By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The curtain has dropped again at The Greatest Show on Grass after a one-year hiatus. The Phoenix Open, the rowdiest stop on the PGA Tour, opened the gates and fans couldn’t wait to rush in. The tournament is at full capacity, drawing more than 100,000
Continue Reading By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Sunday is a sports bonanza for NBC, which is airing the Super Bowl in addition to the Winter Olympics. It’s the first time those two events are happening at the same time, and the chance to air them both is part of the reason NBC switched
Continue ReadingBy Kimberly King Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Travis Galloway, the home contractor News 13 exposed for taking nearly $100,000 in deposits from Western North Carolina customers and never finishing the work, has pleaded guilty to three criminal counts related to his business practices. Transylvania County criminal court
Continue Reading LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Everton has claimed just its second win since September in the English Premier League by beating Leeds 3-0 to move five points clear of the relegation zone. Goals from Seamus Coleman, Michael Keane and Anthony Gordon steered Everton to victory in its first home league game under Frank Lampard. The Toffees
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Shawnee County jury has convicted Todge Anderson for the 2020 robbery and gunshot killing of a Topeka man. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that jurors returned guilty verdicts Friday against Anderson for first-degree murder committed during an inherently dangerous felony, intentional second-degree murder, aggravated robbery, marijuana distribution and the criminal possession
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By Xiaofei Xu and Lauren Kent, CNN Protesters in a so-called “Freedom Convoy” made it past police checkpoints in central Paris on Saturday, with demonstrators completely blocking traffic in the French capital before they were met with tear gas fired by officers. The rallies against France’s Covid-19 vaccine pass follow Canada’s “Freedom Convoy,” which has
Continue Reading By Xiaofei Xu and Lauren Kent, CNN Protesters in a so-called “Freedom Convoy” made it past police checkpoints in central Paris on Saturday, with demonstrators completely blocking traffic in the French capital before they were met with tear gas fired by officers. The rallies against France’s Covid-19 vaccine pass follow Canada’s “Freedom Convoy,” which has
Continue Reading ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Top-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas has rallied past a qualifier at the Rotterdam hard-court indoor tournament to reach his first final since the French Open last June. Tsitsipas ended Czech qualifier Jiri Lehecka’s run by 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Tsitsipas was made to work for nearly two hours by the 137th-ranked Lehecka, who previously
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Promoted Bochum has stunned Bayern Munich and the Bundesliga with a 4-2 win over the Bavarian powerhouse. Bochum has prevented the league leader from going 12 points clear. Bochum even had to come from behind to do it after Robert Lewandowski’s opener for the visitors brought
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Christian Eriksen got the biggest cheer of the day at Brentford. The Denmark international was introduced to the team’s supporters on the field ahead of kickoff for the 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace in the English Premier League. It came eight months to the day since his cardiac arrest at the European
Continue Reading By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish leader Real Madrid has drawn at Villarreal 0-0 in a match that featured Gareth Bale playing his first minutes in more than five months. Madrid is four points clear of second-placed Sevilla as the pace-setter continues to struggle without injured striker Karim Benzema and their
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By Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Janice Cooke remembers the first time she heard bugs murder a tree over the phone. It was at the height of the petulance plague, when the warming Canadian Rockies gave rise to swarms of beetles so Biblical they were able to kill 100,000 big lodgepole pines in a
Continue Reading By Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Janice Cooke remembers the first time she heard bugs murder a tree over the phone. It was at the height of the petulance plague, when the warming Canadian Rockies gave rise to swarms of beetles so Biblical they were able to kill 100,000 big lodgepole pines in a
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Kennedy Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — Atlanta leaders are speaking out after the city’s 911 center again experienced electrical issues causing radios to temporarily go down and the dispatches computer systems to go offline on Thursday night. “It is concerning even though it was a short power failure.
Continue ReadingBy WGCL Staff Click here for updates on this story STONECREST, Georgia (WGCL) — Two public officials from DeKalb County are accused of using COVID-19 relief funds to line their own pockets. According to the Department of Justice, Jason Lary, the former mayor of Stonecrest, and Lania Boone, a bookkeeper for the entity that administered
Continue ReadingBy WALA Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICKASAW, Alabama (WALA) — The Mobile Police Department’s Narcotics/Vice Unit seized $25,000 worth of heroin in a drug bust at a Chickasaw residence earlier this week. Police arrested Beck Edward Nodd Jr., 42, on drug trafficking charges. Officers executing a search warrant Wednesday morning at
Continue Reading WATFORD, England (AP) — Not even a pep talk from Elton John has helped Watford, which remained stuck in the relegation zone after a 2-0 loss to Brighton in the English Premier League. The music icon and Watford superfan called new manager Roy Hodgson recently to wish him and the club well. But Watford’s goalless
Continue ReadingBy Marissa Sulek Click here for updates on this story COOKEVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A Cookeville family is remembering a sister and mother-to-be who was murdered this weekend. Police say the woman’s fiancée is now charged with first-degree murder. Bianca Hawklik was Lyndzy Bounds’ sister. She says she met Bounds’ fiancé, Christian Luna, a handful
Continue ReadingBy Rex Hodge Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — The family of two young children who were killed in a vehicle fire in Jackson County almost four years ago was back in court Friday, Feb. 11, seeking accountability. Despite setbacks in seeking that accountability, the family of the children’s
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Jacques Villeneuve will attempt to make the Daytona 500 through qualifying next week. The former Formula One champion and Indianapolis 500 winner failed to make the race in his only other attempt in 2008. Villeneuve returns this year to aid a startup European team that is eyeing a
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