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Jon Gruden resigned as coach of the Las Vegas Raiders after the publication of emails he wrote from 2011 to 2018, when he was an ESPN analyst, to then-Washington club executive Bruce Allen. The messages were roundly criticized as being misogynist, homophobic and racist.

With Jon Gruden gone, cheerleaders and players want the NFL to release more data

"It is further evidence that the league is just corrupt on a larger scale than we can even begin to imagine," said Melanie Coburn, a former cheerleader for the Washington Football Team.

<em>High-flying jay</em> by Lasse Kurkela, Finland, Winner, 15-17 Years. Lasse Kurkela watches a Siberian jay fly to the top of a spruce tree to stash its food. Kurkela wanted to give a sense of scale in his photograph of the Siberian jay, tiny among the old-growth spruce-dominated forest. He used pieces of cheese to get the jays accustomed to his remotely controlled camera.

Immerse yourself in nature with these 2021 Wildlife Photographer of the Year images

The top two winners of the 2021 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition were selected from more than 50,000 entries worldwide. They are a biologist from France and a 10-year-old from India.

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman prepares for the first round of the 2020 National Hockey League Draft at the NHL Network Studio on October 06, 2020 in Secaucus, New Jersey.

NHL announces that all but 4 players are vaccinated

That means about 99% of NHL players have gotten the vaccine. "All of our officials are vaccinated. All of the personnel that come into contact with the players are vaccinated," the commissioner adds.

Aspirus increases ICU capacity as rise in COVID-19 cases leads to increased hospitalizations

As of Wednesday morning, there were 91 COVID patients hospitalized for COVID-19.43 of them were in the intensive care unit.

Mole Lake Fisheries staff and volunteers help collect walleye fingerlings from their rearing pond.

Tribal hatchery raises, releases thousands of walleye, seeking healthy lake populations

The tribal fish hatchery in Mole Lake raised an released 65,000 walleye this fall. The fish it raised are healthier than ever.

Wreckage from the crash of a Rockwell International 690B in Forest County. All three occupants were killed.

Medical examiner identifies the three people killed in a plane crash near Eagle River

The National Transportation Safety Board, the Federal Aviation Administration, along with the Forest County Sheriffs Department and the Forest County Medical Examiners Office are investigating the cause of the crash.

Extradition hearing delayed again in Hannah Miller homicide

Vilas County Forest Administrator resigns

Al Murray held the job for two years.

Restaurant food and packaged foods are often high in salt to make them more palatable. The FDA wants to see the food industry gradually reduce sodium levels in these foods.

Eating too much salt is making Americans sick. Even a 12% reduction can save lives

The FDA has issued new targets to reduce the amount of salt that manufacturers put in their foods. It could prevent thousands of cases of cardiovascular disease.

A guard wearing a vest saying 'Maori warden' facilitates a COVID-19 testing center in Christchurch, New Zealand. The co-leader of the country's Maori Party has blasted the national government's recent departure from a zero-tolerance approach to the pandemic.

Maori leader calls New Zealand's COVID-19 strategy a 'death warrant' for her people

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer of the country's Maori Party says the shift from a zero-tolerance pandemic approach to an easing of restrictions will disproportionately impact Indigenous people.

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