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Rower's family says abusive coach pushed athlete to suicide 12/07/2022 02:02pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� On New Year���s Day nearly two years ago, Parker Kinney spent the day with Brian Lilly Jr. at picturesque Scripps Beach in the San Diego area and realized his friend had become a shadow of his former self. Kinney and Lilly walked on the sand for hours and went to dinner. At th Emboldened athletes push back on old-school coaching methods 12/07/2022 10:56am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Some of Geoff Bond���s rowers loved and appreciated his demanding style. They thrived on how the coach at the University of California-San Diego pushed them to the limit while preparing them to take on the real world. But for others, Bond was a nightmare, with over-the-top int 'Expressive times': Publishing industry an open book in 2022 12/07/2022 09:26am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� In 2022, the story of book publishing was often the industry itself. Penguin Random House's attempt to purchase Simon & Schuster ended up in a Washington, D.C. courtroom, as the Department of Justice prevailed after a three week antitrust trial last summer that also served as a Suicide bomber hits Indonesian police station, killing 1 12/07/2022 07:19am • BANDUNG, Indonesia (AP) ��� A Muslim militant and convicted bomb-maker who was released from prison last year blew himself up Wednesday at a police station on Indonesia���s main island of Java, killing an officer and wounding 11 people, officials said. The attacker entered the Astana Anyar police s New Zealand court rules against anti-vax parents of ill baby 12/07/2022 04:57am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) ��� A New Zealand court temporarily took away medical custody of a baby from his parents on Wednesday after they refused blood transfusions for him unless the blood came from donors who were unvaccinated against COVID-19. The court's ruling in favor of health authoritie Md. puts off awarding controversial airport concessions contract ��� but not before current vendor sues 12/07/2022 04:48am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. Concourse A at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport was expanded last year. The state was planning to name a new contractor to run the airport���s ���Next mass killer���: Dropped case foretold Colorado bloodbath 12/06/2022 09:09pm • COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) ��� Anderson Lee Aldrich loaded bullets into a Glock pistol and chugged vodka, ominously warning frightened grandparents not to stand in the way of an elaborate plan to stockpile guns, ammo, body armor and a homemade bomb to become ���the next mass killer.��� ���You guy Indonesia's Parliament votes to ban sex outside of marriage 12/06/2022 07:42pm • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ��� Indonesia���s Parliament unanimously voted on Tuesday to ban sex outside of marriage and insulting the president and state institutions. Once in force, the bans will affect foreign visitors as well as citizens. They're part of an overhaul of the country's criminal code th Pregnant women who get the flu at risk for complications from its respiratory effects 12/06/2022 06:52pm • Pregnant women may already feel uncomfortable trying to breathe, and a D.C. doctor who wants everyone to get vaccinated warns that getting sick with flu poses higher risk for complications. "One of the biggest concerns with pregnant women who get the flu is the respiratory component of the flu," Ukraine leader defiant as drone strikes hit Russia again 12/06/2022 06:00pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Drones struck inside Russia���s border with Ukraine on Tuesday in the second day of attacks exposing the vulnerability of some of Moscow���s most important military sites, experts said. Ukrainian officials did not formally confirm carrying out drone strikes inside Russia, and Two Kansas high schools investigate offensive chants at game 12/06/2022 05:38pm • Two Kansas high schools are investigating after students at one school reportedly yelled racist and offensive taunts at the other school's basketball team. Topeka High School's team was subjected to ���racial slurs, threats and disgusting taunts,��� during a game on Saturday with Valley Center High Hockey's history shows handful of non-white pioneers 12/06/2022 05:31pm • Taffy Abel carried the American flag at the 1924 Olympics, where his team won silver in hockey. Henry Elmer ���Buddy��� Maracle played 11 games in the early-1930s NHL. Paul Jacobs may have played in the league���s second season in 1918-19. But in the commonly known history of hockey, a predominantly Facebook parent Meta threatens to remove news from platform 12/06/2022 05:08pm • Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. said Tuesday it will be ���forced to consider��� removing news content from its platform if Congress passes legislation requiring tech companies to pay news outlets for their material. The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act, if passed, would allow news c Ex-children's hospital doctor charged with sex crimes 12/06/2022 04:57pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� A former medical director of a Virginia hospital that serves vulnerable children has been charged with four felony sex crimes in connection with abuse that authorities say happened at the facility years ago. A grand jury indicted Dr. Daniel N. Davidow of Richmond, a former lon Hakimi's 'Panenka' penalty advances Morocco at World Cup 12/06/2022 04:50pm • AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) ��� The sheer audacity. The simple execution. And then ��� delirium. Achraf Hakimi converted the decisive spot kick for Morocco with a little dink of a shot known as a ���Panenka��� in a penalty shootout win over Spain to make his team the first Arab country ever to reach the W