BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s interior minister says she plans to run for governor of her home state this fall but to remain the country’s top security official in the meantime. It’s a politically risky course that opponents assailed even before Thursday’s announcement. Nancy Faeser has been interior minister since Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party govening coalition
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By Web staff Click here for updates on this story PLEASANTON, California (KPIX) — A wayward cow wandered through the streets of Pleasanton Wednesday evening, badly damaging a Tesla before local ranchers were able to lasso and capture it. Pleasanton city spokesperson Teri Yan told the East Bay Times that the cow got out onto
Continue Reading By MARYCLAIRE DALE and TED SHAFFREY Associated Press SAYREVILLE, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a young mother who served on her borough council was found shot to death in an SUV parked outside her suburban New Jersey home. The Middlesex County prosecutor’s office says 30-year-old Sayreville Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour was found in the vehicle at
Continue Reading By JIM GOMEZ and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines said Thursday it was allowing U.S. forces to broaden their footprint in the Southeast Asian nation, the latest Biden administration move bolstering an arc of military alliances in the Indo-Pacific to better counter China, including in any future confrontation over Taiwan.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Led by Kentrell Pullian’s 12 points, the Milwaukee Panthers defeated the IUPUI Jaguars 72-69 on Thursday. The Panthers are now 16-7 with the win and the Jaguars dropped to 3-21.
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Today: Afternoon highs warm into the upper 40s nearing 50 degrees. Skies remain mostly sunny with winds out of the west at 5-10 mph. Tonight: Overnight lows cool to the lower teens as a dry cold front moves into the region. Overnight skies remain partly cloudy. Extended: This weekend sees a steep warming trend with
Continue Reading By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer The first Wednesday of February used to be the biggest day on the calendar for college football recruiting. Now it’s an afterthought. Whether that’s a good thing remains up for debate. There’s a movement afoot to alter the recruiting calendar and change the December signing period. The emergence of
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By Lauren del Valle, CNN A man in northern New York pleaded guilty to federal charges Wednesday over sending threatening voicemails to Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene last March. Joseph Morelli pleaded guilty to three counts of interstate threatening communications in federal court in Syracuse, New York, according to court records. Morelli, who plainly
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By Web staff Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — The Portland Police Association says their memorial to fallen police officers in Tom McCall Waterfront Park was vandalized. The association’s president, Sgt. Aaron Schmautz, says the damage was discovered on Wednesday. Individual plaques of fallen officers were damaged with the pictures
Continue Reading By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — At 7-foot-4, 290 pounds, Zach Edey towers over most opponents and overpowers pretty much anyone who dares to get between him and the rim. He’s the primary reason Purdue is a unanimous pick as the nation’s top-ranked team. But if anyone has a chance
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Tras perder su casa en un incendio, Jo Ann Ussery tuvo una idea peculiar: vivir en un avión. Compró un viejo Boeing 727 que estaba destinado al desguace, lo envió a un terreno de su propiedad y pasó seis meses renovándolo, haciendo ella misma la mayor parte del trabajo. Al final,
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who reportedly made violent threats was arrested, and investigators found a cache of guns and ammunition in his Hollywood high-rise apartment, where several rifles were pointed at a nearby park, police said Wednesday. Officers answered a report of a possible mental health situation Tuesday morning and went to the
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By Laura Paddison, CNN Activists from the campaign group Greenpeace have boarded a ship in the Atlantic Ocean and scaled a Shell oil platform that is currently being transported to the North Sea. “Stop drilling. Start paying,” the activists’ banners say. The protest comes as the oil giant on Thursday announced record annual profits of
Continue Reading ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — AL batting champion Luis Arraez won his salary arbitration case and will get a $6.1 million salary from the Miami Marlins, who acquired the infielder from the Minnesota Twins last month. Miami argued for a $5 million salary during a hearing before John Stout, Mark Burstein and Scott Buchheit. Arraez
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By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders will deliver the Republican response to President Joe Biden‘s upcoming State of the Union address, according to an announcement from GOP congressional leaders. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced Thursday that Sanders will give the Republican address to the nation
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Shell obtuvo una ganancia récord de casi US$ 40.000 millones en 2022, más del doble de lo que obtuvo el año anterior, gracias a la disparada de los precios del petróleo y el gas por la invasión rusa a Ucrania. La compañía petrolera más grande de Europa reportó ganancias anuales ajustadas
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The challenge of sustained success in the NFL relies in part on the draft, where good teams are forced to pick last. Well, the Chiefs turned all those late-round picks into crucial pieces in their Super Bowl run, right through a pair of seventh-rounders
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The challenge of sustained success in the NFL relies in part on the draft, where good teams are forced to pick last. Well, the Chiefs turned all those late-round picks into crucial pieces in their Super Bowl run, right through a pair of seventh-rounders
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The challenge of sustained success in the NFL relies in part on the draft, where good teams are forced to pick last. Well, the Chiefs turned all those late-round picks into crucial pieces in their Super Bowl run, right through a pair of seventh-rounders
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer U.S. Figure Skating has had enough with the delays over the awarding of team medals from the Beijing Olympics. It says in a strongly worded statement Thursday that it’s time for “a fair and appropriate ruling to rightfully award medals to all clean sport athletes affected by this situation.”
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