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From the HERE City National DeskSAN ANTONIO — Oklahoma City opened its season Tuesday night by beating the team that ended its last one. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points and the Thunder led nearly wire to wire in a 116-104 win over the San Antonio Spurs at Frost Bank Center,…
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From the HERE City National DeskCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Kate Chambon’s first college meet earned her a conference award, as the Colorado College freshman was chosen as the top women’s swimmer in the SCAC for the past week.Chambon, who is from Grenoble, France, took the 100-yard backstroke in 59.52 against…
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From the HERE City National DeskWILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Top-ranked Emory closed with the best team round of the final day to win the women’s NCAA Division III Fall Preview on Tuesday, finishing 36 holes on the River Course at Kingsmill Resort at 18-over-par 594.The Eagles began the day in third…
Business
From the HERE City National DeskEVERETT, Wash. — The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday signed off on the Boeing 737 Max 10, the biggest version of the company’s best-selling single-aisle jet, ending a certification fight that dragged on for close to 10 years.Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy delivered the approval in…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Lower-income households in Washington can now apply for another year of help with their electric, gas and water bills. The District Department of Energy and Environment began taking applications Oct. 20 for the fiscal 2027 round of its Utility Discount Program.Approved households can save up to $475…
Crime
From the HERE City National DeskMONTGOMERY, Ala. — Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday took Toforest Johnson off Alabama’s death row, reducing his sentence to life in prison with no chance of parole after years of doubts about the case that sent him there.Johnson was convicted in the July 19, 1995,…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The man charged in Sunday night's shooting of a National Guard soldier on Barracks Row in Washington is headed toward federal court, and the hookah bar where the trouble started faces a city liquor board review on Wednesday.Jerrell Jackson, 41, of Southeast Washington, was booked on four…
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From the HERE City National DeskSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has instructed soldiers along its southern frontier to respond swiftly and forcefully if South Korean forces endanger them, state media reported Wednesday, a warning that heightens the danger of a skirmish on one of the most militarized borders in…
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From the HERE City National DeskWASHINGTON — Justice Elena Kagan on Tuesday faulted the conservative majority on the Supreme Court for a run of election decisions she said have pushed the country further apart politically and left its democracy working worse than it should.Speaking two weeks before the Nov. 3…
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From the HERE City National DeskST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Russia on Wednesday freed an American from Michigan who had been held since the spring of 2022 on charges that he fought as a mercenary for Ukraine.Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the release as he opened talks in St. Petersburg with…
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