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Sports
From the HERE City National DeskMINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota coach Niko Medved spent more than seven minutes after the Thursday exhibition ripping the NCAA for how it rolled out a five-seasons-in-five-years eligibility model, saying the timing and legal fallout have left hundreds of players and coaches in limbo.Medved said he backed…
Sports
From the HERE City National DeskDENVER — Wil Lutz drilled a 53-yard kick in overtime Thursday night, and the Denver Broncos escaped with a 17-14 result against Seattle at Mile High Stadium after JaQuan McMillian picked off Sam Darnold on the first sudden-death drive.Seattle opened overtime and faced third-and-7 from…
Sports
From the HERE City National DeskLOS ANGELES — Milwaukee finished off Los Angeles, the two-time reigning World Series champs, on Thursday night, taking National League Championship Series Game 4 by a 6-4 score at Dodger Stadium and completing a four-game sweep that sends the franchise back to the Fall Classic…
Business
Washington, D.C. — Secondary-ticket companies filed suit this week to freeze a District law that would limit how much fans can be charged when concert seats change hands online.Council members branded the package the RESALE Act after a longer formal title aimed at egregious scalping of live shows. It cleared…
Business
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The District is going to court on behalf of six childcare workers in Washington who say they were never paid for their final days on the job before their Ward 7 center closed without warning.Attorney General Brian Schwalb announced Thursday that his office has filed a wage…
Crime
From the HERE City National DeskBEND, Ore. — Bend Police Department officials said a 16-year-old stormed Silver Rail Elementary School on Thursday, killing three young students and one staff member before a bystander shot him inside.Chief Mike Krantz told reporters the slain children were 5, 8 and 11 years old.…
Crime
From the HERE City National DeskAURORA, Ill. — Palatine Police Department leaders say a 19-year-old from their suburb faces felony terrorist-threat and weapons counts after he allegedly rolled into a Hindu house of worship parking lot here Sunday with a rifle that failed to fire, then fled.Charging documents name Alexandros…
Crime
From the HERE City National DeskASH SPRINGS, Nev. — Nevada federal prosecutors charged a 26-year-old driver after a rural speeding stop uncovered totes packed with suspected fentanyl and methamphetamine totaling more than 700 pounds.Court papers name Francisco Joel Garcia Farias. A Lincoln County sheriff deputy stopped his pickup for speeding…
News
From the HERE City National DeskWASHINGTON — Fresh midterm finance filings show Democratic Senate hopefuls flooding accounts in the July-September window, with Texas Democrat James Talarico reporting a $64 million quarter.His team called that haul the biggest Senate total ever logged for those three months, beating Jaime Harrison $57 million…
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From the HERE City National DeskWASHINGTON — A senior administration official said Katie Zacharia, now the White House briefing-room lead, sat for California bar testing after Pepperdine Law and did not pass, intensifying scrutiny of how she has billed her credentials.President Donald Trump introduced her as an attorney. Zacharia has…
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From the HERE City National DeskANCHORAGE, Alaska — Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former Rep. Mary Peltola spent Thursday night hammering each other on character and policy in the closing Debate for the State of a U.S. Senate contest that national scorekeepers call a toss-up race.They argued over household…
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