CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former police officer and firefighter in West Virginia has been sentenced to the maximum of 14 years in prison in a rape case involving a 16-year-old girl. Christopher Lee Osborne was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Charleston. He pleaded guilty in June to violating the girl’s civil rights by
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A nurse practitioner from northern Virginia has sued CVS Health after she says she was fired for refusing to provide abortion-inducing drugs at its MinuteClinic medical facilities. Paige Casey said CVS had for years granted her a religious accommodation that allowed her to opt out
Continue Reading By JAMEY KEATEN and EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — China’s discriminatory detention of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the western region of Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humanity, the U.N. human rights office said in a long-awaited report Wednesday, which cited “serious” rights violations and patterns of torture in
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By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Erling Haaland is taking English soccer by storm. The Manchester City striker has back-to-back hat tricks and nine goals in five games. No player has ever made as good a start to the Premier League as the towering Norway striker. Haaland’s latest three-goal haul came in the first half
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States says it has determined that Russia is suffering “severe manpower shortages” in its six-month-old war with Ukraine and that is has become more desperate in its efforts to find new troops to send to the front lines. A U.S. official who spoke on the
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have voted to make vasectomies cheaper for men. The legislation passed Wednesday by the state Senate now heads to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk. If he signs it, California would join seven other states with similar legislation. The measure says that starting in 2024, private
Continue Reading CLEVELAND (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles have called up top prospect Gunnar Henderson from the minors. Henderson is the game’s No. 1 prospect according to Baseball America. He joins a Baltimore team that is three games out of the final wild card in the American League. Henderson was a second-round draft pick in 2019. His
Continue Reading By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press A Kansas school district has settled a lawsuit filed by a teacher who was suspended because she refused to use a student’s preferred pronouns. Former Fort Riley Middle School math teacher Pamela Ricard sued the Geary County School District in March after she was suspended for three days in the
Continue ReadingBy Meron Moges-Gerbi, CNN A Black South Dakota teen feels he has no choice but to switch schools after refusing to cut his hair, his mother said. Last week, high school freshman Braxton Schafer was facing the possibility of expulsion over the length of his hair, his mother, Toni Schafer, told CNN. But the school
Continue Reading American forward Ricardo Pepi has been loaned to Groningen of the Netherlands’ Eredivisie after failing to score in 16 matches over eight months with the Bundesliga’s Augsburg. The 19-year-old from El Paso, Texas, made his debut with the U.S. national team last September and scored three goals in World Cup qualifying, then transferred to Augsburg
Continue Reading MUNICH, Germany (AP) — Marquee signing Sadio Mané maintained his impressive scoring form as Bayern Munich eased to a 5-0 win at third-tier Viktoria Cologne in the German Cup. Mané joined Bayern in a high-profile offseason move from Champions League runner-up Liverpool and the Senegal forward made it five goals in six games when he
Continue Reading By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A former neighbor says mass shooter Nikolas Cruz went on a killing rampage against toads after one fatally poisoned his dog years before murdered 17 at a Florida high school. Paul Gold testified Wednesday that Cruz had an extremely volatile temper where he would break
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — The Cleveland Browns made another shift in their ever-changing quarterback room, claiming Kellen Mond off waivers from the Minnesota Vikings. Cleveland was looking to add a third quarterback after terminating Josh Rosen’s contract. Mond, a third-round draft pick in 2021 from Texas A&M, was released
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer Marcus Gibson never realized how much water a high school football program used until it was gone. Even so, he considers his team one of the lucky ones as a water crises roils Mississippi’s largest city. The football coach at Murrah High School — right in the middle of
Continue Reading By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — First-year Raiders coach Josh McDaniels has his first official roster in place, including four undrafted rookies, five running backs, and without 2021 first-round tackle Alex Leatherwood. Leatherwood was released on Tuesday as the 17th overall pick in the 2021 draft continued his struggles. The former Alabama
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIPA (AP) — Princess Diana created a frenzy in Philadelphia when she appeared in a Philadelphia Eagles jacket on the cover of a 1994 People magazine. The jacket was a gift from Eagles owner Leonard Tose after a team statistician had met Diana at the 1982 funeral for Grace
Continue Reading INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA Division I Board of Directors approved changes to transfer rules and several proposals aimed at enforcement reforms. The proposed changes came from the Transformation Committee as part of the first phase of that group’s work. The changes to transfer rules will go into effect immediately. Sport-specific windows will be set
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A Pennsylvania couple who were riding on an Amtrak train through Chariton County went it hit a dump truck and derailed have sued the company that operated the truck and its driver, who died in the crash.
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Tonight: Winds remain variable at 5 mph as overnight lows cool to the lower 60’s. Skies become partly cloudy. Tomorrow: Skies remain partly cloudy as the humidity stays low. Afternoon highs increase into the upper 80’s nearing 90 degrees. Winds switch back out of the south at 4-8 mph. Extended: Friday morning sees slight chances
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By Eric Bradner, CNN Democrat Mary Peltola is set to make history as the first Alaska Native in Congress — while thwarting the attempted political comeback of former Gov. Sarah Palin — by winning a special House election, according to unofficial ranked-choice voting results released Wednesday by the state Division of Elections. Her unlikely bid
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