By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mariners president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto says the team’s ownership has provided assurances he can be aggressive in improving the club during the offseason. The Mariners nearly ended their 20-year playoff drought and were in the AL wild-card race until the final day of
Continue Reading GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Jaylon Smith has joined the Green Bay Packers one day after the Dallas Cowboys released the veteran linebacker. The Packers officially announced Thursday they had signed Smith. Packers coach Matt LaFleur had talked earlier in the day about how the former Cowboy would fit in with the Packers. LaFleur added
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By Maegan Vazquez and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden said Thursday that he has instructed the Justice Department to address rising violence on airplanes as passengers resisting mask requirements threaten airline staff. The comments came during a speech near Chicago, where Biden was highlighting his administration’s push toward Covid-19 vaccine requirements. Speaking in the
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By Sonia Moghe, CNN Eighteen former NBA players have been indicted on charges that they allegedly defrauded a health care plan of millions of dollars that served current and former players, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday. Manhattan federal prosecutors allege in the indictment that the 18 former NBA players and one of their family
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By ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Il. (AP) — President Joe Biden is championing COVID-19 vaccination requirements and is determined that the roughly 67 million unvaccinated American adults must get the shot even as he acknowledges that mandates weren’t his “first instinct.” He had ruled out such mandates before taking
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By David Williams, CNN The First Baptist Church in Williamsburg, Virginia, is as old as America, having been founded by free and enslaved Blacks in 1776. At that time, it was illegal for African Americans to gather, so the congregation initially met outside in secret until they were allowed to use a small building that
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say they have solved the 50-year-old killing of an Iowa teen but not before the suspect died of old age. The Gazette reports that relatives of Maureen Brubaker Farley long suspected George Smith was her killer. Two teenage boys found her body in 1971 in a wooded ravine in
Continue Reading By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press TURIN, Italy (AP) — Kylian Mbappé redeemed himself with a goal and an assist as France fought back from two goals down to beat Belgium 3-2 and reach the Nations League final against Spain. Theo Hernández scored the last-minute winner to complete the comeback and send France through to Sunday’s
Continue Reading By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor says President Joe Biden has decided to expand two sprawling national monuments in his state that were significantly downsized under President Donald Trump. The Biden administration had been reviewing the 2017 changes made by the Trump administration. On Thursday, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox
Continue Reading By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Add Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey to a growing list of NFL players who don’t like Thursday night games. The 2019 All-Pro said he “definitely” feels like playing on a short week against the Houston Texans contributed to his hamstring injury, which held him
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Coll, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, is stepping down after nine years as dean of the Columbia University journalism school, one of the nation’s top training grounds for reporters. He says he will leave to concentrate on teaching at the end of the current academic year next spring. The university’s
Continue Reading RED LAKE, Minn. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted a Minnesota man on charges of murder and other counts in the July killing of a Red Lake tribal officer. David Donnell Jr. was indicted on 11 counts, including first-degree murder. He had previously been charged with a lesser murder count in connection with
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer Deontay Wilder reacted to his first career loss with a wild variety of accusations and recriminations. The former WBC heavyweight champion also fired the longtime trainer who threw in the towel on his loss to Tyson Fury in their second bout. Wilder returns for his third fight with Fury
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By Annie Grayer, Zachary Cohen, Ryan Nobles and Whitney Wild, CNN The House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol issued a new round of subpoenas on Thursday, targeting two leaders of the “Stop the Steal” group, Ali Alexander and Nathan Martin, who are also affiliated with the planning of the Washington,
Continue Reading PROVO, Utah (AP) — Former BYU tight end and college football hall of famer Gordon Hudson died Sept. 27. He was 59. The school says he died in San Jose, California. Hudson suited up for the Cougars from 1980 to 1983, earning All-America honors as a junior and senior. He amassed 2,484 yards receiving and
Continue Reading WEST CALDWELL, N.J. (AP) — One week after Jin Young Ko lost a chance to win on the LPGA Tour, the South Korean star is right back at it. Ko had six birdies in a seven-hole stretch and shot 63 in the Cognizant Founders Cup. That gave her a three-shot lead over Sandra Gal among
Continue Reading By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy says one of its fast-attack submarines struck an object while submerged in international waters in the Indo-Pacific region. Two officials speaking on condition of anonymity said the sub was in the South China Sea when the incident happened Oct. 2. They
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Thursday as investors welcomed progress in Congress’ standoff over extending the federal debt ceiling. A temporary extension will give lawmakers more time to reach a permanent solution. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% and the Nasdaq Composite gained 1.1%. Pfizer
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Thursday as investors welcomed progress in Congress’ standoff over extending the federal debt ceiling. A temporary extension will give lawmakers more time to reach a permanent solution. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% and the Nasdaq Composite gained 1.1%. Pfizer
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Brown Click here for updates on this story CAMDEN, New Jersey (KYW) — A group of volunteers in Camden has been working every Friday and Saturday for well over a year to make sure the neighborhood is fed. It is pickup day at the Food Bank of South Jersey for this team of
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