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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The historic Nevada Northern Railway Museum is mourning the death of its resident cat who became an unlikely internet sensation. Dirt — short for Dirtbag — died Wednesday in the town of Ely at the age of 15, the railway said on its website. The semi-feral feline was a staple at
Continue Reading By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press BRIGANTINE, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s governor says he does not think undersea preparations for offshore wind farms should be halted in response to a recent spate of whale deaths in New Jersey and New York. Democrat Phil Murphy spoke after lawmakers at the local, state and federal levels called
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell and Nicki Brown, CNN Former President Donald Trump denied sexually assaulting former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll and said he never pressured a woman to have sex with him in a deposition transcript that was unsealed Friday. “But it’s a false accusation. Never happened. Never would,” Trump said of Carroll’s allegation that
Continue Reading By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A Minnesota university’s dismissal of a professor for including depictions of the Prophet Muhammad in a global art course has put the small, private school at the center of a debate over how to include controversial material in college courses while respecting students’ personal relationship to the
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LifeStream Blood Bank, the community’s blood supplier, cannot meet the needs of area hospitals. Approximately 90% of hospital Type O orders are going unfulfilled. According to LifeStream, seven area hospitals have zero or low Type O inventory on their shelves, and LifeStream does not have the supply to meet patient needs. Video message from the LifeStream
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Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN) — La tasa de desempleo de Estados Unidos volvió a su mínimo histórico del 3,5% en diciembre. Sin embargo, no todo el mundo celebra: las tasas de desempleo de las mujeres negras y los hombres latinos aún no se han recuperado totalmente de la pandemia. La tasa de desempleo de
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By The Associated Press Reaction to the death of singer-songwriter Lisa Marie Presley, who died Thursday at 54. “Over the last year, the entire Elvis movie family and I have felt the privilege of Lisa Marie’s kind embrace. Her sudden, shocking loss has devastated people all around the world. I know her fans everywhere join
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The vast majority of U.N. Security Council members are urging Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to immediately reverse all “oppressive” restrictions on girls and women including the latest ban on woman working for humanitarian organizations which is exacerbating the already critical humanitarian crisis in the country. The
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs wants to undo a massive expansion of a school voucher program championed last year by her GOP predecessor and other Republicans that lets students apply to use public money for private-school tuition and other education costs. In releasing its budget proposals Friday, the governor’s office said the
Continue Reading By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — In a ballroom filled with stars like Viola Davis, Ben Stiller and Sigourney Weaver, the American Film Institute Awards on Friday paid tribute to Lisa Marie Presley. AFI president Bob Gazzale began the ceremony with a moment of silence for Presley, who died
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By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer California poultry producer Foster Farms said Friday its grain inventories have been restored after the federal government ordered Union Pacific Railroad to step up its shipments. Late last month, the U.S. Surface Transportation Board told Union Pacific to make all efforts to meet scheduled grain deliveries to the privately
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, Jennifer Hansler and Alex Marquardt, CNN The Biden administration is preparing to ask Congress to approve the sale of 40 F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, after weighing a Turkish request for the planes for more than a year, congressional sources familiar with the deliberations told CNN. If approved, the sale would be
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Airline executives are pushing Congress and the White House to step up funding for the Federal Aviation Administration after a technology failure briefly grounded flights around the country this week. Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said Friday that the FAA is doing the best it
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Kevin Dotson, CNN The head coach of Louisiana State University’s gymnastics team said there will be added security when it travels to an away meet after an incident last week where fans of Tigers gymnast and TikTok influencer Olivia Dunne disrupted a meet against the University of Utah earlier this week in Salt Lake City.
Continue Reading By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers will take up a full slate of legislation on pressing and polarizing issues from homelessness to gun control to drugs when the legislative session starts next week after midterm elections that cost Democrats their supermajority but swept in a new, progressive governor.
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — The home of the Miami Heat has yet another name: Miami-Dade Arena. That will be the temporary moniker for the building where the NBA team plays its home games, while the search for a more permanent naming-rights partner commences. The Heat and Miami-Dade County announced the
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer For 33 seasons, an NFL prime-time package has had Fred Gaudelli in the producer’s chair and Al Michaels announcing from the booth. One of those eras comes to an end Saturday night when Gaudelli produces his last NFL game — NBC’s coverage of the AFC wild-card round game between
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By GREG BEACHAM LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean McVay has decided to return for a seventh season with the Los Angeles Rams after taking a break to contemplate his future following the first losing season of his career. Sean McStay. https://t.co/Y2cbSKRLXj— Blake Arthur (@BlakeArthur24) January 13, 2023 The youngest head coach in NFL history to
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole and Ariane de Vogue, CNN The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up the case of a former US Postal Service worker who wants the justices to revisit a decades-old test for determining whether employers can deny religious accommodation requests. Conservatives have long sought to throw out the standard set in 1977,
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Mike Williams will miss the Los Angeles Chargers’ AFC wild-card round game against the Jacksonville Jaguars due to a lower back fracture. The sixth-year wide receiver was downgraded to out on Friday after further rests. The Chargers said the X-ray on Sunday and an MRI on Monday both were negative but a rescan Friday morning
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