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COHUTTA, Ga. (AP) — The town council in a small north Georgia mountain community called a special meeting Friday evening to discuss reinstating the police department after the mayor fired the chief and all the officers. The notice for the meeting, posted outside the Cohutta Town Hall, says the council will also consider a request for the mayor’s “immediate resignation.” Another sign posted earlier this week in the town of […]

Australia’s Lucas Herbert bettered his stellar first round by a shot and opened up a six-shot gulf between him and the field at LIV Golf Virginia on Friday in Potomac Falls, Va. Herbert’s 9-under-par 63 rocketed him to 17 under for the event at Trump National DC. Spaniard Sergio Garcia (67), at 11 under, is the only player within nine shots of Herbert, while Englishman Richard Bland had the second-best […]

Aaron Rai finished the front nine strong to post a 4-under-par 67 Friday and take a one-stroke lead into the weekend of the ONEflight Myrtle Beach (S.C.) Classic. Rai is one of only a handful of competitors in the opposite-field event, which serves as an alternate for this week’s Truist Championship, who has already qualified for next week’s PGA Championship. The winner of this event will earn a spot, if […]

May 8 (Reuters) – Boeing said on Friday it was continuing to investigate a workplace accident that led to the death of an employee last month, after a union called for full accountability over the incident. Daniel Lussier, a 53-year-old aircraft mechanic at Boeing and member of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), died in April following an accident at the Wichita plant. “We continue to investigate […]

SEOUL, May 9 (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Saturday reaffirmed his country’s commitment to its mutual defence treaty with Russia, in a message to President Vladimir Putin congratulating Russia on the anniversary of the ​defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. Kim reiterated North Korea’s position to “give top priority” to its partnership with Russia and its commitment to “the implementation of the obligations of […]

May 8 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization said on Friday that eight people had fallen ill, including three who died, in a hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship, with six confirmed cases and two probable cases. Here are some details: • Six of the cases have been confirmed as Andes virus, a type of hantavirus, through PCR testing, the WHO said. • The ship had 147 passengers and […]

DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks hired Mike Schmitz as general manager on Friday, naming the Portland Trail Blazers’ assistant GM to his new role three days after introducing Masai Ujiri as team president and alternate governor. The announcement gives Schmitz the title Nico Harrison held until he was fired in November, nine months after trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in a move that backfired badly on […]

NFL and referees agree on a 7-year collective bargaining agreement, avoiding potential work stoppage The NFL and the NFL Referees Association have agreed on a new seven-year collective bargaining agreement that avoids a potential work stoppage and use of replacement officials. The deal runs through the 2032 NFL season. The league began the onboarding process for replacement officials last month because negotiations weren’t progressing. But they won’t be necessary. A […]

The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down a voter-approved Democratic congressional redistricting plan, delivering another major setback to the party in a nationwide battle against Republicans for an edge in this year’s midterm elections. The court ruled 4-3 that the state’s Democratic-led legislature violated procedural requirements when it placed the constitutional amendment on the ballot to authorize mid-decade redistricting. Voters narrowly approved the amendment on April 21, but the court’s ruling […]