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By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Frank Martin has bounced back after the worst basketball season of his career. He believes his Gamecocks are ready to do the same thing on the court. Martin had COVID-19 twice in the past 18 months, the second time in January as
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By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he will call state lawmakers back to work early to pass legislation to combat coronavirus vaccine mandates enacted by businesses. The Republican governor on Thursday said he will convene a special session of the GOP-controlled statehouse in November to address vaccine
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Green Bay Packers seek their sixth consecutive victory as they host Washington on Sunday. This marks the Packers’ lone home contest in a five-game stretch. They will follow up this game by visiting Arizona and Kansas City. Washington is attempting to snap a two-game skid. Washington hasn’t won at Green
Continue Reading CLARE, Mich. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a woman whom they had been seeking in the deaths of four people in central Michigan. The Mount Pleasant Morning Sun reports that the Clare County sheriff said 54-year-old Judy Boyer was taken into custody Thursday morning. Authorities had been looking for Boyer, 54, since Wednesday evening, saying
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — The 2-month-old California wildfire that threatened the Lake Tahoe resort region during the summer has been declared 100% contained. The fire reached the containment milestone late Wednesday. Storms this week covered the west side of the fire and rain fell on the east side, and stronger storms are expected
Continue ReadingBy Matt McFarland, CNN Business Tesla owners can buy the company’s “full self-driving” software for $10,000, but they may have to pay with their privacy. As part of the wider rollout of Tesla’s “full self-driving” option, which began earlier this month, drivers may forfeit some privacy protections around location sharing and in-car recordings that they
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — The world’s biggest triceratops skeleton, known as “Big John,” has been sold for 6.6 million euros ($7.7 million) to a private collector at a Paris auction house. The enormous skeleton, estimated to be over 66 million years old, was found in 2014 in South Dakota. The triceratops is known for its three
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Kansas City Chiefs visit the Tennessee Titans in the first game between the teams since the 2019 AFC championship. The Titans had won four straight between these teams before that game. Kansas City coach Andy Reid is 2-8 all-time against Tennessee. The Titans have won four of their last five
Continue Reading By DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer Tens of billions of dollars for U.S. environmental justice initiatives originally proposed by Democratic leaders in a $3.5 trillion domestic spending package now hang in the balance as they decide how to trim the bill to $2 trillion. Investments in the Build Back Better plan included expanding access to
Continue Reading By DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer Tens of billions of dollars for U.S. environmental justice initiatives originally proposed by Democratic leaders in a $3.5 trillion domestic spending package now hang in the balance as they decide how to trim the bill to $2 trillion. Investments in the Build Back Better plan included expanding access to
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By Dakin Andone and Brad Parks, CNN The former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot a woman while responding to her 911 call in 2017 was resentenced Thursday to 4 years and 9 months in prison after Minnesota’s highest court threw out his third-degree murder conviction last month. Mohamed Noor was originally sentenced to 12.5
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Este miércoles se presentó oficialmente el informe final de la Comisión Parlamentaria de Investigación de Brasil (CPI) y recomienda que el presidente de Brasil, Jair Bolsonaro, sea acusado de 10 presuntos delitos por su manejo de la pandemia. Después de que los miembros de la comisión negociaron durante los últimos
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer WeWork will become a publicly traded company Thursday after a spectacular collapse during its first attempt to do so two years ago. WeWork is emerging more than a year into a pandemic that closed millions of square feet off office space and the hope is that a work environment
Continue Reading CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A California man who fled to Mexico after being charged in a widespread credit card scam involving arts-and-crafts retailer Michaels has been sentenced to more than four years in prison. Federal prosecutors in New Jersey say 45-year-old Jose Salazar, of Riverside, must also pay $617,534 in restitution and will have to
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The American Athletic Conference will add UAB, Texas-San Antonio, Rice, North Texas, Charlotte and Florida Atlantic to the league. The AAC is replacing three schools that are scheduled to depart for the Big 12 Conference and is growing to 14 teams. The conference hopes the move will
Continue Reading By JULIE WATSON, ELLEN KNICKMEYER and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Worsening climate change requires that the United States do much more to track and manage flows of migrants fleeing natural disasters. That’s the finding of a multiagency study from the Biden administration. President Joe Biden ordered the assessment. Federal officials say it’s
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — A chapel in a Rome church that is home to a Baroque sculptural masterpiece by Gian Lorenzo Bernini has been made even more dazzling after restoration. Art and restoration specialists presented the results in the Cornaro Chapel in St. Mary of the Victory Church on Thursday. The chapel’s centerpiece is one of
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Los Angeles Rams will try to continue their hot start when they host the Detroit Lions on Sunday. It will be the first game between the teams since their blockbuster offseason trade that sent quarterback Matthew Stafford to the Rams and Jared Goff to the Lions. Stafford has played like
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Los Angeles Rams will try to continue their hot start when they host the Detroit Lions on Sunday. It will be the first game between the teams since their blockbuster offseason trade that sent quarterback Matthew Stafford to the Rams and Jared Goff to the Lions. Stafford has played like
Continue Reading NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An Ethiopian government spokesman says the military has struck a target near the capital of the country’s Tigray region. It’s the third day this week of airstrikes as fighting surges after nearly a year of war. There is no immediate word of casualties. Thousands of people have been killed since November
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