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By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California assistant football coach Dave Nichol died Friday in McKinney, Texas. He was 45. A person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press that Nichol had cancer. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the cause of death wasn’t being publicly
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By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California assistant football coach Dave Nichol died Friday in McKinney, Texas. He was 45. A person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press that Nichol had cancer. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the cause of death wasn’t being publicly
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Commercial Dungeness crab fishing off most of California’s coast will end early after two humpback whales were recently entangled in crab-fishing gear. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Friday that the fishing season must close April 8 from the Sonoma-Mendocino county line to the U.S.-Mexico border. The decision comes
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev, CNN Basketball legend Lisa Leslie told the “I am Athlete” podcast that she was told not to make a “big fuss” over Brittney Griner’s arrest by Russian authorities. “What we were told, and again this is all sort of passed along through hearsay, but what we were told was to not make
Continue ReadingCNN By Jacob Lev, CNN Basketball legend Lisa Leslie told the “I am Athlete” podcast that she was told not to make a “big fuss” over Brittney Griner’s arrest by Russian authorities. “What we were told, and again this is all sort of passed along through hearsay, but what we were told was to not
Continue ReadingGETTY, RUSSIA 24, RUSSIAN FEDERAL CUSTOMS SERVICE, CURRENT TIME, WNBA, CNN By Jacob Lev, CNN Basketball legend Lisa Leslie told the “I am Athlete” podcast that she was told not to make a “big fuss” over Brittney Griner’s arrest by Russian authorities. “What we were told, and again this is all sort of passed along
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN The General Services Administration has approved the buyer of the lease for the Trump Organization’s luxury hotel in Washington, paving the way for the deal to move forward. The GSA said it had contracted a third-party consultant to evaluate CGI Merchant Group and its partner Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., which will
Continue Reading LAGUNA WOODS, Calif. (AP) — Southern California authorities say they are investigating an incident in which a woman wearing a Nazi armband allegedly threatened an elderly Jewish man. Orange County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Jaimee Blashaw said Friday that deputies investigated the March 7 incident in which a man in his 80s said he confronted a
Continue Reading ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Iditarod has punished three mushers for taking their dogs inside shelter cabins during fierce storms at the tail end of this year’s race. Mushers Mille Porsild of Denmark and Michelle Phillips of Canada were demoted in standings and Riley Dyche of Fairbanks was fined for riding out the storm with
Continue ReadingBy Ross Guidotti Click here for updates on this story SMICKSBURG, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A home in Smicksburg, Indiana County was heavily damaged after a quick-moving fire Friday afternoon. The home belongs to a family in the Amish community and broke out around 12:30 Friday afternoon. Officials said the blaze proved difficult to fight for
Continue Reading EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Former Green Bay Packers cornerback Chandon Sullivan will join the Minnesota Vikings. His agent announced the decision. The Vikings confirmed earlier on Friday that the 25-year-old Sullivan was in Minnesota on an official visit. Sullivan played more than 76% of the snaps last season for Green Bay. He didn’t miss a
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Golf’s first major is also our desert’s final. The 51st playing of the Chevron Championship will be held in Rancho Mirage for one last time before moving to Houston next year. A partnership to further champion women in sports 🏆 Today @LPGA and IMG announced that @Chevron has joined the LPGA family as the title
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By FRANCIS KOKUTSE and BABA AHMED Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — West African leaders on Friday said they would uphold the regional sanctions imposed on Mali in January after its military leaders said they would stay in power for four more years instead of holding an election in February. The regional economic bloc known
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Dotson, CNN At an introductory news conference Friday, Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson, recently acquired from the Houston Texans, repeatedly denied the accusations of sexual assault and misconduct made against him by nearly two dozen women in civil lawsuits. “I’ve never assaulted, I never disrespected and I never harassed any woman in my
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Authorities have evacuated a Palm Springs neighborhood following a gas leak Friday afternoon. The leak occurred along the 2000 Block Joyce Drive, west of N Sunrise Way. A Palm Springs Firefighter told News Channel 3 crew that they have evacuated the general area of the neighborhood as a precaution. We are working to get the
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The record high for Palm Springs today is 97°, set in 1988, remains intact as the city topped out at 96° this afternoon. Mountain communities really felt the heat with both Big Bear (71°) and Idyllwild (80°) soaring past the previous record highs. Above-normal temperatures will stick with us into the weekend, even with partly
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Carolina Panthers wide receiver Shi Smith was arrested Friday for unlawfully carrying a handgun, drug possession and speeding 16-24 mph over the limit in South Carolina, according to Union County Sheriff’s Office records. WYFF News 4 was the first to report the arrest. Smith, a sixth-round draft pick out of South
Continue Reading By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Marcus Mariota has already addressed the most immediate issue with his new team. He’ll wear No. 1 for the Falcons, not his usual No. 8. Pro Bowl tight end Kyle Pitts already had Mariota’s preferred number. The quarterback wasn’t about to ask Pitts to give it
Continue Reading By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Marcus Mariota has already addressed the most immediate issue with his new team. He’ll wear No. 1 for the Falcons, not his usual No. 8. Pro Bowl tight end Kyle Pitts already had Mariota’s preferred number. The quarterback wasn’t about to ask Pitts to give it
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Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — Thomas Ess, jefe de la misión del Comité Internacional de Cruz Roja (CICR), fue expulsado de Nicaragua a través de una carta que recibió de parte del gobierno de Daniel Ortega. En la nota se le comunicaba el retiro del beneplácito como miembro del organismo internacional. La carta tomó por
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