NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In a story published Feb. 9, 2024, about the shootings of two Tennessee sheriff’s deputies, The Associated Press erroneously reported the spelling of the shooting suspect’s last name. It is Kenneth DeHart, not Dehart. The Blount County Sheriff’s Office used an incorrect spelling in posts on social media.
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Super Bowl Sunday used to be the one day for a network to showcase its sports division and launch a new show. That is not the case anymore. With media consolidation, the networks are now sharing the stage with its corporate siblings. That’s been the
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Super Bowl Sunday used to be the one day for a network to showcase its sports division and launch a new show. That is not the case anymore. With media consolidation, the networks are now sharing the stage with its corporate siblings. That’s been the
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher says he won’t run for a fifth term in Congress. The Wisconsin Republican announced his retirement Saturday, just days after he refused to vote with his fellow House Republicans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The GOP wants to oust Mayorkas
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — Children and grandchildren of former U.S. Sen. Jean Carnahan of Missouri recalled her wit, curiosity, kindness and hard work during a public memorial service on Saturday. Carnahan died Jan. 30 in hospice care in suburban St. Louis after a short illness. She was 90. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that hundreds
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Super Bowl 58 kicks off on Sunday in Las Vegas. One Palm Springs High School football alumni, Tayler Hawkins, will be in attendance. He was a part of the PSHS CIF Champion team in 2014, and went on to play at San Diego State University. After graduating, he was signed to the San Francisco 49ers.
Continue ReadingBy SETH ENGLE Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — After years of angst and filibustering, casual bettors strolling around Sin City are basking in the NFL’s embrace of sports gambling with the Super Bowl set to make its Las Vegas debut on Sunday. The vibe around the city feels like an all-around win for the
Continue ReadingCNN By Paradise Afshar, Elizabeth Wolfe and Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — More than 150 law enforcement personnel are searching for a man in east Tennessee accused of fatally shooting a Blount County deputy and injuring another deputy during a traffic stop on Thursday, authorities say. Kenneth DeHart, 42, is wanted on warrants of first-degree
Continue ReadingWPLG, CNN By Gregory Wallace, Carlos Suarez and Sharif Paget, CNN (CNN) — Two people, “tentatively” identified as the pilot and second-in-command, were killed when a small plane crashed Friday afternoon on Interstate 75 near the Florida city of Naples and collided with a vehicle, authorities said – a wreck that came shortly after a
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has for the first time activated a decade-old conscription law that makes young men and women subject to at least two years of military service if called up, effective immediately. The measure amounts to a major, though tacit, admission that the army is struggling to contain the nationwide armed
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Republicans gathered in a hotel ballroom this weekend aiming to unite ahead of the 2024 election and defeat three-term incumbent Democrat U.S. Sen. Jon Tester. Yet before the party even got underway it was crashed by conservative U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale, who jumped into the
Continue ReadingMARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Law officers in eastern Tennessee are continuing their search for a man accused of fatally shooting one sheriff’s deputy and injuring another during a traffic stop. The Blount County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday increased the reward to $100,000 for information leading to the arrest of 42-year-old Kenneth DeHart. Authorities have issued
Continue ReadingBy Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — A Florida construction crew dug up a piece of history this week: an inert World War II-era bomb, possibly leftover on a former military airfield decades ago. “Because it is so rusted and decayed, there’s certainly no way of telling whether it’s live munition or inert,” said Hernando County
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press DURBAN, South Africa (AP) — The controversial leader of South Africa’s third largest political party has promised to create jobs for millions of the country’s unemployed and turn around its economy as he seeks to attract more voters ahead of a much anticipated election. Economic Freedom Fighters party founder Julius
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE, MEG KINNARD and JAMES POLLARD Associated Press CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — With two weeks to go before the South Carolina Republican primary, Nikki Haley is trying to challenge Donald Trump on her home turf while the former president tries to quash his last major rival’s narrow path to the nomination. Trump
Continue ReadingBy ANA IONOVA RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) — In the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, dozens of dogs have taken part in a costumed procession as Carnival celebrations kick off. In a beachside neighborhood, pups of all sizes and breeds paraded alongside their owners in costumes ranging from mermaids and superheroes to butterflies
Continue ReadingGOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — The pilot and lone passenger escaped injury when a small airplane made a crash landing Saturday on a residential street in a suburban neighborhood on the west edge of Phoenix, Goodyear police said. The single engine plane experienced mechanical problems shortly after takeoff Saturday morning from nearby Glendale Airport, police said.
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press A helicopter with six people on board crashed Friday night in Southern California’s Mojave Desert, authorities said. It’s not clear what happened to the people on board. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said they have not found any survivors. But they also did not say if
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press A helicopter with six people on board crashed Friday night in Southern California’s Mojave Desert, authorities said. It’s not clear what happened to the people on board. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said they have not found any survivors. But they also did not say if
Continue ReadingBy ARIEL SCHALIT Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military says it has discovered tunnels underneath the main headquarters of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza City, alleging that Hamas militants used the space as an electrical supply room. The unveiling of the tunnels marked the latest chapter in
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