By ANDREW DeMILLO and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Republican governors, lawmakers and attorneys general are forming a wall of opposition to President Joe Biden’s plan to require vaccinations or COVID-19 testing at all private employers of 100 workers or more. They have adopted laws to exempt employers in their state,
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By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Thousands of immigrants working on illegal marijuana farms in southern Oregon that authorities say are run by foreign cartels are living in squalid conditions and are sometimes being cheated by their gangland bosses. The situation is so extreme in the rural region amid an increase in
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By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — The administrators in charge of the College Football Playoff plan to meet again on Dec. 1 to continue expansion talks, which need to reach a consensus by the end of the year if a new postseason format is to be implemented for the 2024 season. Executive
Continue Reading TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A top Tunisian court says Tunisia issued an international arrest warrant for former president Moncef Marzouki over accusations that he undermined the North African country’s security. The court didn’t provide any further explanation Thursday on the charges. Marzouki has been staying in France in the past month. Current President Kais Saied
Continue Reading By The Associated Press No. 18 Kentucky and Tennessee resume their border rivalry looking to halt two-game losing streaks. The Volunteers had a bye after consecutive losses against then-No. 13 Mississippi (31-26) and at then-No. 4 Alabama (52-24). Kentucky’s second-place standing in the SEC East appears a bit shaky after consecutive losses including last week’s
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By Maegan Vazquez, CNN Regina LaBelle, the former acting director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, is leaving her job at the White House on Friday following the recent confirmation of Dr. Rahul Gupta as drug czar, a source familiar told CNN. In a departure letter to stakeholders and staff obtained
Continue Reading By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two vacant Ohio congressional seats have been filled after Republican Mike Carey, a coal lobbyist from Columbus, and Democrat Shontel Brown, a Democratic Party leader from Cleveland, were sworn into the House. Brown now represents the Cleveland-area seat vacated by former Democratic Rep. Marcia Fudge, who stepped
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Packers-Chiefs game Sunday was supposed to be a showdown between two teams with Super Bowl aspirations, each led by league MVPs under center and with rabid fanbases that expect nothing less than another deep postseason run. Well, so much for expectations. To start,
Continue Reading By The Associated Press It’s senior day for No. 17 BYU at LaVell Edwards Stadium with receiver Samson Nacua, defensive back Jared Kapisi and defensive lineman Uriah Leiataua being recognized. The Cougars face an Idaho State team that plays on the FCS level and its only win was Oct. 9 against UC Davis. The Bengals
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley made a quarterback switch that put a Heisman Trophy hopeful on the bench and a freshman at the helm of a top-10 team. On the latest AP Top 25 Podcast, Riley joins the AP’s Ralph Russo to discuss making the move from Spencer
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley made a quarterback switch that put a Heisman Trophy hopeful on the bench and a freshman at the helm of a top-10 team. On the latest AP Top 25 Podcast, Riley joins the AP’s Ralph Russo to discuss making the move from Spencer
Continue Reading CNN By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A Texas real estate agent who previously claimed she was “definitely not going to jail” for storming the US Capitol on January 6 was sentenced to 60 days behind bars on Thursday — the harshest punishment so far for a rioter who has pleaded guilty to a
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CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — State environmental regulators have cleared the way for work to continue on a multimillion-dollar project at the federal government’s underground nuclear waste repository in southern New Mexico. Officials at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant say the shaft will address ventilation problems stemming from a 2014 radiation release that forced a nearly
Continue Reading By Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson, who chairs the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, told reporters that he has signed about 20 subpoenas and that they are going out “soon,” possibly by Friday. Thompson would not confirm if former Trump lawyer John Eastman,
Continue Reading PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan is unavailable for his team’s game against Philadelphia after testing positive for COVID-19. The team made the announcement a few hours before the Penguins were scheduled to take on the Flyers. Assistant coach Todd Reirden will fill in for Sullivan. Reirden says Sullivan is symptomatic. The Penguins
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden is OK with the Justice Department settling with families separated at the US-Mexico border under the Trump administration, White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Thursday, but not for a reported $450,000 each. “If it saves taxpayer dollars and puts the disastrous
Continue Reading BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Two former Colorado sheriff’s deputies have been sentenced to prison for causing the death of an intoxicated man by placing him on his stomach and squeezing him into a van to take him to a detox center. Former Boulder County sheriff’s deputies James O’Brien and Adam Lunn were sentenced Thursday to
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Antonio Conte’s first game in charge of Tottenham had five first-half goals, three red cards and a glimpse of the challenge he faces at the London club. Tottenham held on for a 3-2 home win over Vitesse Arnhem in the Europa Conference League after nearly giving up a three-goal lead in Conte’s
Continue Reading GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — The trial of a former longshot Idaho gubernatorial candidate charged in the killing a 12-year-old Colorado girl has ended with jurors unable to reach verdicts on the most serious charges against him. Jurors on Thursday found Steve Pankey guilty of false reporting but could not reach agreement on murder and kidnapping
Continue Reading ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (AP) — Skeletal remains found in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park are believed to be those of a 27-year-old man from West Germany who disappeared during a mountaineering trip nearly 40 years ago. Park officials said Thursday a hiker found human remains in the Skeleton Gulch area in August 2020,
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The Associated Press Stocks wound up a mixed bag on Wall Street Thursday, but big gains in several technology giants helped push the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq indexes to more record highs. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq rose. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped. More stocks fell than rose on the New York
Continue Reading By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal is to hold a snap election for a new parliament and government on Jan. 30. Portugal’s president on Thursday announced he is dissolving parliament, following the minority Socialist government’s defeat in a key vote on the country’s spending plans. The announcement was widely expected. The
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy says it fired the two senior officers of a nuclear-powered attack submarine that was damaged in an underwater collision last month in the South China Sea. Also removed from his position was the sailor who served as a senior enlisted adviser to the commander and the executive officer. The actions
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By Vanessa Yurkevich and Chris Isidore, CNN Business Mine workers have been on the picket line outside of two mines owned by Warrior Met Coal in rural Alabama for the last seven months, waging one of the longest US strikes this century. On Thursday they brought that protest to the streets of New York City.
Continue Reading By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Boston College coach Jeff Hafley has picked a winner in his quarterback competition. He’s just not saying who it is. After shuffling Dennis Grosel and Emmett Morehead in and out during last week’s 21-6 loss at Syracuse, Hafley said, “I’d like it to be one guy”
Continue Reading CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds say star outfield Nick Castellanos has exercised the opt-out clause in his contract and is now a free agent. The Reds right fielder opted out of the final two years and $34 million remaining on his deal after having the best season of his nine-year career. The 29-year-old Castellanos
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — One team is winless at home. The other is winless on the road. One team scores the fewest points in the NFL. The other gives up the most yards in the league. One team has a quarterback who wanted out. The other has a
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — One team is winless at home. The other is winless on the road. One team scores the fewest points in the NFL. The other gives up the most yards in the league. One team has a quarterback who wanted out. The other has a
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Qualcomm, Electronic Arts rise; Moderna, Roku fall.
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — News of Derrick Henry’s foot injury early this week removed some of the luster from the Tennessee Titans’ visit to Los Angeles for a prime-time clash between surging conference co-leaders. A few hours later, Von Miller’s trade to the Rams put a spotlight right back
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