By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Politics Writer Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other leading Republicans are intensifying a personal late-stage push to persuade Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan to run for the Senate. Moderate Republicans including Sen. Susan Collins of Maine have made personal appeals to the term-limited Maryland governor, a vocal critic of former
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson, who led the Pac-12 in total offense this season, will return for a fifth year with the Bruins in 2022. Thompson-Robinson announced his decision Monday on social media. He was a first-team selection on the All-Pac-12 team and was a second-team choice by coaches. He averaged 274.4
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Oscar Holland, CNN For more than a decade, Nancy Richards Farese has been capturing heartwarming images of children around the world, from Burkina Faso to Honduras, Ethiopia to Spain. Throughout her travels, the American photographer has observed a common trait that seems to transcend cultures: “They play,” she said on a video call from Boston,
Continue Reading SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota says he stands by his statement that former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, after Trump called his fellow Republican a “jerk” for his comments. Rounds said he was “disappointed but not surprised” by Trump’s attack. The senator said his remarks Sunday
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By Melanie Zanona and Paul LeBlanc, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has vowed to remove three Democratic lawmakers from key committee assignments if Republicans win back the chamber in the upcoming midterm elections. Citing a “new standard” that Democrats had created last year by removing GOP Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Paul
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By Theresa Waldrop and Julia Jones, CNN As the Omicron variant sweeps the nation, it’s disrupting everything from garbage collection and emergency services, schools and travel as employees are out sick or in quarantine. In New York, trash is going uncollected and three subway lines are closed because so many workers are out sick. Schools
Continue ReadingBy WALA Staff Click here for updates on this story BAY MINETTE, Alabama (WALA) — The Bay Minette Police Department has a message for drivers after a crash that occurred Monday morning. The message, posted on social media: “If you cannot move over, then SLOW DOWN!!” The police department posted that on Monday morning Bay
Continue Reading HAMILTON, N.Y. — Jack Ferguson had 14 points to lead five Colgate players in double figures as the Raiders got past Army 76-57. Tucker Richardson added 13 points for the Raiders on Monday night. Ryan Moffatt chipped in 12, Jeff Woodward scored 11 and Nelly Cummings had 10. Josh Caldwell led the Black Knights with
Continue Reading GREENSBORO, N.C. — Kobe Langley posted 17 points as UNC Greensboro narrowly beat Wofford 58-54. B.J. Mack led the Terriers on Monday night with 18 points.
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Brandon Staley vowed to be aggressive after being hired by the Los Angeles Chargers last January. The first-year coach lived up to his word down to the final series. Staley’s fourth-down and timeout decisions got plenty of scrutiny on Monday, a day after a 35-32 overtime loss to the
Continue ReadingBy Evan Sobol Click here for updates on this story MILFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Police in Milford are investigating a home invasion Monday afternoon, officials said. According to the Milford Detective Bureau, they are investigating a home invasion that occurred on 494 Naugatuck Avenue. According to the victim, the suspects were armed and wearing an
Continue ReadingBy WLOS Staff Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — For the second year in a row, COVID-19 deaths have led to an unfortunate statistic in Buncombe County. In 2021, the number of people who died in Buncombe County exceeded the number of people who were born, Register of Deeds
Continue ReadingBy WLOS Staff Click here for updates on this story OLD FORT, North Carolina (WLOS) — A McDowell County cycling company is now employee-owned. Kitsbow was purchased by its employees, with help from a group of private investors. The business has also stopped selling any clothing made offshore. Officials with Kitsbow said they want to
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By Nicole Chavez, CNN A coalition of voting rights groups in Georgia announced Monday that they will not attend events surrounding President Joe Biden‘s expected visit to Atlanta, urging for concrete action instead of what they called a “photo op.” Cliff Albright, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, and representatives of several voting rights groups urged
Continue Reading By Nicole Chavez, CNN A coalition of voting rights groups in Georgia announced Monday that they will not attend events surrounding President Joe Biden‘s expected visit to Atlanta, urging for concrete action instead of what they called a “photo op.” Cliff Albright, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, and representatives of several voting rights groups urged
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By Tami Luhby and Katherine Dillinger, CNN Health insurers must cover the cost of home Covid-19 tests starting January 15, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday. The new requirement means that most consumers with private health insurance can buy at-home tests online or in stores and have them paid for at
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By Susannah Cullinane, Brynn Gingras, Bonney Kapp, Mirna Alsharif and Amir Vera, CNN A malfunctioning electric space heater in a bedroom was the source of an apartment building fire Sunday in the Bronx that killed 17 people, including 8 children, making it one of the worst fires in the city’s history, New York Mayor Eric
Continue Reading By MICHELLE LIU Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lawyers for prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh say he’s so broke he can’t pay a phone bill — much less $7 million in bail. Meanwhile, a court-appointed overseer said during a virtual court hearing Monday that Murdaugh needs to use whatever money he
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By Tami Luhby and Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Photographs by Timothy Fadek for CNN Nfamara Kebe tears up as he describes the deadly fire in the Bronx apartment building where several of his family members lived. At least one of his relatives was killed in Sunday’s blaze, Kebe says. And his nephew’s 2-year-old son is
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By Amir Vera and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Family, friends and community activists gathered in southern California on Monday for the funeral of Valentina Orellana-Peralta, the 14-year-old fatally shot by a Los Angeles police officer while Christmas shopping with her mother. Valentina was struck by a stray bullet December 23 in the dressing room of a
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