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UPDATE 1-Afghan refugees in UAE protest at halt to U.S. relocation process
Hundreds of Afghans have launched a rare protest at a United Arab Emirates facility where they have been housed since fleeing their homeland last year, holding banners pleading for freedom and demanding to be sent to the United States to be resettled.
Hundreds of Afghans have launched a rare protest at a United Arab Emirates facility where they have been housed since fleeing their homeland last year, holding banners pleading for freedom and demanding to be sent to the United States to be resettled. Thousands of Afghans were last year evacuated to the Gulf Arab state on behalf of the United States and other Western countries amid the chaotic U.S.-led withdrawal from Afghanistan and return to power of the hardline Islamist Taliban movement.
The UAE, a close U.S. partner, agreed to provide Afghans with temporary housing as they waited to be resettled elsewhere. Six months later, however, many are still in the UAE, living in tightly controlled facilities.
Protests started on Wednesday and continued on Thursday, two demonstrators told Reuters on the condition of anonymity, fearing retribution from authorities for speaking out. Videos sent to Reuters showed men, women and children calling on Washington to welcome them to their second home
Similar videos and images were widely shared on social media. The two protesters, one of whom shared the videos, said the rally was triggered by the persistent lack of information on when Afghans would be resettled.
One of those protesters told Reuters by phone that some Afghans were detained by Emirati authorities as demonstrations began. The UAE government and the U.S. Embassy in Abu Dhabi had no immediate comment on the protests.
Shawn VanDiver, a U.S. Navy veteran and president of #AfghanEvac, a coalition of volunteer groups, said the Afghans were understandably frustrated and that there was a shared, global responsibility of being open and honest with them. "The coalition is going to do everything they can to hold the U.S. government and others to clear, concise and accurate communications," he said.
It is unclear how many Afghans are being housed in the UAE, which last September said it had evacuated 9,000 Afghan nations who were on their way third countries. Advocates and protesters estimate there are 12,000 housed acrooss two facilities in Abu Dhabi.
One of the protesters said conditions in the facilities were prison-like. Two sources familiar with the process told Reuters the United States was prioritising those in Abu Dhabi who had visas or applications to go the United States but many there had neither.
A protest sign at one of the Abu Dhabi facilities read: "When we were evacuated, the (U.S.) dept (department) of defence had the control of the (Kabul) airport. No-one came by themselves." Ahmad Mohibi, a former U.S. counter-terrorism adviser in Afghanistan who has assisted those fleeing Afghanistan, said U.S. flights carrying Afghans from the UAE stopped in November.
Some Afghans had threatened to go on a hunger strike in protest as they wait for resettlement, while a small group had asked to return to Afghanistan, he said. "There is no transparency," Mohibi said, criticising the U.S. resettlement process for the Afghans in the UAE facilities. (Editing by Aziz El Yaakoubi, Mark Heinrich and Barbara Lewis)
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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Tesla calls racial discrimination lawsuit by State of California 'misguided'
OAKLAND, Calif. - Tesla says the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) lawsuit against the automaker, filed Wednesday, for "systematic racial discrimination and harassment" among production workers at the Fremont Factory, is "misguided."
The automaker shared their viewpoint in a blog post before state officials confirmed the suit was filed. The post alleged the lawsuit is based on the years 2015 through 2019.
Tesla said DFEH had concluded a three-year investigation of the company and never raised concerns over current workplace practices.
"After receiving hundreds of complaints from workers, DFEH found evidence that Tesla’s Fremont factory is a racially segregated workplace where Black workers are subjected to racial slurs and discriminated against in job assignments, discipline, pay, and promotion creating a hostile work environment. The facts of this case speak for themselves. DFEH will continue to take steps to keep workplaces free of harassment and racism," said Kevin Kish, Director of the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing.
The electric car maker's blog continued: "Tesla strongly opposes all forms of discrimination and harassment and has a dedicated Employee Relations team that responds to and investigates all complaints." The post mentions they also have a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team.
"The DFEH has decided to sue Tesla instead of constructively working with us. This is both unfair and counterproductive, especially because the allegations focus on events from years ago," the blog post reads.
An excerpt from the complaint suggests Black and/or African American workers being taunted by racial slurs were then "baited into verbal and physical confrontations, where they, in turn, were the ones disciplined for being purportedly ‘aggressive’ or ‘threatening.’"
The complaint, filed in Alameda County Superior Court, will be available online on Thursday.
It goes into further detail with what Black and/or African American workers allegedly endured while on the job.
"They saw racist graffiti – including ‘N (word),’ ‘KKK,’ swastikas, the Confederate flag, a white (supremacist) skull, ‘go back to Africa,’ and ‘mayate’ – written on the restroom walls, restroom stalls, lockers, workplace benches, workstations, lunch tables, and the break room. These slurs were even etched onto Defendants’ machinery. One Black worker observed ‘hang N(word)" penned next to a drawing of a noose in the breakroom restroom. This worker also saw ’all monkeys work outside' and ‘f*** N(word)’ on the break room walls. These racial slurs and racial comments, apparent to all who walked by, were left up for months, without Defendants bothering to remove them," the complaint reads in part.
While Tesla alleges the focus of this lawsuit is from years ago, the problems surrounding racism and sexism at the Fremont plant persist.
Last November, a female employee, in a suit against the automaker, claimed female employees at the Fremont plant have been subject to "rampant sexual harassment" for years.
Less than a month later, another female employee filed a lawsuit alleging "continuous and pervasive" sexual harassment.
Mercury News reports in 2020, DFEH received 31 reports of alleged discrimination on the basis of race, age, gender expression, disability and pregnancy, public records show. Although a handful of those cases were closed due to insufficient evidence.
Last October, a jury ordered Tesla to pay nearly $137 million to a former male worker who is Black. Owen Diaz said he suffered racial abuse. Traumatized by his time at Tesla, he said he now drives a bus for AC Transit.
Tesla maintains that in the past five years, on nearly 50 occasions where DFEH closed a case involving alleged discrimination or harassment, it did not find misconduct against Tesla. The automaker said they plan to challenge the lawsuit through the court system.
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Senators: CIA has secret program that collects American data
Those revelations sparked worldwide controversy and new legislation in Congress.Clapper would later apologize in a letter to the Senate Intelligence Committee.According to Wyden and Heinrichs letter, the CIAs bulk collection program operates outside of laws passed and reformed by Congress, but under the authority of Executive Order 12333, the document that broadly governs intelligence community activity and was first signed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981.It is critical that Congress not legislate without awareness of a ...
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The CIA has a secret, undisclosed data repository that includes information collected about Americans, two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee said Thursday. While neither the agency nor lawmakers would disclose specifics about the data, the senators alleged the CIA had long hidden details about the program from the public and Congress.
Sens. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Martin Heinrich of New Mexico sent a letter to top intelligence officials calling for details about the program to be declassified. Large parts of the letter and documents released by the CIA were blacked out. Wyden and Heinrich said the program operated “outside the statutory framework that Congress and the public believe govern this collection.” There have long been concerns about what information the intelligence community collects about Americans. The CIA and National Security Agency have a foreign mission and are generally barred from investigating Americans or U.S. businesses. But the spy agencies' sprawling collection of foreign communications often snares Americans' messages and data incidentally.
Intelligence agencies are required to take steps to protect U.S. information, including redacting the names of any Americans from reports unless they are deemed relevant to an investigation. The process of removing redactions is known as “unmasking.” The agencies are also subject to guidelines on the handling and destruction of Americans' data.
“CIA recognizes and takes very seriously our obligation to respect the privacy and civil liberties of U.S. persons in the conduct of our vital national security mission,” Kristi Scott, the agency's privacy and civil liberties officer, said in a statement. “CIA is committed to transparency consistent with our obligation to protect intelligence sources and methods.” The CIA released a series of redacted recommendations about the program issued by an oversight panel known as the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. According to the document, a pop-up box warns CIA analysts using the program that seeking any information about U.S. citizens or others covered by privacy laws requires a foreign intelligence purpose.
“However, analysts are not required to memorialize the justification for their queries,” the board said.
Both senators have long pushed for more transparency from the intelligence agencies. Nearly a decade ago, a question Wyden posed to the nation's spy chief presaged critical revelations about the NSA's mass-surveillance programs.
In 2013, Wyden asked then-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper if the NSA collected “any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans.” Clapper responded, “No.” Former systems administrator Edward Snowden later that year revealed the NSA's access to bulk data through U.S. internet companies and hundreds of millions of call records from telecommunications providers. Those revelations sparked worldwide controversy and new legislation in Congress.
Clapper would later apologize in a letter to the Senate Intelligence Committee.
According to Wyden and Heinrich's letter, the CIA's bulk collection program operates outside of laws passed and reformed by Congress, but under the authority of Executive Order 12333, the document that broadly governs intelligence community activity and was first signed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981.
“It is critical that Congress not legislate without awareness of a ... CIA program, and that the American public not be misled into believe that the reforms in any reauthorization legislation fully cover the IC's collection of their records,” the senators wrote in their letter. There was a redaction in the letter before “CIA program.” Documents released by the CIA Thursday also revealed limited details about a program to collect financial data against the Islamic State. That program also has incidentally snared some records held by Americans.
The intelligence community has faced years of political turmoil and attacks by former President Donald Trump over the investigation into Trump campaign ties to Russia. Special counsel Robert Mueller would bring charges against 34 people, including the former president's one-time campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and 25 Russians on charges linked to alleged election interference. But a probe of the origins of the Russia investigation also found broad problems with the FBI's surveillance applications against a Trump campaign adviser, Carter Page.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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Trucker protest could impact Super Bowl fans, officials warn
The Department of Homeland Security has warned that truckers in the United States protesting COVID-19 restrictions, much like the demonstrations reported in Canada, could impact the Super Bowl this weekend.
The DHS said in a bulletin sent to local and state law enforcement agencies that it has received reports that truckers are planning to "potentially block roads in major metropolitan cities" in a protest against vaccine mandates and other issues.
DHS said the convoy could begin in Southern California as early as this weekend, possibly disrupting traffic around the Super Bowl, and reach Washington in March in time for the State of the Union, according to a copy of Tuesday’s bulletin obtained by The Associated Press. It said that the protest could be disruptive and tie up traffic but that there have been no calls for violence.
"DHS is tracking reports of a potential convoy that may be planning to travel to several U.S. cities. We have not observed specific calls for violence within the United States associated with this convoy, and are working closely with our federal, state, and local partners to continuously assess the threat environment and keep our communities safe. DHS will continue to share timely and actionable information with the public," a DHS spokesperson told FOX Television Stations. "Over the past year, DHS has increased timely and actionable intelligence and information sharing and strengthened operational coordination with partners across every level of government and the private sector."
Trucker protest impacts auto industry
Meanwhile, the truck blockade by Canadians protesting the country’s COVID-19 restrictions is tightening the screws on the auto industry, forcing Ford, General Motors and other car companies to shut down plants or otherwise reduce production on both sides of the U.S. border.
The bumper-to-bumper demonstration by the self-proclaimed Freedom Truck Convoy entered its fourth day Thursday at the Ambassador Bridge connecting Windsor, Ontario, to Detroit, disrupting the flow of auto parts and other products between the two countries.
FILE - A protest placard reading "Stop all mandates now" posted on a truck blocking the U.S.-Canada border during a demonstration in Coutts, Alberta, Canada on Feb. 2, 2022. (Gavin John/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The Ambassador Bridge is the busiest U.S.-Canadian border crossing, carrying 25% of all trade between the two countries, and the effects of the blockade there were felt rapidly.‘
Ford said its Windsor, Ontario, engine plant reopened Thursday after being shut down on Wednesday because of a lack of parts. But the factory and the company’s assembly plant in Oakville, Ontario, near Toronto, were operating at reduced capacity, the automaker said.
On the U.S. side, GM canceled its second shift on Wednesday and its first shift on Thursday at its SUV factory outside Lansing, Michigan.
Toyota said it will not be able to manufacture anything at three Canadian plants for the rest of the week because of parts shortages. In a statement, the automaker blamed supply chain disruptions, weather and pandemic-related problems, but the shutdowns came just days after the blockade began Monday.
Honda said that its assembly plant in Alliston, Ontario, north of Toronto, had to suspend production on one assembly line on Wednesday, but that it was back in operation Thursday.
Stellantis, formerly Fiat Chrysler, said all of its North American factories were running Thursday, but shortages from the blockade forced it to shorten shifts at several plants.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer urged Canadian authorities to quickly resolve the standoff.
"My message is simple: reopen traffic on the bridge," she said in a statement. "The blockade is having a significant impact on Michigan’s working families who are just trying to do their jobs. Our communities and automotive, manufacturing, and agriculture businesses are feeling the effects. It’s hitting paychecks and production lines. That is unacceptable."
Hundreds of demonstrators in trucks have also paralyzed the streets of downtown Ottawa, Canada for almost two weeks, and dozens more have been blocking the border crossing at Coutts, Alberta, opposite Montana, decrying vaccine mandates for truckers and other COVID-19 restrictions and railing against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Protesters also began a new blockade at Emerson, Manitoba, across the border from North Dakota.
Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens said Wednesday that police had not removed the protesters there for fear of inflaming the situation. But he added: "We’re not going to let this happen for a prolonged period of time."
As of Wednesday, the demonstration involved 50 to 74 vehicles and about 100 protesters, police said. Ottawa police said Thursday they were "able to negotiate for a dozen more trucks to leave" downtown and said 10 others left, but the city warned about traffic disruptions because of a new demonstration at the Ottawa airport. Police also said a deliberate effort to flood its 911 line with calls was underway.
