Scott B. Crowley blog

Dickert led the Cougars to a bowl bid in ’21 and became the permanent head coach. Not his first chaos: WSU coach Jake Dickert’s background helped prep him for the challenge of replacing Nick Rolovich - Fri, 22 Apr 2022 PST

Russia shifted a dozen crack units from the shattered port of Mariupol to eastern Ukraine and pounded away at cities across the region, Ukrainian authorities said Friday, as the two sides hurtled toward what could be an epic battle for control of the country's industrial heartland. Ukraine: Russians shift elite units to the new battleground - Fri, 22 Apr 2022 PST

Jeremy Eaton, a former Gonzaga forward who starred on the Bulldogs' 1999 Elite Eight team, has died after a battle with cancer, The Spokesman-Review learned Friday morning. Former Gonzaga forward Jeremy Eaton dies after battle with Adenocarcinoma cancer - Fri, 22 Apr 2022 PST

Distrust in elections continues to reverberate around the U.S. and subject election officials to new levels of scrutiny, even in Utah where universal mail-in voting has been widely embraced since the GOP-controlled Statehouse allowed counties to adopt the policy a decade ago. Deep-red Utah embraced voting by mail. Then came 2020. - Fri, 22 Apr 2022 PST

A Taliban official says a bombing at a mosque and religious school in northern Afghanistan on Friday killed at least 33 people, including students of a religious school. Death toll in Afghan mosque bombing rises to 33, Taliban say - Fri, 22 Apr 2022 PST

A leading Spanish museum said Friday it's confident that U.S. courts will again rule that a valuable French impressionist painting once taken from a Jewish family by the Nazis belongs to the museum, and not to descendants of the family. Spain museum confident it can keep painting stolen by Nazis - Fri, 22 Apr 2022 PST

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was engaged in “legitimate political speech” when she called for a response to Joe Biden’s presidential victory prior to last year’s Capitol attack, her lawyer argued Friday during a hearing over her right to run for reelection. Marjorie Taylor Greene's candidacy challenged at hearing - Fri, 22 Apr 2022 PST

The finalists for France’s presidency, President Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen, traded blows on the last day of campaigning Friday as they tried to convince undecided voters why their political agenda — and not their rival's — is the right choice. Macron, Le Pen trade blows in final day of campaign - Fri, 22 Apr 2022 PST

House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy told fellow GOP lawmakers shortly after the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection that he would urge then-President Donald Trump to resign, according to audio posted by The New York Times and aired on Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC show. Audio: McCarthy said he would urge Trump to resign - Fri, 22 Apr 2022 PST

NEW YORK — Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was expected to make a virtual appearance in federal court in New York on Friday to face drug trafficking and weapons charges after he was arrested in Honduras and extradited overnight to the United States. Honduras ex-president Hernández to face charges in US court - Fri, 22 Apr 2022 PST

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is calling on the Biden administration to establish field hospitals near Ukraine's border and ramp up medical support for what's expected to be a monthslong war of attrition waged by Russia. Lawmakers want US to set up field hospitals for Ukraine - Fri, 22 Apr 2022 PST

The last time singer-songwriter Charley Crockett visited Spokane, the venue that played host to his swaggering brand of traditional country and blues was a little different from the one he found himself in on Wednesday night at the Knitting Factory. “The last time I was here, I played at Lucky You Lounge,” he said. Review: Charley Crockett brings country traditions to present day at Knitting Factory show - Fri, 22 Apr 2022 PST

Russian authorities have opened a criminal case against prominent opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. for allegedly spreading “false information” about the country’s armed forces, his lawyer said Friday. Kremlin pursues more cases against critics of Ukraine war - Fri, 22 Apr 2022 PST

Firefighters working to keep more homes from burning on the edge of a mountain town in northern Arizona were treated to scattered showers and cooler temperatures early Friday, but the favorable weather was not expected to last as more ferocious winds were forecast to batter parts of Arizona and all of New Mexico through the weekend. Sheriff's office: Flagstaff-area wildfire burned 30 homes - Fri, 22 Apr 2022 PST

From algae farming to producing a sort of artificial limestone, ideas for reducing greenhouse gas in the atmosphere are getting a funding boost from famed entrepreneur Elon Musk. Algae a winner in Elon Musk-funded greenhouse gas contest - Fri, 22 Apr 2022 PST

President Joe Biden is taking steps to restore national forests that have been devastated by wildfires, drought and blight, using an Earth Day visit to Seattle to sign an executive order protecting some of the nation’s largest and oldest trees. Biden order aims to protect old-growth forests from wildfire - Fri, 22 Apr 2022 PST

American Express' first-quarter profits fell roughly 6% from a year earlier, but the company saw a 30% jump in spending on its namesake cards in the quarter as its cardmembers returned to their habits of shopping, traveling and dining. American Express profits fall slightly, but spending jumps - Fri, 22 Apr 2022 PST