Day: November 13, 2023

Wife of legendary NFL head coach blasts Bill Belichick, urges retirement: ‘I hope he never wins again’

8:12 pm November 13, 2023

Bill Belichick’s future with the New England Patriots continues to be a talking point amid the team’s woeful performance this season, and at least one person is adamant about his next step: retirement. Fran Levy, the wife of legendary Buffalo Bills head coach Marv Levy, blasted the longtime Patriots’ coach during an interview her husband […]

Police, protestors clash near so-called ‘Cop City’ site in Atlanta

8:09 pm November 13, 2023

Police used tear gas and flash-bang grenades Monday to halt a march seeking to stop construction of a police and firefighter training center in Atlanta. More than 500 people on Monday marched about 2 miles from a park to the site, which is just outside the Atlanta city limits in suburban DeKalb County. A wedge […]

Dominica creates world’s first marine reserve for endangered sperm whales

8:08 pm November 13, 2023

The tiny Caribbean island of Dominica is creating the world’s first marine protected area for one of earth’s largest animals: the endangered sperm whale. Nearly 300 square miles of royal blue waters on the western side of the island nation that serve as key nursing and feeding grounds will be designated as a reserve, the […]

US Rep. Brian Higgins, longtime NY Democrat, announces departure from Congress

8:06 pm November 13, 2023

U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y., said Sunday he will leave Congress before the end of his current term after growing frustrated with dysfunction in Washington. “It’s just a time for change, and I think this is the time,” Higgins, 64, said at a news conference. He plans to leave office during the first week of […]

Climate change hits beer industry, prompting farmers and researchers to adapt

7:15 pm November 13, 2023

On a bright day this fall, tractors crisscrossed Gayle Goschie’s farm about an hour outside Portland, Oregon. Goschie is in the beer business — a fourth-generation hops farmer. Fall is the off-season, when the trellises are bare, but recently, her farming team has been adding winter barley, a relatively newer crop in the world of […]