Jets’ Sherwood slides into starting spot after Davis injury
By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Jamien Sherwood had to make a big transition after being drafted by the New…
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Patterson named To C-USA Preseason Team; Miners tabbed second in west division
EL PASO, Texas – UTEP volleyball senior outside hitter Serena Patterson was voted to the Conference USA Preseason Team, the league office…
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Nebraska state job ad touts lack of vaccine requirement
By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s veterans affairs agency is facing questions from a state lawmaker after it…
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Nebraska state job ad touts lack of vaccine requirement
By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s veterans affairs agency is facing questions from a state lawmaker after it…
Continue Reading Scientists launch effort to collect water data in US West
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Federal scientists are launching an effort to better understand the hydrology in the…
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Scientists launch effort to collect water data in US West
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Federal scientists are launching an effort to better understand the hydrology in the…
Continue Reading Neo-Nazi who led effort to threaten journalists gets 3 years
SEATTLE (AP) — An organizer of a neo-Nazi campaign to threaten journalists and Jewish activists in three states was sentenced Tuesday to three…
Continue Reading Recommendations target US oil, gas leasing across the West
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Indigenous leader from New Mexico and former U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce…
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Horizon City fire briefly rekindles; 151,000 gallons of water used on it
UPDATE, Aug. 25: A hotspot at the scene of Tuesday’s large fire in Horizon City rekindled on Wednesday afternoon due to windy conditions, sending…
Continue Reading Magistrate judge rules Phillies can use changed Phanatic
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal magistrate judge has decided that changes by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Phillie Phanatic mascot were sufficient to…
Continue Reading Northern Arizona poised to rekindle momentum under Burcar
By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Northern Arizona built enough momentum two years ago to get the interim tag removed…
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Progressives stand by dual track plan following impasse with moderates over budget vote
By Annie Grayer, CNN Progressives in the House are not backing down from their requirement that the final reconciliation package move at the same…
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6 Afghan women set to give birth after evacuations to El Paso
UPDATE: El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego says initial information he received from the chief medical officer at UMC about two Afghan women…
Continue Reading Branch, Vermeil selected as Hall of Fame finalists
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Three-time All-Pro receiver Cliff Branch and Super Bowl-winning coach Dick Vermeil are finalists for the Pro…
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Trump-backed Herschel Walker seeks Georgia Senate seat
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Herschel Walker has filed paperwork to enter the U.S. Senate race in Georgia after months of…
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Lluvias torrenciales causaron al menos 13 muertes en Mérida, Venezuela
Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — Al menos 13 personas fallecieron en Venezuela como consecuencia de las lluvias torrenciales que se registraron en el…
Continue Reading Hospitals closing off-site ERs to buttress central ER staffs
The Associated Press Texas hospital systems are increasingly closing temporarily their off-site emergency rooms and sending their staff to their…
Continue Reading Minnesota wildfires disappoint travelers and outfitters
ELY, Minn. (AP) — Ely is typically teeming this time of year with visitors heading out on or returning from excursions into the Boundary Waters…
Continue Reading LSU to require vaccine or recent test to enter Tiger Stadium
By The Associated Press LSU is requiring fans attending games at Tiger Stadium who are 12 or older to provide proof of vaccination for COVID-19 or a…
Continue Reading Gladbach confirms forward Marcus Thuram tore MCL
MÖNCHENGLADBACH, Germany (AP) — Borussia Mönchengladbach says forward Marcus Thuram faces “a spell on the sidelines” after he tore the medial…
Continue Reading Man pleads guilty to 1974 slaying of 17-year-old Texas girl
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A man stopped his capital murder trial with a guilty plea to the 1974 killing of a 17-year-old Texas girl. Glen McCurley…
Continue Reading Man pleads guilty to 1974 slaying of 17-year-old Texas girl
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A man stopped his capital murder trial with a guilty plea to the 1974 killing of a 17-year-old Texas girl. Glen McCurley…
Continue Reading GOP lawmakers in Kentucky assume lead role in fighting COVID
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A landmark court decision has largely shifted responsibility for the state’s response…
Continue Reading Mistrial declared in Michael Avenatti embezzlement case
By Sara Sidner, Erica Orden and Cheri Mossburg, CNN A mistrial was declared Tuesday in the federal case against attorney Michael Avenatti, who is…
Continue Reading Tennessee floods tear 7-month-old twins from father’s arms
WAVERLY, Tenn. (AP) — Two 7-month-old twins were torn from their father’s arms during devastating Tennessee floods that also claimed the…
Continue Reading Giuliani associate’s plea in campaign finance case delayed
NEW YORK (AP) — Plans for a Rudy Giuliani associate to plead guilty in an illegal campaign contribution prosecution have been postponed. A…
Continue Reading Benfica, Malmö, Young Boys advance to Champions League
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) — Benfica has returned to the Champions League group stage. The storied Portuguese club played the last hour with 10…
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Fort Jackson soldier found guilty of assault for shoving Black man
By Melissa Alonso and Gregory Lemos, CNN The Fort Jackson soldier seen pushing and threatening a young Black man in a viral video in April was found…
Continue Reading Chicago watchdog harshly criticizes ShotSpotter system
By DON BABWIN and GARANCE BURKE Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s watchdog agency has concluded in a scathing report that the gunshot…
Continue Reading Kean sent off in latest low point in Everton career
By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Moise Kean’s Everton career just cannot get going. The Italy striker made his first start of the season in an…
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