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By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — A person familiar with the decision tells AP that Cavaliers general manager Koby Altman has been rewarded for the team’s turnaround with a contract extension and new job title. Altman has re-shaped the Cavs’ roster and moved them back into playoff contention. He has agreed to
Continue Reading UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (AP) — Sam Sessoms scored 17 points to lead four in double figures as Penn State never trailed and cruised to a 66-49 victory over Rutgers on Tuesday night. John Harrar added 16 points and Jalen Pickett had 15 for Penn State (8-6, 3-3 Big Ten), which has won three of four
Continue Reading By AL LESAR Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Santiago Vescovi scored 14 points to help No. 22 Tennessee overcome a sluggish start to beat South Carolina, 66-46, in a Southeastern Conference game Tuesday night. The Volunteers (11-4, 2-2), who live by the 3-point shot, missed their first five attempts and didn’t hit their first
Continue Reading By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Las Vegas Raiders interim coach Rich Bisaccia is making a case to get the job permanently. Bisaccia did something Jon Gruden couldn’t accomplish in his second stint with the franchise. He led the Raiders to the playoffs. And he did it despite myriad off-the-field issues. Running
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By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Las Vegas Raiders interim coach Rich Bisaccia is making a case to get the job permanently. Bisaccia did something Jon Gruden couldn’t accomplish in his second stint with the franchise. He led the Raiders to the playoffs. And he did it despite myriad off-the-field issues. Running
Continue Reading By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Las Vegas Raiders interim coach Rich Bisaccia is making a case to get the job permanently. Bisaccia did something Jon Gruden couldn’t accomplish in his second stint with the franchise. He led the Raiders to the playoffs. And he did it despite myriad off-the-field issues. Running
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MONTREAL (AP) — The premier of the French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec says adult residents who refuse to get vaccinated against the coronavirus will be charged a financial penalty. Premier Francois Legault says that not getting vaccinated leads to consequences for the health care system and not all Quebecers should pay for that. He said
Continue Reading MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A conversation between a pair of Australian TV anchors criticizing Novak Djokovic and discussing his visa saga has gone viral. Opinions on Djokovic’s case ahead of the Australian Open are running strong on both sides in the country. Mike Amor and Rebecca Maddern were in the studio for Australia’s Seven Network
Continue Reading MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A conversation between a pair of Australian TV anchors criticizing Novak Djokovic and discussing his visa saga has gone viral. Opinions on Djokovic’s case ahead of the Australian Open are running strong on both sides in the country. Mike Amor and Rebecca Maddern were in the studio for Australia’s Seven Network
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By Michelle Watson and Christina Maxouris, CNN A newborn baby is in stable condition after people looking through a dumpster found the infant and called authorities, said the acting police chief in Hobbs, New Mexico. Two men and a woman called 911 late Friday and reported they had found a baby. The group told officers
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc, CNN Dr. Anthony Fauci hit back at two Republican senators in a pair of tense exchanges Tuesday, accusing one of attacking him for political gain and calling another “a moron” following questions about his finances during a Senate hearing. The confrontations with Sens. Rand Paul and Roger Marshall came in a hearing
Continue ReadingCNN By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Dr. Anthony Fauci hit back at two Republican senators in a pair of tense exchanges Tuesday, accusing one of attacking him for political gain and calling another “a moron” following questions about his finances during a Senate hearing. The confrontations with Sens. Rand Paul and Roger Marshall came in a
Continue ReadingCNN By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Dr. Anthony Fauci hit back at two Republican senators in a pair of tense exchanges Tuesday, accusing one of attacking him for political gain and calling another “a moron” following questions about his finances during a Senate hearing. The confrontations with Sens. Rand Paul and Roger Marshall came in a
Continue Reading By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press TWIN ARROWS, Ariz. (AP) — Peterson Zah, a former Navajo chairman and president, has received a lifetime achievement award from a Flagstaff-based environmental group. The award given Tuesday by the Grand Canyon Trust recognized Zah’s role in promoting Navajo language and culture, inspiring youth, strengthening tribal sovereignty and protecting the
Continue Reading RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada man has been sentenced to life in prison for the shotgun slayings of two women at a house on a tribal reservation along the Nevada-Oregon line in 2018. A federal judge in Reno sentenced Stoney Prior of McDermitt on Tuesday to two life terms to be served consecutively in
Continue ReadingBy Ellie Kaufman, CNN Five detainees who have been at the US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for more than a decade have been cleared for release, according to public documents. The decisions come as the prison marked 20 years this week since it was opened under the George W. Bush administration, a few
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER Associated Press A Missouri coroner’s inquest jury has found that the death of a Black man at the hands of a white neighbor in a small-town trailer park was justified. The six-member coroner’s inquest jury convened Tuesday to examine the death of Justin King in Bourbon, Missouri. Their decision disappointed civil rights
Continue Reading By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick will fill Florida’s vacant U.S. House seat. Cherfilus-McCormick defeated Republican Jason Mariner during a special election Tuesday. She’ll replace Democrat Alcee Hastings, who was the longest-serving member of the Florida delegation before he died in April of pancreatic cancer. Cherfilus-McCormick’s election boosts Democrats’
Continue Reading PITTSBURGH (AP) — Lotta-Maj Lahtinen scored 17 points, Digna Strautmane had 16 points and No. 15 Georgia Tech beat short-handed Pittsburgh 63-52. Georgia Tech made 4 of 6 3-pointers in the first quarter, with three coming during a 13-0 run, and led 20-6 after 10 minutes. Pitt didn’t make its first field goal until seven
Continue Reading By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos have cleared their final legal hurdle to begin the process of transferring ownership of the team, likely through a sale of the franchise valued at nearly $4 billion. Denver County District Court Judge Shelley I. Gilman ruled Tuesday that a right
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