By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have a revamped wide receiver group and rebuilt defense but the same expectations of winning the AFC West and reaching the Super Bowl. They fell just short a year ago, when they blew a big halftime lead in the AFC
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have a revamped wide receiver group and rebuilt defense but the same expectations of winning the AFC West and reaching the Super Bowl. They fell just short a year ago, when they blew a big halftime lead in the AFC
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MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A small town in the Mississippi Delta that has ties to the civil rights movement will soon be home to the National Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame. Project planners hope to finish building the facility in the town of Marks in two or three
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Hundreds of people lined up to pay tribute to the daughter of a leading right-wing Russian political thinker who died in a car bombing that Moscow has blamed on Ukrainian intelligence. Darya Dugina, a 29-year-old commentator with a nationalist Russian TV channel, died when a remotely controlled
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By Zachary Cohen and Annie Grayer, CNN Robert O’Brien, who served as national security adviser to former President Donald Trump, was scheduled to meet Tuesday with the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection, a source familiar with the meeting tells CNN. A select committee aide declined to comment. NBC was first to
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By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business Yelp on Tuesday said it is introducing a new label to more clearly identify crisis pregnancy centers, which do not perform abortions and typically attempt to persuade people from terminating pregnancies, in the latest example of tech companies adapting their policies in the wake of the demise of Roe v.
Continue Reading ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The president of a local NAACP branch in Florida has resigned, saying that as a South Asian woman she was racially marginalized by others in the civil rights group. Dr. Vanessa Toolsie was appointed to the position in March after the former president resigned to seek a legislative seat. Toolsie is
Continue Reading By BARBARA ORTUTAY and TOM KRISHER AP Business Writers Elon Musk has spent months trying to get out of his $44 billion agreement to buy Twitter, saying the company has undercounted its fake and spam accounts. Now, a whistleblower complaint from Twitter’s former security chief alleging the company misled regulators about its privacy and security
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story MITCHELL COUNTY, Iowa (KCCI) — A Mitchell County man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of 29-year-old Angela Nicole Bradbury. The Mitchell County Sheriff alleges 23-year-old Nathan Gilmore killed Bradbury on or around April 6, 2021. Before her death, Bradbury was arrested
Continue ReadingBy Gayle Harrington, CNN British Airways has announced it plans to cut thousands of flights from its winter schedule because of airport passenger caps and dwindling demand as fall and winter approach. The airline said total capacity for its winter schedule until the end of March 2023 will be reduced by 8%, which will affect
Continue ReadingBy Michaila Franklin Click here for updates on this story JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — A man was killed when someone fired several shots into his home, Jackson police said. The incident was reported at about 11:15 p.m. Wednesday at a home on Topp Avenue, police said. Willie Graise died after he was struck by at
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Basara Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — A new alert system in Maryland named in honor of Emmett Till aims to bring awareness to acts of hate. Recent acts of hate in Maryland led to the creation of the Emmett Till Alert System, which will act as a
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — NCAA tennis champion Ben Shelton is leaving the University of Florida to turn pro. The 19-year-old Shelton announced his decision on Twitter. He received a wild-card invitation for the U.S. Open., which begins in New York on Monday. Shelton won the 2022 college singles championship as a sophomore for Florida. His
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story HAMMOND, Louisiana (WDSU) — The Louisiana State Fire Marshal’s Office is processing a grim scene in Hammond. According to the State Fire Marshal’s Office, a man set fire to his ex-girlfriend’s home while her 11 and 14-year-old daughters were inside sleeping. The two girls made
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Andrew Garfield reveló que se abstuvo de tener sexo y ayunó durante varios meses para preparar su personaje de sacerdote jesuita en la pelÃcula de 2016 “Silence”. Andrew Garfield dijo que tuvo algunas “experiencias salvajes y psicodélicas” mientras se privó de “sexo y comida” para su papel en la pelÃcula “Silence” de
Continue Reading By Jennifer Korn ExpressJet Airlines, which calls itself a “reboot” of the company formerly flying as Delta Connection and United Express, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday in Delaware and ceased operations, according to the company website. “We regret that a combination of market and economic conditions lead us to take this action,” the company
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO and ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writers Nepotism is considered one of the most significant factors that has led to Black coaches being under-represented in major college football. The Associated Press examined rosters of the 65 Power Five conference schools and found 25 instances of family members on the same coaching
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — A lo largo de los años, Facebook ha utilizado Instagram para competir con rivales como Snapchat y TikTok mediante la clonación de sus exclusivas funciones. Ahora, un servicio más nuevo y de rápido crecimiento parece haber llamado la atención de la empresa: BeReal. Instagram está probando una función llamada “IG Candid
Continue Reading DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s two-time national championship women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley will drive the pace car to start the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on Sept. 4. That’s the first race of the NASCAR Cup Series playoff. Staley’s most recent NCAA Tournament title came in April with her Gamecocks defeating UConn. Staley
Continue Reading By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Eric Bieniemy is still waiting to land a head coaching job after interviewing with 14 teams over the past four years. He’s not pouting but he’s not giving up, either. Bieniemy has assembled an impressive resume as the offensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs under Andy Reid.
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