By Hannah Mackenzie Click here for updates on this story SPRUCE PINE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A western North Carolina business spent its 50th anniversary honoring veterans and U.S. servicemembers. Located in Spruce Pine, Buck Stove manufactures and sells stoves, fire place inserts, gas log sets and lanterns. On Saturday, Oct. 9, their 50th anniversary,
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By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The Tampa Bay Lightning have won the last two Stanley Cup championships and not just because they were the best team on the ice. They were also the best at managing the salary cap, which limits teams to no more than $81.5 million each season. Tampa Bay’s Julien BriseBois
Continue Reading DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Chennai Super Kings advanced to its ninth Indian Premier League cricket final with two balls to spare after beating Delhi Capitals by four wickets in the playoffs. Three-time champion Chennai reached 173-6 Sunday on the back of Ruturaj Gaikwad’s impressive 70 and Robin Uthappa’s 63. Chennai skipper Mahendra Singh
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Georgia is the new No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll by a unanimous vote, taking the top spot in the regular season for the first time since November 1982. The Bulldogs rise from No. 2 comes a day after preseason No. 1 Alabama was
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Tami Luhby, CNN Out-of-work Americans did not rush back into the job market after beefed-up unemployment benefits ended nationwide in September. The labor force shrank last month for the first time since May, signaling that more people were opting to sit on the sidelines and not actively look for work, according to
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN Out-of-work Americans did not rush back into the job market after beefed-up unemployment benefits ended nationwide in September. The labor force shrank last month for the first time since May, signaling that more people were opting to sit on the sidelines and not actively look for work, according to the federal
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Udonis Haslem has rejoined the Miami Heat after missing the first two weeks of training camp to mourn his father. Haslem is the oldest player in the NBA at age 41 and the Heat’s longtime captain. The team gave him time and space to grieve after
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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook, in the aftermath of damning testimony that its platforms harm children, will be introducing several features including prompting teens using its photo sharing app Instagram to take a break, and nudging them if they repeatedly look at the same content that’s not conducive to their
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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook, in the aftermath of damning testimony that its platforms harm children, will be introducing several features including prompting teens using its photo sharing app Instagram to take a break, and nudging them if they repeatedly look at the same content that’s not conducive to their
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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook, in the aftermath of damning testimony that its platforms harm children, will be introducing several features including prompting teens using its photo sharing app Instagram to take a break, and nudging them if they repeatedly look at the same content that’s not conducive to their
Continue Reading EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan State University football player has filed a lawsuit alleging the school was wrong to suspend him from the team indefinitely while it investigates sexual assault allegations from January. The federal lawsuit filed Friday identifies the player only as John Doe. It alleges Michigan State has been unresponsive to
Continue Reading EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan State University football player has filed a lawsuit alleging the school was wrong to suspend him from the team indefinitely while it investigates sexual assault allegations from January. The federal lawsuit filed Friday identifies the player only as John Doe. It alleges Michigan State has been unresponsive to
Continue Reading Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric says it may shut off power to about 44,000 customers in California beginning on Monday due to potentially dry, gusty winds that could raise the risk of wildfires. The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning of extreme fire danger between Sunday and Tuesday
Continue Reading FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico State Police have identified two Arizona residents who died in a vehicle crash on the Navajo reservation. They say 50-year-old Michael McCraren of Tucson and 28-year-old Hannah Cornelson of Surprise were killed in the Oct. 5 head-on collision. Police say an unidentified 27-year-old man from Surprise was driving a
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Rafa Cabrera Bello prevailed in a Spanish duel with Adri Arnaus on the first playoff hole to win the Spanish Open. Cabrera Bello shot a 2-under 69 to finish tied at 19 under with Arnaus, who closed with a 4-under 67 and fell just short of
Continue ReadingBy Maggie Fox, CNN There’s little doubt now — study after study, in real life and in lab dishes, in the US and elsewhere — that people’s immunity starts to wane just months after they finish the two-dose series of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. While getting two doses of vaccine creates a strong immune response that
Continue Reading Austria’s president has welcomed Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s resignation and demanded that the country’s politicians work hard to restore voters’ trust after a several-day drama that brought the government to the brink of collapse. President Alexander Van der Bellen said he will swear in Alexander Schallenberg, currently Austria’s foreign minister, as chancellor on Monday. Kurz announced
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urielblanco (CNN) — Durante más de tres semanas, las autoridades locales y federales han rastreado una reserva natural de más de 10.100 hectáreas en busca de Brian Laundrie, el prometido de Gabby Petito, de 22 años. El 1 de septiembre, Laundrie regresó en la furgoneta de Petito a la casa de la pareja en North
Continue ReadingBy Curt Yeomans Click here for updates on this story GWINNETT COUNTY, Georgia (Gwinnett Daily Post) — Gwinnett County’s massive Rowen knowledge community is still on the drawing board, but it’s already prompting interest from companies that want to be a part of it. The nearly 2,000-acre research-oriented mixed-use development was announce just over a
Continue Reading By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Matt Ryan threw for 342 yards and two touchdowns including the first NFL score for Kyle Pitts and the Atlanta Falcons held on and closed out the New York Jets in a 27-20 victory in the NFL’s return to London. The Falcons built a 20-3 halftime
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