The League of Women Voters and the Missouri NAACP are arguing in court that a Missouri election law that takes effect Sunday will hurt their work to register voters.
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Parker and Jamarlo Phillips Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — The Rome high school football players who saved a woman’s life were named honorary first responders. Atrium Health Floyd CEO Kurt Stuenkel came to the high school to meet Cesar Parker, Treyvon Adams, Antwiion Carey, Tyson Brown and Alto
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LONDON (AP) — England midfielder Jill Scott has announced her retirement from soccer. She’s the second member of the Euro 2022-winning team to do so in two days. The 35-year-old Scott’s decision comes after Ellen White said Monday she was retiring. Both Scott and White played in the final of the Women’s European Championship on
Continue ReadingBy Cody Adams Click here for updates on this story INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Ava Graham was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. That means the left ventricle of her heart was not working. By the age of four, she had three open heart surgeries. “It’s not a typical delivery, especially when you know in advance,
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By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press VILLAGE OF TEWA, Ariz. (AP) — They skateboarded on basketball courts and in parking lots, through highway intersections and down roads that twist from the mesas that rise above the high desert. They set up tricks with old railroad ties and lumber, sometimes using their own skateboards to move the
Continue ReadingBy Nate Easton Click here for updates on this story IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — A woman was cited for driving under the influence after crashing into an Idaho Falls home early Sunday morning. Police received a call from a person on the 200 block of Leesburg Street around 2:20 a.m. saying a vehicle had
Continue Reading By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets plan to stay together after all. The All-Star forward asked to be traded earlier this summer. The Nets said Tuesday that the team’s leadership met a day earlier with Durant and business partner Rich Kleiman in Los Angeles and
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jennifer Lopez Affleck is sharing her wedding look with her subscribers. The superstar singer and actress shared a photo of herself behind a white veil on Instagram Tuesday. “First peek at my wedding looks at OnTheJLo.com,” the caption read. On The JLo is her newsletter, where she first shared news
Continue Reading LAGUARDIA, Spain (AP) — The Spanish Vuelta is back in Spain. And defending champion Primoz Roglic is back in the lead. Roglic showed he is in great form and in position to retain his Vuelta title with a dominant win in the fourth stage as the Grand Tour race returned to Spanish territory after three
Continue ReadingBy Danica Sauter Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — More than 200 pounds of marijuana was seized by the Metro Nashville Police Department from a home on Monday night. MNPD’s Specialized Investigations Division along with the DEA seized the marijuana from a home in the 4100 block of Crimson Hop
Continue ReadingMichelle Watson, CNN A Massachusetts student and her family are fighting for her religious identity after her school says her hijab represented a school uniform infraction. Aya Zeabi said her younger sister went to Mystic Valley Regional Charter School in Malden last week for her first day of school and had officially taken a “a
Continue Reading CINCINNATI (AP) — Safety Jessie Bates III reported to Cincinnati Bengals training camp and signed a one-year tender under the franchise tag. The four-year veteran was frustrated with efforts to reach a long-term contract agreement with the Bengals. The organization put the franchise tag on him in March. Bates skipped organized team workouts and most
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A girl who survived the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, will not only throw out the first pitch at the Houston Astros game Tuesday afternoon, but she’ll be honored as a hero by a former member of the
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN The father of a Kenyan woman who drowned in a swimming pool in Canada while livestreaming on Facebook has spoken of his family’s loss. Hellen Wendy Nyabuto could be seen in a video struggling to stay afloat after diving into the deep end of the pool last week. The 23-year-old health
Continue ReadingBy Claudia Dominguez and Raja Razek, CNN Dinosaur tracks from around 113 million years ago have been revealed at Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas due to severe drought conditions that dried up a river, the park said Monday in a statement. “Most tracks that have recently been uncovered and discovered at different parts of
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By Lauren del Valle, CNN A federal jury on Tuesday found two men guilty of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. Adam Fox and Barry Croft face a maximum sentence of life in prison for the kidnapping conspiracy conviction. They were also convicted of one count of conspiracy to use weapons of
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A house badly damaged by heavy flames in southeast Houston is the same house where a shooting happened last week, fire officials said. Houston firefighters said there was no one around when they arrived at the home in the 4700 block
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Chase Young will miss the Washington Commanders’ first four games of the season. The team put Young on the reserve/physically unable to perform list. The 2020 Defensive Rookie of the Year is working back from surgery for a torn ACL in his right knee. Coach
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Will Zalatoris has gone from winning his first PGA Tour title to probably being done for the year. His manager says he has two herniated disks and had to withdraw from the Tour Championship. He already has been ruled out from playing the Presidents Cup a
Continue Reading TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama coach Nick Saban is getting a new eight-year contract worth at least $93.6 million, eclipsing the recent megadeal of Southeastern Conference rival Kirby Smart. The University of Alabama trustees compensation committee approved a one-year extension through Feb. 28, 2030 for the 70-year old Saban, who has led the Crimson Tide
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