By DORIAN COLBERT RosterWatch It’s championship week for most fantasy teams, so who we put into our lineups is of utmost importance. That being said, you can’t go wrong with these options, many of whom have been best bets to score throughout the season as well. Â
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Leah Dolan, CNN Two years after her Oscar-nominated performance in the musical “A Star is Born,” Lady Gaga is set to return once more to the silver screen. This time she’ll be playing the socialite Patrizia Reggiani — who arranged the murder of her ex-husband, fashion house head Maurizio Gucci — in Ridley Scott’s retelling
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CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s president has ordered his administration to start moving its offices next month to a sprawling new administrative capital in the desert outside Cairo. President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has directed the government to begin working from the new complex starting Dec. 1. The $45 billion city is biggest of the mega-projects el-Sissi
Continue Reading By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas prosecutor says former Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was driving at more than 150 mph in a residential area with a blood-alcohol content twice Nevada’s legal limit before his sports car slammed into another vehicle, killing a 23-year-old woman. Ruggs made his
Continue Reading By DAVID GINSBURG Associated Press Versatile Baltimore Colts running back Tom Matte has died. Matte spent his entire 12 years in the NFL with the Colts. During the 1965 season, in a memorable three-game stint, he filled in at quarterback. After scoring three touchdowns to carry Baltimore past Cleveland in the 1968 NFL title game,
Continue Reading PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins have placed star center Sidney Crosby and defenseman Brian Dumoulin in the COVID-19 protocol after both tested positive. Coach Mike Sullivan says Crosby is dealing with mild symptoms while Dumoulin remains asymptomatic. They are the seventh and eighth members of the Penguins to test positive for COVID-19 since training
Continue ReadingBy Brittni Thomason Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX, Arizona (KTVK, KPHO) — Arizona senior citizens recently helped break a Guinness World Record by playing a popular game – bingo. Marleen Ratliff says bingo brings people together. Feeling lonely has always been a problem many senior citizens face, and the 88-year-old believes the
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By Clare Duffy, CNN Business A former Apple employee who helped form the #AppleToo movement against alleged harassment and discrimination inside the company told the National Labor Relations Board in a complaint on Tuesday that she believes she was fired in retaliation for her organizing efforts. Janneke Parrish, who told CNN Business last month she’d
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — An injured Stefanos Tsitsipas retired from his second-round match at the Paris Masters while trailing 4-2 against Australian opponent Alexei Popyrin. The third-seeded Greek leads the ATP Tour with 55 wins this year and was playing his 73rd singles match. Tsitsipas declined to say what was bothering him but he clutched his
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Private companies are making their Wall Street debuts at a record clip this year. There already have been more initial public offerings through the first three quarters of 2021 than there were in all of 1996 — the best year ever for IPOs, according to FactSet. In the
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — A defrocked Chicago priest who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing children was released from an Illinois prison last month and is now back living in the city. The Illinois Department of Human Services confirmed that Daniel McCormack was released Oct. 7 from the state’s Treatment and Detention Facility for sex offenders. McCormack
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Republican Winsome Sears will become the first female lieutenant governor and the first woman of color to hold statewide office in Virginia. Sears defeated Democrat Hala Ayala in Tuesday’s election. Sears rocketed out of political obscurity to win the GOP nomination on the strength of
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Browns star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. was excused from practice, a day after his father caused a stir by sharing a video of quarterback Baker Mayfield not throwing passes to his son. Beckham’s future with the Browns has reached a pivotal moment after 2
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By Marianne Garvey Dolly Parton is showing her love for her husband of 55 years, Carl Thomas Dean. The legendary singer, who turned 75 this year, took to Instagram with a throwback picture of herself and Dean holding hands. Dean has a (seemingly photoshopped) Dolly Parton T-shirt on. “Find you a partner who will support
Continue Reading By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press The oldest college in Louisiana is celebrating its first granting of tenure to a Black faculty member, and discussing why this racial milestone took nearly two centuries to accomplish. Centenary College of Louisiana associate professor Andia Augustin-Billy now has a lifetime appointment to teach French, literature, women’s studies and other
Continue Reading By BEN FINLEY Associated Press Voters in Virginia Beach have approved a huge bond measure for a mid-sized city, committing to spend millions in hopes of avoiding billions in losses due to rising seas and intensifying hurricanes. Unofficial election results show the $568 million bond was approved by nearly 73% of the voters. For many,
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By Barbara Starr, Oren Liebermann, Ellie Kaufman, and Adam Pourahmadi, CNN The US strongly rejected Iran’s accusation that the US Navy had tried to confiscate Iranian crude oil aboard a tanker in the Gulf of Oman, with Pentagon spokesman John Kirby calling the claims “absolutely, totally false and untrue.” Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claimed it had
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former MU football coach Warren Powers died on Tuesday night in St. Louis, following a long battle with Alzheimer’s. He was 80 years old. Powers led the Tigers for seven seasons, 1978-1984. During that time he was named the 1983 Associated Press Coach of the Year and finished the season ranked in
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Miami considered making a trade with Houston for Deshaun Watson but did not ask his accusers to sign nondisclosure agreements in the hopes of resolving the sexual assault and misconduct cases against the embattled quarterback, Dolphins general manager Chris Grier said Wednesday. Grier spoke
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By Oren Liebermann, CNN China is rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal and may have 1,000 nuclear warheads by the end of the decade as it aims to surpass US global influence by the middle of the 21st century, according to a major Pentagon report released on Wednesday. The estimate, based on the rapid modernization of
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