Sony’s PlayStation buys Bungie, game studio with Xbox ties
BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) — PlayStation-maker Sony is escalating its competition with Xbox-maker Microsoft by buying the video game studio behind one of…
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Sony’s PlayStation buys Bungie, game studio with Xbox ties
BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) — PlayStation-maker Sony is escalating its competition with Xbox-maker Microsoft by buying the video game studio behind one of…
Continue Reading California moves to dismantle nation’s largest death row
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is moving to dismantle the nation’s largest death row by…
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Devils coach Lindy Ruff to miss 2 games after father’s death
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Devils coach Lindy Ruff will miss the next two games following the death of his father in western Canada. Leeson…
Continue Reading Wild LW Jordan Greenway gets 3-year, $9 million extension
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild and left wing Jordan Greenway have agreed to a three-year, $9 million contract extension. It runs through…
Continue Reading Ballot drive seeks to expand voting in battleground Michigan
By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A new Michigan ballot drive would make it easier to vote. The measure announced Monday would…
Continue Reading ‘Call me up!’ Jill Biden tells govs’ spouses in unity pitch
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden has urged spouses of the nation’s governors to keep working together and…
Continue Reading The Innovation Game: Hanyu pushes figure skating boundaries
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer One of the most difficult things to do in sports is originate, to create a new jump, trick or stunt nobody has ever…
Continue Reading The Innovation Game: Hanyu pushes figure skating boundaries
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer One of the most difficult things to do in sports is originate, to create a new jump, trick or stunt nobody has ever…
Continue Reading Deputy seeking suspect mistakenly shoots off-duty officer
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — An off-duty officer has died after being stabbed by a robbery suspect who showed up at his…
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Pasadena firefighter rescues woman from burning home on way to Rams game
By KCAL Staff Click here for updates on this story PASADENA, California (KCAL) — An off-duty Pasadena firefighter and…
Continue Reading California firefighter fatally shot while responding to fire
STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Officials say a veteran central California firefighter was fatally shot when he and others responded to a report of a…
Continue Reading 4.5 magnitude earthquake strikes Oklahoma, rattling residents in 2 states
By Gregory Lemos and Caroline Kucera, CNN More than 200 cities and towns were affected by a “notable” 4.5 magnitude earthquake that…
Continue Reading Reno-Tahoe hotel room tax revenue set record last year
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Hotel and motel room taxes generated record tax revenue in the Reno-Tahoe area last year as visitation continued to rebound from…
Continue Reading Reno-Tahoe hotel room tax revenue set record last year
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Hotel and motel room taxes generated record tax revenue in the Reno-Tahoe area last year as visitation continued to rebound from…
Continue Reading LA councilman introduces measure to ban homeless encampments
By KCAL Staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL) — Homeless encampments would be banned under a…
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‘2 girls running a coffee shop’ in Denver see boom in business thanks to TikTok video
By Marissa Armas Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — Normally the coffee shop Grounds for Dismissal in…
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Novavax seeks FDA emergency use authorization of its coronavirus vaccine
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Novavax announced Monday that it has formally submitted a request for the US Food and Drug Administration to authorize its…
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Mason Greenwood: Nike suspends relationship with Manchester United star amid domestic violence allegations
By Wayne Sterling and Aleks Klosok, CNN Nike has suspended its relationship with Manchester United striker Mason Greenwood after allegations of…
Continue Reading HUD prioritizes environment, economic equity in bloc grants
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Housing and Urban Development has laid out new guidelines for the disbursal…
Continue Reading US Rep. Dusty Johnson of South Dakota to seek 3rd term
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson of South Dakota is seeking reelection to a third term. The…
Continue Reading Exxon restructures divisions and packs up for Houston
NEW YORK (AP) — Exxon Mobil is restructuring its business into three divisions and moving its headquarters from Irving, Texas. to its campus north…
Continue Reading ‘I want to jump’: Growing Olympic ski jumpers starts young
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer FOX RIVER GROVE, Ill. (AP) — Only one American ski jumper has ever won an Olympic medal and it dates to the very…
Continue Reading Boeing lands huge airplane order from Qatar Airways
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Boeing says it has landed a huge new order for planes from Middle Eastern carrier Qatar Airways. Boeing said…
Continue Reading New coach Daboll ready to get to work with Giants
By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — A personable and quick-witted Brian Daboll plans to rebuild the New York Giants…
Continue Reading Warriors’ Payton shares stories of dyslexia to help children
