By Leah Asmelash, CNN Things are looking pretty sour for fans of Olivia Rodrigo. After tickets to the “Driver’s License” singer’s “Sour Tour” went on sale Friday morning, many cities sold out almost instantly — with tickets now being resold for thousands online. In New York, for example, tickets to see Rodrigo are being resold
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By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer The racial gap in graduation rates for this year’s bowl teams in college football has shrunk. A study points to gains by Black athletes for pushing that improvement. The study by from the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida reported that the
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The NBA has fined Washington Wizards forward Kyle Kuzma $15,000 for directing an obscene gesture toward a fan and Memphis Grizzlies guard-forward Dillon Brooks $25,000 for aggressively confronting a game official and failing to leave the court in a timely manner upon his ejection. The announcements were made Friday by Byron
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By MANUEL DE LA CRUZ and EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico (AP) — Survivors of the horrific truck crash in Mexico that killed 55 migrants and injured more than a hundred recounted from their hospital beds how their location inside the truck determined who lived and who died. They said those unlucky
Continue Reading By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says there are “active discussions” within the department about making COVID-19 vaccine booster shots mandatory for service members, even as thousands refuse or seek exemptions from the initial shot mandate. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby says there have been no final decisions on the matter.
Continue Reading By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer Virginia has hired Tony Elliott as its next football coach. Elliott has been the offensive coordinator at Clemson since 2014. Virginia athletic director Carla Williams made the announcement Friday. Elliott will be introduced at a news conference next week. The 42-year-old Elliott was the recipient of the prestigious
Continue ReadingBy WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story CENTEREACH, Long Island (WABC) — The body of a missing Centereach woman was found in Middle Island and now her husband is under arrest. Prosecutors revealed some horrific details about what has been learned so far about the way the 38-year-old mother of four was
Continue Reading COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. (AP) — Eileen Gu won the U.S. Grand Prix halfpipe contest, setting up a chance to sweep all three freeskiing disciplines in the span of less than a month on the road to the Olympics. Gu was born in San Francisco but will compete for her mother’s home country of China at
Continue Reading By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah national park famed for its otherworldly sandstone arches will require visitors to get timed entry tickets during its high season next year, the second Utah park to implement a such a system as visitation swells. Park officials say the new timed-entry system isn’t
Continue ReadingBy WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story SHEEPSHEAD BAY, Brooklyn (WABC) — Police are searching for three suspects who used a patch of wet concrete to spread hate in Brooklyn. Video shows the suspects picking up sticks to draw a swastika in the concrete. It happened last Friday, December 3, at 9:50
Continue Reading COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Niklas Dorsch has scored late for struggling Augsburg to finish off Cologne 2-0 and claim its first win away from home in the Bundesliga this season. André Hahn grabbed the other goal as the visitors ended Cologne’s status as the only team unbeaten at home in the league. Dorsch sealed the
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By Whitney Wild, CNN A security breach at an office building on the US Capitol complex on Thursday included a number of missteps, such as Capitol Police failing to notice a handgun on the X-ray security screen and erroneously telling officers to look for a White woman instead of a Black man, sources familiar with
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors at the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell have completed presenting their case against the British socialite accused of sexually abusing teenage girls with her late companion, financier Jeffrey Epstein. Earlier Friday, key accuser Annie Farmer testified that Maxwell and Epstein forced themselves on
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By Rosa Flores, CNN In the aftermath of the Astroworld Festival tragedy, Travis Scott offered to pay for the funeral expenses of the 10 victims who died. At least seven of the victims’ families declined Scott’s offer, according to their attorneys. Valerie Cortinas Fisher, the attorney representing the family of Rodolfo Peña, told CNN that
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The Missouri Department of Transportation will have crews pulling samples of concrete along Stadium Blvd. and Providence Road beginning Sunday night.
Continue Reading CINCINNATI (AP) — Quarterback Joe Burrow is fine, but the Cincinnati Bengals could be without running back Joe Mixon and receiver Tee Higgins on Sunday. Mixon (illness) and Higgins (ankle) are listed as questionable for the game against the San Francisco 49ers. Cornerback Chidobe Awuzie (foot) also is questionable. The good news for Cincinnati is
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN KIRBY Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Taking the witness stand in his own defense Thursday, a Theodore man charged with capital murder acknowledged that he “popped” his girlfriend’s toddler during a potty-training session three years ago but insisted he did not beat him. The prosecution and defense
Continue ReadingBy WALA Staff Click here for updates on this story FLOMATON, Alabama (WALA) — A former athletic trainer at Flomaton High School stands accused of having sex with a student, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Heath Jackson said that on Nov. 15 investigators with the ESCO began an investigation involving Kelsie Johnson
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Oracle, Costco rise; Everbridge, Chewy fall
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Better.com CEO Vishal Garg, who laid off 900 employees over a Zoom meeting that lasted less than three minutes, is taking time off from the company, Vice reported. “If you’re on this call, you are part of the unlucky group that is being laid off,” Garg said on the December
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