To get around the blockade and into Canada, truckers in the Detroit area have had to drive 70 miles north to Port Huron, Michigan, and cross the Blue Water Bridge, where there was a 4½-hour delay leaving the U.S.
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Virginia deputy attorney general resigns after social media posts praising Jan. 6 rioters surface
A deputy Virginia attorney general resigned Thursday, a state official said, after The Washington Post raised questions about social media comments the newspaper reported she made about the 2020 election, Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and other matters.
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According to The Post, Monique Miles falsely claimed Donald Trump won the election, praised the Capitol rioters as "patriots" and espoused conspiracy theories about voter fraud on Facebook. The newspaper reported it had obtained screenshots of the posts, authenticated them with people who interacted with Miles, and shared them with the office of Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares.
A spokeswoman for Miyares confirmed Miles’ resignation and said that her posts had been unknown to the office before Thursday morning.
"The Attorney General has been very clear - Joe Biden won the election and he has condemned the January 6th attack," spokeswoman Victoria LaCivita said in a statement to The Associated Press.
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The Post reported that the social media comments from Miles were not publicly visible but that Miles said they had not been deleted.
Miles, who could not immediately be reached by the AP for comment, told The Post in an email that the posts were being taken out of context and were shared in a "character assassination to stir up controversy."
"The posts were made at a time when the news was still developing re: the facts around the election, the court cases, the Rally on the Ellipse and what happened at the capitol," Miles said in the email, the Post reported. "That was before all the audits occurred. These posts have been taken out of context."
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Miyares announced Miles’ hiring in January as deputy attorney general for government operations and transactions. A news release at the time said she was the founder and managing partner of a law firm in northern Virginia.
The AP left a message seeking comment from Miles at that law office and attempted to reach her by phone.
Miyares, who was elected in November, condemned the Capitol insurrection the day it occurred, calling it "a disgusting attack" against the principle of law and order.
"Ignoring orders and attacking law enforcement is never acceptable, under any circumstance," he tweeted on Jan. 6, 2021.
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The Democratic Attorneys General Association highlighted The Post’s reporting in a news release.
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"Jason Miyares needs to come clean: is he lying or incompetent?" Geoff Burgan, the group’s communications director, said in a statement.
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Libyan PM says govt considers roadmap, may announce initiative for election law - Al Ahrar TV
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Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah said in an interview on Libya Al Ahrar TV on Friday that he is considering a roadmap to solve the political crisis in the North African country and may announce an initiative by the government in the coming days.
In the interview, Dbeibah said that the focus of his initiative will be drafting an election law for the house of representatives.
He also announced his willingness to withdraw from running for presidency in order to make his initiative succeed.
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Watch: Firefighters rescue teens from frozen lake
A training session on water rescues turned real for firefighters in suburban St. Louis when the crews sprang into action to save two teenagers.
Maryland Heights Fire Protection District crews were wrapping up training Tuesday on Creve Coeur Lake when they spotted two people running across it, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. As they watched, the ice covering the lake broke and the pair fell through.
The training firefighters, along with Pattonville and Creve Coeur firefighters, quickly scrambled to pull the two teens to safety from the icy lake within minutes.
The Maryland Heights fire district posted video of the rescue on YouTube and details about the rescue on its Facebook page.
A training session on water rescues turned real for firefighters in suburban St. Louis when the crews sprang into action to save two teenagers.
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Biden sees inflation easing this year, touts his drug price plan
Part of Biden's Build Back Better plan would give the federal government's Medicare program for seniors authorization to negotiate https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/what-is-new-biden-plan-reduce-us-drug-prices-2021-11-03 drug prices for the first time. "The fact is that if we are able to do the things I'm talking about here, it'll bring down the cost for average families," Biden said.
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday said he expected inflation to start to ease this year as supply chain logjams clear up, while saying that his administration was already helping ease shortages, as new data showed the biggest jump in consumer prices in 40 years. Biden told NBC News that efforts by his administration to address the shortage of semiconductors that sent car prices soaring last year were starting to pay off.
Rising consumer prices "ought to be able to start to taper off as we go through this year," Biden said. "In the meantime, I'm going to do everything in my power to deal with the big points that are impacting most people in their homes." Biden earlier in the day told an event in Virginia that proposals included in his signature Build Back Better legislation would help bring down prices for families. The roughly $1.7 trillion bill, which includes social spending and climate change provisions, is stalled and Biden has said previously that chunks, rather than the full package, could pass.
U.S. stock indexes ended sharply lower on Thursday after the consumer price data raised fears of a hefty interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve. Consumer prices https://www.reuters.com/business/us-consumer-prices-rise-strongly-january-weekly-jobless-claims-fall-2022-02-10 in the 12 months through January rose 7.5%, the biggest jump since February 1982, according to the Labor Department. Part of Biden's Build Back Better plan would give the federal government's Medicare program for seniors authorization to negotiate https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/what-is-new-biden-plan-reduce-us-drug-prices-2021-11-03 drug prices for the first time.
"The fact is that if we are able to do the things I'm talking about here, it'll bring down the cost for average families," Biden said. Noting that Build Back Better had already passed the House of Representatives, Biden said, "Now we just have to get it through the United States Senate. And we're close.
"We can do even more to lower out-of-pocket prescription costs," he said. "Under my proposal, we will hold drug companies accountable for the absurd price increases." The Democrats hold a razor-thin majority in the Senate, providing little leeway given that Republicans have been opposed to allowing the government to negotiate prescription drug costs.
High inflation and fatigue over the ongoing pandemic have hurt Biden's popularity with Americans, causing concern for his fellow Democrats, who risk losing control of both houses of Congress in the November midterm elections. Biden was joined by Democratic Representative Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, who could face a tough re-election fight in November, and Xavier Becerra, his secretary of Health and Human Services, who has faced criticism for a low-profile role in the administration's fight against COVID-19. Biden praised Becerra for "how much he's helped us make so much progress in getting people vaccinated" and making healthcare affordable.
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FOX Bet Super 6: Super Bowl picks to win 'Stack the Cash' on Rams-Bengals
What a long, strange trip it's been, friends, from the Kansas City Chiefs being preseason Super Bowl favorites to the hometown Los Angeles Rams hosting the longshot of all longshots, the Cincinnati Bengals, in Super Bowl LVI.
And with Sunday's big game nearly upon us, we're all in luck, as FOX Bet Super 6 is bringing back "Stack the Cash" one last time for Super Bowl LVI. With FOX Bet Super 6, all you have to do is answer six questions about Sunday's game, and if you're right, you can win the jackpot.
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To help you get to the pay window, here are my thoughts on this week's Super 6 contest.
How many total TDs will there be in the game?
0-3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8-plus
The total scoring over/under has ticked down from 50.5 to 48.5 since the line opened, and that might go down even further. Be careful just assuming two good QBs will result in a shootout. Remember — the year Peyton Manning threw 55 touchdowns, his Broncos offense was held to one TD in a blowout loss to Seattle. And the Rams got to the Super Bowl in 2019 with the No. 2 offense in the league and didn’t score a touchdown against the Patriots.
The Bengals feature a second-year QB and a coach who entered the season on the hot seat. The Bengals-Raiders game totaled three TDs; so did Bengals-Titans. The Bengals-Chiefs game went to OT, and there were five TDs.
I’d take a flier and go opposite of what the masses are projecting: an ultra low-scoring game.
Pick: 0-3 TDs
Which QB will have more passing yards, and how many will they have combined?
Joe Burrow, Matthew Stafford, or Tie, with ranges from 0 to 701-plus yards
The Rams will have a lot of success on the ground versus a suspect run defense (13th in efficiency), and there’s a decent chance both QBs struggle to top 200 yards passing. Ignore Stafford’s stats against the 49ers (337 yards) and Bucs (366 yards), as they were playing from behind versus San Francisco, and running against the Tampa front is a fool’s errand. Stafford also only passed for 202 yards in the win over Arizona, as McVay leaned heavily on the run.
That somewhat mirrors a crucial mistake the Chiefs made against the Bengals — nursing a double-digit lead, they kept passing against three or four man fronts. McVay will lean heavily on Cam Akers and Sony Michel, especially if they have a lead. Joe Burrow will be throwing, because the Bengals' offense won’t be able to run the ball against the fifth-best run defense in the league. The last time the Bengals faced a top-10 run defense (the Raiders), Mixon had just 48 yards rushing, and Burrow attempted 34 passes.
Pick: Burrow; 426-475 combined passing yards
Who will have more receptions, and how many receptions will they have combined?
Tee Higgins, Odell Beckham Jr., or Tie, with ranges from 0 to 14-plus receptions
This will come down to how the Rams defend rookie Ja’Marr Chase. They have two choices: Jalen Ramsey shadows him all over the field, or they put Ramsey on Tee Higgins and bracket/double team Chase.
The talk all week has been Ramsey wants all the Chase smoke, and the matchup would make Higgins a much larger point of the offense. He was a star at Clemson, and he’s an over-the-middle threat who had a monster game versus K.C. (six catches for 103 yards) but was dormant versus the Raiders in the opening round (1-10).
Often, when Chase has a monster game, Higgins is quiet, and vice-versa. Chase had nine catches and 112 yards versus the Raiders, but only 6-54 against the Chiefs. This one feels like a Higgins game. Beckham, who Beckham will occasionally be going against former teammate Eli Apple, is no longer a No. 1 receiver, but he’s certainly one of the best No. 2 receivers in the NFL.
Pick: Higgins; 11 combined receptions
Which team will make the longer field goal, and how long will it be?
Rams, Bengals, or Tie, with ranges from 0 to 54-plus yards
How can you go against Evan McPherson, the rookie from Florida who has been incredible in the postseason? He’s 12-for-12 in the playoffs with two walk-off game winners. He’s 12-of-14 from beyond 50 yards (regular season and playoffs), while his counterpart, Matt Gay, has only made 4-of-6 from that distance this season, including none in the postseason.
In fact, Gay hasn’t made a field goal from beyond 46 yards since December 21st. Sure, he’s indoors and has kicked more at SoFi, but Sean McVay is more likely to go for it in the middle of the field instead of trotting out his kicker who couldn’t deliver from 54 versus the 49ers or 47 versus the Bucs in the last two games.
Pick: Bengals, 50-51 yards
Which team will have more total tackles, and how many will they have?
Rams, Bengals, or Tie, with ranges from 0 to 70-plus tackles
The Rams are known as a high-octane passing attack, but in reality, Sean McVay loves to work the ground game. They dominated time of possession against the Bucs and 49ers, wearing down both defenses despite not picking up one explosive carry (20-plus yards). Stafford has the ability to push the ball downfield with his powerful arm, but moving the sticks with the short precision passing game and making fewer risky throws seems to be what McVay is favoring right now.
All of this adds up to more offensive plays and thus many more tackles for the Bengals. The Bengals are a very boom-bust offense, and I expect their defense to be on the field much longer. When the Rams are milking a fourth-quarter lead, the Akers/Michel duo will be pounding away at the soft middle of the Cincinnati defense.
Pick: Bengals, 70-plus
Which team will win and by how many points?
Rams or Bengals, with ranges from 1 to 17-plus points
Tough not to like the Rams here. Besides playing at home, they were the better team all season, and you shouldn’t let a terrific postseason run from the Bengals obscure the fact this team was inconsistent all year. Every season-long metric favors the Rams.
If you’re in the "but luck has been on their side" camp when it comes to the Bengals, sure, the goal line stand versus the Raiders was terrific; getting three Ryan Tannehill interceptions was fortuitous; overcoming an 18-point deficit in Arrowhead was incredible.
But facts are facts. The Rams will be the best defense the Bengals have faced since the 49ers in December (a loss). In fact, the Bengals have not faced one top-five defense all season. The Rams should be able to pressure Burrow off the edges, and this doesn’t feel like a close game.
Pick: Rams to win by 7-8 points
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Soccer-Bilbao held by Valencia in Copa semi-final first leg
Athletic Bilbao face a tough battle to make their third successive Copa del Rey final after they were held to a 1-1 home draw in the first leg of their semi-final tie by Valencia on Thursday. The second leg in Valencia is on March 2. Bilbao lost the 2020 and 2021 finals.
Athletic Bilbao face a tough battle to make their third successive Copa del Rey final after they were held to a 1-1 home draw in the first leg of their semi-final tie by Valencia on Thursday. Athletic, who knocked out holders Barcelona and Real Madrid in the previous two rounds, went ahead in the 37th minute thanks to Raul Garcia's header from a free kick.
Valencia, who won the last of their eight titles in 2019, equalised through Hugo Duro in the 65th minute. The second leg in Valencia is on March 2.
Bilbao lost the 2020 and 2021 finals. Real Betis beat Rayo Vallecano 2-1 away in the first leg of the other semi-final on Wednesday.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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Super Bowl 2022: Bengals try for first title against hometown Rams
WASHINGTON - And then there were two. On Sunday, Feb. 13, the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals collide in Super Bowl LVI with a title on the line.
For a second consecutive year, the host city for Super Bowl LVI will have their home team playing. The Rams will be playing in SoFi Stadium as the home team when they take on the Bengals.
Here’s what you need to know about the matchup.
What’s at stake for the Rams and Bengals in Super Bowl LVI?
Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow and Rams QB Matthew Stafford will be the 10th and 11th QBs to start a Super Bowl after being drafted first overall, Stafford in 2009, Burrow in 2020.
This marks the second Super Bowl matchup of two former No. 1 pick quarterbacks, with Peyton Manning beating Cam Newton in 2015.
Stafford entered this postseason 0-1 in the playoffs. His lone playoff appearance came in 2011 when he was the QB for the Detroit Lions.
