By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer The Baltimore Ravens are one victory away from passing Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers for the longest preseason winning streak in NFL history. Beating Washington on Saturday would make it 20 in a row. The Packers won 19 in a row from 1959-1962. The little piece of history mattered
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David Ousley died Oct. 4 at age 83 after contracting COVID-19 while living at Jefferson City Manor, his family says in the lawsuit. Ousley is one of 13 residents of Jefferson City Manor who have died during the pandemic, according to federal data. The family is suing the nursing home and its owner, Juckette Management Services Senior Living, Inc.
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By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Tenant advocates and court officials were gearing up Friday for what some fear will be a wave of evictions but others predict will be a gradual trickle after a late-night U.S. Supreme Court action that allows the lockouts to resume. The high court’s conservative majority late Thursday
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By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Tenant advocates and court officials were gearing up Friday for what some fear will be a wave of evictions but others predict will be a gradual trickle after a late-night U.S. Supreme Court action that allows the lockouts to resume. The high court’s conservative majority late Thursday
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Missouri Task Force 1 received deployment orders ahead of Hurricane Ida’s possible landfall in Louisiana Sunday afternoon.
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN Español) — El pleno del Congreso de Perú aprobó este viernes la cuestión de voto de confianza al gabinete ministerial presidido por Guido Bellido. 73 legisladores votaron a favor, 50 en contra y ninguno se abstuvo. Expectativa en Perú por la aprobación del gabinete de Pedro Castillo Bellido fue nombrado como
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By The Associated Press For fantasy players, stats geeks and analytics gurus, the Football Outsiders Almanac is a godsend, packed with all sorts of categories that break down the game the way teams compile game plans. In tracking every play of every game, Football Outsiders came up with the DVOA (Defense-adjusted Value Over Average), which
Continue Reading By The Associated Press For fantasy players, stats geeks and analytics gurus, the Football Outsiders Almanac is a godsend, packed with all sorts of categories that break down the game the way teams compile game plans. In tracking every play of every game, Football Outsiders came up with the DVOA (Defense-adjusted Value Over Average), which
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Abbott Laboratories says the supply of its at-home Covid-19 tests may be constrained in the coming weeks as demand has grown to “unprecedented” levels during the current surge of coronavirus infections driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant. “We’re seeing unprecedented demand as case rates rise — and we’ve been scaling
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Abbott Laboratories says the supply of its at-home Covid-19 tests may be constrained in the coming weeks as demand has grown to “unprecedented” levels during the current surge of coronavirus infections driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant. “We’re seeing unprecedented demand as case rates rise — and we’ve been scaling
Continue Reading By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence agencies are still divided on the origins of the coronavirus, but believe China’s leaders did not know about the virus before the start of the global pandemic. That’s according to results released Friday of a review ordered by President Joe Biden. An unclassified summary indicates
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Continue Reading BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) — The last steel beam has been set in the new Interstate 74 bridge being constructed to connect Bettendorf and Moline, Illinois, over the Mississippi River. The beam’s placement marks a milestone in the yearslong construction and signals that the bridge will soon be open to motorists. The Quad-City Times reports that
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — Italy coach Roberto Mancini has recalled all the fit players from his European Championship-winning squad while Nicolò Zaniolo returns from a lengthy injury layoff. Mancini has named 34 players in his squad for World Cup qualifiers against Bulgaria, Switzerland and Lithuania. The injured Leonardo Spinazzola is the only absentee from the 26-player
Continue Reading PLATTE CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 33-year-old Kansas City woman has admitted drowning her 8-year-old son and trying to smother her 6-year-old son. Platte County officials say Aushena Warren pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder and first-degree assault. She admitted that she tried to smother her younger son at their home on June 17, 2017,
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By Rob Picheta and Nilly Kohzad, CNN Afghans who narrowly avoided the terror attack outside Kabul airport on Thursday have described horrifying scenes and piles of victims’ bodies at the site of the blast. Muhammad, who said he assisted US forces and worked with NATO in Afghanistan, was at the airport with his family Thursday,
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By Rob Picheta and Nilly Kohzad, CNN Afghans who narrowly avoided the terror attack outside Kabul airport on Thursday have described horrifying scenes and piles of victims’ bodies at the site of the blast. Muhammad, who said he assisted US forces and worked with NATO in Afghanistan, was at the airport with his family Thursday,
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By Melanie Zanona, CNN The GOP is divided over how hard — and how quickly — to go after President Joe Biden in the wake of Thursday’s deadly attack on US troops at the Kabul airport. While a growing chorus of rank-and-file Republicans have called for Biden’s resignation or impeachment over the administration’s disastrous exit
Continue Reading By Melanie Zanona, CNN The GOP is divided over how hard — and how quickly — to go after President Joe Biden in the wake of Thursday’s deadly attack on US troops at the Kabul airport. While a growing chorus of rank-and-file Republicans have called for Biden’s resignation or impeachment over the administration’s disastrous exit
Continue Reading By HEATHER HOLLINSWORTH The Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — More than half of Kansas students are now required to wear masks in school as the delta variant rages, leading to widespread quarantines and forcing one district to call off classes because of a COVID-19 outbreak. An Associated Press analysis found that 30 of the
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