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Warriors guard Gary Payton II faced daunting challenges reading as a boy because of…
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Russia responds in writing to US ahead of Blinken-Lavrov call on Ukraine crisis
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The United States has received a written response from Moscow after it sent its own written answers following face-to-face…
Continue Reading Russia responds in writing to US ahead of Blinken-Lavrov call on Ukraine crisis
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The United States has received a written response from Moscow after it sent its own written answers following face-to-face…
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243 pounds of contraband bologna seized at Texas-Mexico border
By KTVT Staff Click here for updates on this story EL PASO, Texas (KTVT) — Agricultural specialists assigned to the…
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George Soros warns China is facing an economic crisis
By Charles Riley, CNN Business China is facing an economic crisis after a real estate boom ended with a bang last year, according to investor George…
Continue Reading SD House lawmakers advance ban on trans bathroom policies
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota bill that would ban transgender students from using school bathrooms that…
Continue Reading Mesa police ID victims of double homicide found inside home
MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Mesa have released the names of a man and woman found fatally shot at a home last week in what is being investigated…
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Biden administration to offer $1.2 billion for states to clean up planet-warming methane leaks
By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Biden administration is taking steps to cut emissions of methane, a potent, planet-warming gas. Addressing methane emissions…
Continue Reading Avenatti wavers on testifying in trial vs. Stormy Daniels
By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti has wavered on whether he plans to take the witness stand in his own defense at a…
Continue Reading Avenatti wavers on testifying in trial vs. Stormy Daniels
By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti has wavered on whether he plans to take the witness stand in his own defense at a…
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4 of Boris Johnson’s key aides quit, marking latest blow for the UK PM
By Luke McGee, Sugam Pokharel, Lauren Kent and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Four top aides to Boris Johnson resigned Thursday, marking the latest setback…
Continue Reading HUD prioritizes environment, economic equity in bloc grants
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Housing and Urban Development has laid out new guidelines for the disbursal…
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Multiple Synagogues, Jewish businesses vandalized on the Northwest side; Person of interest being questioned
By Marie Saavedra Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Multiple Jewish businesses and synagogues were…
Continue Reading US defender George Bello joins Bundesliga club Bielefeld
BIELEFELD, Germany (AP) — United States defender George Bello has joined German first division team Arminia Bielefeld from Atlanta United on the…
Continue Reading Warriors’ Payton shares stories of dyslexia to help children
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Warriors guard Gary Payton II faced daunting challenges reading as a boy because of…
Continue ReadingSeller bails on order for birthday balloon arch, refuses to offer couple a refund
By Marie Saavedra Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — We’ve heard a lot about cancelation policies…
Continue Reading Dozens arrested to suppress protests on Myanmar anniversary
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Security forces in Myanmar have arrested dozens of people to preemptively suppress plans for a…
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Governors say they told Biden US needs to ‘move away from the pandemic’ at White House meeting
By Nikki Carvajal, CNN A bipartisan group of governors told President Joe Biden that the country needs to “move away from the pandemic,”…
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Exclusive: Medicare expects to start paying for home Covid-19 tests this spring
By Tami Luhby, CNN Medicare will start paying for home Covid-19 tests purchased at participating pharmacies and retailers, the Centers for Medicare…
Continue Reading Chiefs look back on season of success that fell just short
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tyrann Mathieu walked off the field in stunned disappointment, his hopes of playing in a…
Continue Reading Hamas: Bulldozers unearth Roman-era tomb in Gaza City
By WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas authorities say bulldozers digging for an Egyptian-funded housing project in…
Continue Reading Former death row inmate now parole-eligible in 5 years
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — An intellectually disabled former Tennessee death row inmate will be eligible for parole in…
Continue ReadingThey dared to protest last July. Now these Cubans are facing years in jail
By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Days before protests swept across Cuba last July, Marbelis Vázquez Hernández felt that the island was at a breaking point.…
Continue ReadingThey dared to protest last July. Now these Cubans are facing years in jail
By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Days before protests swept across Cuba last July, Marbelis Vázquez Hernández felt that the island was at a breaking point.…
Continue Reading South Carolina, Stanford top women’s Top 25; Michigan at 6
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer The Michigan women’s basketball team is now ranked sixth in The Associated Press Top 25. That is its…
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