LeBron takes over late as U.S. holds off Germany, 92-88, in final pre-Paris tune-up
James delivered for the second straight game as Team USA survived another close call in…
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Woman gets probation for calling in hoax bomb threat at Boston Children’s Hospital
A Massachusetts woman has been sentenced to three years of probation for calling in a fake bomb threat at Boston Children’s Hospital as it faced a…
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DLCC endorses Vice President Kamala Harris
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) has released a statement endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential…
Continue Reading Bernice Johnson Reagon, whose powerful voice helped propel the Civil Rights Movement, has died
Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Bernice Johnson Reagon, a musician and scholar who used her rich, powerful contralto voice in the service…
Continue ReadingWarner Bros. Discovery informs NBA it will match Amazon Prime Video’s offer to air games
AP Sports Writer Turner Sports intends to continue its longtime relationship with the NBA. Warner Bros. Discovery informed the league Monday that it…
Continue ReadingUS census takers to conduct test runs in the South and West 4 years before 2030 count
Associated Press Six places in the South and West will host practice runs four years prior to the 2030 U.S. census, a nationwide head count that…
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USWNT has task cut out in quest for record fifth gold
The U.S. women’s soccer team will look to earn a record-extending fifth gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but that is no longer a foregone…
Continue Reading Biden continues to recover from COVID-19, stays out of public view after ending his 2024 campaign
Associated Press REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor says President Joe Biden’s “symptoms have almost…
Continue Reading No prison for a nursing home owner who sent 800 residents to ride out a hurricane in squalor
Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana businessman who sent more than 800 elderly residents from his seven nursing homes to ride out…
Continue Reading Eminem brings Taylor Swift’s historic reign at No. 1 to an end, Stevie Wonder’s record stays intact
AP Music Writer Eminem’s latest album, “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce),” has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, unseating…
Continue Reading Warner Bros. Discovery informs NBA it will match Amazon Prime Video’s offer to air games
AP Sports Writer Turner Sports intends to continue its longtime relationship with the NBA. Warner Bros. Discovery informed the league Monday that it…
Continue Reading New Orleans civil rights icon Tessie Prevost dead at 69
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Funeral services will be held Saturday for one of four Black women who helped integrate New Orleans public schools when they…
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Embracing their identity, 1500m champion Nikki Hiltz embarks on first Olympics
Nikki Hiltz has qualified for their first Olympic Games. And Hiltz has done so on the heels of a life-changing three years after coming out as…
Continue ReadingCalls for Maya Rudolph to reprise her Kamala Harris on ‘SNL’ are flooding social media
NEW YORK (AP) — Will Maya Rudolph’s “funt,” aka Vice President Kamala Harris, be back on “Saturday Night Live?” Speculation has been…
Continue Reading Calls for Maya Rudolph to reprise her Kamala Harris on ‘SNL’ are flooding social media
NEW YORK (AP) — Will Maya Rudolph’s “funt,” aka Vice President Kamala Harris, be back on “Saturday Night Live?” Speculation has been…
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United Way of Yuma County holds drive for school supplies
Sunrise anchor Samantha Byrd spoke with Karina Jones, the Executive Director of United Way, about the…
Continue Reading Freight locomotive runs off tracks, flattens garage at home in Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — CSX says one of its locomotives derailed and struck a residential garage in Niagara Falls. The railways says no one was…
Continue ReadingKentucky Gov. Andy Beshear endorses Harris amid speculation if he’s in running to join the ticket
Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday he spoke with Vice President Kamala Harris soon after she became the…
Continue Reading Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear endorses Harris amid speculation if he’s in running to join the ticket
Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday he spoke with Vice President Kamala Harris soon after she became the…
Continue Reading Wildfires plague the West amid a scorching heat wave and high winds
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — At least a half-dozen homes lay in ruins Monday after one of many dangerous wildfires in the West suddenly swept into a…
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