By MAUREEN MULLEN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Connor Wong hit his first major league homer, Kiké Hernández doubled twice and the Boston Red Sox overcame an early injury to starting pitcher Nick Pivetta to beat Texas 9-1. The Rangers lost their season-worst sixth in a row. Pivetta exited with a bruised left calf after
Continue Reading By JEFF MELNICK Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jordan Montgomery pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning to remain unbeaten with St. Louis, Lars Nootbaar and Tommy Edman homered, and the Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 8-0. The NL Central-leading Cardinals have won five of six. Chicago has lost five of six. Montgomery improved
Continue Reading By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jeffrey Springs pitched neatly into the sixth inning, Christian Bethancourt hit a two-run homer in the seventh, and the Tampa Bay Rays moved within five games of the AL East-leading New York Yankees with a 9-0 victory. It was the first of six games between
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — La legendaria carrera de tenis de Serena Williams probablemente haya llegado a su fin después de caer ante la australiana Ajla Tomljanović en la tercera ronda del US Open en el Arthur Ashe Stadium en Flushing, Nueva York. La 23 veces campeona de Grand Slam en individuales deja una
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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia’s U.N. ambassador says it’s “alarming” that less than three weeks before the annual meeting of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly not a single member of the 56-member Russian advance team and delegation headed by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has received an entry
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Serena Williams’ loss in the third round of the U.S. Open brings an end to her tennis career. She turns 41 this month and wants to focus on having a second child and pursuing her business interests. Williams has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles along with 14 major
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Continue Reading MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Tropical Storm Earl has formed east of the Northern Leeward Islands and is threatening to unleash heavy rains and gusty squalls in the region. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Earl formed late Friday and was headed west-northwest on a course expected to take it near or just
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN On stage in Liverpool on Thursday night, Dave Chappelle delivered a stinging assessment of the Oscars slap heard ’round the world. Chappelle is in the midst of a joint comedy tour with Chris Rock, who in March was slapped while presenting on stage at the Academy Awards by actor Will Smith.
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HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT… WHAT…Daytime high temperatures of 95 to 100 degrees expected.WHERE…Mud Lake, INL, Craters of the Moon NM, Idaho Falls,Rexburg, St. Anthony, Pocatello, Blackfoot, American Falls,Shelley, Fort Hall, Inkom, McCammon, Downey, Lava Hot Springs,Malad, Preston, and Thatcher.WHEN…Until midnight MDT Tuesday night.IMPACTS…Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has announced the appointment of former Senegalese minister and U.N. diplomat Abdoulaye Bathily to be the new U.N. envoy to Libya after the Security Council gave its approval, ending a nine-month search amid increasing chaos in the oil-rich north African nation.
Continue Reading By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Payton Thorne capped three straight drives with touchdown passes in the first half and threw for a fourth score in the final quarter to help No. 15 Michigan State pull away and beat Western Michigan 35-13. The Spartans played well in spurts, but also
Continue Reading INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Justin Ashley led Top Fuel qualifying Friday night in the NHRA U.S. Nationals with a 3.716-second pass at 330.23 mph. Robert Hight topped the Funny Car field, Erica Enders led in Pro Stock and Eddie Krawiec was the fastest in Pro Stock Motorcycle at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park in the regular-season
Continue Reading By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Travis d’Arnaud and Vaughn Grissom homered off Sandy Alcantara in a four-run fourth inning, Michael Harris II homered in the sixth and the Atlanta Braves won their third straight, tying a season-high with five long balls in an 8-1 win over the Miami Marlins. The power
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN The autopsy report for Elijah McClain, an unarmed Black man who died after a struggle with police in Colorado, was changed in response to new evidence from a grand jury investigation, Adams County Chief Coroner Monica Broncucia-Jordan confirmed on Friday. However, she said she cannot release the amended report because of
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Minnesota Twins starter Sonny Gray has exited the game against the Chicago White Sox because of right hamstring tightness. The veteran right-hander departed after the fourth inning. He allowed two runs and five hits. Gray came into the game with a 7-4 record and 3.04 ERA.
