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Teammates gather around Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa after an injury on Sept. 29 in Cincinnati. The NFL and NFL Players Association agreed to modify the league's concussion protocols.

The NFL and players union agreed to an updated concussion protocol

9:53pm October 08, 2022

by The Associated Press

The announcement from the NFL and NFL Players Association follows a joint investigation into the league's procedures after Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered an injury last month.

Edwin Díaz of the New York Mets and musician Timmy Trumpet pose for a photo before a game between the Mets and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Citi Field in New York City on Aug. 30.

This trumpet-fueled walk-on song is professional baseball's latest craze

4:44pm October 08, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

"Narco," a dance hit by Australian musician Timmy Trumpet and the Dutch DJ duo Blasterjaxx, is the walk-on music for star relief pitcher Edwin Díaz.

A pickup rolls through downtown Richmond, Vt., on Wednesday. A town employee is under fire for lowering fluoride in the drinking water below the state's recommended level.

A town employee quietly lowered the fluoride in water for years

2:52pm October 08, 2022

by The Associated Press

Residents of a small Vermont community were blindsided by news that a water department official lowered fluoride levels nearly four years ago, giving rise to worries about children's dental health.

Cobalt is an important component of lithium ion batteries, like those in many electric vehicles.

In Idaho, America's first, and only, cobalt mine in decades is opening

2:35pm October 08, 2022

The first cobalt mine in the United States in decades opened Friday in Idaho amid rising demand for the metal, which is a key component in electric vehicle batteries.

Anna Sorokin sits during jury deliberations in her trial in New York on April 25, 2019. Sorokin, whose exploits inspired a Netflix series, has been released from immigration custody into home confinement.

Anna Sorokin, a swindler who inspired a Netflix series, is freed but faces deportation

1:37pm October 08, 2022

by The Associated Press

Phony socialite and convicted swindler Anna Sorokin, whose scheme inspired Inventing Anna, has been released from U.S. immigration custody to house arrest, officials and her spokesperson said.

A cluster of hackberry leafrollers swarms a citronella candle on a Dallas resident's patio and blankets the outdoor furniture in webbing.

Dallas residents are dealing with a nuisance. Well, many — a caterpillar outbreak

1:33pm October 08, 2022

by Jacob Wells

Cankerworms and hackberry leafrollers are feasting on foliage and leaving yards in the Dallas-Fort Worth area covered in silk. Scientists attribute the outbreak to recent heavy rains.

The U.S. carrier USS Ronald Reagan is escorted as it arrives in Busan, South Korea, on Sept. 23. North Korea warned on Saturday that the U.S. redeployment of the carrier near the Korean Peninsula is causing a "considerably huge negative splash" in regional security.

North Korea blames the deployment of a U.S. aircraft carrier for latest tensions

10:15am October 08, 2022

by The Associated Press

North Korea warned that the U.S. redeployment of an aircraft carrier near the Korean Peninsula is causing a "considerably huge negative splash" in regional security.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Friday that he will call a special session of the state Legislature on Dec. 5, to pass a new tax on oil companies in response to high gas prices.

California looks to target oil company profits in a special legislative session

9:43am October 08, 2022

by The Associated Press

Gas prices have recovered somewhat nationwide, but they have continued to spike in California, hitting an average of $6.39 per gallon on Friday.

Schools across the country are being targeted with hoax calls about active shooters

9:12am October 08, 2022

There's been a surge in hoax calls about active shooters at schools across the country during the last three weeks. Many of them fit a strange, new pattern.

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Uvalde school district suspended its entire police department, and parents are celebrating

9:12am October 08, 2022

by Yvette Benavides

The entire school district police department in Uvalde, Texas has been suspended. The move came after months of protests by the families of children killed in the school massacre there.