By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police have clashed in Athens with protesting firefighters demanding job contracts in the wake of massive wildfires. One fireman was hurt by a stun grenade and five others were detained after police fired teargas and water cannon to disperse the demonstrators Friday. The protesters, wearing their
Continue Reading ASSOCIATED PRESS TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A truck driver who ousted the powerful New Jersey Senate president in the election has apologized for social media posts including ones where he called Islam “a false religion,” compared vaccine mandates to the Holocaust and defended rioters at the Capitol. Republican Edward Durr called himself “a passionate guy”
Continue ReadingBy CBSDFW.com Staff Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — Jennifer ‘Jenna’ Ryan, a North Texas real estate broker, has been sentenced to prison for participating in the January 6 Capitol Riot. Ryan, who flew to Washington, D.C. on a private plane and livestreamed the events at the Capitol while promoting her
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VILAMOURA, Portugal (AP) — Nino Bertasio has carded a 2-under 69 to hold a two-shot lead after the second round of the Portugal Masters. The Italian hit three birdies at the Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course to go with one bogey. It came a day after he shot a 61 for the lowest European Tour
Continue Reading By SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Young people both inside and outside the U.N. climate talks are telling world leaders that concrete measures to avoid catastrophic warming can’t wait. A 22-year-old from Barbardos who is on her country’s climate negotiation team in Glasgow says she’s observed sessions bogged down
Continue Reading By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers says he sought alternative treatments instead of the NFL-endorsed COVID-19 vaccinations because he is allergic to an ingredient in two of the FDA-approved shots. The 37-year-old Rodgers did not say what ingredient he was allergic to, or how he knows he is
Continue ReadingBy CBSBoston.com Staff Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — There is a shortage of snow plow drivers in towns across Massachusetts, and some are now offering to pay big bucks this winter. Last year, a shortage of plow drivers meant some major roads were not completely cleared. In order to get
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By Kevin Dotson, CNN As Week 9 of the NFL season gets underway, here are five things to look out for in the upcoming games. Green Bay Packers travel to hostile Arrowhead Stadium without QB Aaron Rodgers With Covid-19 positive (and unvaccinated) quarterback Aaron Rodgers watching from home, the Green Bay Packers will visit the
Continue ReadingBy Kelsey Kushner Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It was a big day for hundreds of kids in Northwest Baltimore. They were finally able to roll up their sleeves and get vaccinated after months of waiting. These were some of the first shots in the state given to kids five
Continue Reading By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Justice Department official who aligned himself with Donald Trump after he lost the 2020 election has declined to be fully interviewed about the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Jeffrey Clark ended a deposition with a House committee investigating the attack after around 90
Continue Reading By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Opponents of the Oregon Ducks are keying in on defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux, including Washington coach Jimmy Lake, who called Thibodeaux a “game-wrecker.” Seventh-ranked Oregon visits the Huskies on Saturday after earning the No. 4 spot in the initial College Football Playoff rankings of the season. But it’s
Continue Reading By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Panthers coach Matt Rhule said running back Christian McCaffrey has a chance to play Sunday against the New England Patriots if he can make it through practice on Saturday without any setbacks. Rhule said he is “hopeful“ that McCaffrey will play but indicated the 2019
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Continue ReadingBy Christina Hager Click here for updates on this story BRIDGEWATER, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Jacques Robidoux walked into the visitors’ center at the Old Colony Correctional Center with a polite greeting. “How are you doing?” He was hardly recognizable from the last time the public saw him. Back then, he wasn’t an inmate, he was
Continue Reading MONTREAL (AP) — Carey Price is preparing to return to the Montreal Canadiens. The superstar goalie will rejoin the team on Monday. Montreal coach Dominique Ducharme says Price will meet with athletic therapists and develop a plan moving forward. Price voluntarily entered the NHL’s player assistance program on Oct. 7. The assistance program, jointly run
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Columbia, Mo. (KMIZ.) There’s been growing conversation comparing the COVID-19 vaccine and flu vaccination. Some people may wonder if it’s safe to get both vaccines. Others wonder if they receive the flu vaccine could it reduce their risks of catching COVID. After speaking with an MU Health Care doctor, ABC 17 News found out that
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Gen. Colin Powell was remembered Friday as a patriotic statesman who served his country in peace and war at a funeral service that was marked not only by its reverence for the former secretary of state but by a bipartisan attendance of former presidents and dignitaries who paid tribute to the
Continue Reading By SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — At 55, Salma Hayek says she came to feel like the mother of some castmates in “Eternals,” the latest Marvel superhero movie co-starring Angelina Jolie, Kumail Nanjiani and others. That’s fitting since Hayek plays Ajak, the matriarch of the group. She especially bonded with Barry Keoghan,
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita man has been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for killing a man last year. A judge on Thursday sentenced 39-year-old Jeremy Shuflat, who pleaded guilty in September to second-degree murder and kidnapping. He also received a 15-month sentence in an unrelated theft case. Sedgwick County deputies
Continue Reading By ROBERT BURNS and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Colin L. Powell, the trailblazing soldier-diplomat who rose from humble beginnings to become the first Black secretary of state, was remembered by family and friends as a principled man of humility and humor. Powell died last month at age 84. At his funeral at
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