But he’s played exceptionally and has won three playoff games in a row, beating the Arizona Cardinals, defending champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the San Francisco 49ers. He has a chance to win his first Super Bowl title if he can help lead the Rams to victory over the Bengals Sunday.
Burrow has led Cincinnati on an unprecedented playoff run. Cincy won their first playoff game in 35 years when they defeated the Las Vegas Raiders. The Bengals then went on the road and beat the no. 1 seed Tennessee Titans and the no. 2 seed Kansas City Chiefs the following week.
Burrow in his second season as the starter after his first pro season was shortened by a knee injury. The Heisman Trophy winner has played great all postseason considering that he’s a year removed from tearing his ACL.
If the Bengals upset the Rams, Burrow would become the third quarterback in NFL history (Joe Montana and Joe Namath are the other two QBs) to win a college national championship and a Super Bowl.
Key Matchups in Super Bowl LVI
Joe Burrow vs. Matthew Stafford
Although both quarterbacks are going up against tough defenses, their individual performances will be watched closely.
All the pressure is on Stafford who is in his 13th season and seeking his first ring. Burrow is playing with nothing to lose because Cincinnati wasn’t expected to make it this far.
Both quarterbacks will play well, but the game will come down to which signal-caller makes the fewest mistakes in the critical moments, particularly the fourth quarter.
Advantage Joe Burrow.
Rams defensive stars Aaron Donald and Von Miller versus the Bengals offensive line
Donald and Miller are two of the NFL’s best defensive players. Cincinnati’s offensive line has to protect Burrow the entire game after the unit allowed nine sacks against the Tennessee Titans in the AFC Divisional Round.
Burrow is the first QB to make the Super Bowl after getting sacked the most times in the regular season. If Cincy’s offensive line can protect Burrow, I like their chances, but Donald and Miller will get to Burrow a few times in this game.
Advantage Donald and Miller.
Rams receivers Cooper Kupp and Odell Beckham Jr. versus the Bengals secondary
Kupp and Beckham Jr. have played well together this postseason, with OBJ having a career resurgence since joining Los Angeles. The Rams duo will face a Bengals secondary that has played well but will be in for a long night if they can’t contain Kupp and Beckham.
Rams WR Cooper Kupp has 2,333 yards receiving in the regular season and playoffs, the most in a season in NFL history.
Advantage Kupp and Beckham.
Bengals star receiver Ja'Marr Chase versus Rams star cornerback Jalen Ramsey
This is one of the most anticipated one-on-one matchups in the Super Bowl. Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey is one of the top defensive players in the NFL and Bengals rookie receiver Ja'Marr Chase is an emerging star.
Ramsey is a physical and fast corner with excellent coverage skills. He made his third All-Pro team after intercepting four passes.
Chase is a great route runner with fantastic speed particularly in the open field. He finished the regular season with 1,455 yards receiving in the regular season, the most for a rookie in the Super Bowl era. Chase’s seven receptions in the regular season and playoffs are tied for second most for any player in the past 30 seasons.
Advantage Chase.
Super Bowl LVI X-factors
Bengals running back Joe Mixon and Rams running back Cam Akers
The attention will be on the quarterbacks, but the team that can effectively run the ball may decide who wins the Super Bowl.
Bengals running back Joe Mixon could be a key factor in the game as a runner, receiver, and blocker. With pressure on Cincy’s O-line to protect Burrow, Mixon running effectively will be a big boost for the offense.
In the Bengals’ 27-24 AFC championship game win over the Kansas City Chiefs, he rushed for 88 yards on 21 carries and caught all three of his targets for another 27 yards. Mixon played well late in the game and in overtime.
Rams running back Cam Akers, like Mixon, is a dual threat as a runner and a receiver. The Bengals defensive line will look to pressure Stafford and force him into mistakes. But Akers’ play will be crucial for Stafford having time to throw the ball.
In July, Akers tore his right Achilles tendon, an injury that usually requires nine months of rehab. But he miraculously recovered and returned to the Rams' lineup in December.
Akers has played in the Rams' three playoff games, and started the past two. He has rushed for 151 yards on 54 carries, and rebounded from losing two fumbles in the divisional-round win at Tampa Bay. Akers also has five catches for 62 yards in the postseason, a testament to his dual-threat ability.
Super Bowl LVI injury report
Rams TE Tyler Higbee (knee) and T Joseph Notebook (chest) are not expected to practice all week but haven't been ruled out for Sunday.
Los Angeles RB Darrell Henderson (knee) and DL Sebastian Joseph-Day (pectoral) are expected to come off IR in time to play.
Bengals TE C.J. Uzomah said he expects to play after leaving the AFC title game early with a knee injury. Cincinnati DT Josh Tupou (knee), OL Jackson Carman (back) and DE Cam Sample (groin) are also dealing with injuries.
Who wins the Super Bowl LVI?
The Rams are 1-3 all-time in Super Bowls, while the Bengals have lost their only two trips. Sunday’s game also features the youngest coaching matchup (Rams coach Sean McVay and Bengals coach Zac Taylor) in Super Bowl history and the first time both coaches were younger than 40.
Taylor was on McVay’s staff in Los Angeles before he took the job in Cincinnati. Both coaches know each other well and this will be an interesting chess match.
Los Angeles is playing at home and is favored to win the game, but the Bengals are on an incredible hot streak in the playoffs.
The Rams have the more talented roster, but the Bengals have excellent pieces at the skill positions on offense to score with Los Angeles in a game that will be a track meet.
Prediction: Cincinnati Bengals 31, Los Angeles Ram 28.
When and where is the Super Bowl LVI?
Super Bowl LVI takes place at 6:30 p.m. ET Sunday at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, California.
The Super Bowl is one of the biggest sporting events in the nation. But what’s unique about this year’s big game is it’s happening at the same time as the Winter Olympics.
How can I watch Super Bowl LVI?
The game will be televised on NBC at 6:30 p.m. ET. For fans who don’t have cable, you can stream the game on NBC’s Peacock network. It will also be available for free on the NFL website/apps as well as Yahoo Sports. DirecTV Stream, Sling TV, Hulu with Live TV, YouTube TV and fuboTV also have NBC.
Super Bowl LVI could be the hottest ever
While Super Bowl Sunday won't be as hot as the rest of the week, high temperatures could reach 87, according to FOX 11's Soumada Khan.
Depending on the temperature at kickoff, that could qualify Super Bowl LVI as the hottest in history. The current record, according to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, was nearly 50 years ago at Super Bowl VII at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 1973. The temperature at kickoff was 84 degrees.
FOX11 Los Angeles and the Associated Press contributed to this story
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BEIJING (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin is ready to have some “fun” when she returns to Olympic action in the super-G.
Shiffrin posted on Twitter early Friday morning that she is grateful “to have the opportunity to refocus on a new race, in the sport that I love so much.”
The two-time Olympic gold medalist’s third race of the Beijing Games was scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Friday in China.
Shiffrin is off to a rough start so far at the 2022 Olympics. The 26-year-old American went off-course about 10 seconds into the giant slalom on Monday and after about half as much time in the slalom on Wednesday.
“I’ve had a lot of support over the last 48 hours,” Shiffrin wrote Friday, “and I have to thank everyone for that.”
She won the slalom at the 2014 Sochi Olympics and the giant slalom at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.
Shiffrin never has entered an Olympic super-G before but did win that race at the 2019 world championships.
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OLIVE HILL, KY (WOWK) — Imagine waking up in the morning: You go to brush your teeth or take a shower, you turn the faucet on, and no water comes out.
That’s been the reality that some Kentucky residents say they’ve been dealing with for weeks.
“Sometimes we have water… sometimes we don’t!” says Linda Burton, who says she went four weeks without consistent water.
“The majority of the time since January 8th, we have not had water. I think we went eight days–an eight-day stretch with no water at all…You go to other people’s houses and take showers and your clothes pile up and your dirty dishes pile up,” Burton says.
Burton says she and her neighbors are in the same predicament, and this is a pattern. The question is: why does the water stop running?
Burton says the water company—Rattlesnake Ridge Water District—has given her a few reasons:
“Because I do live on the hill, the excuse has always been that I’m too high up. That I can’t get enough pressure. But you know it doesn’t seem to be a problem for everybody else,” Burton says. Also: “It was really cold, and one of the things they said was the reason we don’t have water is because people leave their faucets running and then the tanks dry…They said they didn’t have any leaks at that time.”
Becky Kitchen, assistant manager at Rattlesnake Ridge Water District, says the main problem here was that the water levels in the tanks were too low. However, their crews were not finding any answers.
“We even reached out on social media, cause we didn’t know where else to turn. Cause we could not find the leaks. We done everything, so the guys just went out and walked,” Kitchen says.
They finally managed to find some leaks: “They were in places that weren’t habited, no one lives around there. Up on sides of hills. That, no one would have seen this,” Kitchen says.
Burton says they got water back just this weekend. Still, the response time is leaving neighbors frustrated. “I know that there’s gonna be leaks like I said, and that’s understandable. But four weeks without water? Is not reasonable,” Burton says.
Kitchen says they have 900 miles of water lines across five counties, and there are plans in the works for long-term fixes to the water problem.
“It’s a phase 12 project. And it’s already in the works, we’re just waiting for all the funding and bidding for it to start, and that’s to replace all these old lines. And that should take care of a lot of the issues,” Kitchen says.
She says that could start as early as this summer or fall. She says they are also looking at possibly rerouting lines in the Olive Hill area so that the hilly terrain will pose less of an issue in the future.
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CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – It’s just a couple more days until the Super Bowl, and fans are gearing up to host parties.
Most people say they’re very excited for Sunday’s game and they’re not scared to attend a party and celebrate despite COVID-19.
Things are heating up a little more than usual down at Rollin Smoke BBQ.
“Mostly just making a ton of wings. I mean that’s the main thing that goes out,” Dalton Douglas, Rollin Smoke BBQ owner, said.
Douglas says he’s making around 800 wings between yesterday and today to fill orders for the Super Bowl. And of course, he’s got other party favorites like brisket, tacos and pulled pork sandwiches.
“We actually put the Facebook post up probably a month ago and told people we had a deadline. They didn’t start calling until like last week, late last week,” Douglas said.
The wings Douglas makes might have to compete with somebody else like Ohio First Lady Fran DeWine. She’s showing people on YouTube how to make her Cincinnati Chicken Wings two ways and her Skyline Chili Dip.
With all the excitement, health officials want people to be safe going to parties. They remind people to wash their hands and social distance.
“One thing we can predict is any time there’s an opportunity for folks to gather in large crowds such as holidays or special times of the year like the Super Bowl, we do see an uptick in cases,” Robby Queen, with the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department said.
For the most part, fans are looking forward to having fun and not too concerned about getting sick.
“I’ve actually been living like nothing’s changed since it started. I hate to say that but yeah I’m not scared, sorry,” Darnell Poole, a sports fan said. “I want Joe Burrow to win, he’s got a good story. He was a poor kid from his home state, so it’ll be good story for him to win.”
The Huntington Highway Safety Program is teaming up with local law enforcement to share this lifesaving message: Fans Don’t Let Fans Drive Drunk. They encourage people to have a designated sober driver to make it home safely.
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CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – This year’s big game may be the most bet-on sporting event in American history.
The American Gambling Association is forecasting that nearly $8 billion will be wagered on Sunday’s game alone. West Virginia is one of 19 states that allow sports betting, and even though casinos are a popular way to place bets, Sheila Moran with 1-800-GAMBLER says they’re getting more calls recently for gambling apps.
“It’s about now the number two or three type of gambling that we hear from. The first is video poker machines. That’s been the case for a long time. But the second now are people gambling on mobile devices often on sports, sometimes on casino-like games,” says Moran.
1-800-GAMBLER has taken over 17,000 calls from state residents asking for help with a gambling problem since the program started in 2000.
Moran says to treat the money you lose as the cost of entertainment. For example, if you go to the movies you understand that you don’t get that money back.
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (KLAS)– Los Angeles is getting ready to host its first Super Bowl since 1993, and while it is a massive undertaking to put on an event like this, the Big Game Sunday is considered by many to be only a dress rehearsal for the city of Los Angeles.
Believe it or not, this week leading up to Super Bowl 56 is somewhat of a trial run for the city of Inglewood where SoFi Stadium is located mainly because over the next several years the stadium will be the center piece of some of the biggest sporting events on the planet including the Summer Olympics in 2028.
Cities and leadership around Los Angles are taking careful notes as they prepare for the upcoming years.
“You can dream big in California, so collaboration always happens here,” says Kelly Miller, President and CEO of Huntington Beach.
And collaboration is exactly what it’s going to take as various cities around Los Angeles find themselves at the center of the sporting universe over the next six years. There’s hardly a sport under the sun who won’t be trying to win their biggest championship in Los Angeles in the next coming years.
“There’s a lot of sports commissions that work together so we’ve been asking them questions, we’ve been working with LA 2028 on what best practices are and we think when LA does host the world, we’re going to be ready for it, without question,” Miller says.
The big question facing those tasked with pitching their cities and planning for these big events: How to get athletes and fans from venue to venue in a far-flung city notorious for its traffic.
“We want to make sure that when you do want to come, from LA to Orange County that it’s a seamless deal and that’s what we’re really focused on,” Miller adds.
Huntington beach has thrown their name in the hat to host some of the hottest new 2028 Summer Olympics sports– surfing and skateboarding.
“I mean look at this, when the sun’s setting here and the competition’s going on here people are going to say I was there, I was part of this experience and I know Surf City USA like I’ve never known it before,” Miller said.
