AP Sports Writer It turns out the revolving door sending college coaches to the NFL also works in the other direction. While the Big Ten lost its most prominent head coach as Jim Harbaugh took over the Los Angeles Chargers after leading Michigan to a national title, it gained four guys with Super Bowl rings
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — There are 17 weeks of the 2024 NFL regular season remaining, but there are some things we can learn from Week 1 of the new campaign. A few of the favorites had strong starts and several of the teams who had been hoping for improvement struggled. Here are the
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s defense ministry says a fighter jet crashed during a nighttime training exercise on Tuesday but the pilot who ejected has been found safe. The ministry says the Mirage 2000 jet lost power. The pilot was conscious and taken to a military hospital for an exam. He had been flying off
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Jittery residents living near where a gunman opened fire on a highway in Kentucky are taking precautions they never thought would be needed. Brandi Campbell says her family has gone to bed early and kept the lights off since five people were wounded in the attack last Saturday on
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness says his country will send two dozen soldiers and police officers to Haiti this week to boost a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenya to fight violent gangs. The 20 soldiers and four police officers are scheduled to arrive Thursday and will join
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is blocking the quick promotion of an aide to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. Tuberville is blocking the nomination of Lt. Gen. Ron Clark over concerns that he and other senior staff did not quickly notify President Joe Biden when Austin was hospitalized with complications from cancer
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — A federal jury has awarded $50 million in damages to a suburban Chicago man who was exonerated in a murder and released from prison in 2018 after spending about 10 years behind bars. Monday’s unanimous jury verdict in favor of 34-year-old Marcel Brown of Oak Park came after a two-week trial. The Chicago
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — A Swiss appeals court has found noted Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan guilty of rape and sexual coercion nearly 16 years ago and sentenced him to a year in prison. The verdict overrules an acquittal handed down by a lower court in March last year. In a written ruling Tuesday, the appeals court
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of acres of wilderness. Sinkholes. And the possibility of a gunman around every corner. These are among the difficulties facing the dozens of law enforcement officers employed in the search for Joseph Couch, the man suspected of firing an AR-15 from a cliff ledge on
Continue ReadingBy Martha Shade, CNN (CNN) — September is National Literacy Month. According to the National Literacy Institute, about 21% of adults in the US are illiterate, and 54% read below a sixth grade level. In some cases, those adults were born in other non-English speaking countries. Poverty also plays a role, since economically disadvantaged school
Continue ReadingCNN By Elizabeth Wolfe, Mary Gilbert, Robert Shackelford and Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — Francine has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph and is forecast to keep strengthening ahead of landfall along the Louisiana coast Wednesday. Francine was about 295 miles from Morgan City, Louisiana, Tuesday evening, according to the National Hurricane
Continue ReadingBy JD Franklin III Click here for updates on this story CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (WXII) — A Charlotte woman can fulfill her dream of buying a home after winning big in the lottery. Arely Martinez said her husband bought a $10 Multiplier Mania ticket at Shopton Commons BP on Steele Creek Road in Charlotte and
Continue ReadingBy Spencer Tracy Click here for updates on this story ORLANDO, Florida (WESH) — Flooding is still top of mind for many homeowners in parts of Orlando. They are taking their concerns to a city council meeting Monday afternoon. Flooding is not officially on the agenda, but some residents will be there demanding answers. Anyone
Continue ReadingBy Marcie Cipriani Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (WTAE) — Students at the University of Pittsburgh have been complaining that undercooked food in one of their dining halls is making them sick. In a letter to students, the University of Pittsburgh acknowledged the social media claims. They wrote, in part: Given the
Continue ReadingBy Andres Valle Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — Sacramento police are investigating a disturbing incident that’s being investigated as a hate crime. Police say a severed pig’s head was found Monday morning at a home on Naponee Court in Natomas. KCRA 3 spoke to the homeowner of where the
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf opposition party says police have freed its president a day after he was detained outside parliament on a charge of allegedly inciting violence. Islamabad police confirm the release of Gohar Khan, who was arrested along with several other party leaders. They are demanding the release of former Prime Minister Imran
Continue ReadingALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A fourth person has died amid an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at an assisted living facility in upstate New York. The first three deaths were announced last week by Albany County officials. Now a total of 12 people have tested positive for the disease at Peregrine Senior Living at Shaker in
Continue ReadingBy Kara Peters Click here for updates on this story GREENSBORO, North Carolina (WXII) — Kevin Gillespie, head football coach of Page High School from 2006 to 2016, says he met Diondre Overton in 2013. “Diondre came to us his sophomore year and had never played football, just played basketball,” Gillespie said. “He got in
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — La Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa anunció este lunes que como medida “preventiva”, convocaría de forma virtual sus clases en todos los niveles por la ola de violencia. La UAS tiene unos 5.333 alumnos, de acuerdo con cifras oficiales de 2019. “Como medida preventiva y ante los hechos violentos que se
Continue ReadingBy Jason Seher, CNN (CNN) — It’s hard to get 42 states to agree on much. But a bipartisan group of attorneys general on Tuesday demanded that Congress require Surgeon General warning labels on social media apps to help curtail addiction and a mental health crisis among young adults. “As state Attorneys General, we sometimes
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