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By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — NASCAR drivers got their first laps on Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course in practice — and it opened to mixed reviews. Previous race winners Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch made it clear they’d rather be racing on the traditional oval. Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson didn’t
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By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Several thousand LGBT supporters took to the streets in the Romanian capital of Bucharest Saturday for a gay pride parade that resumed after a year’s pause due to the pandemic. Marchers young and old walked through the capital’s streets, with many waving colorful flags and blowing
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PHOENIX (AP) — Monsoon rain drenched south-central Arizona, closing parts of a Phoenix freeway and causing flooding in the rural community of Gila Bend, where authorities said two people have died. Gila Bend’s mayor on Saturday declared a state of emergency for the town of 2,000 because of flooding and said a temporary shelter was
Continue Reading OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A man has been charged with murdering a homeless woman in Oakland after authorities linked him to DNA found on a metal cart used to attack her. Police said in court records they also linked Eric D. Scott to the brutal beating because he broke his hand and needed a doctor
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden has commended the leadership of the Arizona and Florida school district superintendents after the districts’ boards recently implemented mask requirements in defiance of their Republican governors. A White House statement Saturday says Biden spoke separately by phone Friday with Superintendent Chad Gestson of the Phoenix
Continue Reading By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa voting rights advocate Deidre DeJear has announced she is running for governor. The 35-year-old Democrat gained attention in 2018 when she became the first Black candidate in Iowa to win a statewide primary election ahead of her unsuccessful campaign for secretary of state. DeJear
Continue ReadingBy Chauncey Alcorn, CNN Business The heads of some of the largest minority business advocacy groups on Capitol Hill are praising key elements of the latest infrastructure bill, which is currently being debated in the House after passing with bipartisan support in the Senate on Tuesday. “This was a win for us in a big
Continue ReadingCNN By Chauncey Alcorn, CNN Business The heads of some of the largest minority business advocacy groups on Capitol Hill are praising key elements of the latest infrastructure bill, which is currently being debated in the House after passing with bipartisan support in the Senate on Tuesday. “This was a win for us in a
Continue Reading By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Lionel Messi smiled and looked transfixed as Paris Saint-Germain fans chanted his name before the 4-2 win against Strasbourg in the French league. PSG’s latest signing joined four other recruits who were presented to almost 50,000 fans at Parc des Princes ahead of Saturday’s kickoff. Messi
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By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Foreign Ministry says it could renew a visa for a BBC journalist to let her resume work in Moscow if British authorities give a visa to a Russian journalist. Moscow has refused to renew a visa for BBC correspondent Sarah Rainsford in an effective expulsion
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Foreign Ministry says it could renew a visa for a BBC journalist to let her resume work in Moscow if British authorities give a visa to a Russian journalist. Moscow has refused to renew a visa for BBC correspondent Sarah Rainsford in an effective expulsion
Continue ReadingCNN By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Over the last week, the Taliban has made significant gains across Afghanistan and now control over half of the country’s provincial capitals. Cities like Kandahar, Herat and Kunduz are among those now under control of the Taliban, whose fighters are circling ever closer to the capital, Kabul. CNN spoke to
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Over the last week, the Taliban has made significant gains across Afghanistan and now control over half of the country’s provincial capitals. Cities like Kandahar, Herat and Kunduz are among those now under control of the Taliban, whose fighters are circling ever closer to the capital, Kabul. CNN spoke to Afghans
Continue ReadingBy Erin Gretzinger Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — A UW-Madison student evicted from university housing for dating a Black man. Others expelled amid an administrative campaign to systematically seek out and remove homosexual male students from campus. Abusive conduct by a UW-Madison police officer who led the
Continue Reading MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge has ruled that part of a ballot question that will soon be before Minneapolis voters on the future of the city’s police department must be rewritten. The proposal has become a key issue in the November elections and has drawn national attention and money as citizens decide the future of
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story LINVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Seven hikers were struck by lightning at Grandfather Mountain State Park on Friday, according to the National Weather Service. Four of the seven were hurt, but all were able to hike out on their own. There’s no word yet on
Continue Reading By BOUBCAR BENZABAT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Thousands of people, from families to far-right sympathizers, marched in cities across France for a fifth straight Saturday to denounce a COVID-19 health pass that is now needed to enter restaurants and long-distance trains. Some 1,600 police were deployed for three separate marches in Paris, a week
Continue Reading By BOUBCAR BENZABAT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Thousands of people, from families to far-right sympathizers, marched in cities across France for a fifth straight Saturday to denounce a COVID-19 health pass that is now needed to enter restaurants and long-distance trains. Some 1,600 police were deployed for three separate marches in Paris, a week
Continue ReadingBy Vickie Welborn Click here for updates on this story BENTON, Louisiana (KTBS) — A Bossier City man scheduled for trial later this year for allegedly killing and dismembering the body of a business associate wants to meet with the judge overseeing his case because he says he knows a lot about the goings-on in
Continue Reading WATFORD, England (AP) — Watford record signing Ismaila Sarr has starred on his Premier League return as the Hornets held off a late challenge from Aston Villa to secure a 3-2 win. Sarr had already set up Emmanuel Dennis for his first club goal for Watford’s opener in the 10th minute before he found the
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