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Leave it to Serena Williams to not want to go quietly, to not want this match, this trip to the U.S. Open, this transcendent career of hers, to really, truly end. Right down to what were, barring a change of heart, the final minutes of
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Leave it to Serena Williams to not want to go quietly, to not want this match, this trip to the U.S. Open, this transcendent career of hers, to really, truly end. Right down to what were, barring a change of heart, the final minutes of
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La NASA no intentará el lanzamiento de Artemis I durante el resto del período de lanzamiento, que finaliza el martes, según una actualización de la agencia después de un segundo intento de lanzamiento cancelado el sábado. Los futuros períodos de lanzamiento, incluidos los de septiembre y octubre, dependen de lo que
Continue Reading NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. (AP) — Matthew Sluka threw two touchdown passes and ran for 102 yards and another score to power Holy Cross to a 31-17 victory over Merrimack in a season opener. Sluka ran for a 7-yard score in the first quarter, connected with Ayir Asante for a 24-yard TD in the second and
Continue Reading By DANA GAURUDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Ryan Kreidler scored twice in his major league debut including the go-ahead run on pinch-hitter Harold Castro’s seventh-inning single and the Detroit Tigers edged the Kansas City Royals 5-4. Kreidler was promoted from Triple-A Toledo on Thursday and drew two walks. Javier Baez hit a two-run homer
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution condemning all forms of sexual and gender-based violence. It urges all countries to provide victims and survivors access to justice, reparations and assistance. The resolution was adopted by consensus and a bang of the gavel Friday by
Continue Reading MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities in Tennessee are searching for a woman who police said was abducted and forced into a vehicle while she was jogging near the University of Memphis campus. Memphis police say 34-year-old Eliza Fletcher was last seen at 4:20 a.m. Friday,. University police say she was jogging when a man approached
Continue Reading By WES CROSBY Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Alek Manoah pitched shutout ball into the eighth inning and Bo Bichette homered, leading the Toronto Blue Jays to a 4-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Manoah (13-7) allowed five hits and struck out six in 7 1/3 innings, retiring 15 of the final 18 batters he
Continue Reading By TODD KARPOVICH Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Gunnar Henderson doubled twice in his home debut, Jorge Mateo had a two-run single in a three-run eighth inning, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Oakland Athletics 5-2. Adley Rutschman put the Orioles in front with a bases-loaded walk as a pinch-hitter in the eighth. Dean Kremer
Continue Reading CINCINNATI (AP) — Jonathan India drove in Spencer Steer from third base with a game-ending chopper against Colorado’s five-man infield, sending the Cincinnati Reds past the Rockies 3-2 on Friday night.Steer, who hit his first career home run in the fifth in his major league debut, led off the ninth with a double against Alex
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation intended to open the way for California’s last operating nuclear power plant to run an additional five years. The Diablo Canyon Power Plant is scheduled to close by 2025, but the new law gives operator Pacific Gas &
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By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation intended to open the way for California’s last operating nuclear power plant to run an additional five years. The Diablo Canyon Power Plant is scheduled to close by 2025, but the new law gives operator Pacific Gas &
Continue Reading By TERRY WALLACE Associated Press At least eight migrants were found dead in the Rio Grande after dozens attempted a hazardous crossing near Eagle Pass, Texas, officials said Friday. U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Mexican officials made the discovery Thursday while responding to a large group of people crossing the river following days of
Continue Reading PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Connor Watkins was 11-of-15 passing for 298 yards and three touchdowns, and Villanova scored the opening 24 points in routing Lehigh 45-17. Villanova, which has won 10 straight in the series, is coming off a 10-3 season that ended in the quarterfinals of the FCS playoffs. Watkins took over for three-year starter
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By Jamie Gangel, Kristen Holmes, Jeremy Herb and Evan Perez, CNN Within a week of the FBI search of former President Donald Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago resort, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows handed over texts and emails to the National Archives that he had not previously turned over from his time in the administration,
Continue Reading By BEN ROSS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Giants first baseman Brandon Belt will undergo season-ending arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Saturday in San Francisco. Belt had surgery on the same knee in 2015 and 2018. The 34-year-old has faced multiple stints on the injured list with knee inflammation this season, missing 23
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — At least a dozen Oregon cities experienced the hottest months of July and August on record, according to a state climatologist. Oregon State Climatologist Larry O’Neill studied average weather temperatures and focused on communities with at least 50 years of consistent data, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported. He found new average-temperature records
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Tutu Atwell didn’t get to play for the Los Angeles Rams during the preseason and that’s how he knows his second NFL season is off to an excellent start. Coach Sean McVay shows his disdain for the injury risks in the NFL’s exhibition schedule
