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By Holly Yan, CNN Storm victims returning to damaged homes after Ida face a torrent of challenges — if they’re lucky enough to have a home standing at all. In the most devastated places, “Power outages will last weeks to possibly months,” the National Hurricane Center said. “Most of the area will be uninhabitable for
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PETALUMA, Calif. (AP) — A former police officer in Northern California faces trial in November on misdemeanor charges of assaulting a Black woman, coming at the same time the city seeks to address race and policing. The incident in July 2020 came at the height of last year’s Black Lives Matter movement protests. Prosecutors say
Continue ReadingCNN, HLN, WDSU By Matt Egan, CNN Business The Biden administration is releasing 1.5 million barrels of crude oil from America’s emergency stockpile of oil as Louisiana’s gas crisis worsens. The decision to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, or SPR, comes as two-thirds of the gas stations in New Orleans and Baton Rouge are out
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business The Biden administration is releasing 1.5 million barrels of crude oil from America’s emergency stockpile of oil as Louisiana’s gas crisis worsens. The decision to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, or SPR, comes as two-thirds of the gas stations in New Orleans and Baton Rouge are out of gasoline in
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The USC Trojans will open a critical season for perpetually embattled coach Clay Helton with a tricky visit from the defending Mountain West Conference champions. USC is expected to challenge for the Pac-12 title and could be a potential College Football Playoff contender behind the dynamic quarterback-receiver tandem of Kedon Slovis
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By The Associated Press The USC Trojans will open a critical season for perpetually embattled coach Clay Helton with a tricky visit from the defending Mountain West Conference champions. USC is expected to challenge for the Pac-12 title and could be a potential College Football Playoff contender behind the dynamic quarterback-receiver tandem of Kedon Slovis
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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A prominent conservative attorney representing more than a dozen defendants charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol is seriously ill and hasn’t appeared in court for more than a week, throwing some cases into disarray. Attorney John Pierce has been sending an associate — who is
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors urged a judge Thursday to reject claims by a former New York doctor that his guilty plea in state court in a sex abuse case means he can’t be prosecuted in federal court on sex assault charges. In papers in Manhattan federal court, prosecutors
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Florida begins life without Heisman Trophy finalist Kyle Trask, All-American tight end Kyle Pitts and dynamic receiver Kadarius Toney. The trio made the Gators hum offensively last season, when they averaged 39.8 points a game. Quarterback Emory Jones, tight end Kemore Gamble and receiver Jacob Copeland have huge cleats to fill
Continue Reading By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ask Cedric the Entertainer how many streaming subscriptions he shells out for, and he figures he’s got them all. The actor-comedian is not alone, with other celebrities also admitting they have a streaming habit. They’re not unusual: Nearly 75 percent of U.S. households had a
Continue Reading By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Natural and some man-made ingredients came together, causing the weakened but still soggy remnants of Hurricane Ida to devastate the Northeast more than 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) away from its landfall. This sort of distant and deadly flooding from hurricanes has happened before, and meteorologists had warned that Ida
Continue Reading By The Associated Press No. 12 Wisconsin is seeking to win a home opener for the 26th straight season when it hosts No. 19 Penn State. The only Football Bowl Subdivision team with a longer active streak of consecutive victories in home openers is Florida with 31 straight. Penn State is aiming to beat Wisconsin
Continue Reading TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) — The mother of a man who died two years ago after his arrest following a foot chase has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against three Texas police officers, alleging they were “deliberately indifferent” as her son complained that he couldn’t breathe. Keisha Boykin filed the lawsuit Sunday in U.S. district court
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities say a highway collision between a passenger bus and a semitrailer in northern Mexico has left at least 16 dead and 22 injured. The accident occurred Thursday morning outside the border town of Sonoyta, across from Arizona. The highway parallels the U.S.-Mexico border and connects Sonoyta with San Luis Rio
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Wegley Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — Chancellor Ronnie Green on Wednesday evening told leaders of UNL’s student government that he was committed to helping to prevent sexual assault on campus. Green shared a number of immediate steps he said the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will take
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The No. 11 Ducks open the season at home Saturday against Fresno State. Oregon welcomes fans back to Autzen Stadium for the first time since 2019 but attendees much wear masks because of state regulations, regardless of vaccination status. The Ducks open the season gunning for a third-straight Pac-12 championship. The
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The No. 11 Ducks open the season at home Saturday against Fresno State. Oregon welcomes fans back to Autzen Stadium for the first time since 2019 but attendees much wear masks because of state regulations, regardless of vaccination status. The Ducks open the season gunning for a third-straight Pac-12 championship. The
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Ryan Fitzpatrick and his magnificent beard plan to lead Washington on to the field for the season opener against the Los Angeles Chargers on Sept. 12. The 38-year-old’s role as starting quarterback was never in question. Ron Rivera only this week identified “FitzMagic” as the
Continue Reading By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Generation Z and some millennials tend to bounce among streaming services in pursuit of tempting new shows. That’s leading media companies to give the customers what they want in the upcoming fall TV season, especially sci-fi and fantasy. With broadcast and cable outlets eager to
Continue Reading By The Associated Press No. 8 Cincinnati has realistic hopes of being the first non-Power Five school to break into the College Football Playoff. Nonconference games at No. 9 Notre Dame and No. 17 Indiana should help judge its fitness. First, though, the Bearcats and star quarterback Desmond Ridder have to get by traditional in-state
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