Новости за 26.12.2018

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - Duke coach David Cutcliffe has an impressive winning history at the Indepedence Bowl. The Blue Devils hope his return to Shreveport can help the program get back on track after a rough ending to the regular season.

Amazon on Wednesday boasted of the company having a record-breaking holiday season, but an Alexa outage across Europe made customers hardly as happy this Christmas.

The 2018 regular season will conclude in Music City on Sunday night, where the Colts and Titans will play for a wild-card playoff berth. Or maybe more.

Recent editorials from Tennessee newspapers:

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Dec. 14

The Commercial Appeal on a plan to close schools in Tennessee's largest school district:

The boardroom at Shelby County Schools will be no place for the faint of heart in coming months as board members listen to emotional arguments against carrying out ...

SHELTON, Wash. (AP) - A 62-year-old woman was murdered in Hoodsport, Washington, on Christmas evening and police have their suspected killer in custody.

HIGH POINT, N.C. (AP) - Police say two teenagers have been shot to death in North Carolina, and a search is underway for suspects.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Gov. Scott Walker has picked a state lawyer who was vying for a judgeship that Walker ultimately gave outgoing Attorney General Brad Schimel to serve on the bench in Milwaukee.

MARYSVILLE, Wash. (AP) - Authorities say two men were surrounded by customers with guns while attempting to steal tools from a Washington store.

LONDON, Ky. (AP) - The body of a missing Tennessee woman has been discovered in Kentucky.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - As a young slave, Lunsford Lane glimpsed a path to freedom when he sold a basket of peaches and collected 30 cents - the first money he'd ever touched.

FAIRFIELD, Ala. (AP) - Police in Alabama say a man was shot and killed at an apartment complex on Christmas Day.

Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers:

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Dec. 23

The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg on the importance of communication, framed by how the city has served as a litmus test for community and race relations:

The year was 1968. The community experienced one of the worst tragedies of the ...

So the left has been up in arms for days now about the government shutdown, pitching wails over the Wall Street numbers and stock market showing and predicting nothing but gloom and doom and financial suffering because of President Donald Trump.

BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. (AP) - Authorities have released the names of the three teens killed in a weekend crash in suburban Kansas City.

Acting Attorney General Matthew G. Whitaker incorrectly claimed on his resume and on government documents that he was named an Academic All-American while he played football at the University of Iowa, according to a media report Wednesday.

BUCKEYE, Ariz. (AP) - The Arizona Department of Corrections says a hostage situation at one of their prisons has been resolved without injury.

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) - Liverpool was six points clear at the top of the English Premier League after strolling past Newcastle 4-0 at Anfield on Wednesday.

Border officials begged for medical help from the Coast Guard and the Pentagon to screen illegal immigrants and asked both American and Mexican disease specialists to investigate a surge in sick migrants being caught at the border after another illegal immigrant child died in U.S. custody.

The Big Ten's expanded schedule is shaping up to be quite a grind.

After starting the season with only three teams in the AP Top 25, the league now has six . That's significant at a time when the Big Ten has increased the number of conference games. Each of ...

MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Paul Pogba scored twice as interim coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer marked his first home match in charge of Manchester United with a 3-1 win over bottom club Huddersfield in the English Premier League on Wednesday.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities say one person has been found in a Saratoga Springs town house that has been heavily damaged by a fire.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A woman visiting Las Vegas from the United Kingdom won a jackpot worth more than $1 million on Christmas Eve at the Cosmopolitan casino-resort on the Las Vegas Strip.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A Dover man accused of strangling his wife and father has been indicted on murder charges.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say one teenager was killed and three others were injured when the sport utility vehicle they were in crashed during a Lincoln chase by officers.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Southern California's weather is turning dry and windy with areas of chill in the aftermath of a Christmas dousing of rain and some mountain snow.