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Amazon’s $3.9 billion acquisition of the primary health organization One Medical, a move that could delay the completion of the deal. According to a regulatory filing, both One Medical and Amazon received a request for additional information on Friday in connection with an FTC review
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Amazon’s $3.9 billion acquisition of the primary health organization One Medical, a move that could delay the completion of the deal. According to a regulatory filing, both One Medical and Amazon received a request for additional information on Friday in connection with an FTC review
Continue Reading By Paul P. Murphy, CNN During a March 2022 site visit, US Environmental Protection Agency staff found that the City of Jackson, Mississippi, did not have adequate staffing for its water system and that as a result of that, routine and preventative maintenance on parts of the system were not being performed. The findings of
Continue Reading By Paul P. Murphy, CNN During a March 2022 site visit, US Environmental Protection Agency staff found that the City of Jackson, Mississippi, did not have adequate staffing for its water system and that as a result of that, routine and preventative maintenance on parts of the system were not being performed. The findings of
Continue Reading By Nicki Brown, Sharif Paget and Kelly Murray, CNN A student at Mergenthaler Vocational Technical High School in Baltimore, Maryland, has died after being shot Friday in the schoolyard, according to Baltimore Police. School had just started for the year on Monday. A suspect approached the victim, 17, during dismissal. The encounter became heated, and
Continue Reading By Jamie Gangel, Kristen Holmes, Jeremy Herb and Evan Perez, CNN Within a week of the FBI search of former President Donald Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago resort, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows handed over texts and emails to the National Archives that he had not previously turned over from his time in the administration,
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty to murdering four women whose bodies were found in vacant Detroit houses in 2018 and 2019. Wayne County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Maria Miller said 37-year-old Deangelo Martin also pleaded guilty on Friday to sexually assaulting two other women. Martin pleaded guilty just days before he was scheduled
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A 46-year-old of Tucson, Arizona was sentenced to five years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced Friday.
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed and Marshall Cohen, CNN A hearing Thursday in West Palm Beach, Florida, was the first chance former President Donald Trump’s lawyers had to convince US District Judge Aileen Cannon in person that the FBI search warrant on Mar-a-Lago for government records, including those identified as classified, was unwarranted and merited an outside
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg and Alaa Elassar, CNN A federal judge in Los Angeles dismissed an indictment on Thursday that charged a dive boat captain with manslaughter for the deaths of 34 people after a fire broke out on his vessel on Labor Day 2019. The Conception, a 75-foot dive boat, caught fire and sunk in
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The Idaho Falls Police Department is searching for runaway juvenile Joh Glasby.
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs says it will provide abortion access to veterans and their beneficiaries in cases when the pregnant woman’s life or health is at risk, or in cases of rape or incest — even in states that have made abortions illegal. The VA said the services will be offered
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — Un ex infante de Marina de Estados Unidos, que es el principal sospechoso de la muerte de su novia en 2016 y que fue arrestado en El Salvador el lunes, se declaró inocente del cargo de homicidio este viernes durante una audiencia en una corte de San Diego, California. Raymond
Continue Reading By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s State Board of Elections has chosen not to fight a recent decision by the state rules panel blocking its proposed restrictions on party-appointed poll watchers this fall. But the board pledged Friday to do all it can to help county elections officials
Continue Reading SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. prosecutors say a tip along with the perseverance of the mother of a woman killed in San Diego in 2016 led to the arrest of her boyfriend who fled to El Salvador and was captured there last month. Raymond McLeod pleaded not guilty to a murder charge in San Diego
Continue Reading VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Vancouver Canucks signed forward J.T. Miller to a seven-year, $56 million contract Friday. The 29-year-old Miller was Vancouver’s leading scorer last season with 99 points on 32 goals and 67 assists in 80 games. He was set to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2022-23
Continue Reading By MARK DIDTLER TAMPA, Fla. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo will miss a pivotal three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays this weekend after getting an epidural shot for lingering lower back pain. DJ LeMahieu started in place of Rizzo, who got the injection Thursday in California where
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Londres (CNN Business) — Rusia no reanudará inmediatamente las exportaciones de gas natural a Europa a través de su gasoducto Nord Stream 1, empeorando una escasez que amenaza con llevar al continente a una crisis energética este invierno boreal. Este viernes, el gigante energético estatal ruso Gazprom dijo que no reanudaría los flujos
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Multiple fires are burning along I-15 at Pocatello. There is also a fire at Malad Summit on I-15.
