By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Gap’s low-price division Old Navy is overhauling its approach to how it designs and markets to plus-size women. It’s a demographic that many analysts say has been underserved. Starting Friday, Old Navy will be offering every one of its women’s styles in all sizes with
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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Gap’s low-price division Old Navy is overhauling its approach to how it designs and markets to plus-size women. It’s a demographic that many analysts say has been underserved. Starting Friday, Old Navy will be offering every one of its women’s styles in all sizes with
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story BURLINGTON, Wisconsin (The Journal Times) — A Burlington woman allegedly threatened to kill an officer after receiving an operating while revoked citation. Pamela K. Mather, 51, of the 27500 block of Seventh Street, was charged with a felony count of threat to a law enforcement
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By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer North Carolina State has a roster full of returning starters for the upcoming season. Coach Dave Doeren’s team will return eight offensive starters and 10 defensive starters. That group helped the Wolfpack overcome a four-win season in 2019 by winning eight games last season. Quarterback Devin Leary is returning
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Cole Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (Omaha World-Herald) — A 33-year-old woman complained to police Monday after she was forcibly removed from an Omaha Public Schools elementary school for refusing to wear a mask. The incident occurred about 8:45 a.m. at Picotte Elementary School, 14506 Ohio St. OPS require
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services has placed 33 inmates who tested positive for COVID-19 at the Diagnostic and Evaluation Center in medical isolation. The prisons system is suspending visits and volunteer activities to protect the health of those
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Plenty of Miami players had decisions to make when last season came to a close, and the time had come to choose whether to pursue the NFL or remain with the Hurricanes for one more season. For some, it was not easy. And then
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials have announced plans to dispense COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and evidence that the vaccines’ effectiveness is falling. The plan, as outlined by the director of the Centers for Disease
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FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Police have made an arrest in the killing of two women in a suburban St. Louis home. The killings happened Saturday night in an incident police described as a domestic dispute. Investigators say the incident began when a woman arrived at a home in Ferguson and confronted a person who lived
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A new film out this week, shortly before the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, exposes disputes that went into construction of the memorial and museum at the World Trade Center. “The Outsider” depicts a philosophical dispute between a creative director who wanted
Continue Reading By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — New starting quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei believes he’ll keep No. 3 Clemson on top as the Tigers try for a seventh straight Atlantic Coast Conference championship and College Football Playoff berth. Uiagalelei is a 6-foot-4, 250-pound sophomore who joined the Tigers last season to sit and
Continue Reading By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Searching for a way to honor Texas teacher Zelene Blancas after her death late last year from COVID-19, a fellow educator over 2,000 miles away relied on the kindness of others to get a painted, heart-shaped rock to her school. It was a fitting tribute to the
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Authorities in Gibraltar have seized 2.6 tons of cannabis resin with an estimated street value of $18 million after a high-speed boat chase at sea. A Gibraltar government statement said on Wednesday that police spotted the “suspicious” boat at sea off the British territory on Spain’s southern tip. A Marine Police vessel
Continue ReadingBy Shelby Myers Click here for updates on this story DAUPHIN ISLAND, Alabama (WALA) — Police say one man is responsible for a brutal beatdown on Dauphin Island on August 7th. Four people have serious injuries after investigators said Joey Barrett Jr. attacked them in line at a food truck on Lemoyne Rd. About 15
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Americans are extremely worried about the Delta variant and the spike in Covid-19 cases. A key survey of consumer confidence plunged in August below where it was in April 2020 when the first Covid-19 outbreak slammed the brakes on the US economy. The University of Michigan said that
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Americans are extremely worried about the Delta variant and the spike in Covid-19 cases. A key survey of consumer confidence plunged in August below where it was in April 2020 when the first Covid-19 outbreak slammed the brakes on the US economy. The University of Michigan said that
Continue ReadingBy Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story WALLINGFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Three state park swimming areas were closed Tuesday due to bacteria concerns. However, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said on Wednesday that swimming can resume at Gardner Lake State Park in Salem and Wharton Brook State Park in
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN Despite perfecting the coconut-and-caramel combo of Samoas and the chocolate-covered breath mint that is a Thin Mint, it took decades before the bakers behind Girl Scout Cookies brought us their own version of a fudgy brownie. It’s ironic, considering that an entire rank of young scouts are known as Brownies. But
Continue ReadingBy Meredith Whittemore Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Some Tennessee drivers will no longer need to have their vehicles undergo emissions testing. The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) announced that vehicle emissions testing in five Tennessee counties would end on Jan. 14, 2022. This announcement follows an
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer Tenth-ranked North Carolina faces big expectations in Year 3 of Mack Brown’s second stint coaching the Tar Heels. UNC is the preseason favorite to win the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Coastal Division. The Tar Heels also have a Heisman Trophy candidate at quarterback in Sam Howell. The Tar Heels lost
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