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As WNBA popularity soars, player salaries remain a big hurdle for the league to address
Breanna Stewart will start her ninth WNBA season in a few days. The New York Liberty All-Star and WNBA champ has been around ...
Rose and Jackson get posthumous reprieve, but gambling on baseball is still MLB’s biggest sin
It was more than 100 years ago that Shoeless Joe Jackson was among eight Black Sox banned from baseball for throwing the 1919 ...
‘Water outage’ prompts boil advisory in parts of Montgomery County
A boil advisory is in effect for many residents in Montgomery County after a “water outage” was reported. The Jefferson Regional Water Authority announced ...
Final call to apply for Springfield food truck contest by May 15
The deadline to apply for a spot in Springfield’s annual Gourmet Food Truck Competition is coming soon. Thursday, May 15, is the last day for food truck vendors to apply for ...
FBI says it broke up a plan to attack an Army site in suburban Detroit
A 19-year-old man was arrested after spending months planning an attack on a U.S. Army site in suburban Detroit, authorities said Wednesday. The man was planning a mass shooting at ...
What would lifting US sanctions on Syria mean to the war-torn country?
President Donald Trump’s announcement that the U.S. will ease sanctions on Syria could eventually facilitate the country’s recovery from years of civil war and transform the lives of ...
How ancient reptile footprints are rewriting the history of when animals evolved to live on land
Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal, dated to around 350 million years ago. The discovery suggests that after the ...
Flagg, the presumed No. 1 pick, settling into his new reality now that Dallas has won draft lottery
Cooper Flagg is starting to settle into his new reality. The former Duke star has been considered the presumptive No. 1 pick in next month’s NBA draft for some time and now ...
Democratic congressman pushes articles of impeachment against Trump
A Democratic lawmaker is launching a renegade effort to impeach President Donald Trump, pushing past party leaders on Wednesday with an attempt to force a procedural vote in the ...