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Ephrata residents honor veterans during annual parade
EPHRATA — American flags lined Basin Street Wednesday morning as veterans, community members and local organizatio…
Playoffs are great, but Seahawks focus is on NFC West title
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — By now, making the playoffs might seem as if it’s just supposed to happen for Pete Carroll's crew.
Sam Houston St. holds off Texas Rio Grande Valley 69-66
EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — Zach Nutall scored 14 points and grabbed eight rebounds as Sam Houston State held on to beat Texas Rio Grande Valley 69-66 on Monday night.
Kendall Hinton's QB moment marked in Canton, across the NFL
DENVER (AP) — Wide receiver Kendall Hinton’s start at quarterback for Denver may have been forgettable, but it's memorialized in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and on practice fields across the NFL.
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 27-Jan. 2
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 27-Jan. 2:
Asian shares extend losses on worries about spread of virus
Asian shares retreated on Tuesday, extending losses on growing worries over a new, potentially more infectious strain of the coronavirus.
Canada's Ontario to go on province-wide shutdown Dec. 26
TORONTO (AP) — Ontario on Monday announced a province-wide shutdown because of a second wave of COVID-19 in Canada’s most populous province.
Alston Jr. carries Boise State past New Mexico 77-53
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Derrick Alston Jr. scored 20 points as Boise State cruised past New Mexico 77-53 in a Mountain West Conference opener for both teams Monday night.
Wood scores 18 to lift Belmont past Evansville 72-63
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — JaCobi Wood came off the bench to score 18 points to lift Belmont to a 72-63 win over Evansville on Monday night.
2 killed when plane crashes along Texas service road
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (AP) — Two people were killed when a small plane crashed along a highway service road in North Texas shortly after taking off, authorities said.
Farm company fined $2 million after 2 workers die of virus
An agricultural company in Washington state where two workers died from COVID-19 was fined more than $2 million for repeatedly violating coronavirus virus safety procedures.
No. 2 Baylor cruises to 99-42 victory over Ark-Pine Bluff
WACO, Texas (AP) — LJ Cryer and No. 2 Baylor set the tempo in a hurry and go into their Christmas break as the only Big 12 team without a loss.
In South Africa, child homicides show violence 'entrenched'
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — At night, Amanda Zitho worries her little boy is shivering and cold in his coffin and yearns to take him a blanket. She knows Wandi’s dead and gone and it’s senseless, but that doesn’…
No. 8 Oregon, behind Nyara Sabally, tops Washington St 69-65
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Nyara Sabally had 19 points and 14 rebounds, and No. 8 Oregon hung on to beat Washington State 69-65 on Monday to extend the nation’s longest winning streak to 26 games, dating to last season.
Stanford wins 4th straight, beats CSU Bakersfield 63-50
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Ziaire Williams scored 17 points, Bryce Wills had 14 and Stanford beat Cal State Bakersfield 63-50 on Monday night.
Winning numbers drawn in 'Pick 3 Day' game
BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Idaho Lottery's "Pick 3 Day" game were: