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Efforts continue to open Othello splash pad by 2027
OTHELLO — Othello city officials are working to get the splash pad in Kiwanis Park open for summer 2027. The sp…
Rage, reckoning come to forefront in ‘Promising Young Woman’
Emerald Fennell wanted to write about female rage. Before #MeToo became ubiquitous, she had been thinking about complacency and the teen movies of her youth where consent was often little more than a throwaway joke…
Browns' Chubb, Chiefs' Hill among best bets to score
These high-scoring players are carrying our fantasy teams to victory in the championship week of the majority of fantasy seasons. These are my best bets to score in Week 16.
More than 100 killed in latest ethnic massacre in Ethiopia
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — More than 100 people have been killed in the latest massacre along ethnic lines in western Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said Wednesday, and the toll is expected to rise.
Editorial Roundup: Kentucky
Recent editorials from Kentucky newspapers:
British model and fashion muse Stella Tennant dies at age 50
LONDON (AP) — Stella Tennant, the aristocratic British model who was a muse to designers such as Karl Lagerfeld and Gianni Versace, has died suddenly at the age of 50, her family said Wednesday.
Ohio: Probe of fatal shooting by police seeks 'whole truth'
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state investigation into the fatal shooting by Columbus police of a Black man holding a cellphone must seek “the whole truth,” the Ohio attorney general said Wednesday.
FANTASY PLAYS: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 16
Championship week has arrived. Fifteen weeks of ups, downs, waiver wire gems and first-round draft flops have led the most astute of owners to the verge of winning it all. The work isn’t done, yet, though, as the t…
Ohio lawmakers fail to deal with with tainted energy bill
CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio lawmakers ended their 2020 legislative session late Tuesday without repealing or replacing a scandal-tainted bill that provides a $1 billion bailout for two aging Ohio nuclear power plants, am…
Trump pardons Utah music producer and state representative
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah music producer and state representative who were involved in high-profile criminal cases were pardoned in a series of clemency grants by President Donald Trump.
The Latest: Spain to receive 4.5M Pfizer virus vaccine doses
MADRID — Health Minister Salvador Illa said that, beginning Saturday, Spain will receive 4.5 million Pfizer vaccine doses over the next 12 weeks, enough to vaccinate some 2.3 million people.
Safety a higher priority than sales for many small retailers
NEW YORK (AP) — Dan Marshall’s toy store should be crowded this time of the year with parents and grandparents buying gifts and children trying out games. Instead, only a handful of customers are in Mischief Toy St…
AP All-SEC: No. 1 Alabama leads the way for top awards
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — No. 1 Alabama is on top of the Southeastern Conference again.
Inter CEO Marotta: Eriksen on 'list of transferable players'
MILAN (AP) — Christian Eriksen’s short-lived Inter Milan career is expected to end in January.
Woman charged in threats against Michigan election official
DETROIT (AP) — A woman angry with a Detroit-area election official sent photos of a dead body and threatened her family, a day after a clamorous meeting at which Republican board members initially refused to
Hornets exercise options on Washington, Bridges
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Hornets have exercised the third-year contract option on forward PJ Washington and the fourth-year option on forward Miles Bridges.