By TERRY SPENCER and CURT ANDERSON Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A judge has ruled that Florida school districts may impose mask mandates. Leon County Circuit Judge John C. Cooper on Friday agreed with a group of parents who claimed in a lawsuit that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ban on the mandates is unconstitutional
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By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — The Spanish league has filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport to defend its clubs after they blocked players from taking part in World Cup qualifiers in South America. The league says it will also file a lawsuit against FIFA in Swiss courts
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson has ended a state of emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic and replaced it with a narrower order that focuses on the state’s health care system. The governor said Friday the new actions acknowledge the state’s progress in fighting the pandemic but keeps in place rules that
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By ELAINE EMERSON, LAUREN MARTINEZ Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — The Clark County School District held a Board of Trustees meeting Thursday afternoon that lasted over six hours. The meeting was held at the Clark County Government Center at 500 S. Grand Central Parkway at 5 p.m. The board
Continue Reading VILLANUEVA DE LA SERENA, Spain (AP) — Florian Senechal has outdueled Matteo Trentin to win the 13th stage of the Spanish Vuelta. Odd Christian Eiking kept the overall lead. Senechal beat Trentin in the final sprint of the 203-kilometer flat stage from Belmez to Villanueva de la Serena in southwestern Spain. The top five riders
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By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona nurse who has spent the past 18 months caring for COVID-19 patients is sharing her perspective as a third surge of cases hits the state and it crosses the 1 million case mark. Caroline Maloney works in the intensive care unit at Scottsdale Osborn
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By Ben Church, CNN Cristiano Ronaldo is set to leave Juventus this season, manager Massimiliano Allegri said in a news conference on Friday. The Portuguese forward joined the Italian club on a four-year deal for a reported $117 million transfer fee in 2018 but has less than one year left on his current contract. “Yesterday,
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By Ben Church, CNN Cristiano Ronaldo is set to leave Juventus this season, manager Massimiliano Allegri said in a news conference on Friday. The Portuguese forward joined the Italian club on a four-year deal for a reported $117 million transfer fee in 2018 but has less than one year left on his current contract. “Yesterday,
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By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona nurse who has spent the past 18 months caring for COVID-19 patients is sharing her perspective as a third surge of cases hits the state and it crosses the 1 million case mark. Caroline Maloney works in the intensive care unit at Scottsdale Osborn
Continue Reading By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — New Missouri laws taking effect Saturday include to-go cocktails, coronavirus liability protections for businesses, and penalties for cities that cut police funding. Restaurants will be able to sell sealed mixed drinks to go under one new law. Many coronavirus-related lawsuits also will be banned. Another new
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Continue Reading HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — A Hutchinson man who fired several rounds at Hutchinson police during a lengthy standoff has been sentenced to about 54 years in prison. Brendan Jones was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to eight counts of attempted first-degree murder and other charges. Prosecutors said the June 2019 standoff began after Jones shot
Continue Reading By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — The act of remembering is a complex one, particularly when it comes to an event like 9/11. Memory can be filled with emotion, with politics, with anger and with a desire to make sure that certain stories are told. As the 20th anniversary of 9/11
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By BETSY WEBSTER Click here for updates on this story OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (KCTV) — When KCTV5 sat down with Don Jalbert last week, as images of Afghans clinging to a US military plane dominated the news, he was concerned but reserved. On Thursday, as the confirmed death toll grew from a bombing at Kabul’s
Continue Reading GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — A judge has ordered a western Michigan couple to pay $30,441 to their son for getting rid of his pornography collection. The decision this week came eight months after David Werking won a lawsuit against his parents. Werking says they had no right to throw out his collection of films,
Continue Reading NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Saints canceled their home preseason game set for Saturday against the Arizona Cardinals because of the potential for Hurricane Ida to batter Louisiana’s coast with wind as high as 140 mph by Sunday. After initially moving kickoff up by seven hours, the Saints announced the subsequent decision Friday
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By Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN China’s coronavirus vaccination drive has surpassed 2 billion doses, authorities announced Friday, but heavy-handed tactics intended to boost inoculation rates are triggering backlash in some areas. As of Thursday, more than 889 million people had been fully vaccinated, with more than two billion shots of domestically-produced Covid-19 vaccine
Continue ReadingBy Lora Lavigne Click here for updates on this story RALEIGH, North Carolina (WRAL) — This past year has been a time for many to reflect and learn about the systemic racial barriers created by slavery in our country. Now, a new approach in Wake County will unlock the unknown of where exactly enslaved people
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By Bryan Mims Click here for updates on this story VANCE COUNTY, North Carolina (WRAL) — When it comes to scammers, even the most savvy among us aren’t entirely safe from schemes to get our money. In Vance County, one bold scammer even tried to fool the sheriff and almost got away with it. Vance
Continue Reading By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn returns to the football field Saturday for the first time in 637 days when it travels to Fresno State. The Huskies and Old Dominion are the only two bowl subdivision teams who did not play a game last fall or in the spring because
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