By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees won the American League MVP award on Thursday night, and St. Louis Cardinals slugger Paul Goldschmidt took the NL prize. After hitting 62 home runs this season to break the AL record, Judge easily beat out Los Angeles
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By Tierney Sneed and Jeremy Diamond, CNN The Justice Department indicated in a court filing Thursday that it plans to ask the Supreme Court to reinstate the Biden administration’s student debt relief program. “The government will be filing an application with the Supreme Court to vacate a separate injunction against the Secretary’s action entered by
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired outfielder Kyle Lewis on Thursday, betting that the 27-year-old can regain the form that helped him become the American League’s Rookie of the Year in 2020. The D-backs sent catcher/outfielder Cooper Hummel to the Seattle Mariners. Lewis was an emerging star during
Continue ReadingBy TRUDY RING Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (Advocate Channel) — Nancy Pelosi’s announcement that she won’t seek a leadership position in the next session of the U.S. House of Representatives means one of the greatest LGBTQ+ allies ever is stepping down. Pelosi has been the House Democratic leader, either as
Continue ReadingBy TRUDY RING Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (Advocate Channel) — The U.S. House of Representatives has approved the Speak Out Act, which will allow survivors of sexual assault or harassment on the job to go public even if they’ve signed nondisclosure agreements. The Senate had already passed the bill by
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By Dan Heching, CNN Chris Hemsworth embarked on a personal and physically demanding journey for his new series “Limitless” that ultimately led to a sobering discovery. The “Thor” actor, 39, learns in one episode of the limited Disney+/National Geographic series — which shows him exploring ways to enhance his longevity and combat aging — that
Continue Reading CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — JaCobi Wood scored 23 points and Murray State took down No. 24 Texas A&M 88-79 on Thursday in the Myrtle Beach Invitational. The Racers (2-1) will take on UMass in the semifinals while Texas A&M (2-1) faces Colorado on Friday. The victory was the first for Murray State over a ranked
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The family of Danny Santulli and lawyers have settled with the last defendant in the lawsuit filed in January and the case is now closed. Santulli was left disabled following an alleged hazing incident at Phi Gamma Delta in 2021. Harrison Reichman was sued in September shortly after a settlement was reached with
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By SARAH RANKIN and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Three University of Virginia football players who were shot on a bus as they returned from a field trip each died of a gunshot wound to the head, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The cause of death for Lavel
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By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge’s record-setting season with the New York Yankees turned that AL MVP debate into a decisive verdict. Paul Goldschmidt’s steady production for the St. Louis Cardinals made him the clear choice in the National League. And after coming in second before, both prodigious sluggers
Continue Reading By Marysabel Huston-Crespo, CNN The 23rd Latin Grammy Awards were presented on Thursday. A list of nominees in several top categories follows below. The winners are indicated in bold. The full list of all 22 categories can be found here. Record of the year “Pa’ mis muchachas,” Christina Aguilera, Becky G, Nicki Nicole feat. Nathy
Continue ReadingBy Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman and Rachel Clarke, CNN New audio obtained by CNN shows Texas’s top law enforcement agency knew children were trapped in Robb Elementary more than 30 minutes before anyone shot the gunman and rescued them. Less than two minutes after the acting Uvalde police chief Lt. Mariano Pargas got details
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)Some supermarkets have upped the cost of annual Thanksgiving dinner dishes. The American Farm Bureau’s informal Thanksgiving Dinner Cost Survey reported a nationwide average of $64.05 for a meal for 10 people. That’s up 20% from last year. “We have ample supplies of turkey in the United States, and in fact, Missouri’s the sixth-largest
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Partes del estado de Nueva York están siendo golpeadas este jueves por una tormenta de nieve que podrÃa cerrar las carreteras y paralizar las ciudades por dÃas. “El Servicio Meteorológico Nacional de Búfalo informó que este fenómeno podrÃa producir una nevada paralizante que podrÃan medir hasta un metro para las áreas
Continue Reading MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A house fire that killed four children in northern Iowa was caused by an electrical power strip, authorities said Thursday. The blaze was reported early Wednesday in Mason City, and when firefighters arrived they found flames engulfing the first and second stories of the home, built in the 1880s. Fire
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Conocidos como algunos de los meteoros más rápidos, las Leónidas resplandecen en el cielo nocturno anualmente durante el mes de noviembre. Históricamente, se consideran una de las lluvias de meteoritos más impresionantes registradas, en gran parte debido a la tormenta de meteoritos que se forman aproximadamente cada 33 años,
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday will decide whether disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes should serve a lengthy prison sentence for duping investors and endangering patients while peddling a bogus blood-testing technology. After being convicted of investor fraud and conspiracy earlier this year Holmes’ sentencing
Continue Reading By SAM METZ and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Thirty water agencies that supply cities across the western United States are pledging to rip up lots of decorative grass to conserve water in the over-tapped Colorado River. Water agenices in Southern California, Phoenix and Las Vegas were among those that signed
Continue Reading MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A house fire that killed four children in northern Iowa was caused by an electrical power strip, authorities said Thursday. The blaze was reported early Wednesday in Mason City, and when firefighters arrived they found flames engulfing the first and second stories of the home, built in the 1880s. Fire
Continue Reading By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors in Los Angeles have rested their case in the trial of Harvey Weinstein. The move came Thursday after nearly four weeks of testimony involving 44 witnesses. Weinstein is charged with the rape of two women who testified at the trial and the sexual assault
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