And in just a couple of years another state-of-the-art facility will be opening their doors, south of SoFi Stadium—the Clippers’ brand-new stadium will be opening in 2024 which only adds to the allure of holding huge sporting events in Los Angeles.
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CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) confirmed Thursday night that she tested positive for COVID-19.
She released the following statement through her Senate press office.
“As I have routinely tested, today I received a positive COVID-19 test. Thankfully, I am asymptomatic. I have consulted with the Attending Physician and plan to follow the CDC’s recommendations and quarantine for five days,” Capito said.
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(WOWK) — The ever changing weekend forecast still does have a chance of snow, just not a lot of snow for the region. Models have been back and forth on possible snow amounts but now it appears that the bulk of the snow will take place Sunday for the eastern mountains of West Virginia, then later in the evening on a northwest flow coming in from the Great Lakes. This should send a few snow showers or squalls through the area with light amounts. See the slideshow below for an idea of snow placement and timing.
Snowfall amounts should be almost non existent for the lowlands from Charleston to the west, but there could be some snow on the grass along with some icy conditions east of Corridor G and east of I-79 on Sunday and Monday mornings.
By Monday, the air will dry out and things will remain cold but then warmer temperatures will move in and once again we will return to the 60s by mid week.
Stay up to date on the rapid changes in weather conditions by downloading and using the StormTracker 13 weather app but visiting the link below.
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BEIJING (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin is ready to have some “fun” when she returns to Olympic action in the super-G.
Shiffrin posted on Twitter early Friday morning that she is grateful “to have the opportunity to refocus on a new race, in the sport that I love so much.”
The two-time Olympic gold medalist’s third race of the Beijing Games was scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Friday in China.
Shiffrin is off to a rough start so far at the 2022 Olympics. The 26-year-old American went off-course about 10 seconds into the giant slalom on Monday and after about half as much time in the slalom on Wednesday.
“I’ve had a lot of support over the last 48 hours,” Shiffrin wrote Friday, “and I have to thank everyone for that.”
She won the slalom at the 2014 Sochi Olympics and the giant slalom at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.
Shiffrin never has entered an Olympic super-G before but did win that race at the 2019 world championships.
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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – The Federal Bureau of Investigations El Paso office wants to warn the public about romance scams ahead of Valentine’s Day.
Jeanette Harper, Special Agent and Public Affairs Specialist for the FBI in El Paso said romance scams are the ones they see people lose the most money on.
In 2021, the FBI said people across the nation lost over a billion dollars in romance scams.
Here in the El Paso and Midland areas, people lost nearly $1.4 million in 2021.
In January 2022, Harper said they already had four reports of online romance scams totaling to $9,000 lost.
Harper said scammers typically tend to be men using stock photos “catfishing,” or pretending to be someone else, on dating apps and sites.
“When they are taking money from you immediately contact your financial bank institution, unfortunately, we see a lot of innocent victims being caught up in money laundering schemes because these individuals want you to push money to you and send it to other bank accounts,” Harper said.
She said to avoid scams, the public should research profiles and photos to ensure they aren’t being used elsewhere, never send money to anyone, take things slow and beware if the individual seems too perfect or quickly asks you to leave a dating service or social media site to communicate directly.
“They’re looking at you to see if you have any vulnerabilities they might be successful and they’re going to progress love really quickly and always a reason why they can’t meet you,” Harper said.
The FBI said if you feel you are a victim of a scam, stop communication immediately, contact the FBI and don’t send any money.
- Super Bowl 56, a dress rehearsal for Los Angeles’ upcoming sporting events
- Shiffrin says she is ready for ‘fun’ super-G
- Captain Kirk beaming into El Paso Comic Con in April
- Beto O’Rourke makes campaign stops in Austin, San Antonio focused on grid reform
- FBI: El Paso/Midland area lost $1.4M in romance scams
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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – Actor, author, musician and – most recently – oldest human to fly to space, William Shatner is headed to El Paso in April 2022.
Shatner, best known for his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk in both the television and motion picture series ‘Star Trek,’ will be in the Sun City for the annual El Paso Comic Con (EPCON). This year’s EPCON is set for April 23 and 24, at the El Paso Convention Center.
In addition to Shatner being an actor, author, and musician, he is also a producer, director, screenwriter, commercial astronaut, and musician.
After a career spanning seven decades, in 2021, Shatner flew to space aboard a Blue Origin sub-orbital capsule. At age 90 he became the oldest person to fly to space and one of the first 600 to do so.
Fans can get their tickets for the yearly event via this link.
- Super Bowl 56, a dress rehearsal for Los Angeles’ upcoming sporting events
- Shiffrin says she is ready for ‘fun’ super-G
- Captain Kirk beaming into El Paso Comic Con in April
- Beto O’Rourke makes campaign stops in Austin, San Antonio focused on grid reform
- FBI: El Paso/Midland area lost $1.4M in romance scams
For local and breaking news, sports, weather alerts, video and more, download the FREE KTSM 9 News App from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Another location to get a free COVID-19 test in Louisville will open starting Monday in the Newburg neighborhood.
The COVID-19 tests will be offered at the Newburg Church of Christ every second and fourth Monday of the month from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
As of Feb. 6, there were 6,250 confirmed cases in Jefferson County. Metro Louisville is still also in the red zone because of incident rates.
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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – For those planning to get their special someone chocolate for Valentine’s Day this year, it may be a little bit harder to get.
Over at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory at the Outlet Shoppes of El Paso, they have been preparing for the holiday rush since early December to make sure they have everything they need so that they can provide the products they want for the customers.
Officials share that this year was especially difficult because it was harder to get their hands on the most important ingredient: chocolate. Manager Penelope Fourzan says they have been unable to have some products because the of the shortage.
“For regular chocolate like milk chocolate there is a shortage because corporate doesn’t have enough people and they don’t have enough people for shipment and process and stuff like that.”
Because of the shortage and the spike of other wholesale prices, Fourzan and Rocky Mountain were forced to raise their own prices
“Unfortunately yes it’s about maybe a dollar from like 75 cents to a dollar more.”
There is hope for everyone as, despite the shortage, the shop was able to get everything they need for valentines day. So even the last minute cupids out there, who might have to spend more, but it will still be a Happy Valentine’s Day.
- Shiffrin says she is ready for ‘fun’ super-G
- Captain Kirk beaming into El Paso Comic Con in April
- Beto O’Rourke makes campaign stops in Austin, San Antonio focused on grid reform
- FBI: El Paso/Midland area lost $1.4M in romance scams
- Senate passes legislation ending forced arbitration in sexual misconduct cases, heads to president’s desk
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Jefferson County Coroner's Office identified the woman who was killed in an apparent murder-suicide with a New Albany police officer Jan. 29.
Louisville Metro Police said at the time that West Buechel Police called the homicide unit around 5 a.m. that Saturday on a report of two victims down inside a home on Fountain Drive.
Officers found a male and female dead in the time once they arrived. LMPD spokesman Dwight Mitchell said it was determined to be a domestic murder-suicide after an investigation.
Joon Han, 30, was the female who died at the scene.
New Albany Police Chief Todd Bailey identified the man who died as New Albany Police Officer Niko Sturdivant. Han was Sturdivant's female companion, Bailey said.
"Sturdivant has been with the NAPD since October of 2018 and was 33-years-old," Bailey said in the statement.
It's still unknown which of the two parties was the victim in the murder-suicide.
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| 2022-02-11T01:49:57
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EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A West Texas congressman wants to send more money to local law enforcement agencies whose communities are dealing with the collateral effects of unauthorized migration.
U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, on Wednesday introduced the Border Operations Strengthened by Stonegarden (BOSS) Act. The bill would double funding to $180 million for Operation Stonegarden – which funnels federal grants to local police assisting U.S. Customs and Border Protection. At least $60 million would be used to upgrade technology and communications systems.
“Operation Stonegarden is a lifeline for our Border Patrol who rely on local law enforcement and sheriffs to support their efforts at our southern border,” Gonzales said. “Despite the historic spike and traffic at the border, funding levels for Operation Stonegarden – a crucial program for our Border Patrol – have not increased since 2019.”
El Paso County, the City of El Paso and numerous suburban police departments in Far West Texas have applied for and received Operation Stonegarden funding for the past several years.
Gonzales said the southwest border, which in the calendar year 2021 saw more than 2 million unauthorized migrants come across, “is on fire” and called for an all-hands-on-deck approach that includes assistance from local enforcement.
The bill comes a week after Gonzales and 80 other House Republicans demanded to know from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Tae Johnson why the administration is releasing thousands of migrants from custody, a practice he called “catch and release.”
The letter came in response to a Department of Homeland Security report that 47,705 migrants released from ICE custody with the promise of reporting their whereabouts as needed failed to honor their Notice to Report between March and August of 2021.
“We have expressed concerns, many times and in various ways, with how the Biden Administration has handled their self-inflicted crisis at the border,” said the letter. “In the report submitted by DHS, over 270,000 illegal aliens were disseminated into the United States with over 100,000 aliens being released with a Notice to Report (NTR) from March 21, 2021, to August 31, 2021. Over half of those given a 60-day NTR have failed to report to ICE and begin their deportation proceedings.”
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| 2022-02-11T01:50:01
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Kentucky State Police made an arrest after receiving a complaint in reference to a sexual assault claim in Carroll County.
After a KSP detective conducted an investigation that included multiple interviews, Melvin Davis of Worthville, Kentucky, was arrested.
The 66-year-old was charged with one count of third-degree rape and one county of third-degree sodomy.
KSP said the alleged victim was reported to be a 16-year-old girl.
The investigation is ongoing by KSP Post 5 Detectives.
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| 2022-02-11T01:50:03
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KXAN) — Beto O’Rourke, a Democratic candidate for Texas Governor, continues his “Keeping the Lights On” tour of Texas on Thursday in San Antonio, where he unveiled his five-pronged policy proposal for fixing the state’s electric grid.
His proposals include the following, according to his campaign:
- Require gas companies to weatherize their infrastructure “with a clear, enforceable standard”
- Lower Texans’ utility bills through direct assistance and energy efficiency programs
- Connect Texas to the national grid
- Establish an independent market monitor to investigate future price gouging and market manipulation
- Sue the oil and gas companies that made $11 billion in one week
His tour came as an ice freeze swept across the state last weekend, in what many considered as the first big test of the grid after the 2021 winter storm. While there were local outages, Gov. Greg Abbott touted the grid as being “more reliable and more resilient” than ever before, crediting the changes in weatherization requirements he helped spearhead.
O’Rourke rejected that notion in an interview with Nexstar’s Monica Madden.
“Thankfully, last week’s weather was mild compared to last year’s winter storm. And if we saw severe or extreme weather like we had last February, this grid is not up to the task because Abbott has not winterized the gas supply,” he said.
Natural gas producers were not required to weatherize to the same extent power generators have. The Railroad Commission, which oversees Texas’ natural gas providers, did pass a rule that designates critical natural gas infrastructure to keep the largest suppliers flowing gas during winter weather. However, the weatherization deadlines aren’t until later this year.
O’Rourke also stopped Wednesday night in Austin as part of his tour that is scheduled for 12 days and will travel 2,100 miles around Texas to detail his plan to avoid future blackouts and grid failures like the one in February 2021.
Following the statewide blackouts due to the 2021 February winter storm, Gov. Greg Abbott signed two bills into law that overhauled the state’s electric administrators, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. It reduced the board of directors for ERCOT from 15 to 11 and it allowed other Texas leaders to have a say on board appointments, rather than just the governor.
The tour began Feb. 4 in El Paso, O’Rourke’s hometown, and ends Feb. 15 in Houston — one year after millions of Texans lost power due to what O’Rourke said was a “preventable grid collapse.”
The other bill forced electric providers and generators who operate in the ERCOT grid to weatherize their plants and improve communication during emergency situations and outages with an alert system.
Abbott also campaigned in San Antonio Thursday in a meeting with business leaders. His campaign has sharply rebuked O’Rourke’s tour, accusing the El Paso Democrat of fear-mongering.
“Beto O’Rourke is at it again, this time lying to Texans about the resiliency of the power grid as a result of the bipartisan reforms passed by the Legislature last year,” said Mark Miner, a campaign spokesperson, in a statement. “…[He] is instead attempting to mislead voters in a pathetic attempt to prop up his flailing campaign.”
When Nexstar asked for O’Rourke’s response to this criticism, he said he’s “standing up for Texans” who suffered during last year’s storm.
“This message is resonating, because they know they’ve been let down by the governor. They know the grid is not fixed. And they know that we need justice in Texas. That’s why we’re running,” he said.
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| 2022-02-11T01:50:07
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CHICAGO (AP) — Jerry Harris, former star of the Netflix documentary series “Cheer,” pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges of receiving child pornography and soliciting sex from minors that could keep him in prison for decades.
During a change of plea hearing in federal court in Chicago, Harris pleaded guilty to one count of traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and one count of receiving child pornography, a U.S. attorney's office spokesman said.
Harris, 22, pleaded guilty to two of seven felony counts against him, one for persuading a 17-year-old to send him sexually explicit photographs for money and the other stemming from a trip he took to Florida for the purpose of “engaging in illicit sexual conduct” with a 15-year-old. Prosecutors agreed to drop the remaining five counts under a plea agreement.
The child pornography charge carries a sentence ranging from five to 20 years and the second charge carries a maximum sentence of 30 years. Harris is scheduled to be sentenced June 28. He remains in custody at a federal detention facility.
Harris, who is from the Chicago suburb of Naperville, was arrested in September 2020 on a charge of production of child pornography. Prosecutors alleged at the time that he solicited videos and images from two 14-year-old brothers.
