal charges. Teixeira, 21, was indicted earlier this month on several counts of willful retention and transmission of classified information related
Continue ReadingBy ALAN GIONET Click here for updates on this story COLORADO (KCNC) — Colorado will soon get tougher on people who point lasers at aircraft, the result of several years of concern about the dangerous trend. “It’s hard to catch them, but with the new legislation and the more resources that are out there now
Continue ReadingBy STEVE REED AP Sports Writer The Charlotte Hornets are leaning toward keeping the pivotal No. 2 pick in Thursday night’s NBA draft. General manager Mitch Kupchak says the Hornets are likely to choose between two players, believed to be Alabama wing Brandon Miller or NBA G League Ignite guard Scoot Henderson. Kupchak says there’s
Continue ReadingBy GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Jeff Walz is excited about who’s on his new-look roster and appreciative of the notable player who isn’t. In discussing a revamped Louisville squad that will feature six transfers, the Louisville coach also addressed the surprising departure this spring of leading scorer Hailey Van
Continue ReadingBy BETTY YU Click here for updates on this story SAN LORENZO, California (KPIX) — The parents of 30-year-old San Lorenzo resident and newlywed Rienheart Asuncion are grieving the loss of their son and say Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price is victimizing the family yet again by going easy on the killer. The newlywed
Continue ReadingBy TORI APODACA Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — Neighbors near Kelton Way and Main Avenue in north Sacramento said a loud music complaint ended up with two men dead. Multiple neighbors told CBS13 that a disabled veteran in a wheelchair was on his typical walk with his dog early Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Zack Short homered and drove in three runs, Javier Báez got his 1,000th career hit and the Detroit Tigers beat the slumping Kansas City Royals 9-4. The Royals have lost 15 of 18 games. Matthew Boyd allowed two runs and six hits in six innings for Detroit.
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — Tel Aviv University says it has removed the Sackler family — known as the makers of OxyContin — from the full name of its medical school after decades of donations. Wednesday’s development came after years of petitions to pull the longtime donors’ name from the campus while the Sacklers faced extensive lawsuits
Continue ReadingBy MARLEE GINTER Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — Sacramento police officers are under scrutiny following a new audit uncovering multiple civil rights violations. The details were revealed at Tuesday night’s Sacramento City Council meeting. Police bodycam video shows officers handcuffing a 10-year-old girl who auditors say posed no threat to
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say a man who has claimed for years that Google was torturing users with flashing lights crashed a car into a building near the search engine giant’s New York City headquarters. Police say a 12-year-old girl and two adult women were injured when the man drove onto the sidewalk and
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN (CNN) — Johnny Van Zant and Rickey Medlocke are keeping the music of their band Lynyrd Skynyrd alive. The rock band is releasing an upcoming film, “The 50th Anniversary of Lynyrd Skynyrd,” which centers on their last concert with founding member Gary Rossington, taped last year. Rossington died of cancer in
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — The office of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis acknowledged on Wednesday the state has in its possession a golf simulator that reportedly was given to the governor’s mansion by a wealthy political donor with close ties to the Republican governor. The Washington Post and Reuters reported Wednesday that Mori Hosseini,
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito accepted a 2008 trip to a luxury fishing lodge in Alaska from two wealthy Republican donors, one of whom repeatedly had interests before the court, and he did not disclose the trips on his financial disclosure for that year, ProPublica reports. A story
Continue ReadingBy MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Hospitals and other health care providers in New York would be banned from reporting medical debt to credit agencies under a bill passed this week by the state’s legislature. The measure is intended to limit the damage that illness and injury can do to
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration has proposed new rules for protecting imperiled plants and animals as officials move to reverse changes under former President Donald Trump that weakened application of the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday said it will reinstate a decades-old
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