Coach for AAU basketball team founded by WNBA player charged
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A 30-year-old coach in an AAU girl’s basketball program founded by a former WNBA player has been charged with child…
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Alabama only state to limit media to 1 witness at execution
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama will be the third state to carry out a death sentence during the COVID-19 pandemic…
Continue ReadingProsecutors rest; Giuliani associate considers testifying
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An associate of Rudy Giuliani has just a few hours to decide whether to testify at his own…
Continue ReadingVaccines in sports at a glance
By The Associated Press A vast majority of players in the NFL, NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.…
Continue ReadingTo jab or not to jab? Vaccinations still hot topic in sports
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer Several months after COVID-19 vaccinations were made widely available in the United States, vaccination status…
Continue ReadingFormer Calif. regulator tapped to run highway safety agency
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A former California pollution regulator is being nominated to run the nation’s highway safety…
Continue ReadingBlack Democratic chair gets lynching threat over Trump essay
By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The first Black chair of Iowa’s Democratic Party says he received a series of racist…
Continue ReadingEx-GOP senator leaving party, challenging Oklahoma governor
By SEAN MURPHY The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The first Republican candidate to challenge Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt says he’s…
Continue ReadingMcCain book shares why she left ‘toxic’ times at ‘The View’
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Conservative firebrand Meghan McCain says she decided to leave “The View” the day after she…
Continue ReadingRetired Rep. Bill Zeliff, who probed Waco siege, dies at 85
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press Retired U.S. Rep. Bill Zeliff has died at age 85 after a career in he helped lead the investigation of the…
Continue ReadingNew evidence presented in Texas death row inmate’s hearing
BASTROP, Texas (AP) — An attorney for a Texas death row inmate has told a judge that new evidence suggests the 19-year-old woman his client was…
Continue ReadingMississippi man pleads to federal charge of retaliation
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man has admitted filing a false claim that an FBI agent and others owed him $500,000 for refusing to drop state…
Continue ReadingBusinesses nervously await fine print of vax-or-test rule
By ZEKE MILLER and DAVID KOENIG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s most aggressive move yet to combat the COVID-19 pandemic…
Continue ReadingNew York City activists, residents awarded $1M prize
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer The David Prize, an annual $1 million award for select New York City residents, has announced its five winners…
Continue ReadingUnion Pacific and its unions sue each other over vaccine
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific and its labor unions are suing each other to determine whether the railroad has…
Continue ReadingSan Francisco announces cash rewards to collar auto burglars
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s mayor has announced that the city will hand out cash awards of up to $100,000 for information leading to the…
Continue ReadingNetflix posts higher 3Q earnings, solid subscriber growth
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Netflix has posted sharply higher third-quarter earnings thanks to a stronger slate of titles. Those include…
Continue ReadingEx-Mexican federal officer admits taking bribes from cartel
JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press (AP) — A former Mexican federal police commander has admitted he took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to…
Continue ReadingUS Homeland Security secretary tests positive for COVID
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security says Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has tested positive for COVID-19. A DHS statement says the…
Continue ReadingUS high court won’t block vaccines for Maine health workers
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to block a vaccine requirement for Maine health care…
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