By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press Witnesses at a congressional committee meeting say Election Day shortages of the paper needed to run voting machinery caused significant problems in a northeastern Pennsylvania county in November. The U.S. House Administration Committee heard Tuesday that the extent of the problem or what caused it are still unclear. The three-hour
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By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A season of seismic changes for baseball gets underway Thursday highlighted by significant new rules designed to improve the pace of play and create increased action on the field. Those changes also involve more transparency on replay reviews and efforts to increase marketing of players. Improved
Continue Reading MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Reigning Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina has extended her winning streak to 12 matches by beating 25th-seeded Martina Trevisan 6-3, 6-0 to reach the Miami Open semifinals. Rybakina’s 10 aces Tuesday raised her total to 46 through four matches at the hard-court tournament. She leads the women’s tennis tour with 201
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By Althea Castro De La Mata Click here for updates on this story CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (KRIS) — Historic downtown Kingsville is a place where Tom Difrancesca recently started his own podcast called ‘A Series of Crazy Conundrums’ in an effort to bring downtown Kingsville back to life. Difrancesca instantly fell in love with downtown
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By Matt Egan, CNN Two potential ownership groups are vying to buy the NFL’s Washington Commanders. Canadian billionaire Steve Apostolopoulos has officially submitted a $6 billion to buy the Commanders, a person familiar with the matter told CNN on Tuesday. The bid creates a head-to-head race for the Commanders between the Canadian businessman and a
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Simmons won’t play again this season because of a nerve injury in his back, ending his disappointing first full season with the Brooklyn Nets after 42 games. Simmons saw multiple specialists this week who determined that he should be shut down for the season because of a nerve impingement. Coach
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — No major league pitcher lost more games in 2022 than Patrick Corbin’s 19. And none took more Ls in 2021 than Corbin’s 16. Last season’s ERA for the Washington Nationals left-hander was 6.31. A year earlier? 5.82. And yet Corbin will be facing the reigning NL
Continue ReadingBy Zac Summers Click here for updates on this story BRUNSWICK, Georgia (WANF) — Family and friends of a Glynn County young man say he was “tortured and humiliated” by teens while at a party last week on St. Simons Island. As 19-year-old Trenton “Trent” Lehrkamp slowly recovers in an ICU bed at Southeast Georgia
Continue ReadingBy Jada Williams Click here for updates on this story TAMPA, Florida (WFTS) — If you’re planning on traveling the Hillsborough River, you may notice a new addition in one part. The City of Tampa installed two new buoys Monday, but they’re not your average buoys. These buoys are equipped with technology to reduce blue-green
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Pollard Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — Georgia man gets his luggage back after using Apple air tag to track it from Los Angeles to Georgia. Police say, Jameel Hassan Reid, checked his suitcase at the Los Angeles airport for a flight to Hartsfield International Airport. Reid got
Continue ReadingBy Julie Salomone Click here for updates on this story BROOKSVILLE, Florida (WFTS) — A Florida Highway Patrol trooper helped save an 8-month-old baby choking on a plastic wrapper. Dayton and Shian Phillips applaud the actions of the state trooper. They said their son, Daylen, was playing on the floor when they suddenly noticed him
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By Kylie McGivern Click here for updates on this story HARDEE COUNTY, Florida (WFTS) — Tracey Nix was practicing the piano while her infant granddaughter was dying in the back seat of an SUV. According to the Hardee County Sheriff’s Office complaint affidavit, Tracey, 65, told a detective that after she drove home from lunch
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By Jeremy Herb and Lauren del Valle, CNN More than a week ago, former President Donald Trump predicted — incorrectly — that he would be arrested in a New York criminal case. His statement led to a flurry of speculation on the state of the Manhattan grand jury investigating Trump’s alleged role in a scheme
Continue ReadingBy Emily Brown Click here for updates on this story TAWAS, Michigan (WNEM) — A mother was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to killing her 3-year-old daughter. On Sept. 17, 2021, officers from the Oscoda Township Police Department responded to a call at a residence in the 5400 block of Cedar Lake
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By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN Audrey Hale, a 28-year-old former Covenant School student who killed six people at the school Monday, carefully planned the attack, according to officials. Hale’s parents, who lived with the shooter, said Hale was under a doctor’s care for an “emotional disorder,” Nashville Police Chief John Drake said at a news conference
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Hara Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — All proceeds from an April 4 fundraiser for Fund Recovery will be redirected to provide mental health services to Nashville’s Covenant School, according to a spokesperson for the non-profit organization. A shooter killed three students and three staff members at the
Continue Reading By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Julie Ertz has been named to the U.S. roster for a pair of upcoming matches against Ireland after taking time off for the birth of her son. Ertz has not played for the United States since the bronze medal-winning victory over Australia at the Tokyo Olympics. She and
Continue Reading BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — The brother of the late New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez is facing criminal and motor vehicle charges in Connecticut. Dennis Hernandez, who has been known as D.J. and Jonathan, was issued a misdemeanor summons by Bristol police over allegations he threw a brick onto the ESPN headquarters campus on Thursday.
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By Barbara Barr Click here for updates on this story WEST READING, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — The tight-knit community of West Reading is heartbroken over the deaths of seven R.M. Palmer candy factory employees killed in an explosion on Friday. “It just feels like a nightmare. It just feels like I want to wake up from
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By Maegan Vazquez, CNN Monday’s deadly school shooting in Nashville has sparked a familiar cycle of condolences and calls to action among lawmakers in Washington, but both sides of the aisle have been quick to concede that the recent violence is probably not enough to sway a divided Congress to move substantive gun control efforts
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