By GENE CHAMBERLAIN Associated Press LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy sees positive trends for the team’s passing attack after a self-scout over the bye weekend. Most of it revolves around Justin Fields’ ability to thrown more downfield. The Bears had six pass plays against Pittsburgh go for completions of 20
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida-based U.S. Navy flight officer has been convicted of buying guns for a Chinese businessman who was later convicted of export crimes. Authorities say 36-year-old Lt. Fan Yang also lied about his relationship with the businessman on security forms. Yang was found guilty of several charges Friday in Jacksonville federal
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida-based U.S. Navy flight officer has been convicted of buying guns for a Chinese businessman who was later convicted of export crimes. Authorities say 36-year-old Lt. Fan Yang also lied about his relationship with the businessman on security forms. Yang was found guilty of several charges Friday in Jacksonville federal
Continue Reading By ALAN FRAM, WILSON RING and LISA RATHKE Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont says he won’t seek reelection next year to the seat he’s held since 1975. His decision signals an end to a career that’s included major roles on issues such as civil liberties and financing the
Continue ReadingBy J.D. Miles Click here for updates on this story GRAND PRAIRE, Texas (KTVT) — North Texans are coming to the rescue of a veterans cemetery in Grand Prairie that we told you about Thursday night. More than 90 mostly black veterans are buried there, but some graves have damaged headstones or none at all.
Continue Reading The Associated Press The Boston Red Sox say former major league shortstop Julio Lugo has died. Lugo played for seven teams in a 12-year major league career and was the shortstop for Boston’s 2007 World Series championship team. ESPN reported that Lugo’s family presumed the cause of death to be a heart attack. Lugo batted
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — La legislación sobre el aborto en Colombia podría cambiar en los próximos días dependiendo de lo que decida la Corte Constitucional sobre dos casos en torno a la despenalización total de esa práctica. En Colombia el Código Penal considera legal el aborto en tres casos específicos: violación o incesto,
Continue Reading By PATTY NIEBERG AP / Report for America AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Police say six teenagers were wounded in a drive-by shooting in a park near a suburban Denver high school, but all are expected to survive. The victims in Monday’s shooting range in age from 14 to 18. Aurora police chief Vanessa Wilson says
Continue Reading By MOHAMED IBRAHIM Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison says he’ll seek a second term. Ellison led the prosecution team that won the conviction of ex-officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. The announcement via Zoom featured some of Ellison’s endorsers, including U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar,
Continue Reading By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A private California port terminal that handles and stores coal from Utah before it’s shipped overseas to Asia must halt those operations by the end of 2026. That’s per a settlement signed Friday by the city of Richmond and the Levin-Richmond Terminal Corporation. Utah-based coal company
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RIVERSIDE, Mo. (AP) — Four students at a Kansas City school district who were disciplined after a petition to “Start Slavery Again” are suing the district. The students allege in a lawsuit filed Friday that the posting started as private bantering between a biracial student and a Black student. They say school district officials overreacted
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington Huskies are hiring a search firm, creating an advisory committee and hoping to find the right fit this time after football coach Jimmy Lake was fired. Athletic director Jen Cohen says the school will conduct a swift but thorough search to find a replacement
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is condemning attempts to discredit Iraq’s election and deplored the use of violence to settle election-related grievances. The U.N.’s most powerful body congratulated the Iraqi government and the Independent High Electoral Commission on Monday for conducting “a technically well-managed and generally
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — A person with knowledge of the decision tells The Associated Press that Miami and athletic director Blake James are parting ways. The move comes two days after the Hurricanes’ football team lost at Florida State. The move has not been announced by the school.
Continue ReadingBy Brooke Katz Click here for updates on this story NORTH TEXAS, Texas (KTVT) — You’ve heard that old saying, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” A North Texas woman is taking that to the next level. “The most expensive thing that I found was at World Market,” Tiffany Butler told CBS 11. “A
Continue Reading By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu’s prosecuting attorney won’t seek a third trial against a federal agent who shot and killed a man during an altercation in a fast-food restaurant. U.S. State Department Special Agent Christopher Deedy was in Honolulu helping with security for the 2011 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. He
Continue Reading By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu’s prosecuting attorney won’t seek a third trial against a federal agent who shot and killed a man during an altercation in a fast-food restaurant. U.S. State Department Special Agent Christopher Deedy was in Honolulu helping with security for the 2011 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. He
Continue Reading By CARLOS RODRIGUEZ Associated Press GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — Iga Swiatek has departed the WTA Finals with a win after spoiling Paula Badosa’s birthday 7-5, 6-4 in Guadalajara. The Pole couldn’t advance from her group after losing her first two singles but got to finish her two-title season with a smile. She also ended Badosa’s
Continue Reading By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has ordered several Cabinet departments to work together to combat human trafficking and crime on Native American lands, where violent crime rates are more than double the national average. Biden spoke Monday at a White House summit on tribal nations. He is also asking
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Kostek Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Video shows a drunken driver ramming right into a West Loop business in reverse early Friday, and neighbors said they heard it, felt it – and then broke out the cameras to record what happened next. CBS 2’s Jackie Kostek caught up
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