By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Inspiration sometimes happens, or in this case, doinks, at the most opportune times. CBS Sports’ Jason Cohen and Mike Francis had end zone seats during last year’s Super Bowl when Kansas City kicker Harrison Butker had a 42-yard field goal attempt that caromed off the left upright. Cohen, the
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Inspiration sometimes happens, or in this case, doinks, at the most opportune times. CBS Sports’ Jason Cohen and Mike Francis had end zone seats during last year’s Super Bowl when Kansas City kicker Harrison Butker had a 42-yard field goal attempt that caromed off the left upright. Cohen, the
Continue ReadingBy Elliana Hebert, Brandon Miller and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — With water temperatures climbing to unprecedented heights, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has added new levels to its alert system to account for increasingly severe coral bleaching and higher mortality rates. Three more alert levels have been added to the coral reef alert
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is downplaying sharp criticism from President Joe Biden and a senior national security official over Israel’s war against Hamas. Biden on Thursday called Israel’s military operations in Gaza “over the top.” Biden has previously expressed concern about the mounting Palestinian civilian toll, but his
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE and NICK PERRY Associated Press SACO, Maine (AP) — A shelter-in-place order remains in effect for the downtown area of Saco, Maine, as police search for at least four suspects who fled after an exchange of gunfire between occupants of two vehicles and a crash that included a school bus. Schools across
Continue ReadingBy ALMA SOLÍS Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Not a 10-year prison sentence for money laundering nor going into political asylum in Nicaragua’s embassy have softened the political aspirations of Panama’s former President Ricardo Martinelli who still seeks to retake that position. Just last week a judge sentenced the former leader to prison. Then
Continue ReadingHOUSTON (AP) — A Texas woman who pleaded guilty to threatening a federal judge in Florida who is overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents was sentenced. Prosecutors on Friday said Tiffani Gish of Houston was sentenced to three years in prison. Gish pleaded guilty last year to threatening
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate is plodding past far-right Republican opposition to helping Ukraine fight Russia, working through the weekend on a $95.3 billion military aid package for Kyiv, Israel and other allies that could be President Joe Biden’s last chance for now to deliver substantial
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs ruled out All-Pro left guard Joe Thuney for the Super Bowl against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday because of a pectoral injury. Wide receiver Rashee Rice and running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire, though, appear ready to go. Rice was a full
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities in a Phoenix suburb will not pursue criminal charges against a gallery owner whose racist rant last year was caught on video while Native American dancers were being filmed. Officials in Scottsdale called the confrontation last February “a nauseating example” of bigotry but said that Gilbert Ortega Jr.’s
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A 15-year-old accused of shooting a Brazilian tourist in the leg Thursday night then firing at a police officer while fleeing through Times Square has been arrested just outside of New York City. Police say the teenager was taken into custody Friday
Continue ReadingTONTITOWN, Ark. (AP) — Two Michigan men are being held on multiple charges after police said the pair led officers on a high-speed case through Oklahoma and Arkansas in a stolen U-Haul. Police said they found weapons and Molotov cocktails in the cargo van after arresting Cory Robert Mercier and Trenton Johnson. The two 21-year-old
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump told thousands at a National Rife Association event in Pennsylvania Friday, “no one will ever lay a finger on your firearms,” should he be elected in November. “Not gonna happen,” Trump said, in his opening remarks at the NRA’s presidential forum in
Continue ReadingJOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Authorities in Illinois say a Minnesota man charged in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old suburban Chicago girl more than 50 years ago has died. Seventy-nine-year-old Barry Lee Whelpley was found unresponsive Friday in his cell at the Will County Jail in Joliet. Deputy Chief Dan Jungles of the Will County
Continue ReadingBy ALMA SOLÍS Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Not a 10-year prison sentence for money laundering nor going into political asylum in Nicaragua’s embassy have softened the political aspirations of Panama’s former President Ricardo Martinelli who still seeks to retake that position. Just last week a judge sentenced the former leader to prison. Then
Continue ReadingBy Yoonjung Seo and Nectar Gan, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is months out from a crucial election seen as a barometer of his mid-term popularity, but surveys show he has a big problem – the latest scandal surrounding his wife. Kim Keon Hee, 51, is not a
Continue ReadingBy Nick Valencia, Jason Morris and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — One of former President Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the Georgia election racketeering case has alleged that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her top deputy on the case aren’t being truthful about the details of their relationship. Mike Roman’s defense attorney plans to
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — An Oklahoma judge stepped down Friday after allegedly exchanging more than 500 texts with a bailiff in which she mocked trial participants and talked offensively about the state’s attorneys while she presided over a June murder trial. Lincoln County District Judge Traci Soderstrom agreed to resign
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A company’s plan to mine near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp is nearing approval by Georgia regulators, despite conservationists’ concerns that it could irreparably damage the swamp and its vast wildlife refuge. The Georgia Environmental Protection Division on Friday released drafts of three permits that
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former Catholic priest in South Carolina has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison for trying to sexually assault a boy and showing him pornography. Prosecutors say 69-year-old Jamie Adolfo Gonzalez-Farias was a priest for more than 30 years after being ordained in his
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