Year: 2023
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USD Coyotes Released 2023 Volleyball Schedule
VERMILLION, S.D. — The South Dakota Classic Tournament Sept. 7-8 and the Summit League Tournament in Vermillion right before Thanksgiving highlight the Coyotes’ 2023 schedule announced Wednesday. South Dakota is coming off a 29-4 campaign [Read More…]
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‘A superb dig’: Archeologists uncover ruins believed to be Roman Emperor Nero’s theater near Vatican
Phoebe Natanson/ABC News (ROME) — “What an artist dies with me!” Nero, the emperor of Rome from AD 54 until AD 68, reportedly uttered those famous last words before his death in exile. Experts believe [Read More…]
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Trevor Reed, American freed from Russia, expected to make full recovery from injuries fighting in Ukraine
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Trevor Reed, the former U.S. Marine who was wrongfully detained in Russia before being released in a prisoner swap, has been injured while fighting in Ukraine, according to a Biden administration official. [Read More…]
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Aaron Rodgers takes a pay cut and signs a 2-year, $75 million deal with the Jets
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers took a pay cut and signed a new two-year, $75 million guaranteed contract with the New York Jets on Wednesday, according to a person familiar with the deal. [Read More…]
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Twins, Marlins swap righty relievers, with Dylan Floro to Minnesota and Jorge López to Miami
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins acquired Dylan Floro from the Miami Marlins in exchange for Jorge López on Wednesday in a swap of struggling right-handed relievers on contending teams. Floro is an eight-year big [Read More…]
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Dylan Moore hits a pair of home runs as Mariners outlast Twins 8-7
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dylan Moore hit a pair of home runs, including a three-run blast in the fifth inning, and the Seattle Mariners survived a Minnesota Twins’ rally for an 8-7 win Wednesday and a [Read More…]
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Apologetic Vikings rookie Addison starts with plenty to prove after speeding citation
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Jordan Addison already faced a steep challenge for his rookie season with the Minnesota Vikings, carrying the expectations of a first-round pick into a complex offense after an injury kept the wide receiver [Read More…]
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Room for two: Feds want small planes’ bathrooms to be big enough for two people
Clara McMichael/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Transportation on Wednesday announced a rule that will require airlines to make lavatories on new single-aisle planes large enough for two people to enter in a move to [Read More…]
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Crane partially collapses in midtown Manhattan
PBNJ Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A crane caught fire and partially collapsed off a high-rise building in midtown Manhattan during Wednesday morning’s commute, littering the street with debris, according to officials. Eleven people suffered non-life-threatening [Read More…]
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3 Marines found dead in vehicle in North Carolina died from carbon monoxide poisoning: Sheriff
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WILMINGTON, N.C.) — The three Marines who were found dead inside a vehicle in North Carolina died from carbon monoxide poisoning, the Pender County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release. [Read More…]
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Family desperate for answers after 39-year-old woman vanishes: ‘She needs somebody to advocate for her’
Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department (CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — More than a week after a 39-year-old woman vanished in North Carolina, her family is desperate for answers. Allisha Watts was last seen on July 16 leaving a house [Read More…]
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Hunter Biden live updates: No plea as judge refuses to ‘rubber-stamp’ deal
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden is appearing in a Delaware courthouse Wednesday to formally agree to the plea deal he negotiated last month with federal prosecutors, in [Read More…]
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Texas lawmaker urges federal government to mandate water breaks for outdoor workers
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — As a dangerous heat wave continues to plague tens of millions of Americans across the country, one Texas lawmaker is pushing for heat protections, including water breaks, for those who work outside [Read More…]
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Biden administration criticizes ruling striking down asylum policy
David Peinado Romero/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration expressed a federal judge’s ruling striking down the Biden administration’s asylum policy that established a “rebuttable presumption” of asylum ineligibility. Secretary of Homeland Security [Read More…]
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Biden admin canceling $130M in debt for students who it says were ‘ripped off’ by Colorado college
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration on Tuesday said it was canceling $130 million in federal debt for 7,400 students who went to a Colorado college that the government says lied about its successes. [Read More…]
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McConnell freezes during weekly press conference, returns after stepping away
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a shocking moment on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was unable to finish his opening remarks during his weekly press conference — and briefly left the [Read More…]
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‘Investigate these claims’: UFO transparency at center of House hearing
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A former intelligence community official testified Wednesday on an alleged covert government program to recover and reverse engineer crashed alien spacecraft. David Grusch, a member of a previous [Read More…]
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1 in 6 toddlers have not completed childhood vaccine series, study finds
Karl Tapales/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Several routine childhood vaccines require multiple doses to be effective, but a new study finds children are not receiving all of them. The study, published in the journal Pediatrics Wednesday, [Read More…]
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Fed raises interest rates 0.25%, intensifying inflation fight despite cooling prices
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate another 0.25% on Wednesday, reviving its inflation fight despite a significant cooldown of price increases in recent months. The rate hike brought the [Read More…]
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High-stakes economic releases to test hope of averting recession
Javier Ghersi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Alarm over a possible recession has blared for well over a year, but in recent months a cooldown of inflation alongside resilient job gains has quieted the din. Growing [Read More…]
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