According to a complaint, federal prosecutors said that Harris admitted to repeatedly asking a minor teen for pornographic videos and images between December 2018 and March 2020.
Then in December of that year, he was indicted on more charges alleging misconduct in Illinois, Florida and Texas. According to the indictment, Harris allegedly solicited sex from minors at cheerleading competitions and convinced teenage boys to send him obscene photographs and videos of themselves.
Harris admitted to FBI agents to asking a teenage boy to send him lewd photographs of himself, and to requesting child pornography on Snapchat from at least 10 to 15 others he knew to be minors, according to the indictment.
“Cheer” was a huge success when it was released in January 2020 and Harris became wildly popular for his upbeat attitude and his encouraging “mat talk.” Harris even interviewed celebrities on the red carpet at the Academy Awards for “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”
The docuseries follows the competitive cheerleading squad from Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas.
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| 2022-02-11T01:50:10
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(NEXSTAR) – Athletic brand Adidas caught Twitter users by surprise Wednesday when they posted a photo of 25 pairs of bare breasts, ranging in shapes and sizes. While it stirred some negative responses in the comment section, the company said the post was for a good reason.
The tweet includes the aforementioned photo with the caption, “We believe women’s breasts in all shapes and sizes deserve support and comfort.” Adidas then directs users to explore its new sports bra collection which offers 43 styles, available in 72 sizes, “so everyone can find the right fit for them.”
Adidas’s tweet received mixed reviews. Some applauded the brand’s move, with one user even calling out Facebook and Instagram for restricting “open, healthy, educational advertising or content.” Others disapproved of the post, to which Adidas responded by saying they “want to celebrate bodies in all their glory.”
“The gallery was designed to show just how diverse breasts are, featuring different shapes and sizes that highlight why tailored support is paramount,” the company said in a statement to Nexstar.
Twitter, as AdWeek points out, doesn’t have any guidelines regarding nudity. The social media giant’s terms of service instead says users “should only provide Content that you are comfortable sharing with others.”
“You understand that by using [Twitter], you may be exposed to Content that might be offensive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate, or in some cases, postings that have been mislabeled or are otherwise deceptive,” the company’s terms of service reads.
Twitter did not immediately respond to Nexstar’s request for comment.
According to Adidas, 90% of women aren’t wearing the right bra size.
“There is a sizeable data gap when it comes to sports bra development, so we worked with experts in breast health and biomechanics, University of Portsmouth, to challenge ourselves and drive forward our innovation to better meet the needs of our female athletic community,” said Amy Charlton, Senior Director Product at Adidas.
In addition to its tweet announcing the line, promotional images show the new sports bras being worn by an array of body types, AdWeek reports.
“At adidas, we believe everybody in sport deserves to be supported. That is why we tirelessly innovate to meet the needs of our diverse community, helping more people experience the life-changing benefits of sport. A sports bra is the single most important piece of workout apparel for those with breasts. The confidence and support it gives can have a significant impact on someone’s performance and ability to stick with sport. That is why we have re-engineered our entire portfolio, catering to more bodies and workouts than ever before,” the company’s statement to Nexstar continued.
The new line of bras Adidas is advertising will be released on Feb. 14.
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| 2022-02-11T01:50:13
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Evening" game were:
03-05-06-08-11-12-15-16-19-22-23-24
(three, five, six, eight, eleven, twelve, fifteen, sixteen, nineteen, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four)
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| 2022-02-11T01:50:16
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — After years of work, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill to make it easier for victims of sexual harassment to get their day in court.
“The bill is going to help fix a broken system that protects perpetrators and corporations and ends the days of silencing survivors,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) said.
Gillibrand sponsored the legislation that prevents forced arbitration for workers who are victims of sexual assault and harassment.
“No longer will survivors of sexual assault or harassment in the workplace come forward and be told that they are legally forbidden to sue their employer because somewhere buried in their employment contracts was this forced arbitration clause,” Gillibrand said.
The bill also voids any past forced arbitration clauses.
“Most people have no idea what they’re doing when they sign an employment contract,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said.
Graham emphasized their action will protect American workers.
“You’re going to have a chance to be heard differently and is long overdue,” Graham said.
Both Gillibrand and Graham thanked Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for working across the aisle to get the bill to the Senate floor.
“People who were harassed will get their rights and have their own choice and their own decisions to make,” Schumer said.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) celebrated the outcome.
“It shows that Congress can work in a bipartisan way,” Grassley said.
The bill now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law.
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| 2022-02-11T01:50:19
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 3" game were:
1-2-8
(one, two, eight)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 3" game were:
1-2-8
(one, two, eight)
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| 2022-02-11T01:50:22
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — One of the many communities excited about the Cincinnati Bengals being in Super Bowl LVI is quarterback Joe Burrow’s hometown of The Plains, Ohio.
“It feels like we’re higher than Georgia pines down here in The Plains,” said Travis Brand, the owner of Gigi’s Country Kitchen. “It’s crazy.”
Several people at Brand’s restaurant in the town of 3,000 were talking about Burrow and the Bengals as they dined.
“What he has brought to this area is amazing,” said resident Tammy Hogsett. “He has brought hope. He has brought laughter. He has brought joy to the children in this area. I could cry talking about it because he has given all of these children an opportunity to see that they could do whatever they want. They can be whatever they want, and when you come from an area like this sometimes that’s difficult.”
Sam Smathers was Burrow’s youth football coach when the quarterback was in the 3rd through 6th grades. Smathers said he still gets goosebumps thinking about how Burrow and his team won the AFC championship.
“We’ve come to expect certain things when Joe’s on the field,” he said. “The rest of the world sees it now.”
Super Bowl LVI will take place at SoFi Stadium on Feb. 13.
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| 2022-02-11T01:50:25
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Evening" game were:
7-2-5-6, FIREBALL: 7
(seven, two, five, six; FIREBALL: seven)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Evening" game were:
7-2-5-6, FIREBALL: 7
(seven, two, five, six; FIREBALL: seven)
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| 2022-02-11T01:50:29
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (KLAS)– Los Angeles is getting ready to host its first Super Bowl since 1993, and while it is a massive undertaking to put on an event like this, the Big Game Sunday is considered by many to be only a dress rehearsal for the city of Los Angeles.
Believe it or not, this week leading up to Super Bowl 56 is somewhat of a trial run for the city of Inglewood where SoFi Stadium is located mainly because over the next several years the stadium will be the center piece of some of the biggest sporting events on the planet including the Summer Olympics in 2028.
Cities and leadership around Los Angles are taking careful notes as they prepare for the upcoming years.
“You can dream big in California, so collaboration always happens here,” says Kelly Miller, President and CEO of Huntington Beach.
And collaboration is exactly what it’s going to take as various cities around Los Angeles find themselves at the center of the sporting universe over the next six years. There’s hardly a sport under the sun who won’t be trying to win their biggest championship in Los Angeles in the next coming years.
“There’s a lot of sports commissions that work together so we’ve been asking them questions, we’ve been working with LA 2028 on what best practices are and we think when LA does host the world, we’re going to be ready for it, without question,” Miller says.
The big question facing those tasked with pitching their cities and planning for these big events: How to get athletes and fans from venue to venue in a far-flung city notorious for its traffic.
“We want to make sure that when you do want to come, from LA to Orange County that it’s a seamless deal and that’s what we’re really focused on,” Miller adds.
Huntington beach has thrown their name in the hat to host some of the hottest new 2028 Summer Olympics sports– surfing and skateboarding.
“I mean look at this, when the sun’s setting here and the competition’s going on here people are going to say I was there, I was part of this experience and I know Surf City USA like I’ve never known it before,” Miller said.
And in just a couple of years another state-of-the-art facility will be opening their doors, south of SoFi Stadium—the Clippers’ brand-new stadium will be opening in 2024 which only adds to the allure of holding huge sporting events in Los Angeles.
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| 2022-02-11T01:50:31
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 4" game were:
0-1-6-4
(zero, one, six, four)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 4" game were:
0-1-6-4
(zero, one, six, four)
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https://www.chron.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-game-16850684.php
| 2022-02-11T01:50:35
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The weather is so beautiful, even these cows I met near La Union are happy. We’re in for quite a week of changes! We get a cold front Saturday. We will warm to the 70s for a few Spring-like days before a significant storm and cold front push in at the end of the week. The data is VERY LONG RANGE for next Friday, but if the data holds together, we’ll see snow on Friday. Here’s your forecast…
TONIGHT: The skies will be clear, and the winds will be light and variable at calm to 10 mph. The low will be 32 at the airport, 28 in the valley.
FORECAST: Friday will be beautiful with sunshine and a breezy afternoon. The West-NW winds will range from 5-20 mph, and the high will be 69. Saturday will start out with very gusty winds out of the NE at 15-45 mph as a cold front sweeps in. The skies will be partly cloudy, and the high will drop down to 54. Expect a cold night that night with a low of 26 as the winds die down. Sunday will be sunny with light winds a high of 63. Monday will take us back to the 70s with a high of 71. Tuesday will be sunny and 73. Wednesday will be partly cloudy and very windy with a high of 70. Winds will gust to near 50 mph. A powerful low-pressure system moves in bringing a few rain showers/mountain snow showers on Thursday. Thursday’s high: 53. On Friday, very cold air will shift the rain showers over to snow with a high of 37.
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| 2022-02-11T01:50:37
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5" game were:
09-18-25-30-31
(nine, eighteen, twenty-five, thirty, thirty-one)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5" game were:
09-18-25-30-31
(nine, eighteen, twenty-five, thirty, thirty-one)
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https://www.chron.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Fantasy-5-game-16850514.php
| 2022-02-11T01:50:41
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Keno" game were:
01-02-05-07-14-15-18-22-23-25-26-30-34-43-48-51-54-55-70-73-74-76
(one, two, five, seven, fourteen, fifteen, eighteen, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-five, twenty-six, thirty, thirty-four, forty-three, forty-eight, fifty-one, fifty-four, fifty-five, seventy, seventy-three, seventy-four, seventy-six)
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| 2022-02-11T01:50:47
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BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
6-8-8-6
(six, eight, eight, six)
BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
6-8-8-6
(six, eight, eight, six)
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| 2022-02-11T01:50:53
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
8-8-2, FIREBALL: 3
(eight, eight, two; FIREBALL: three)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
8-8-2, FIREBALL: 3
(eight, eight, two; FIREBALL: three)
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https://www.chron.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Evening-game-16849311.php
| 2022-02-11T01:51:00
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
QC-10C-4D-2H-8H
(QC, 10C, 4D, 2H, 8H)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
QC-10C-4D-2H-8H
(QC, 10C, 4D, 2H, 8H)
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https://www.chron.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Poker-Lotto-game-16850688.php
| 2022-02-11T01:51:06
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — An orphaned black bear who lived at the Los Angeles Zoo for 25 years has died, officials said Thursday.
The bear, Ranger, was euthanized on Wednesday because he was in declining health and had a decreased quality of life, the zoo said in a statement.
“This is truly a deep loss for our zoo community,” zoo director and CEO Denise M. Verret said in the statement. “Ranger’s presence helped connect millions of Angelenos to the type of wildlife that exists around us, which is crucial to building empathy, so we may peacefully co-exist with one another."
Ranger was an orphaned cub who was rescued in Minnesota in 1997 and taken to the Los Angeles Zoo. He couldn't be returned to the wild because he had become accustomed to human interaction, the zoo said.
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| 2022-02-11T01:51:12
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AP Week in Pictures: Asia
The Associated Press
Feb. 4-10, 2022
This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Asia and Pacific.
The gallery was curated by AP photo editor Shuji Kajiyama in Tokyo.
Follow AP visual journalism:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apnews
AP Images on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AP_Images
AP Images blog: http://apimagesblog.com
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| 2022-02-11T01:51:18
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PHOENIX (AP) — A Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Arizona took heat Thursday for an Old West-style ad showing him shooting weapons out of the hands of President Joe Biden, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Critics said the ad by businessman Jim Lamon was irresponsible as it depicts violence against elected officials.
Lamon's campaign released the ad Thursday and said it will air in the Tucson market during the Super Bowl. Lamon is running a crowded GOP primary to take on Kelly, who was elected in 2020 to finish the late John McCain’s last term and is now running for a full six-year term.
The ad shows actors portraying the Democratic officials arriving on the dusty street of an Old West town armed with weapons and wearing cowboy hats and bandanas over their faces. After an onlooker shouts “It's the DC gang," Lamon, dressed as the sheriff, appears along with Border Patrol union president Brandon Judd and Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb.
Lamon tells the Democratic officials that Arizonans have had enough of them and “it's time for a showdown.” When the Democrats draw weapons, Lamon shoots them out of their hands, spins his revolver around his finger, holsters it and smiles.
Critics from both parties blasted the ad.
“When you don’t have substance, I guess this is what you resort to,” Stephanie Grisham, a White House press secretary for President Donald Trump, wrote on Twitter. “It’s petty & dangerous & it’s beneath Arizona voters who deserve so much more.”
Rep. Eric Swallwell, a California Democrat, said Republicans have “gone all in on using violence as a path to power.”
Lamon spokesperson Stephen Puetz responded to criticism of the ad by saying: “Unlike Kelly, Jim Lamon will shoot straight with Arizonans and take the fight to Biden — and he damn sure won’t let the left bully him into backing down."
A spokesperson for Kelly’s campaign, Sarah Guggenheimer, declined to comment.
Kelly's wife, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, was critically wounded in a shooting at a constituent event in 2011. The shooting led to a reckoning over partisanship and violent language in politics.