Continue Reading SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Kelly Susewind has authorized the killing of one wolf because of cattle attacks in northeast Washington. The Smackout wolf pack has attacked cattle on private and public land in Stevens and Pend Oreille counties, the Capital Press reported. The agency said non-lethal deterrents employed
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — CNN White House correspondent John Harwood says he’s exiting the news channel. In a tweet Friday, he says he was proud of the work he’d done. His departure comes amid other significant changes at CNN. Last month, CNN canceled its weekly “Reliable Sources” media analysis show after three decades on the
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN The Internal Revenue Service acknowledged Friday that it had inadvertently exposed a batch of taxpayer information linked to some non-profits and other tax-exempt organizations, following a Wall Street Journal report that said as many as 120,000 individuals may have been affected by the error. The accidentally leaked data did not include
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Lauren del Valle, Liam Reilly and Alaa Elassar, CNN Dozens of ancient artifacts investigators believe were looted have been seized from the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. The office seized 27 artifacts from the Met using three search warrants. They will be repatriated to their countries of
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It’s traditionally a busy weekend for the start of the Eastern Idaho State Fair.
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Idaho officials reported 603 new COVID-19 cases and 3 new deaths Friday.
Continue Reading PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Portland Thorns say team owner Merritt Paulson was contacted in 2019 about former coach Paul Riley’s interest in becoming head coach of the U.S. women’s national team, and he disclosed that Riley had had been fired by the team for cause. But the team maintains Riley didn’t try to shape
Continue Reading By JOHN ANTCZAK and EUGENE GARCIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Californians sweltering in the West’s lengthening heat wave have been asked to reduce air conditioning and cut other electricity use again to prevent stress on the state’s electrical grid that could lead to rolling blackouts. Friday is the third consecutive day of requests
Continue Reading BOLTON, Mass. (AP) — Matthew Wolff is now a footnote in LIV Golf history. He has the first hole-in-one in the Saudi-funded league. Wolff shot a 63 and has a one-shot lead in the LIV Golf Invitational-Boston. A pair of newcomers are one shot back. Cameron Smith and Joaquin Niemann are among six players to
Continue Reading RECIFE, Brazil (AP) — Paul Stoll had 15 points and nine assists and Mexico defeated the U.S. 73-67 on Friday in the opening game of Group C play for both teams at the FIBA AmeriCup. Fabian James added 13 points and 10 rebounds for Mexico. Jeremy Pargo led the U.S. with 14 points. Norris Cole
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Earnie Shavers, whose thunderous punches stopped 68 fighters and earned him heavyweight title fights with Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes, has died. He was 78. Former British boxer and close friend Kenny Rainford told The Associated Press in a telephone call from Liverpool, England, that his close friend died on Thursday
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina and women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley have canceled a home-and-home series with BYU over a recent racial incident where a Cougars fan yelled slurs at a Duke volleyball player. The Gamecocks were scheduled to start the season at home against BYU on Nov. 7, then play at the Utah
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina and women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley have canceled a home-and-home series with BYU over a recent racial incident where a Cougars fan yelled slurs at a Duke volleyball player. The Gamecocks were scheduled to start the season at home against BYU on Nov. 7, then play at the Utah
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Jane Fonda has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and has begun chemotherapy treatment, the legendary actress and activist said in post shared on her verified social media account. “This is a very treatable cancer. 80% of people survive, so I feel very lucky,” she wrote. Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma is a cancer of
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When the Eastern Idaho State Fair parade hits the streets Saturday, there will be a someone very familiar taking the reins.
