KAREN STEPHENS IN ‘POTUS’
The award-winning South Florida favorite returns Jan. 9 – 26 to the Carnival Studio Theater of Miami’s Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in the …
New Orleans mourns victims of truck attack with tearful vigil and celebration of life
New Orleans (AP) — New Orleans mourned, wept and danced at a vigil Saturday evening along the famous thoroughfare where a man rammed a pickup …
Health and Wellness
Poultry farmers recovering from bird flu have many questions
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The poultry farmers who lost millions of chickens and turkeys to the bird flu this spring are facing an uncertain …
Quarter of listeria cases in Texas not tracked or recorded
HOUSTON (AP) _ State health records reviewed following the Blue Bell ice cream listeria outbreak show that a quarter of Texas cases involving the foodborne …
Business
Washington farmers are dumping unprofitable apples
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) _ A record crop of apples, coupled with the West Coast port slowdown earlier this year, is taking …
Vatican’s anti-money laundering norms taking hold
By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) _ The Vatican’s financial watchdog agency said Friday it received 147 reports of suspicious financial transactions last year, a …
Swiss say bomb threat made against FIFA Congress
Swiss police say a bomb threat has been made against the venue where the FIFA congress is being held. Zurich city police spokesman Peter Sahli …
Education
Harper Lee misses induction into Ala. Writers Hall of Fame
By JAY REEVES TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) _ “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee missed her induction as an inaugural member of the Alabama Writers …
Virginia Tech returns funds to National Science Foundation
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) _ Authorities say Virginia Tech has repaid more than $64,000 in federal grant money to the National Science Foundation following an audit …
Ohio State to rethink neurology program as doctors depart
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) _ Ohio State University is reevaluating the financial position of its neurology department amid a rash of doctor departures. The Columbus Dispatch …
Sports
Jay Cutler optimistic at start of minicamp
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) _ Jay Cutler’s uncertainty about the offseason had faded away by the start of Chicago Bears’ three-day, voluntary minicamp at Halas …
2-time plane crash survivor Austin Hatch now student aide
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) _ The highlights from Austin Hatch’s first season at Michigan still resonate, even as he gives up his playing role on …
Cavs guard J.R. Smith, Celtics center Kelly Olynyk suspended
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) _ The NBA has suspended Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith two games without pay and Celtics center Kelly …
