Daniel Whelan has done it. The former Rancho Mirage football standout has earned a roster spot in the NFL and will be the starting punter for the Green Bay Packers. Earned not given. 💪💯Packers GM Brian Gutekunst on starting punter Daniel Whelan earning the starting job. 🦵🏈Thanks to @CodyWKrupp @fox11news for sending the goods! 🎙️🧀@KESQ
Continue ReadingBy Angela Williams Click here for updates on this story RICHLAND, Mississippi (WAPT) — Richland police said woman is accused of setting up a drug operation that involved selling narcotics at the drive-through window of a fast-food restaurant. Brandi Jo Luke was arrested Friday at the restaurant where she worked, according to a post on
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — Police west of Toronto on Wednesday warned drivers to keep their car windows closed after a truck spilled crates carrying five million bees onto a road. Halton Regional Police said they received a call around 6:15 a.m. reporting the bee crates had come loose from a truck and spilled onto Guelph Line,
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — About 1 in 4 women may experience irregular heartbeats after menopause, with insomnia and stressful life events being contributing factors, a new study has found. This health issue is known as atrial fibrillation or AFib, an irregular, quivering or often very rapid heart rhythm resulting from the heart’s upper
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macamilarincon (CNN) –– Idalia tocó tierra como un peligroso huracán categoría 3 en el área de Big Bend, en el noroeste de Florida, la mañana de este miércoles. El ciclón tropical batió récords, mientras deja un rastro mortal de destrucción debido a los fuertes vientos, lluvias torrenciales y marejadas ciclónicas catastróficas. Huracán Idalia en Florida
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Civil rights advocates and Democratic state legislators are defending and praising a state Supreme Court justice for suing to block a state ethics panel from investigating her public comments that she says are protected by the First Amendment. They spoke on Wednesday at a Legislative
Continue ReadingCNN By Christina Maxouris, Holly Yan and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Idalia weakened to a tropical storm Wednesday evening as it dumped heavy rain, unleashed strong winds and knocked out power in parts of southern Georgia and the Carolinas, just hours after pummeling Florida’s west coast and inundating communities there with floodwater. As the
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press PERRY, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Idalia made landfall Wednesday in Florida as a Category 3 storm and unleashed devastation along a wide stretch of the Gulf Coast, submerging homes and vehicles, turning streets into rivers, unmooring small boats and downing power lines before sweeping into Georgia. Almost 438,000 customers in
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the 9/11 Commission, whose report was released on July 22, 2004. Facts The Commission was created to provide a “complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.” The official name of the 9/11 Commission is the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, CHRISTINE FERNANDO and ALI SWENSON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was asked during last week’s GOP presidential debate whether he would support nationwide abortion restrictions, he instead offered a startling anecdote. “I know a lady in Florida named Penny,” he said. “She survived multiple abortion attempts.
Continue ReadingBy ZANE IRWIN Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Nearly 170 migrants have returned to Senegal after spending almost a week in limbo on a Spanish rescue boat. The ministry for Senegalese abroad confirms that a Spanish vessel which rescued migrants off the coast of Mauritania brought them to the Senegalese port city of Saint
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mariners center fielder Julio Rodríguez was out of the lineup for the second straight day Wednesday due to soreness in his left foot. Seattle manager Scott Servais said Rodríguez received treatment during the Mariners’ 5-4 win over Oakland with the hope that he may be able to get back into the
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Buster Posey is going back to school at age 36. No, the seven-time All-Star doesn’t need to study again after a decorated baseball career spanning more than a decade. He wants to do it. The retired San Francisco Giants catcher has a year’s worth of
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Buster Posey is going back to school at age 36. No, the seven-time All-Star doesn’t need to study again after a decorated baseball career spanning more than a decade. He wants to do it. The retired San Francisco Giants catcher has a year’s worth of
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Gusty winds and low humidity brought high risk of wildfires to the interior of Northern California on Wednesday and a utility proactively cut electricity to approximately 8,400 customers to prevent potential ignitions in the blustery conditions. Red flag warnings for critical fire
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Families impacted by Tropical Storm Hilary continue to dig out from the excess mud and debris. Many have gotten help from outside organizations like the international nonprofit Team Rubicon, which is doing much of the heavy lifting. Team Rubicon is helping those impacted in the Panorama Park neighborhood in Cathedral City, where several homes got
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and three Cabinet ministers have eaten Fukushima fish sashimi at a lunch meeting in an apparent effort to show that fish is safe following the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The release of the treated
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are modestly higher on Wall Street in afternoon trading Wednesday after economic updates showed the job market is still cooling, while growth remains resilient. The S&P 500 rose 0.3%, continuing to chip away at the market’s losses in August. The
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press PERRY, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Idalia made landfall Wednesday in Florida as a Category 3 storm and unleashed devastation along a wide stretch of the Gulf Coast, submerging homes and vehicles, turning streets into rivers, unmooring small boats and downing power lines before sweeping into Georgia. Almost 375,000 customers in
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell appeared to briefly freeze up and was unable to answer a question from a reporter at an event in Kentucky on Wednesday, weeks after he had a similar episode in Washington. As seen on video from a local news station, the
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