This isn't Lamon's first brush with controversy in his political advertising. Last month, he ran an ad saying “let's go Brandon,” a rallying cry on the right that is a stand-in for an expletive against Biden.
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| 2022-02-11T01:51:24
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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Defenders of six Honduran environmental activists convicted this week for alleged actions against a mining operation plan to seek relief under a recently passed amnesty for political prisoners and prisoners of conscience.
The conviction of six of the so-called Guapinol 8 on Wednesday brought international criticism on the new government of President Xiomara Castro. While their case long predates her two-week old administration, advocates are calling on Castro’s government to act.
Most of the men had been in pre-trial detention since 2019, accused of deprivation of liberty and aggravated arson. Two of the eight were acquitted.
They are all members of the Municipal Committee for the Defense of Common and Public Goods, which has been protesting the legality of mining concessions in northern Honduras they argue threaten the Guapinol and San Pedro rivers. The concessions are inside a national park.
“We are going to submit a legal appeal together with the defense that they be included in the amnesty approved by congress,” said Hugo Maldonado, president of the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Honduras. “The trial has been manipulated and there hasn’t been due process.”
Maldonado referred to a broad amnesty passed last week that some criticized for helping people from the administration of Castro’s husband, former President Manuel Zelaya. It covers those targeted “for opposing and protesting against the coup” that removed Zelaya from office in 2009.
It wasn’t immediately clear how it could be applied to the environmental activists, but their lawyer Kenia Oliva told local media that they would appeal under the portion of the law that addresses “defenders of national sovereignty.”
Prosecutors allege the activists damaged private property and illegally held a security expert during a clash with the mine’s security team. But advocates have long asserted that the arrests were arbitrary and aimed at quelling protests against the mine.
“This verdict is outrageous and goes against Honduras’ obligations to guarantee the right to defend human rights. It must be overturned immediately,” said Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty International. “We will not stop demanding this of the authorities until all of the Guapinol defenders are immediately and unconditionally released.”
The men are scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 21.
Isabel Albaladejo Escribano, representative of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Honduras, expressed “deep concern” over the verdict.
Her office said they had followed the trial closely. There was a lack of impartiality and prosecutors did not meet a minimum standard of proof, the statement said. She called for the convictions to be overturned.
Honduras is considered one of the world’s most dangerous countries for environmental activists. One of its most infamous cases was the 2016 murder of Berta Cáceres, who was protesting a hydroelectric project.
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HONOLULU (AP) — A Honolulu woman who pleaded guilty to taking classified documents while working at the U.S. Embassy in Manila was sentenced Thursday to 90 days in jail.
Asia Janay Lavarello pleaded guilty last year to one count of knowingly removing classified information, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
She removed “certain classified documents” from the embassy before hosting a dinner party in her hotel room, with guests including three American co-workers and two foreign nationals, her plea agreement said.
One of the Americans discovered documents marked “secret” in her bedroom during the party, according to the agreement filed in court.
Lavarello was a Department of Defense civilian employee working as the executive assistant to the Commander for the United States Indo-Pacific Command Joint Intelligence Operation Center, where she maintained top secret security clearance, court documents said.
In 2020, she took a six-month temporary duty assignment in the Philippines. She was also a student at National Intelligence University, according to her plea agreement.
Her attorney, Birney Bervar, said Lavarello apologizes and takes responsibility. He said she wasn't planning to do anything malicious with the documents, which he described as theses by other people that she was using as models for her own.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — While the winter coronavirus wave in California is receding fast, it could be a while before Los Angeles County lifts its indoor mask and vaccine mandates, the county's top health official said Thursday while urging football fans to take precautions when gathering for the Super Bowl.
Most California counties plan to follow state guidelines and end their indoor masking requirements for vaccinated people next week. But the state's most populous county is still seeing high transmission of the omicron variant even as the test positivity rate, case numbers and hospitalizations drop, said Barbara Ferrer, Los Angeles County's health director.
Because hospitalizations are projected to remain below 2,500 for the next seven days, the county's outdoor mask requirement for large gatherings is likely to be lifted next Wednesday, Ferrer said.
However the indoor mask requirement will remain until the county has two straight weeks at or below a “moderate” rate of 50 new cases per 100,000 people and there aren’t any reports of a new, troubling variant, Ferrer said. The current rate is 91 cases per 100,000 people.
"So if everything goes well, some time by the end of March we should be able to more safely lift the requirements on indoor masking," Ferrer said during a briefing Thursday.
She said there is no timetable or metric yet for ending the requirement for showing proof of vaccination at bars, clubs and lounges as well as indoor “mega events” with more than 1,000 people.
“We know we’re not lifting them anytime soon,” Ferrer said, because those are high-risk settings where people are likely to be in close contact without masks.
One outdoor mega event is Sunday's Super Bowl that will draw as many as 100,000 people to Los Angeles County's SoFi Stadium. Ferrer urged fans watching the game at the stadium or at bars and restaurants to stay masked, except while eating or drinking.
"If you’re hosting a gathering, smaller is better than large. We ask that you try to gather outdoors, if possible,” she said.
Thousands of Los Angeles County employees who have not gotten vaccinated or received an exemption could be fired under new rules passed this week by the Board of Supervisors. Enforcement of the vaccine mandate would shift from department heads to the county's director of personnel.
Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, who introduced the motion, said it was primarily aimed at the Sheriff’s Department, which has just a 54% vaccination rate, the lowest of any county department.
Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who has refused to enforce the vaccine mandate among his deputies and staff, on Tuesday called the new rule a “suicide pact” and said it would lead to the termination of 4,000 unvaccinated deputies.
Ferrer on Thursday emphasized that those most at risk for the virus are the unvaccinated, and that booster shots in particular provide significant protection from serious illness, hospitalization and death.
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A proposal to dredge a new, major lake along the Platte River between Omaha and Lincoln drew a load of questions and no clear answers Thursday from cities, conservationists and a landowner who might be in the project's path.
Some of the organizations said they didn't outright oppose the idea but raised concerns about the potential lake's impact on the river and surrounding area. Conservationists said they were worried about the impact on wildlife and the environment, while water regulators from Omaha and Lincoln raised concerns about how it might affect their water supplies.
“Overall, there are simply too few details available about how the bill would change the hydrology and ecology of the river,” said Melissa Mosier, the Platte River manager for the conservation group Audubon Nebraska.
Speaker of the Legislature Mike Hilgers, the measure's sponsor, acknowledged that more studies are needed before the state moves forward. Hilgers said the package already includes money to conduct those reviews, and cautioned that many things could derail the project before it begins.
“We need answers before we do a project of this magnitude,” he said in testimony to the Legislature's Natural Resources Committee.
The Omaha-Lincoln lake measure is part of a larger package, backed by Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts, that would spend an estimated $200 million on water projects around the state.
The proposal also calls for a marina and road improvements at Lake McConaughy State Recreational Area in western Nebraska, and a visitor’s lodge and other upgrades at Niobrara State Park. Both of those proposals won strong public support at Thursday's hearing, with one supporter calling the Niobrara plan a “slam dunk” for northeast Nebraska.
A special legislative committee endorsed the Omaha-Lincoln lake idea in January as a way to boost the state economy and promote tourism.
State officials haven't settled on an exact location, but the roughly 3,600-acre lake would likely sit near Mahoney State Park, a popular state campground, and reach 30 feet deep. One artist's rendering shows the lake between Gretna and Ashland, on the eastern side of the Platte River and north of Interstate 80.
Hilgers has said the lake could rival western Iowa's West Okoboji Lake, one of the state's biggest tourism destinations.
The Omaha-Lincoln lake would also require private investments, as state officials have said they aren't going to commit tax dollars to develop the area around it.
Rick Kubat, a lobbyist for Omaha's Metropolitan Utilities District, said the city water provider is concerned about the project's potential impact on drinking water.
“Its our contention that step one, the very first thing we should do, is take a deep dive into the consequences in terms of public water supply,” Kubat said.
Al Davis, a former state lawmaker and lobbyist for the Sierra Club in Nebraska, questioned the wisdom of the estimated $71.1 million project, saying it would likely benefit wealthier residents who could afford lakefront homes.
Davis said lamwakers “should really focus on the preservation of natural surroundings” and said the lake would likely get flooded by the Platte River unless officials build large levees along the river.
John Hansen, president of the Nebraska Farmers Union, said his group supports the development projects in western and northern Nebraska but said the Lincoln-Omaha lake “seems a lot more environmentally suspect.”
The project also worried Dan Bundy, a landowner whose property could be in the lake's path. Bundy said he and his neighbors quickly figured out that their properties would be submerged if the artist's rendering becomes a reality, and he raised concerns that the state wouldn't compensate him fairly.
“There is little doubt that there could be a huge windfall for the state of Nebraska and property owners who have property around the lake,” he said. “But what about those of us, including myself and my family, who would be under the lake?”
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LAKE FOREST, Calif. (AP) — Orange County sheriff's deputies shot and killed a man Thursday who charged at them with a knife after a standoff, authorities said.
Deputies answered a call just before midnight that a truck had hit several parked cars in a Lake Forest neighborhood.
The driver, who had a knife, locked the doors, refused to talk to the deputies and refused to leave the truck but they were able to call his cellphone, according to the Sheriff's Department.
Several neighbors were evacuated and a crisis negotiation team talked to the man for nearly three hours. At about 2:45 a.m., he got out of the car with a knife in his hand and ran at deputies, who opened fire, the Sheriff's Department said.
The man was struck several times. Despite lifesaving efforts he died at a hospital, authorities said. His name wasn't immediately released.
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan has rejected proposed ballot measures to cap political donations on procedural grounds.
But one prominent state lawmaker says he’ll push to put a similar proposal before voters.
Oregon Public Broadcasting reports Senate Majority Leader Rob Wagner, D-Lake Oswego, unveiled an amendment Thursday that cobbles together elements of several now-defunct proposals from good government groups, labor unions and advocacy organizations.
The amendment to Senate Bill 1526 would limit how much candidates, labor unions, political party committees and advocacy groups can accept and give in state elections. It also would set penalties for violating those rules. And the amendment would create a system of public financing for campaigns.
But the amendment also contains a controversial provision, allowing limitless giving for “small donor committees” that accept donations of no more than $250 per person each year. That’s been criticized in the past by Republicans, who fear it will allow labor unions and other groups that historically favor Democrats to have an outsized influence.
Wagner’s amendment also does not include requirements that political ads and so-called “dark money” groups more fully reveal the sources of their funding, which were included in some of the ballot measure proposals the secretary of state rejected.
If passed by the Senate and House, Wagner’s proposal would appear on the November 2022 ballot. The provisions, if approved by voters, would kick in following the 2024 election.
The senator’s decision to press the amendment comes after Fagan, the state’s top elections official, ruled this week that three ballot proposals submitted by Honest Elections Oregon and other good governance groups failed to meet a technical requirement set out in the state constitution.
Backers of those proposals — initiative petitions 43, 44, and 45 — say they will challenge that determination before the Oregon Supreme Court.
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BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — An investigation into last year's shooting death of an infant and his father after a low-speed pursuit by law enforcement is now in the hands of a south Mississippi district attorney, police in Biloxi said Thursday.
Three-month-old La'mello Parker and his father Eric Smith were killed in May during a vehicle chase on Interstate 10 between officers and Smith that ended in a deadly shootout. Authorities had said Smith was the suspect in a double-murder in Louisiana.
The Biloxi Police Department said Thursday that the investigation is now in the hands of the Harrison County District Attorney's Office.
Activists from multiple groups, including the Mississippi Rising Coalition, Black Lives Matter and the American Descendants of Slaves, have been pushing for answers and demanding transparency in the investigation of Parker’s death.
Harrison County Assistant District Attorney Matthew Burrell said the investigative file received from Biloxi Police includes reports, statements, videos, and forensic testing — many of the items that activists say should have been released to the public immediately, news outlets reported.
The district attorney's office has pledged to present the complete file to a grand jury as soon as prosecutors finish reviewing it.
“Due to legal and ethical obligations, the District Attorney’s Office cannot comment on the content of the file or when the file will be presented to the grand jury,” Burrell said.
Biloxi police handled the investigation, but reached out to the FBI crime lab to analyze evidence — including shell casings — collected at the shooting site.
Biloxi Police Chief John Miller did not comment further on the findings.
“Our job is to investigate it and put all the facts together and present it to the district attorney,” Miller said Thursday. “I think a lot of people think our job is more than that, but the judicial system comes into play at that point.”
Police have said the shooting occurred after the low-speed pursuit with the baby’s father. Authorities said Smith had just left Louisiana after allegedly shooting and killing the infant's mother, Christin Parker, 32, and her nephew, Brandon Parker, 26, at their home near Baton Rouge the same day of the police shootout in Harrison County.
Smith left the house with the child and drove into Mississippi, where law enforcement started pursuing him on I-10 around Gulfport, according to authorities. Officers used spikes to flatten his tires, and he drove at speeds as slow at 10 mph at times. At one point, Smith drove his car into the interstate median near an exit.
What happened next is not exactly clear, but Biloxi police said Smith was getting out of his car when officers opened fire.
Videos of the shooting show that law enforcement fired more than 20 rounds into Smith’s car. Smith died at the scene, and the infant died a day later of a gunshot wound to the back, according to officials.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin seems ready to move on to finding a new nominee after clashing with Senate Democrats over the appointment of former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Andrew Wheeler to his Cabinet, a senior state senator said Thursday.
Sen. Emmett Hanger told The Associated Press that he discussed the matter with Youngkin over dinner Wednesday night and he doesn't think the governor sees a path forward to securing Wheeler's confirmation as secretary of Natural and Historic Resources.
