Sadly, six NFL teams were hit with the loser game show sound during their brief quest for immortality this postseason. Getting to the playoffs is an achievement, but being a one-and-done team means that there’s clearly a lot of work to do before launching into the upper echelon of the league. Here’s what each loser … Read more
Buncombe County detectives arrested a Candler man Jan. 13 for an alleged manslaughter at a Weaverville home, after deputies responded to a call about a gunshot eight hours earlier. Just after 12:45 p.m. on Jan. 13, deputies responded to a report of a gunshot wound on Pink Fox Ridge Road in the Reems Creek Community … Read more
State and federal leaders will regularly meet with police chiefs as Australia seeks answers to a rising anti-Semitism crisis. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese held talks with premiers from Victoria and NSW along with Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw on Tuesday as counter-terrorism police probe a string of incidents. A synagogue in Sydney’s inner west … Read more
A new winter storm will bring rain and some of the coldest temperatures of the season to the southeastern United States, including much of Florida. AccuWeather says that the same weather pattern driving high winds and spreading wildfires in California will trigger the storm in the eastern U.S. early next week. “How quickly the storm … Read more
Surprisingly, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones didn’t upstage the Packers-Eagles playoff game by announcing that Mike McCarthy won’t return as head coach. Not surprisingly, Jones upstaged Monday night’s Vikings-Rams playoff game by arranging for the leak of the news that Jones has spoken to Colorado coach Deion Sanders. The disclosure provides a mutual benefit to Sanders … Read more
Jan. 14—The City of McAlester, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the McAlester Police Department announce upcoming changes to speed limits on the U.S. Highway 69 Frontage Roads. 1 What frontage roads are changing? The affected area spans between Fourteenth Street and Wade Watts Avenue. 2 What is the new speed limit for Southbound … Read more
With just a caravan, campervan or a 4WD and a tent, older Australian women are heading out on the open road to fulfil a sense of adventure and find freedom in the vast countryside. Tackling challenges such as changing flat tyres, navigating roads with a caravan and vehicle breakdowns, these women take it all in … Read more
The National Reconstruction Fund Corporation is helping to fast-track a rare earths mine and refinery project in the Northern Territory to break China’s stranglehold on supply. The $200 million investment in ASX-listed Arafura Rare Earths is the single-largest NRFC investment to date, according to Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic. The mine and processing plant … Read more
A 30-year-old Tuscaloosa man faces multiple charges in connection with an investigation by the West Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force. Jalan Christopher Lewis was arrested Monday by members of the West Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force, said Stephanie Taylor, a spokeswoman for the Tuscaloosa Police Department. Lewis has been charged with two counts of second-degree … Read more
The prime minister is blitzing Tasmania as he doubles down on the election contest being a choice on Australia’s future. Anthony Albanese will target different parts of the state alongside three ministers on Wednesday to make infrastructure announcements under a plan Labor hopes will give it another term. He will start the day in Devonport … Read more