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By WMTW Staff Click here for updates on this story NEWPORT, Maine (WMTW) — An athlete from Maine has earned one of the top awards in basketball. Maine’s Cooper Flagg has been named Male Athlete of the Year by USA Basketball. Flagg helped Nokomis High School of Newport win its first basketball state title in
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Immigrant advocates have settled a lawsuit against Sacramento County that accused the sheriff’s department of illegally turning over arrested immigrants to federal deportation authorities. A settlement was reached this month between a Sacramento resident and two nonprofit groups and the sheriff’s department, the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California said
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister and Katharina Krebs, CNN Schoolchildren raise money for socks, mothers buy winter clothes and sleeping bags, community groups collect donations for body armor. Russian citizens are crowdfunding to equip soldiers deployed to Ukraine as winter closes in on the battlefield. Troops have complained they are short of basic equipment — and the
Continue Reading By The Associated Press DENVER (4-10) at LOS ANGELES RAMS (4-10) Sunday, 4:30 p.m. EST, CBS FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NFL LINE: Broncos by 2 1/2. AGAINST THE SPREAD: Broncos 6-8; Rams 4-9-1. SERIES RECORD: Rams lead 9-5. LAST MEETING: Rams beat Broncos 23-20 on Oct. 14, 2018, in Denver. LAST WEEK: Broncos beat Cardinals 24-15; Rams
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Bandur & Daniel Macht Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — A Sacramento dog that vanished more than a year ago and ended up more than 1,600 miles away in Kansas is back home. Zeppelin the dog was recently found after having disappeared 14 months ago. After Heather Reichart
Continue ReadingBy Gail Paschall-Brown Click here for updates on this story APOPKA, Florida (WESH) — Apopka Mayor Bryan Nelson gave an update on the investigation into the death of firefighter Austin Duran Wednesday. “Until we change the culture in this department, this will happen again,” Michael Duran, Austin Duran’s father, said. It’s been an emotional and
Continue ReadingCNN, KING, WSOC, WCCO, GETTY IMAGES By Forrest Brown, CNN It’s enough to give anyone already nervous about the chaos in the skies yet another reason to pop an antacid: the prospect of delayed, lost or damaged baggage. The concern is valid. Especially when an epic winter storm sweeps across the land and one airline
Continue Reading LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) — A suspect barricaded for nearly 20 hours in a north Los Angeles County mobile home was fatally shot when he placed a gun to a baby’s head, authorities said Thursday. The child was not hurt in the Wednesday night shooting, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement. The
Continue ReadingCNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN Music is supposed to soothe the savage beast, but it can also get some people riled up. Especially, when it comes to copyright cases. Throughout the history of the music industry, there have been incidents of artists accused of ripping off the works of others. Taylor Swift had been
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN States would once again be able to terminate residents’ Medicaid coverage if the federal spending bill working its way through Congress becomes law. The legislation would phase out the requirement that prevents states from disenrolling Medicaid recipients as long as the national public health emergency is in effect in exchange for
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is falling sharply Thursday, giving back its gains from the last two days, after better-than-expected data on the economy fueled worries about higher interest rates. Usually good news on the economy would be good for markets, particularly when worries about a potential
Continue Reading By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Mortgage executive Mat Ishbia pledged $14 million to Michigan State University sports a year ago, on top of a $32 million multiyear gift announced months earlier in 2021, according to records released Thursday. The documents don’t reveal much that’s new. But Michigan State nonetheless fought their disclosure
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Alexandra Ferguson Nueva Delhi (CNN) — El ministro de Sanidad de la India aconsejó a la población que tome precauciones contra el covid-19, como vacunarse y usar mascarillas, a medida que el país permanece en alerta ante posibles nuevas variantes que puedan surgir de la oleada de infecciones que azota a la vecina China. El
Continue ReadingBy CBSLA STAFF Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — Los Angeles Police Department officers on Wednesday reported the discovery of what they called an “elaborate underground illicit drug lab” in Granada Hills. Photos from the home show a hatch in the floor leading to a ladder that drops down
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of crypto exchange FTX, appeared in a US courtroom in New York Thursday to face eight counts of fraud and conspiracy. A judge released him on a $250 million bond in his first appearance on American soil since his arrest last week in the Bahamas. The
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By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate appeared back on track Thursday to pass a $1.7 trillion bill to finance federal agencies through September and provide roughly $45 billion in military and economic assistance to Ukraine after lawmakers reached agreement on a final series of votes. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson has told the House Jan. 6 committee that her first lawyer advised her against being fully forthcoming with the panel, telling her, “the less you remember, the better.” That’s according to a transcript of one of her interviews released Thursday. Hutchinson
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say an employee of Germany’s foreign intelligence service has been arrested on suspicion of treason for allegedly passing information to Russia. Federal prosecutors said the man was arrested in Berlin on Wednesday. They said the apartment and workplace of the employee of the Federal Intelligence Service and of another person
Continue Reading SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A “Cousin Eddie” display in Kentucky apparently looked a little too real and police were called to check it out. After receiving the call, a dispatcher described the scene to responding officers as a naked male standing outside. WDRB-TV reports officers arrived at the Shepherdsville home to find a mannequin decorated
Continue Reading By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Homeless people and their advocates are asking a federal judge for an emergency order to stop the city of San Francisco from dismantling tent encampments and forcing unhoused people to move along from public property until the city has enough shelter beds to offer as alternatives.
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