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PROVO, Utah (AP) — Former BYU tight end and college football hall of famer Gordon Hudson died Sept. 27. He was 59. The school says he died in San Jose, California. Hudson suited up for the Cougars from 1980 to 1983, earning All-America honors as a junior and senior. He amassed 2,484 yards receiving and
Continue Reading WEST CALDWELL, N.J. (AP) — One week after Jin Young Ko lost a chance to win on the LPGA Tour, the South Korean star is right back at it. Ko had six birdies in a seven-hole stretch and shot 63 in the Cognizant Founders Cup. That gave her a three-shot lead over Sandra Gal among
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Thursday as investors welcomed progress in Congress’ standoff over extending the federal debt ceiling. A temporary extension will give lawmakers more time to reach a permanent solution. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% and the Nasdaq Composite gained 1.1%. Pfizer
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Thursday as investors welcomed progress in Congress’ standoff over extending the federal debt ceiling. A temporary extension will give lawmakers more time to reach a permanent solution. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% and the Nasdaq Composite gained 1.1%. Pfizer
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Brown Click here for updates on this story CAMDEN, New Jersey (KYW) — A group of volunteers in Camden has been working every Friday and Saturday for well over a year to make sure the neighborhood is fed. It is pickup day at the Food Bank of South Jersey for this team of
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Las eliminatorias sudamericanas rumbo al Mundial de Qatar 2022 inician una triple jornada que puede ser clave para varias selecciones que aspiran a un lugar en la cita máxima del fútbol. Este jueves se jugará la fecha 11, con la visita del cómodo líder Brasil a Venezuela, que marcha último,
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN An organization that operates several clinics in Texas said Thursday that its staff has provided abortions for patients who are more than six weeks into their pregnancies, after a federal judge Wednesday blocked a Texas law banning the procedure roughly after that point. The organization, Whole Woman’s Health, announced in tweets
Continue ReadingCNN By Tierney Sneed, CNN An organization that operates several clinics in Texas said Thursday that its staff has provided abortions for patients who are more than six weeks into their pregnancies, after a federal judge Wednesday blocked a Texas law banning the procedure roughly after that point. The organization, Whole Woman’s Health, announced in
Continue ReadingCNN By Ryan Nobles Former President Donald Trump indicated on Thursday that he will try to assert executive privilege to prevent a House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol from getting information from certain witnesses. A source familiar with the former President’s legal strategy confirms to CNN that an attorney for
Continue ReadingBy Marcus Solis Click here for updates on this story BROOKVILLE, Queens (WABC) — A man is refusing to come down from a tree after climbing up from the roof of a home in Queens. It all began Wednesday afternoon on the roof of the 145th Street home in the Brookville section. The man has
Continue Reading By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor says President Joe Biden has decided to expand two sprawling national monuments in his state that were significantly downsized under President Donald Trump. The Biden administration had been reviewing the 2017 changes made by the Trump administration. On Thursday, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox
Continue ReadingBy Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — A young Champlin man is leading a one-person campaign to reach out to every police officer in the country. He came up with a simple yet lasting way to thank officers for their service. WCCO found out why a young man
Continue Reading HOUSTON (AP) — A jury has convicted a man of capital murder in the 2015 shooting deaths of his ex-girlfriend, her husband and six children, including his own son, at a Houston-area home. Fifty-four-year-old David Conley was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Prosecutors didn’t pursue the death penalty against Conley, as state and
Continue ReadingBy Marcus Solis Click here for updates on this story MOUNT VERNON, New York (WABC) — A grieving mother welcomed friends Wednesday as they offered condolences next to the very spot where she found her daughter’s body. The cause of Alexandra Castano’s death remains under investigation, but her family suspects foul play. “One-hundred percent my
Continue Reading ST. PETERSBURG. Fla. (AP) — Boston slugger J.D. Martinez is on the Red Sox roster but not in the lineup for Game 1 of their AL Division Series against the Tampa Bay Rays. Martinez missed Tuesday night’s win over the New York Yankees in the AL wild-card game because of a sprained left ankle. The
Continue Reading By DENNIS WASZAK JR. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets’ defensive line has been a major strength of the team, as expected, with Sheldon Rankins saying his linemates are using their “superpowers” to wreak havoc. The big guys up front were a big factor in the Jets having
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Kraken are going into their first NHL season with the idea that having two top goalies is going to be crucial to their success. Free-agent signing Philipp Grubauer will almost certainly be in net when Seattle takes the ice for its first game Tuesday
Continue Reading By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new Pentagon climate plan calls for incorporating the realities of a hotter, harsher Earth at every level in the U.S. military. Thursday’s recommendations focus on making worsening climate extremes a mandatory part of strategic, tactical and operational defense planning. That includes things like training troops how
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Il. (AP) — President Joe Biden is championing COVID-19 vaccination requirements and is determined that the roughly 67 million unvaccinated American adults must get the shot even as he acknowledges that mandates weren’t his “first instinct.” He had ruled out such mandates before taking
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By Mallory Simon, Dakin Andone and Pamela Kirkland, CNN The Florida Board of Education on Thursday voted to sanction eight school districts that have instituted Covid-19 mask mandates without giving parents the ability to opt their students out. In doing so, the state board said that school districts in Alachua, Brevard, Broward, Duval, Leon, Miami-Dade,
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