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two-time IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden has been given a six-spot penalty on the starting grid of Sunday’s race at Portland International Raceway. The penalty is for an unapproved engine change and is an early setback in the Team Penske drivers’ bid to win a
Continue Reading ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek soccer club Olympiakos has signed Brazilian star Marcelo. Marcelo has spent the past 16 seasons playing for Real Madrid. There he accumulated 25 tropies, the most in the club’s history. The terms of the contract were not announced by Olympiakos but Greek sports sites reported it is for one year
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — A judge in Nicaragua has sentenced a Roman Catholic priest to 49 years in prison for the rape of a 14-year-old girl. Judge Edén Aguilar Castro sentenced Rev. José Leonardo Urbina on Friday to 24 years in prison on two counts of abuse and 25 years for one count of rape.
Continue Reading By Tina Burnside, Jamiel Lynch and Amir Vera, CNN Memphis police found an unidentified body Monday about 20 minutes from where teacher Eliza “Liza” Fletcher was violently abducted three days ago, according to a tweet from the police department. “The identity of this person and the cause of death is unconfirmed at this time. The
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Individual ranchers and the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation are seeking to intervene in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice challenging recently-passed state water rights laws.
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN Britney Spears has posted an open letter to her sons. The Grammy winner took to Instagram on Thursday and responded to an interview her son, Jayden Federline, 15, gave for an upcoming British ITV documentary about the Federline family. The documentary has been previewed by the British newspaper the DailyMail, and
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch, CNN Memphis police are searching for a schoolteacher they say was abducted while she was out on a jog Friday morning. Eliza “Liza” Fletcher, 34, was jogging around 4:30 a.m. when an unidentified person approached her, police said. She was forced into a mid-sized dark SUV and taken from the scene, police
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ WEED, Calif. (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire in rural Northern California injured several people Friday, destroyed multiple homes and forced thousands of residents to flee, jamming roadways at the start of a sweltering Labor Day weekend. The blaze dubbed the Mill Fire started on or near the property
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — White House adviser Keisha Lance Bottoms; Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas; Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba of Jackson, Mississippi. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Panel of experts on policing: Georgetown University Law Professor Paul Butler; Jason Johnson, president of the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund; Rebecca Brown, director of
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — La legendaria actriz y activista Jane Fonda anunció que le diagnosticaron linfoma no Hodgkin, un cáncer que afecta al sistema linfático, y que ya comenzó quimioterapia. El linfoma no Hodgkin comienza en los linfocitos, que son glóbulos blancos que forman parte del sistema inmunitario, según la Sociedad Estadounidense del Cáncer.
Continue Reading By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — After the 2020 election, a Georgia poll worker who was falsely accused of voting fraud by former President Donald Trump was pressured and threatened with imprisonment during a meeting arranged with the help of an ally of the Trump campaign, a prosecutor said in a court filing
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El fin de semana del Día del Trabajo suele ser el último adiós al verano boreal, pero para aproximadamente un tercio del país, las temperaturas podrían alcanzar niveles récord este fin de semana festivo. “Septiembre comienza con temperaturas abrasadoras en todo el oeste de EE.UU., ya que se prevé que las
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Planned Parenthood Arizona has joined several other providers and restarted abortion care in the state, although it may only be temporary. Clinics stopped abortions in Arizona after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that women do not have a constitutional right to end a pregnancy. They
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Biden administration has approved more than $1.1 billion in arms sales to Taiwan, a move likely to further inflame already-heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing. The administration on Friday formally notified Congress of the proposed sales, which include up to 60 anti-ship missiles and up to 100 air-to-air missiles. Laura
Continue Reading By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has filed an open records request seeking emails between two journalism professors and a fact-checking organization. Schmitt’s office is seeking three years of some emails sent by the professors and the executive director of PolitiFact while they worked at the Columbia Missourian on the University
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Fremont County Emergency Management says a total fire ban is in effect for Fremont County until Thursday, September 8.
