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Will Aaron Rodgers dare to test Richard Sherman during Sunday's NFC Championship Game? Or will he do like other quarterbacks and not take the risk?

Former NBA All-Star Steve Francis is dribbling away from his huge home in Houston. The mansion built in 2002 is on the market for $5 million.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Just days after beginning an initiative drive to increase casino taxes, Las Vegas-area teachers filed a petition to increase Nevada sales taxes and raise more than $1 billion per year for schools.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Senate may not release the findings of a sexual harassment probe of a male lawmaker who told a young reporter that high school boys visiting the Capitol could have “fun” with her, a spokeswoman for the state Senate's majority leader said Thursday.

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said raising teacher pay is one of his top goals as he gave his second annual State of the State address Thursday, a stance that could put him on a collision course with legislative leaders who want to cut income taxes.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The mother of a 9-year-old girl who took her own life filed suit Thursday blaming the fourth-grader's death on educators she accused of ignoring the girl's complaints about months of bullying by a boy.

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CHICAGO (AP) — University of Illinois administrators on Thursday approved a hike in tuition costs for in-state freshmen for the first time in six years.

BOSTON (AP) — A computer security expert says he found that an election server central to a legal battle over the integrity of Georgia elections showed signs of tampering.

The San Francisco Giants signed left-hander Drew Smyly to a one-year contract Thursday and placed him on their 40-man roster.

In light of rumors that the Houston Astros were using buzzers during the 2019 MLB playoffs to indicate the type of pitch to hitters, fans and former MLB players are pointing at one video of Jose Altuve that lends evidence to the theory.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A Democratic proposal to immediately boost Indiana teacher pay by $100 million a year by stretching out payments to a teacher pension fund was rejected Thursday by a Republican-controlled committee.

In a bid to solidify his evangelical base, President Donald Trump took steps Thursday to give religious organizations easier access to federal programs and he reaffirmed students' rights to pray in public schools.

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A vacant school building in Missoula is being remodeled into a child care facility, the Missoula Early Learning Center announced.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats know that to defeat President Donald Trump they need to do a better job motivating young voters like University of Wisconsin junior David Pelikan, one of about 40 students being trained this week to become organizers for the eventual presidential nominee.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico regulators on Thursday adopted a new rule aimed at oil and natural gas companies as the industry touted the more than $3 billion that was pumped into the state's general fund coffers through taxes and revenues during the last fiscal year.

Today, yet another airline announced that it will fly away from Oakland International Airport: JetBlue. As the low-fare aviation darling struggles to remain profitable competing in a world filled with monolithic major carriers, it announced a series of cutbacks to California flights today.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Health officials said Thursday more cases of severe vaping-related lung disease have been confirmed in Washington state, bringing the total number to 23,

No surprise here: George Kittle will have no problem playing Sunday in the NFC Championship Game against Green Bay. On Thursday, a day after the All-Pro tight end was held out of practice because of ankle soreness, head coach Kyle Shanahan said Kittle would be a full participant in practice and wouldn’t have issues facing the Packers.

KINLOCH, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis man has been charged will fatally shooting another man after getting mad at him about a missing lawn mower and leaf blower.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A convicted sex offender has been charged in connection with the disappearance of an Alabama woman whose body was found in a shallow grave weeks after she texted a friend she was “in trouble."

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida could ease penalties for possessing small amounts of drugs and eliminate some mandatory minimum sentences for drug dealers under a strict set of circumstances under a bill unanimously approved by a Senate committee Thursday.

Think minimalism is too stark, and maximalism too much? Then you're in luck, since the home decor pendulum seems to have swung to the middle.

ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play4 Day" game were: