By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson is looking for defensive improvement down the stretch in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The 13th-ranked Demon Deacons host Duke on Saturday. The matchup closes a month in which they’ve had troubles slowing opposing running games in wins against Louisville, Syracuse
Continue ReadingBy The Journal Times Staff Click here for updates on this story BURLINGTON, Wisconsin (The Journal Times) — A Burlington man has been accused of assaulting a woman and damaging property due to an argument over cigarettes. James A. Timmers, 37, of the 100 block of Kendall Street, was charged with misdemeanor counts of battery,
Continue ReadingCNN, WCCO By Gabe Cohen, CNN The free food delivery that arrives at Beth Greenlee’s door each week is much more than an endpoint of the US supply chain. It’s her lifeline. The 61-year-old has Stage 4 endometrial cancer and little income. For eight months, she’s been relying on food from MANNA, a non-profit that
Continue ReadingCNN By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Profits soared at the nation’s two largest oil companies, as ExxonMobil and Chevron both benefited from the recent run-up in oil prices. ExxonMobil, America’s largest oil company, posted net income of $6.8 billion, swinging to a profit after a $680 million loss a year ago. Oil prices got crushed
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BERLIN (AP) — German police say they have found an Iraqi man dead inside a small truck near the Polish border in a suspected people-smuggling effort gone wrong. Police said Friday they found the body after officers spotted about 30 people getting out of the truck near the eastern town of Goerlitz. The 42-year-old driver
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich is smarting after its biggest loss in 43 years and Union Berlin will be cautiously hoping to take advantage of the situation when the teams meet in the Bundesliga on Saturday. Bayern was routed 5-0 at Borussia Mönchengladbach in the second round of the
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Get those candy buckets ready because this weekend children will be out in full force with their families trick or treating. After not being able to trick or treat last year because of coronavirus, families are excited to get back out there this year. This year, the vaccine has been made available which is why
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO and SARA BURNETT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois says he will not seek reelection next year. Kinzinger is a critic of Donald Trump’s who is on the panel investigating the deadly Capitol attack. The military veteran was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Google presentó una herramienta para que menores o sus padres eliminen fotos de ellos en los resultados de búsqueda de los navegadores. La compañía dijo este miércoles que está implementando una herramienta que permite a padres e hijos menores de 18 años solicitar que se eliminen fotos de los
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Biden administration on Friday sanctioned the commander of the military drone unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) under whose leadership the US says Iran conducted a deadly attack on a shipping vessel earlier this year. The US also sanctioned a number of other individuals and companies connected to
Continue Reading ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Tech senior guard Bubba Parham will miss the start of the Yellow Jackets’ season following knee surgery. Georgia Tech says Parham had surgery on Tuesday to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee. He will miss an indefinite period of time. Parham started 14 games last season and averaged 6.7
Continue ReadingBy Kara Fox, CNN The European Parliament sued the European Commission — the EU’s executive arm — on Friday for failing to punish member states who violate the “rule of law” within the bloc. The move, which places pressure on the Commission to withhold funding from states in breach of the EU “rule of law,”
Continue Reading By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has condemned gangs and kidnappings in a prerecorded address in which he also assured that the country isn’t running out of fuel despite severe shortages that sparked recent strikes. The message posted Friday is the first time Henry
Continue Reading By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — One of several legal challenges to North Carolina’s contentious voter ID law is on hold amid a dispute over whether two justices on the state Supreme Court should recuse themselves. The state NAACP’s request that Phil Berger Jr. and ex-Sen. Tamara Barringer be disqualified further
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN) — La entrega gratuita de alimentos que ocurre en la puerta de Beth Greenlee cada semana es mucho más que un punto final de la cadena de suministro de Estados Unidos. Es su salvavidas. Esta mujer de 61 años tiene un cáncer de endometrio en fase 4 y pocos ingresos. Desde hace
Continue Reading By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Puneeth Rajkumar, a leading star of southern Indian regional cinema, has died after a massive heart attack. He was 46. Rajkumar was a lead actor in 29 movies and also appeared on television, where he was the host of India’s version of “Who Wants to be
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN The NAACP sent an open letter to five players’ unions on Thursday, urging their athletes not to sign with teams in Texas. “Over the past few months, legislators in Texas have passed archaic policies, disguised as laws, that directly violate privacy rights and a woman’s freedom to choose, restrict access to
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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer Attorneys for Hannah Gutierrez Reed, who was in charge of weapons on the movie set where Alec Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, say she doesn’t know where the live rounds found there came from, and blamed producers for unsafe working conditions. Gutierrez Reed was the armorer on the
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer Attorneys for Hannah Gutierrez Reed, who was in charge of weapons on the movie set where Alec Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, say she doesn’t know where the live rounds found there came from, and blamed producers for unsafe working conditions. Gutierrez Reed was the armorer on the
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks edged lower in midday trading on Wall Street Friday, pulling major indexes back from record highs as investors review the latest round of corporate earnings. Big Tech stocks were the biggest drag on the broader market. The S&P 500 was down 0.1%, while the
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