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Cole & Jay test live minnows vs. crappie jigs to see which works best. Bills' Quarterback Josh Allen Exits Game After Suffering Injury Noah Wyle Finally Won an Emmy—and Knew Exactly Who to Dedicate It ...

The IPO market kicked into high gear this week, with a sextet of deals raising more than $4 billion in the busiest period since 2021. While five of the six initial public offerings worth at least $290 ...

Fishing report compiled by California Outdoors Hall of Fame member Dave Hurley and edited by Roger George, who guides in the greater Fresno area and holds the striper record at Millerton Lake. The ...

Sept. 8 (UPI) --Police on Monday shot and killed a man who had evaded capture for more than 3 1/2 years after he disappeared into rural New Zealand with his three children. Police had been hunting Tom ...

Tom Phillips, who vanished with his three children in 2021, was killed after he shot a police officer on Monday, the authorities said. His children were found safe and unharmed. By Yan Zhuang The New ...

HAMDEN — On the campaign trail, Dominique Baez, the endorsed Democrat for mayor, has routinely highlighted her leadership role in crafting this year's leaner budget and her record of fiscal ...

WASHINGTON – The Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted on party lines on Aug. 3 to create a special panel to reinvestigate the events of the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection. In 2022, after 18 ...

Six rods are better than one when it comes to catching summertime crappie at Beaver Lake. Mitch Glenn of Garfield sometimes sets out even more fishing rods for trolling crank baits that lure crappie ...

Water level is 4.33 feet low and clear. Water temperature in low 90s. Crappie guide Blake Oestreich says fishing is good, fish are on the move due to draw down. Minnows working best around timber and ...

Phoenix police released new information in the 2021 murder case of Alisha Hale Bellotte, 34. Bellotte was shot and killed on June 3, 2021, and her body was found near Interstate 10 and Baseline Road ...