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Hurdle Joins Rockies As Special Assistant To General Manager
The Colorado Rockies are bringing Clint Hurdle back to serve as a special assistant to general manager Bill Schmidt.
Saints Face Jets, Look To End First 5-game Skid Under Payton
It has been 16 years since the Saints were in this lengthy a slump. It's also the first time Sean Payton has lost five straight games since taking over as coach in New Orleans.
California Mother Charged For Telling Child To Hit Opponent
A California woman was criminally charged Thursday for telling her daughter to hit her before the girl punched an opposing player in the head during a basketball game.
Pakistani Taliban Won't Extend Cease-fire With Government
The Pakistani Taliban said Thursday they will not extend a ceasefire agreed to last month, accusing the government in Islamabad of not honoring the truce and failing to release 102 of their fighters.
Texans Waive Linebacker Cunningham After Suspension
Outside linebacker Zach Cunningham was waived by the Houston Texans on Wednesday following his second suspension for violating team rules this season.
Australia's Deputy Leader Tests Positive For Virus In The US
Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce said Thursday he'd tested positive for the coronavirus while traveling in Washington D.C.
Salzburg Beats Sevilla, Reaches Last 16 In CL For 1st Time
Salzburg will be making its first appearance in the knockout stage of the Champions League after defeating 10man Sevilla 10 to secure second place in Group G on Wednesday.
Officer Accused Of Using A Patrol Car In Illegal Deer Hunt
A police officer in Louisiana is accused of using a patrol car while off duty to illegally hunt deer at night without a hunting license, authorities said Wednesday.
Murdaugh Killings In South Carolina Unsolved 6 Months Later
More than six months after the wife and son of a prominent South Carolina lawyer were gunned down at the family's estate, their killings remain unsolved.
CDC Chief: US Omicron Cases Appear Mostly Mild So Far
More than 40 people in the U.S. have been found to be infected with the omicront variant so far, and more than threequarters of them had been vaccinated, the chief of the CDC said Wednesday. But she said nearly all of them were only mildly ill.
Chelsea Draws 3-3 At Zenit, Finishes 2nd In CL Group
Chelsea conceded a goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time to draw 33 at Zenit St. Petersburg and drop into a secondplace finish in its Champions League group behind Juventus on Wednesday.
Nigerian Leader ‘distressed’ After 23 Travelers Slain On Bus
At least 23 travelers have been killed in northwest Nigeria in an attack by the same armed groups blamed for killing thousands this year in Africas most populous country.
Lawyers Deny Spy Suspect Tried To Flee US To Evade Arrest
Lawyers for a Maryland woman charged along with her husband in a scheme to sell Navy submarine secrets to a foreign government denied Wednesday that she had contemplated fleeing the United States to avoid arrest. Instead, they said, contempt for thenPresi...
Explainer: What Caused Amazon's Outage? Will There Be More?
Robotic vacuum cleaners halted in their tracks. Doorbell cameras stopped watching for package thieves, though some of those deliveries were canceled anyway. Netflix and Disney movies got interrupted and The Associated Press had trouble publishing the news...
German Man Convicted for Castrating Men on Requests from 'Dark' Websites; Body of 1 Found in Box
The defendant had admitted during the trial to offering 'castrations' on sado-masochistic websites and said several men paid him money for torturing them and removing their testicles.
'Costly, Time-Consuming': WHO Advises Against Blood Plasma Treatment for Covid-19
Convalescent plasma is the liquid part of blood from a recovered Covid patient that contains antibodies produced by the body after being infected.
