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DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV/Gray News) – Defense attorneys for two men who stole items from a Kohl’s store in Colorado suggested their clients should face lesser charges because the items they took were on sale. According to a news release Tuesday from the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, 50-year-old Michael Green and 37-year-old Byron Bolden were sentenced to jail after stealing from a Kohl’s store in Parker. The DA’s office said Green and Bolden stole clothing and high-end KitchenAid appliances.

Lake Shasta's months-long decline has started to level off thanks to several rainstorms that soaked northern California this month. The lake, which is California's largest reservoir, reached nearly 100 percent capacity in May after its water levels were in a dire state since 2019 due to a prolonged drought in the state. Levels leapt 60 feet in January as an abnormally wet winter accompanied by more than a dozen atmospheric rivers soaked the Golden State, and the levels continued to rise until they reached 1,064 feet in late May, just 3 feet short of full pool. The levels have steadily...

SEATTLE — AM 770 KTTH is adding FOX News Radio’s “The Guy Benson Show” from noon-3 p.m. as part of a revamped lineup starting Jan. 1, 2024. Benson has been a FOX News contributor since 2013, providing political commentary across FOX News Channel (FNC) and FOX Business Network’s (FBN) daytime and primetime programming. He is also the political editor of Townhall.com, which bills itself as “the leading source for conservative news and political commentary and analysis.

"No disrespect to those artists like Adele or Harry Styles who won. It's not their fault, but that's some straight-up bulls---," said Spike Lee of Beyoncé losing the album of the year Grammy award.

Ticketmaster defended itself publicly for the first time since the concert promoter's highly publicized meltdown late last year during ticket sales for Taylor Swift's "Eras" tour.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday urged the United States to boost investment in Central America to help curb migration, saying not enough had been done. "Almost nothing has been invested so far," Lopez Obrador told a regular news conference, making reference to prior U.S. commitments to invest in Central America.

The NFL will require every team to hire a minority or female offensive assistant coach for the 2022 season in an effort to ensure more opportunities for diverse candidates. The policy was adopted by NFL owners during their annual meeting on March 28 and requires all 32 NFL teams to hire an offensive assistant coach who is “a female or a member of an ethnic or racial minority,” regardless of whether or not the team already has a coach who satisfies those requirements among their staff. It is unclear exactly when the policy goes into effect.

The NFL has long been under fire for its lack of diversity at the head coaching position. And from the looks of this year’s head coaching cycle so far, that won’t be changing anytime soon. On Thursday, multiple reports indicated that Green Bay OC Nathaniel Hackett, who is white, is set to become the next head coach of the Denver Broncos. During today’s episode of First Take, ESPN figurehead Stephen A. Smith said this hire was “sickening” and “insulting” to see as a Black man. The Broncos moved past Eric Bieniemy as a head coaching option earlier this week. Smith...

Gunshots again pierced the Portland night as nearly 100 shots were fired Tuesday night in the snow-dappled Parkrose Heights neighborhood.

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The White House appeared to walk President Joe Biden's Wednesday denial of reports that his administration was in talks to offer immigrant families separated under the Trump administration $450,000 per person as compensation.

Maryland lawmakers voted on Saturday to limit police officers’ use of force, restrict the use of no-knock warrants and repeal the nation’s first Bill of Rights for law enforcement, taking sweeping action to address police violence after nationwide demonstrations following the death of George Floyd.

Megan Rapinoe expanded on her criticism of Draymond Green on Wednesday, saying that his recent comments on women's sports and equal pay were "frustrating" and "not acceptable at all."

Hunter Biden has reignited a feud with the Trump children, calling them out for getting rich on Trump's dime. In his memoir, Biden says the Trump kids could never get a job outside Trump's business. Don Jr. and Biden previously tangled over who benefited more from their fathers' public service.

Hemal Jhaveri, who served as USA Today’s race and inclusion editor, said in a recent Medium post that she has been fired after tweeting about the suspect in the Boulder, Colorado supermarket shooting that claimed ten lives last week. Per her post, Jhaveri spent almost eight years with the company, rising from social media editor to columnist and eventually the role she held until last week. For The Win, Overseeing USA Today’s sports and social news site, was a major part of her role. Following the news of the shooting, Jhaveri tweeted (her Twitterfeed is now private), “it’s always an...

SAN ANTONIO -- NCAA basketball administrators apologized to the women's basketball players and coaches after inequities between the men's and women's tournament went viral on social media and vowed to do better.

Patrick Ewing, minutes after coaching Georgetown to a thrilling victory over rival Villanova in the Big East tournament, said he was annoyed by the security measures he has encountered this week at Madison Square Garden -- the hub of his Hall of Fame NBA playing career. The Hoyas' 72-71 upset of the top-seeded Wildcats on Thursday was perhaps the most meaningful victory of Ewing's coaching career. The former New York Knicks star said after the game, however, that he has been "getting stopped" and "accosted" at Madison Square Garden. ...

I love America, I support the troops, and I want sports teams to stop playing the national anthem before every game. It's not an act of genuine patriotism, it's a ritual of joyless conformity. End the obligatory performances and shame-enforced head-bowing. For the love of America, make the "Star Spangled Banner" mean something again.

The Dallas Mavericks have not been playing "The Star-Spangled Banner" before home games all season, but said they would Wednesday and going forward after the NBA said all teams were required to play the national anthem.