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MLB, union make little progress ahead of CBA deadline

Major League Baseball appeared headed to its first work stoppage in 26 years after a pair of brief negotiating sessions led to little or no progress.

November 30, 2021 8:11 PM

National & International

Funding awarded to 10 projects to improve water quality

Officials say 10 projects that aim to improve water quality in eastern Kentucky have received funding.

November 30, 2021 7:28 PM

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Elizabeth Holmes gets emotional under fire by prosecutors

One-time entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes on Tuesday struggled to recall key events that led to her being charged with fraud as CEO of the failed blood-testing startup Theranos.

November 30, 2021 7:16 PM

Families turn down Travis Scott offer to pay for funerals

Several families of the 10 people who died from injuries in a massive crowd surge of fans at the Astroworld festival have turned down an offer by headliner Travis Scott to pay for their loved ones’ funeral costs.

November 30, 2021 7:10 PM

National & International

Can California legally require women on corporate boards?

California’s first-in-the-nation law requiring women on corporate boards is being challenged in court this week on constitutional grounds.

November 30, 2021 6:55 PM

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Oregon governor calls for special session to protect renters

With winter coming and federal funds drying up, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown says she’ll call a special session of the Legislature Dec. 13 to approve state funding for rental assistance and to extend eviction protections issued because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

November 30, 2021 6:50 PM

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US panel backs first-of-a-kind COVID-19 pill from Merck

U.S. health advisers have endorsed an antiviral drug from Merck to treat COVID-19.

November 30, 2021 6:41 PM

National & International

Ex-airline employee sentenced for stealing guns from bags

A former Southwest Airlines employee is being sentenced to six months in prison after pleading guilty to possessing stolen guns.

November 30, 2021 6:39 PM

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Space junk forces spacewalk delay, too risky for astronauts

NASA has called off a spacewalk because of menacing space junk.

November 30, 2021 6:31 PM

National & International

Court upholds California ban on high-capacity magazines

A panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld California’s ban on high-capacity magazines in a split decision that may be headed for the U.S. Supreme Court.

November 30, 2021 6:29 PM

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CNN suspends Chris Cuomo for helping brother in scandal

CNN says it is suspending anchor Chris Cuomo indefinitely pending a further review of documents revealing how he helped his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, when he was facing charges of sexual harassment.

November 30, 2021 6:29 PM

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Celebrity surgeon Dr. Oz running for Senate in Pennsylvania

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon best known as the host of TV’s “Dr. Oz Show,” says he is running for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat as a Republican.

November 30, 2021 6:27 PM

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Brazil and Japan report first cases of the omicron variant

Brazil and Japan joined the rapidly widening circle of countries to report cases of the omicron variant, while new findings indicate the mutant coronavirus was already in Europe close to a week before South Africa sounded the alarm.

November 30, 2021 6:23 PM

National & International

New Texas rules after blackout, but not for this winter

Regulators of Texas’ oil and gas industry that buckled during February’s deadly freeze are moving to make operators better prepared for cold weather.

November 30, 2021 6:17 PM

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Live updates: Obama, Fauci encourage vaccinations at clinic

Former President Barack Obama and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, visited a children’s vaccination clinic in Washington to encourage kids to get a COVID-19 shot.

November 30, 2021 6:11 PM

Sports

Former player, labor lawyer lead MLB into 9th work stoppage

Tony Clark was a minor league prospect in the Detroit Tigers’ system and Rob Manfred a junior lawyer on management’s legal team during Major League Baseball’s last work stoppage.

November 30, 2021 6:05 PM

Sports

Sports bettors dream: 86 able to bet on game after it ended

Eighty-six gamblers in New Jersey thought they’d found the Holy Grail of sports betting: being able to bet on a game that had already ended.

November 30, 2021 5:19 PM

National & International

Swift selling local media assets to Ogden Newspapers

Swift Communications is selling its local media and publishing businesses to West Virginia-based Ogden Newspapers.

November 30, 2021 5:13 PM

National & International

9th Circuit sides with union in fight with Las Vegas casino

A federal appeals court has upheld a judge’s ruling in Nevada requiring Station Casinos’ Red Rock Casino to bargain with the culinary and Bartenders unions.

November 30, 2021 5:03 PM

National & International

Cleanup of Southern California shore from spill nears end

About three-quarters of the Southern California shoreline being combed for tar following an offshore oil spill have been signed off as cleaned.

November 30, 2021 5:01 PM

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States: Sackler family members abusing bankruptcy process

Lawyers for a handful of states say members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma are abusing the bankruptcy process.

November 30, 2021 4:12 PM

National & International

Troubled antipoverty group closing in Jefferson County

An agency meant to help the poor in Alabama’s most populous county is closing amid financial problems that include being ordered to return government grant money.

November 30, 2021 4:10 PM

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