RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada has hired Oregon co-defensive coordinator Ken Wilson as the Wolf Pack’s new head football coach. Nevada athletic director Doug Knuth announced that Wilson will take over the program after Jay Norvell accepted the head coaching job at Colorado State. Wilson was the linebackers coach at Washington State for five years
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By JOHN ROGERS and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Nesmith, the wool-hatted, guitar-strumming member of the 1960s, made-for-television rock band The Monkees, has died at 78. His family says Nesmith died Friday of natural causes. Nesmith was a struggling singer-songwriter in 1966 when he saw a trade-publication ad seeking “four insane
Continue Reading ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills will be minus their top run-stuffing defensive tackle, Star Lotulelei, against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday. Lotulelei was ruled out because of a toe injury. He will miss his fourth game in five weeks, after missing three straight outings on the Reserve/COVID-19 list. The Bills’ run
Continue Reading By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. budget deficit totaled $356.4 billion in the first two months of the budget year. That was down 17% from the same period a year ago due to a sharp jump in government revenues that offset a smaller increase in spending. In its monthly budget
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — A court appearance is set for next week for a man accused of driving a limousine onto aircraft ramps at Las Vegas’ international airport, donning a clown mask and declaring he had a bomb before surrendering to authorities. No injuries were reported after Matthew Ray Hancock was arrested Wednesday near private
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A court appearance is set for next week for a man accused of driving a limousine onto aircraft ramps at Las Vegas’ international airport, donning a clown mask and declaring he had a bomb before surrendering to authorities. No injuries were reported after Matthew Ray Hancock was arrested Wednesday near private
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Stacker investigated cities and towns named after Christmas in Missouri using data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A full postseason share on the World Series champion Atlanta Braves totaled $397,391 from a record player pool of $90.47 million. The Braves split $32.57 million into 66 full shares, 14.25 partial shares and 38 cash awards, the commissioner’s office said Friday. The amount of the winners’ share was the third-highest
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — A full postseason share on the World Series champion Atlanta Braves totaled $397,391 from a record player pool of $90.47 million. The Braves split $32.57 million into 66 full shares, 14.25 partial shares and 38 cash awards, the commissioner’s office said Friday. The amount of the winners’ share was the third-highest
Continue Reading By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorney General Herbert Slatery says he wouldn’t appeal the resentencing of a Tennessee death row inmate to life in prison after initially resisting the move just two years prior. Last month, a trial court judge resentenced Abu-Ali Abdur’Rahman to three consecutive life sentences. Now that Slatery
Continue Reading By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer Ads for a sex toy website that led to a U.S. blackout of an Olympic curling qualifying tournament will be removed from the ice. They will be replaced with the statement “#equalityforall.” Erotic website EasyToys and the World Curling Federation agreed to the deal to allow livestreams of the
Continue ReadingBy Lydia Fielder Click here for updates on this story SPRINGDALE, Arkansas (KHBS, KHOG) — Arkansas Children’s is accepting toy donations on Friday as part of its annual Festival of Stars event. From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Dec. 10, there is a curbside drop-off for new and unused toys at Arkansas Children’s Northwest
Continue Reading By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. issued financial sanctions and visa bans on former and current government officials and entities in nine countries Friday — including China, Myanmar and Russia — as part of coordinated actions with Canada and the U.K. to coincide with International Human Rights Day. Canada and the
Continue Reading HONOLULU (AP) — A U.S. senator is calling for the Environmental Protection Agency to take the lead in testing to determine whether it’s safe to drink water that the Navy provides to and around Pearl Harbor. U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz says the EPA should step in after the Navy disputed the Hawaii Department of Health’s
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business After 60 years the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks is back on the big screen, under the direction of one of the biggest blockbuster filmmakers of all time, and set for a big opening. “West Side Story,” 20th Century Studios’ remake of the 1961 classic musical, hits theaters
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “West Side Story” had little to sing about this weekend. 20th Century Studios’ remake of the 1961 classic musical brought in an estimated $10.5 million for its opening in North America this weekend. This total was below expectations, which projected the film to make closer to $15 million in its
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By Sandra Gonzalez and Chloe Melas, CNN Michael Nesmith, a singer and guitarist for the hit group the Monkees, died Friday. He was 78. Micky Dolenz, Nesmith’s bandmate, confirmed the news to CNN. “I’ve lost a dear friend and partner,” Dolenz said. “I’m so grateful that we could spend the last couple of months together
Continue ReadingBy Brittany Hope Click here for updates on this story WOODLAND, California (KCRA) — An email went out to Douglass Middle School families in Woodland Friday night warning parents of “many inappropriate Instagram accounts being created” by students. The email says the accounts “encourage students to take pictures of other students in private behaviors, like
Continue Reading By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press A former inmate at a Kansas jail alleges in a federal lawsuit that deputies fired a flash grenade and nonlethal bullets at her while she was having a panic attack inside an isolation cell in 2019. The lawsuit was filed last month by an attorney for 25-year-old Realiti Courson. It
Continue ReadingBy Kalé Searcy Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — Doctors are learning more about the virus all the time and the same goes for testing. A six-inch swab going directly up your nose, just to the base of your throat. It sounds terrible, but it was necessary. “The nasopharyngeal, or
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