“What he indicated is ... we’ll be looking at — probably at a future time — with a replacement. He didn’t indicate any sense of urgency there,” said Hanger, a moderate Republican who has represented a Shenandoah Valley-area Senate seat since 1996.
The Youngkin administration did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
A former coal lobbyist and U.S. Senate staffer, Wheeler ran the EPA in the latter part of former President Donald Trump's administration, overseeing rollbacks of environmental protections implemented under former President Barack Obama’s time in office.
His selection for the Cabinet post provoked a backlash from Democrats, environmental groups and many career EPA employees, who in a letter characterized Wheeler's leadership as “extremist" in its deference to corporate polluters.
Some of Wheeler's former colleagues have come to his defense, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have acknowledged his knowledgeability. Yet earlier this week, the Virginia Senate voted along party lines to reject the appointment.
Macaulay Porter, a Youngkin spokeswoman, said then that the governor was disappointed. She said Wheeler would continue to serve in the role until the General Assembly adjourns and said the governor hoped the Senate would reconsider.
Hanger said the governor also expressed his disappointment during their dinner.
"He’s a very positive person," Hanger said of Youngkin. “And he thought, you know, if he talked to a few people, they would understand, hey, this is a great fella, he could do the job. And that didn’t happen. So I think he’s ready to move on, in my personal opinion and the conversation we had."
Hanger said the governor did not name a particular replacement candidate.
Even if Youngkin submits a new nominee for the Cabinet role, Wheeler could continue to serve in the administration in other capacities that don’t require legislative approval.
Youngkin's press team advised on his public calendar that he was having dinner Wednesday night with Hanger at the Executive Mansion. Hanger said they also discussed the governor's tax agenda.
Youngkin campaigned on a broad slate of tax cuts, arguing that the state's record revenues are due to overtaxation that should be returned to Virginians. But some of the legislation he's seeking, such as the elimination of the grocery tax, has encountered bipartisan concern from lawmakers, Hanger included.
Whether an agreement can be reached on that proposal this year “remains to be seen,” said Hanger, a member of the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA has a secret, undisclosed data repository that includes information collected about Americans, two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee said Thursday. While neither the agency nor lawmakers would disclose specifics about the data, the senators alleged the CIA had long hidden details about the program from the public and Congress.
Sens. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Martin Heinrich of New Mexico sent a letter to top intelligence officials calling for more details about the program to be declassified. Large parts of the letter, which was sent in April 2021 and declassified Thursday, and documents released by the CIA were blacked out. Wyden and Heinrich said the program operated “outside the statutory framework that Congress and the public believe govern this collection.”
There have long been concerns about what information the intelligence community collects domestically, driven in part by previous violations of Americans' civil liberties. The CIA and National Security Agency have a foreign mission and are generally barred from investigating Americans or U.S. businesses. But the spy agencies’ sprawling collection of foreign communications often snares Americans' messages and data incidentally.
Intelligence agencies are required to take steps to protect U.S. information, including redacting the names of any Americans from reports unless they are deemed relevant to an investigation. The process of removing redactions is known as “unmasking.”
“CIA recognizes and takes very seriously our obligation to respect the privacy and civil liberties of U.S. persons in the conduct of our vital national security mission,” Kristi Scott, the agency's privacy and civil liberties officer, said in a statement. “CIA is committed to transparency consistent with our obligation to protect intelligence sources and methods.”
The CIA released a series of redacted recommendations about the program issued by an oversight panel known as the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. According to the document, a pop-up box warns CIA analysts using the program that seeking any information about U.S. citizens or others covered by privacy laws requires a foreign intelligence purpose.
“However, analysts are not required to memorialize the justification for their queries,” the board said.
Both senators have long pushed for more transparency from the intelligence agencies. Nearly a decade ago, a question Wyden posed to the nation's spy chief presaged critical revelations about the NSA's mass-surveillance programs.
In 2013, Wyden asked then-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper if the NSA collected “any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans.” Clapper initially responded, “No." He later said, “Not wittingly.”
Former systems administrator Edward Snowden later that year revealed the NSA’s access to bulk data through U.S. internet companies and hundreds of millions of call records from telecommunications providers. Those revelations sparked worldwide controversy and new legislation in Congress.
Clapper would later apologize in a letter to the Senate Intelligence Committee, calling his response to Wyden “clearly erroneous.”
According to Wyden and Heinrich's letter, the CIA's bulk collection program operates outside of laws passed and reformed by Congress, but under the authority of Executive Order 12333, the document that broadly governs intelligence community activity and was first signed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981.
“It is critical that Congress not legislate without awareness of a ... CIA program, and that the American public not be misled into believe that the reforms in any reauthorization legislation fully cover the IC's collection of their records,” the senators wrote in their letter. There was a redaction in the letter before “CIA program.”
Additional documents released by the CIA Thursday also revealed limited details about a program to collect financial data against the Islamic State. That program also has incidentally snared some records held by Americans.
Intelligence agencies are subject to guidelines on the handling and destruction of Americans’ data. Those guidelines and laws governing intelligence activity have evolved over time in response to previous revelations about domestic spying.
The FBI spied on the U.S. civil rights movement and secretly recorded the conversations of Dr. Martin Luther King. The CIA, in what was called Operation Chaos, investigated whether the movement opposing the Vietnam War had links to foreign countries.
“These reports raise serious questions about the kinds of information the CIA is vacuuming up in bulk and how the agency exploits that information to spy on Americans,” Patrick Toomey, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union, said in a statement. “The CIA conducts these sweeping surveillance activities without any court approval, and with few, if any, safeguards imposed by Congress.”
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BEIJING (AP) — Some local fans are getting to watch the Beijing Games in person, though it’s not clear exactly how they were selected for a visit inside the tightly controlled Olympic bubble.
As part of the strict measures intended to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at the Games, athletes, reporters and others are being limited to a “closed loop” of dedicated Olympic venues and hotels.
Plans to sell tickets to the general public were scrapped before the Games began. But organizers announced that about 150,000 local spectators including school children and foreign embassy staff would be allowed in some venues.
How they are selected is a bit of a mystery. Jiarong Yan, a representative for Beijing organizers, said they apply and are invited by community organizations, educational institutions and other groups. They're subject to protocols, including testing before they enter and health monitoring after they leave, but quarantining isn’t required. They are kept separate from others inside the bubble.
On Thursday, some fans sat spaced apart inside the Capital Indoor Stadium to watch the men's figure skating free skate. Cheers erupted for China's Jin Boyang and again when Nathan Chen of the U.S. delivered a free skate performance that won him the gold.
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Kevin Huber completely understands how big a deal this really is.
He's living out the dream every Bengals fan has ever had. Including himself.
The 36-year-old punter has been rooting all his life for the only NFL team for which he has played. He grew up in Cincinnati, went to college there and daydreamed as a youngster in the stands at Riverfront Stadium about the Bengals winning the Super Bowl.
And now, the Bengals' longest-tenured player is one victory away from helping deliver Cincinnati that long-elusive title.
“It would be everything,” Huber said, shaking his head. “I mean, the city would just implode if we win this game.”
The showdown with the Rams in Los Angeles on Sunday marks the Bengals' third Super Bowl appearance, and first in 33 years — back when Huber's infatuation didn't go far beyond loving the tiger stripes on the bright orange helmets.
Among his first football memories are of Ickey Woods, the touchdown-loving running back with the unforgettable end zone dance. He didn't have one particular favorite player as a kid, but remembers being excited when Cincinnati drafted wide receiver Peter Warrick in 2000. The then-14-year-old Huber's copy of ESPN The Magazine with Warrick, LaVar Arrington and Courtney Brown on the cover was a prized possession.
But it wasn't long before Huber became well-versed in what it meant being a Bengals fan, with lofty expectations followed by so many frustrating finishes.
“A long time of just waiting for this moment,” Huber said. "You know, getting there a couple of times, but losing and then that long drought in between the last time they went and now, it would mean everything to the city. They would be just completely on cloud nine, just experiencing this, just excited, happy.
“I would assume the parade would be pretty epic.”
Huber has tried to not think about that this week, but that image has decorated his mind many times as a fan and as a player. So has the post-Super Bowl celebration, with confetti falling around jubilant — and sometimes crying — players to punctuate the NFL's ultimate accomplishment.
“You see it every year,” Huber said. “And you always wonder if you’ll get the chance to do that.”
That's coming from a guy who has the perspective of playing 13 years in the NFL and is tied with former cornerback Ken Riley for the most regular-season games played in franchise history with 207.
Huber, who insists his playing days aren't close to being done, also has those scars from his fandom for a franchise that isn't often in this position.
After the Bengals beat Las Vegas in Cincinnati in the wild-card round for their first playoff victory in 31 years, Huber gathered his thoughts for a piece published by The Player's Tribune. He chronicled how he was born and raised in Cincinnati, went to the University of Cincinnati and was drafted by the Bengals in the fifth round in 2009. Huber described the euphoria of the Bengals ending what had been the NFL's longest playoff victory drought, and how much it meant to him and the city he calls home.
“Once that article came out, I got reached out to on social media and also via texts from friends and family, just a lot of people that felt the same way,” he said. “And they were able to just kind of enjoy that article from the same perspective.”
A victory at Tennessee followed in the divisional round.
Next came the Bengals' overtime win at Kansas City for the AFC championship, with Huber the holder on Evan McPherson's 31-yard kick that sent Cincinnati to the Super Bowl.
“It took a couple of minutes to really set in,” Huber recalled with a smile. "And everybody’s running around and you don’t know who to hug or what to do, and you kind of feel lost. I feel like I was running around just hugging the most random people, and I have no idea what I was doing.
“I would love to see a camera on me just kind of running around in circles."
It seemed everyone he has ever met or known in Cincinnati shared in the moment.
“I think by the time the night ended, I had like a thousand messages,” Huber said with a laugh. “But I’m sorry, everybody, I didn’t get to respond to every single one, but I'll try to get some of them back.”
He'll have lots more if everything works out in the Bengals' favor Sunday.
“It’s cool to think that years from now,” Huber said, “our team will be looked at as some of the greats of the organization and the greats of the Bengals that have played.”
During the team's rally Monday night at Paul Brown Stadium, the franchise's home since 2000, the fired-up fans screamed for every player and coach that emerged from the tunnel onto the field.
Huber nearly brought the place down when he offered this to the 30,000 bundled up in the stands:
“Hopefully," he said, "we’ll be back next week for the after-party.”
It would be a big-time Bengals bash that has been in the planning stages for a few generations. And one Huber only imagined all those years ago.
“The whole city has been just really enjoying the ride and celebrating this,” Huber said. “I’m just happy for them to be able to experience this. You know, it’s been a long time coming.”
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Charlie Moore's roundabout journey across college basketball just felt right during his two seasons at DePaul, returning to his native Chicago to be near his family.
With his father's mobility compromised by a 2015 stroke and his mother needing to work, his parents needed Moore around more than ever. And Curtis Moore attended all of his son's home games in his wheelchair.
“It worked. I feel like it brought a different energy, a different type of spirit to the household and my mom and my dad for those two years that I was there,” said Moore, who started at California, moved to Kansas, then DePaul and is now at Miami. “I feel like things are going much better now. I think my dad’s getting better as well.”
School-switching has never been more prevalent, thanks to the extra year of eligibility granted by the NCAA for the pandemic-limited 2020-21 season and the relaxed transfer rules that allow one-time moves for immediate eligibility instead of an automatic sit-out year.
An Associated Press review of rosters in the six major conferences (the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and Southeastern Conference) plus four programs from mid-major leagues that are currently ranked in the AP Top 25 poll (Gonzaga, Houston, Saint Mary's and Murray State) determined 29% of players across those 80 teams have switched four-year schools at least once. That doesn't include junior college transfers.
The Big 12 has the highest portion at 41%. Colorado and Stanford are the only programs without a single incoming transfer. And just five high-major teams didn't add a transfer for this season, Colorado, Connecticut, Purdue, Villanova and Stanford — the latter touting a transfer-free team for the 12th year in a row.
While there's talk about disrupting team chemistry and a lack of resiliency when it comes to the hyperactive transfer portal, there's a personal story behind each switch and it's usually more complex than simply hopping around for more minutes, TV time or wins.
Moore has been a catalyst for the Hurricanes, who’ve been at or near the top of the ACC all season.
“The school, the people around the school, my coaching staff, my teammates, they’ve all just been welcoming and warm and helping people trying to reach their goal. There’s no egos or anything like that. It’s just people trying to win,” Moore said this week in a video interview with the AP. “It’s been a great way to end my college career.”
Payton Willis has come full circle, transferring back to Minnesota last summer after spending two previous seasons there. He's is one of 10 players with Minnesota who have transferred at least once, the most among the high-major programs.
But the sixth-year guard felt like he never truly left.
Willis started at Vanderbilt, where coach Kevin Stallings was fired shortly before he arrived. After two years mostly coming off the bench, he made his first transfer to Minnesota.
“I knew how valuable a Vanderbilt degree is, how prestigious it is. I just felt at home there. But when it was done, it was done,” Willis said in an interview earlier this season, declining to go into more detail.
Willis had flashes of success in the 2019-20 season, but was often lost in the Big Ten shuffle, so he moved to the College of Charleston. But COVID-19 conditions created a rather minimalist experience during his single season.
“I probably walked two or three blocks like 90% of the time I was there,” Willis said, “or I was at the beach. I really didn’t get to see too much, because we didn’t have in-person classes. I was either at home or at the gym.”
