By Kevin Dotson and Steve Almasy, CNN Michael Savarino, a grandson of legendary Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, was arrested Sunday morning and charged with driving while impaired, and Paolo Banchero, his passenger, was cited by the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, officials said Tuesday. Savarino, a junior guard on the Duke men’s basketball team,
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By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer OL Reign midfielder Jessica Fishlock has been named the National Women’s Soccer League Most Valuable Player for this season. Fishlock has been with the Reign since the league’s launch in 2013. She had five goals and four assists in 21 starts this season. Reign coach Laura Harvey won
Continue Reading By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Alex Padilla is set to make his second straight start when No. 18 Iowa hosts Illinois on Saturday. That doesn’t mean the Hawkeyes have moved on from Spencer Petras. Coach Kirk Ferentz said he’ll have to decide whether to bring back Petras. That decision might
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CODY, Wyo. (AP) — Wildfires pushed by strong winds have forced evacuations of homes in Montana, Wyoming and Colorado and led to a death in Wyoming. A fire caused by a downed power line near the Wyoming town of Clark burned at least two homes and seven outbuildings. Park County fire officials say a member
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By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California electrician has been ordered to pay $481.3 million in restitution as part of his sentence for participating in a $1 billion Ponzi scheme. Joseph Bayliss of Martinez was sentenced Tuesday to three years in federal prison on top of the restitution. He was hired
Continue ReadingBy John Lauritsen Click here for updates on this story FOREST LAKE, Minnesota (WCCO) — It’s been a strange past year and a half for students across the state, so any reassurance they can get at school is a good thing, right? High schoolers at Forest Lake have been finding that out firsthand. During passing
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The horse patrol incident in Del Rio, Texas, that drew swift condemnation from senior Biden administration officials will not be investigated by the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general, the department announced Tuesday. US Customs and Border Protection had referred the incident — where Border Patrol agents on horseback aggressively confronted
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a story published November 15, 2021, about a preview of the holiday TV season, The Associated Press erroneously reported that “A Charlie Brown Christmas” would be available free for three days on Apple TV+. There will not be a free viewing window on Apple TV+.
Continue Reading ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a longtime University of Michigan violin professor pleaded guilty to transporting an underage girl across states lines for sex back in 2002. The U.S. attorney’s office in Detroit said Tuesday that 68-year-old Stephen Shipps faces up to 15 years in prison when he’s sentenced. Shipps was indicted last
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Adele reached 10.33 million viewers on Sunday for a special that showcased her new songs on CBS. That’s narrowly below the 10.4 million people who watched the Academy Awards this spring, and when delayed viewing is eventually added in, Adele is likely to surpass the
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Adele reached 10.33 million viewers on Sunday for a special that showcased her new songs on CBS. That’s narrowly below the 10.4 million people who watched the Academy Awards this spring, and when delayed viewing is eventually added in, Adele is likely to surpass the
Continue Reading CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — Wales has secured a seeded spot in the World Cup playoffs by holding Belgium to a 1-1 draw after rallying from a goal down in their final qualifier in Group E. Wales was guaranteed a playoff spot before kickoff through its Nations League results and the draw guaranteed Rob Page’s players
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Loyola Chicago has accepted an invitation to join the Atlantic 10 Conference and is leaving the Missouri Valley Conference. The move announced Tuesday by the school and leagues takes effect on July 1. Adding Loyola as the conference’s 15th member gives the Atlantic 10 a foothold in Chicago and a boost in
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A 28-year-old man is accused of attempting to smuggle more than 200 fentanyl pills into the United States. The smuggling attempt was stopped at the Highway 111 immigration checkpoint in Niland, just across from the Salton Sea. The man arrived to the checkpoint Sunday afternoon in a rental 2021 Chevrolet Silverado. The vehicle was sent
Continue Reading OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens have waived running back Le’Veon Bell. Bell was one of three veterans the Ravens picked up after losing running backs J.K. Dobbins and Gus Edwards to preseason injuries. Baltimore also brought in Latavius Murray and Devonta Freeman, and Bell had the fewest carries of the three even
Continue ReadingBy Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Dana Abrahamson of Inver Grove Heights has been through a lot over the past decade. “Walking in on your husband when he wants to end his life, what do you do,” she said. Her husband, a police officer and combat veteran, had
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A book about a wealthy American family whose actions helped unleash the United States’ opioid epidemic has won Britain’s leading nonfiction book prize. Patrick Radden Keefe’s “Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty” was awarded the 50,000 pound ($67,000) Baillie Gifford Prize during a
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A book about a wealthy American family whose actions helped unleash the United States’ opioid epidemic has won Britain’s leading nonfiction book prize. Patrick Radden Keefe’s “Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty” was awarded the 50,000 pound ($67,000) Baillie Gifford Prize during a
Continue Reading By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Second-half goals from midfielder Oleksandr Zinchenko and forward Artem Dovbyk gave Ukraine a 2-0 win at Bosnia and Herzegovina and sent it to the World Cup playoffs in second place behind runway group winner France. Ukraine finished on 12 points in Group D, six points behind
Continue Reading By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked the U.S. Treasury from enforcing a provision of the American Rescue Plan that prohibited states from using the pandemic relief funds to offset new tax cuts. U.S. District Judge L. Scott Coogler ruled Monday that Congress’s exceeded its power under the
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