Continue Reading LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan authorities are investigating how a piece of equipment that helps disabled voters mark a ballot wound up for sale online. The machinery was purchased by an election security expert, who then contacted the state to report the issue. Michigan authorities have said the voter assist terminal at issue does not
Continue Reading By DANA GAURUDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Detroit Tigers outfielder Austin Meadows says he has been dealing with mental health issues along with physical ailments and will not play again this season. Meadows revealed his struggles in a social media post. Detroit manager A.J. Hinch has known of Meadows’ mental health issues for several
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jane Fonda said on social media Friday that she has cancer. “So, my dear friends, I have something personal I want to share. I’ve been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and have started chemo treatments,” the 84-year-old actor wrote in an Instagram post. “This is a very treatable cancer,” she added, “so
Continue Reading By Sara Murray, CNN A federal judge on Friday denied Steve Bannon’s request for a new trial, after the former Trump adviser was convicted of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack. Bannon had raised a series of issues, including about the instructions to
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Few things are more exciting than watching a spacecraft lift off the launchpad and set off on a cosmic quest, as NASA’s Artemis I mission is poised to do Saturday. But if you’re a casual observer, it may be that few things are more confusing than hearing some of the jargon
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Abner Mares is a former three-division world champion who has practically set the blueprint for a champion boxer moving intelligently to the next stage of his life. But Mares wasn’t quite ready for that next stage to start yet. He’s returning to the ring after
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN It’s time to go back to the moon. Almost 50 years after the last Apollo mission ventured to the lunar surface, NASA has established a program that promises to land humans on unexplored lunar regions and eventually the surface of Mars — and it all begins with Artemis I. It’s no
Continue Reading By Jason Morris and Sara Murray, CNN Investigators probing efforts to meddle with the 2020 election results in Georgia are seeking testimony from Harrison Floyd, a leader with the organization Black Voices for Trump, about his alleged role in a plot to pressure a Georgia election worker to falsely admit election fraud. Fulton County District
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Barcelona has sealed the signing of left back Marcos Alonso. Alonso had terminated his contract with Chelsea before the end of the transfer deadline on Thursday and was free to sign with another club. Barcelona signed the 31-year-old Spaniard on a contract until the end of the season and with a buyout
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Veteran striker Iago Aspas has added to his great start to the season by scoring twice in Celta Vigo’s 3-0 rout of last-place Cádiz in the Spanish league. The double took Aspas’ tally to five goals from four matches and put him at the top of the scoring list ahead of the
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have designated a beloved rock musician, a key ally of jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny and four other people as “foreign agents,” alleging they engaged in unspecified political activities while receiving funding from Ukraine. The term “foreign agent” carries a strong pejorative sense in Russia and implies additional government scrutiny.
Continue Reading By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Silicon Valley executive who prosecutors said lied to investors about inventing technology that tested for allergies and COVID-19 using only a few drops of blood was found guilty of health care fraud. The U.S. Department of Justice said Friday that a federal jury convicted
Continue Reading By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Silicon Valley executive who prosecutors said lied to investors about inventing technology that tested for allergies and COVID-19 using only a few drops of blood was found guilty of health care fraud. The U.S. Department of Justice said Friday that a federal jury convicted
Continue Reading HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Court records show that the West Virginia man charged in a shooting at western Maryland machine shop that killed three coworkers has pleaded not criminally responsible for mental reasons. Joe Louis Esquivel is charged with murder, attempted murder and other offenses in the June 9 shooting at Columbia Machine in Smithsburg
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — Jane Fonda fue diagnosticada con linfoma no Hodgkin y comenzó un tratamiento de quimioterapia, dijo la legendaria actriz y activista en una publicación compartida en su cuenta oficial de Instagram. “Este es un cáncer muy tratable. El 80% de las personas sobreviven, así que me siento muy afortunada”, escribió Fonda. “También
Continue Reading By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Ryan Blaney and Austin Dillon were unsure of their playoff plans until the very end of NASCAR’s regular season. Now both will switch from fighting to reach the postseason to chasing a Cup Series title. The chase begins Sunday with the Southern 500 at Darlington
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