Prepared for an overseas career, Willis put the pros on pause after a call from new Gophers coach Ben Johnson, who previously recruited him as an assistant. The opportunity to play point guard was appealing, so he came returned to Minnesota and started a master's program in youth and leadership development.
Moore and Willis are rare three-time transfers. They're joined by Jalen Coleman-Lands, who arrived at Kansas after Iowa State, DePaul and Illinois. Texas A&M forward Jalen Johnson tore his ACL in preseason practice after arriving from Mississippi State, having previously played at Saint Louis and Louisiana-Lafayette.
For Moore, the firing of coach Dave Leitao last year left him with yet another change to manage. With the confidence and peace gained from his father’s improvement, he chose Miami with encouragement from assistant coach Bill Courtney (they briefly overlapped at DePaul).
“I thought he was going to be good, but this guy’s been great, the way he gets our team to play together and the way he shares the ball,” Miami coach Jim Larranaga said of Moore recently.
Moore was Illinois' Mr. Basketball in 2016, playing at Morgan Park High School in Chicago. He initially committed to Memphis, but coach Josh Pastner left for Georgia Tech. Moore played one year at Cal, before coach Cuonzo Martin departed for Missouri.
He moved a little closer to home at Kansas, but after a sit-out year and a season in a reserve role, he felt unsettled — particularly with the struggles around his father's health.
“I just wanted to make things better," Moore said.
Now playing in his fourth major conference, the 5-foot-11 Moore helped key an upset of Duke last month and his half-court shot banked in at the buzzer to beat Virginia Tech a few weeks later.
Though the Gophers have struggled in Big Ten play, Willis has two Big Ten Player of the Week awards this season. In a win over Rutgers on Jan. 22 (the only Gopher victory in 11 games since Christmas), Willis had a career-high 32 points and tied the program record with eight 3-pointers.
The extra pandemic-year effect will linger for three more seasons, and Willis offered his advice for those eyeing at the transfer portal: caution and patience.
“Each time I did it, I looked at myself in the mirror: ‘Was it on me? Is this truly going to be the better route? Or is it going to be better for me to stay here and stick it out and fight through the challenges?'” Willis said. “Nowadays it’s so hard. So many people are in kids’ ears about what they should and shouldn’t do. It makes it difficult for them to decipher who they should listen to and what they should listen to at the end of the day.”
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Kevin Durant wanted no part of James Harden on the day their partnership in Brooklyn ended.
Durant kept passing on Harden in the NBA All-Star Draft until LeBron James had to take him Thursday with the last pick, bringing some petty comedy to the process.
James had the first pick among players in the starters pool for the Feb. 20 game in Cleveland and drafted Giannis Antetokounmpo. Durant took Joel Embiid, whose Philadelphia 76ers agreed to the trade with Brooklyn that sent Ben Simmons to the Nets.
Durant had the first choice among reserves, going with Devin Booker of the NBA-leading Phoenix Suns. That meant James had the final pick and Durant made clear who was going to be left for him.
With his last selection, Durant took Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz, explaining with a straight face he needed size — even though defensive-minded players are hardly a need in an exhibition mostly about offense.
Holding a clipboard over his face to hide his laughter, James asked Durant if Harden was healthy enough to play. The three-time scoring champion and 2018 NBA MVP has missed the last three games with a left hamstring tightness.
“He got traded. He’s healthy now,” TNT analyst Charles Barkley responded.
James also drafted former MVPs Stephen Curry and Nikola Jokic in the starter pool, along with Chicago's DeMar DeRozan. Durant took first-timers Ja Morant of Memphis and Andrew Wiggins of Golden State, and Boston's Jayson Tatum — who replaced him in the starters pool because Durant is injured and won't play.
The Team LeBron reserves: Luka Doncic, Dallas; Darius Garland, Cleveland; Chris Paul, Phoenix; Jimmy Butler, Miami; Donovan Mitchell, Utah; Fred VanVleet, Toronto, and Harden.
The Team Durant reserves: Booker, Karl-Anthony Towns, Minnesota; Zach LaVine, Chicago; Dejounte Murray, San Antonio; Khris Middleton, Milwaukee; LaMelo Ball, Charlotte, and Gobert.
James has been a captain every year since the NBA went to a format where the leading vote-getters draft teams, instead of Eastern Conference vs. Western Conference. His teams have gone 4-0.
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| 2022-02-11T01:53:21
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BOSTON (AP) — Diamond Johnson scored six of her 22 points in overtime to help No. 5 North Carolina State escape with an 85-78 victory over Boston College on Thursday.
Kayla Jones added 17 points and 11 rebounds for N.C. State (22-3, 13-1 Atlantic Coast Conference). Raina Perez had 13 points, and Kai Crutchfield and Elissa Cunane each finished with 12.
Cameron Swartz paced the Eagles (15-9, 6-7) with 24 points, 18 of those coming in the opening half. Taylor Soule added 16 with 10 rebounds.
Johnson’s short jumper gave N.C State a 76-74 edge with 2:09 left in overtime. BC turned the ball over, and Crutchfield had a conventional 3-point play with 1:23 left.
Trailing by one in regulation, Perez’s short jumper gave the Wolfpack the lead with 58 seconds to go. After the Eagles missed twice on the other end, Perez caught an inbounds pass and made a layup, pushing the Wolfpack ahead 69-66 with 22 seconds left.
But Swartz made a layup with 13.1 seconds left and, after Cunane hit just 1 of 2 free throws, Ally VanTimmeren had a layup with 1.2 seconds left, sending the game to overtime.
In the first half, the Wolfpack trailed by 14 points but responded by getting the ball inside often and scored 14 of the final 17 points to close their deficit to 35-32 at halftime.
Boston College hasn’t beaten a Top 5 team in the regular season topping then-No. 2 Connecticut on Jan. 23, 1999.
BIG PICTURE
N.C. State: Coming off a loss at Notre Dame on Feb. 1, the Wolfpack probably can’t afford another slip up if they’re going to earn a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.
Boston College: Likely on the bubble for a spot at the NCAA tournament, the Eagles need a good run in their final five regular-season games and probably a win or two in the conference tourney.
EXTRA LOUD
The building was filled with more students than usual for a women’s game thanks to a raffle for tickets to Saturday’s men's game against No. 7 Duke. About half of the players on the men’s team came out to offer support, too.
HOT START
Behind 16 points from Swartz, who started 6 for 9 from the floor, including nailing all four 3-point attempts, the Eagles led 32-18 midway in the second quarter.
SEEING PINK
An annual tradition, both teams wore pink to honor former N.C. State coach Kay Yow, who passed away from cancer in 2009.
UP NEXT
N.C. State: At Duke on Sunday afternoon.
Boston College: Hosts Pittsburgh on Tuesday night.
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| 2022-02-11T01:53:27
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Louisville joined South Carolina, Stanford and North Carolina State as top seeds if the women's NCAA Tournament began now.
The NCAA selection committee did its second reveal of the teams in line for the top 16 seeds on Thursday, although none of Thursday night’s games were factored in.
Tennessee was a top-seed in the first reveal on Jan. 22, but the Lady Vols dropped three of four games to fall to No. 3.
The top 16 seeds again will host the first- and second-round games, a year after the entire tournament was played in San Antonio because of COVID-19 concerns. While the coronavirus is still causing problems throughout the country, the NCAA expects to be able to play the tournament in its normal locations, including at campus sites for the first weekend.
Bridgeport, Greensboro, Spokane and Wichita will host the regionals and Minneapolis has the Final Four on April 1 and 3.
The No. 1-ranked Gamecocks were still projected to be the top seed in the Greensboro region. They would be joined by Indiana, Baylor and Oregon. N.C. State would be the top team in the Bridgeport Region and would have Michigan, UConn and Texas with them. The Huskies were projected in the original reveal to move out west to Spokane.
“It worked out that way. We didn’t say 'Let’s put UConn in Bridgeport,’” NCAA selection committee chair Nina King said.
Stanford is still No. 1 in that region and would be joined by Iowa State, Tennessee and Notre Dame. Louisville is the top seed in Wichita with Arizona, Oklahoma and LSU.
“The top two lines were pretty much all set," King said. “There was much more discussion on the 3s and 4s”
Oklahoma and Notre Dame entered the top 16 this time, while Georgia and Kansas State fell out.
“Oklahoma is playing well and the teams they are beating are really good,” King said. “No question, we talk about them a lot during the last reveal, they were just on the outside.”
King said the next few teams in discussion for the top 16 included Georgia Tech, Maryland and Georgia.
The NCAA will do one more reveal on Feb. 28 before the actual seedings are announced on selection Sunday on March 13. NCAA Vice President for women's basketball Lynn Holzman told the AP that the plan is to move the selection show back to Monday next year.
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| 2022-02-11T01:53:33
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NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Morales had 21 points as Wagner extended its winning streak to 14 games, topping Mount St. Mary's 69-57 on Thursday night.
Will Martinez had 13 points for Wagner (17-2, 11-0 Northeast Conference). Raekwon Rogers added 10 rebounds.
Jalen Benjamin had 16 points for the Mountaineers (11-12, 7-4). Malik Jefferson added nine rebounds.
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| 2022-02-11T01:53:39
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Deja Kelly scored 17 points, Alyssa Ustby had 10 points and 12 rebounds and No. 23 North Carolina beat Pittsburgh 64-54 on Thursday night.
North Carolina led by 22 points before Pitt battled back by closing the third quarter on a 5-0 run and scoring the opening 10 points of the fourth to get within 51-44. But the Tar Heels had an answer after each Pitt make the rest of the way to hold at least a seven-point lead.
Eva Hodgson added 14 points, with 3-for-3 shooting from distance, for North Carolina (19-4, 9-4 ACC).
North Carolina shot 28.1% from the field in the first half and still led 34-18. The Tar Heels attempted 16 free throws compared to Pittsburg's two, and had a 27-14 advantage on the glass. It was the third straight game North Carolina has held an opponent to under 20 points in the first half.
Jayla Everett made 4 of 5 3-pointers and scored 18 points for Pittsburgh (11-12, 2-10). Amber Brown added 14 points and Dayshanette Harris had 10 before fouling out late.
Pittsburgh shot better from the field, 41.1% compared to UNC's 32.2, but was undone by 22 turnovers and just four free-throw attempts.
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| 2022-02-11T01:53:46
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BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics:
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Mikaela Shiffrin is ready to have some “fun” when she returns to Olympic action in the super-G..
Shiffrin posted on Twitter early Friday morning in China to say she’s grateful “to have the opportunity to refocus on a new race, in the sport that I love so much.”
The two-time Olympic gold medalist is off to a rough start at the Beijing Games.
She went off-course within about 10 seconds in the giant slalom on Monday and after about half as much time in the slalom on Wednesday.
“I’ve had a lot of support over the last 48 hours,” Shiffrin wrote Friday, “and I have to thank everyone for that.”
The 26-year-old American won each of those events at past Games.
She has never entered an Olympic super-G before but did win that race at the 2019 world championships.
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| 2022-02-11T01:53:52
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on NFL awards):
Dan Quinn is staying in Dallas, accompanied by his AP Assistant Coach of the Year award.
Last month, the defensive coordinator for the Cowboys and former head coach in Atlanta told other teams interested in hiring him to guide them that he was going nowhere. He went somewhere in balloting by a nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the league — right to the top.
Quinn received 31 votes in results announced at NFL Honors. He was one of 12 assistants to get a selection, but second place was far back: Buffalo defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier with four.
A defensive coordinator for Seattle’s Super Bowl champion for the 2013 season, Quinn turned around a unit in Dallas. The Cowboys were seventh in scoring defense and second in the NFL in interception rate, with cornerback Trevon Diggs leading the league with 11 picks. Rookie linebacker Micah Parsons was a revelation under Quinn’s guidance.
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| 2022-02-11T01:54:04
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TOWSON, Md. (AP) — Charles Thompson had 18 points and 11 rebounds to lift Towson to a 75-60 win over William & Mary on Thursday night.
Jason Gibson had 17 points for Towson (18-7, 9-3 Colonial Athletic Association). Juwan Gray added 10 points and Nicolas Timberlake also had 10 points with seven assists.
Brandon Carroll had 18 points for the Tribe (5-20, 4-8). Tyler Rice added 11 points and six assists.
The Tigers improve to 2-0 against the Tribe for the season. Towson defeated William & Mary 91-69 on Jan. 17.
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| 2022-02-11T01:54:10
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Maddy Westbeld scored 21 points with a career-best four 3-pointers, Maya Dodson had a double-double and No. 18 Notre Dame posted a 69-53 win over Miami on Thursday night.
Sonia Citron scored 15 points with eight rebounds, five assists and three steals for the Fighting Irish (19-5, 10-3 Atlantic Coast Conference), who bounced back from a loss at Florida State to improve to 12-0 at home. Dodson scored 12 points and grabbed 10 boards for her sixth double-double, all coming in the last nine games.
Westbeld also had eight rebounds to celebrate her birthday and freshman Oliva Miles, second in the nation at 7.2 assists, dished off eight.
Kelsey Marshall hit six 3-pointers and scored 18 points for Miami (12-10, 5-7).
Dodson scored Notre Dame's first six points of the game and Westbeld had the last eight — with a three-point play and 3-pointer — in a 9-0 run that put the Irish up for good 15-8 late in first quarter. It was 33-22 at the half.
An 11-1 run late in the third quarter broke it open with Westbeld's 3 making it 53-33 heading into the fourth.
The Fighting Irish are at No. 3 Louisville on Sunday. The Cardinals received a forfeit win over Virginia on Thursday because of travel problems.
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| 2022-02-11T01:54:29
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