Georgia snaps 41-year title drought with 33-18 win over Bama
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Stetson Bennett delivered the biggest throws of his storybook career and…
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IOC major sponsors mostly muted in runup to Beijing Olympics
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer The Beijing Winter Olympics are fraught with potential hazards for major sponsors. They are trying to remain quiet…
Continue ReadingDjokovic back into swing in Australia, visa questions linger
By JOHN PYE and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic has held a practice session, a day after he left…
Continue ReadingFed’s Powell: High inflation poses a threat to job market
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that high inflation is a serious…
Continue ReadingUnion, parents mull if Chicago teacher standoff was worth it
By SOPHIA TAREEN and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago schools will offer more COVID-19 testing and have standards to close…
Continue ReadingJapan keeps border controls as it prepares for omicron surge
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan says it will keep its borders closed to most foreign citizens through February as it attempts…
Continue ReadingOklahoma death row inmates seek firing squad as alternative
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An attorney for two Oklahoma death row inmates facing executions in the coming months…
Continue ReadingTrump attorneys cite immunity, want Jan. 6 lawsuits tossed
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorneys for former President Donald Trump and his associates argue that incendiary statements…
Continue ReadingRounds dismisses Trump criticism for saying he lost election
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota says he stands by his statement that former President Donald Trump lost the 2020…
Continue ReadingGOP steps up bid to persuade Hogan to run for Senate in Md.
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Politics Writer Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other leading Republicans are intensifying a personal…
Continue ReadingMichael Parks, Pulitzer winning foreign correspondent, dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Parks, who spent 25 years as a foreign correspondent and won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the struggle to end…
Continue ReadingNew Mexico woman accused of abandoning newborn in dumpster
HOBBS, N.M. (AP) — An 18-year-old New Mexico woman is facing charges after police say she abandoned her newborn baby in a dumpster. Authorities…
Continue ReadingBetty White’s death caused by stroke suffered 6 days earlier
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Betty White died from a stroke she had six days before her Dec. 31 death at age 99, according to her death certificate. The Los…
Continue ReadingUS and allies urge North Korea to abandon nukes and missiles
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNIITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and five allies are urging North Korea to abandon its prohibited…
Continue ReadingFederal Reserve’s Powell: High inflation ‘exacts a toll’
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — High inflation is taking a toll on American families. That acknowledgment comes from…
Continue ReadingIda victims move from tent camps to trailers 4 months later
SCHRIEVER, La. (AP) — More than four months after Hurricane Ida destroyed their houses, some Louisiana residents are just now moving from tent…
Continue ReadingUS Rep Mace of South Carolina has COVID for second time
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press U.S. Rep Nancy Mace of South Carolina has contracted COVID-19 for a second time. The Charleston Republican said…
Continue ReadingHealth officials let COVID-infected staff stay on the job
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press Health authorities around the U.S. are increasingly taking the extraordinary step of…
Continue ReadingSecond Starbucks store near Buffalo votes to unionize
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer A second Starbucks store near Buffalo, New York, has voted to unionize. It’s one of a growing number of…
Continue ReadingN Korea fires possible missile into sea amid stalled talks
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea and Japan say North Korea has fired what appeared to be a ballistic…
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