By The Associated Press From the Great Wall to the picturesque Kashmir valley, Asia’s tourist destinations are looking to domestic visitors to get them through the COVID-19 pandemic’s second year. With international travel heavily restricted, foreign tourists can’t enter many countries and locals can’t get out. In the metropolis of Hong Kong, glamping and staycations
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RENO, Nev. (AP) — A small lake in southwest Reno that’s popular for recreation is contaminated by a blue-green algae bloom. The city is warning people to avoid contact with the water in Virginia Lake. City officials say the algae bloom promotes the growth of toxins that can be hazardous to people, pets, fish and
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — Part of a major highway between metro Phoenix and eastern Arizona’s high country will be closed in mid-September for roughly five days for a bridge project, forcing drivers to use a lengthy detour. The Arizona Department of Transportation said U.S. 60 will be closed between Superior and Miami from 10 p.m. on
Continue Reading By JULIE WATSON and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — For 15 years, Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin was denied parole by a California parole board that maintained Sirhan Sirhan did not show adequate remorse or understand the enormity of his crime that rocked the nation and the world in 1968. But on Friday,
Continue Reading By JULIE WATSON and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — For 15 years, Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin was denied parole by a California parole board that maintained Sirhan Sirhan did not show adequate remorse or understand the enormity of his crime that rocked the nation and the world in 1968. But on Friday,
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Nora formed off Mexico’s Pacific coast Saturday and swept past the Puerto Vallarta area, following a path that could take it for possible close encounters with other resorts farther north. Nora had maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph) late Saturday, with tropical storm force winds extending out 105
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By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Josh Donaldson’s two-run home run in the first inning stood up for well-traveled starter Andrew Albers as the Minnesota Twins beat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-0. Albers threw 5 1/3 scoreless innings in his first major league start in four seasons. He limited the first-place Brewers to
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Michael Brantley tied the game with a two-run single in Houston’s five-run seventh inning as the AL West-leading Astros rallied for a 5-4 win over the last-place Texas Rangers. Brantley finished with three hits and leads the AL with a .320 batting average. The rally
Continue Reading By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — James Morgan threw a 49-yard Hail Mary to Kenny Yeboah as time expired and Josh Adams ran in the 2-point conversion to lead the New York Jets to a 31-31 tie with the Philadelphia Eagles in a preseason finale that was played
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BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Jurors convicted Friday two former Colorado sheriff’s deputies accused of causing the death of an intoxicated man by placing him on his stomach and squeezing him into a van to take him to a detox center. Former Boulder County sheriff’s deputies James O’Brien, 52, and Adam Lunn, 39, were found guilty
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes and Tyreek Hill have talked openly about the Kansas City Chiefs chasing a perfect season. Well, the two were nearly perfect Friday night. Mahomes was 8 of 9 for 117 yards and two touchdowns in his only two chances with the ball,
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Crawford and Oren Liebermann, CNN The US has conducted an airstrike against an ISIS-K planner, US Central Command said in a statement Friday. “U.S. military forces conducted an over-the-horizon counterterrorism operation today against an ISIS-K planner. The unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan,” spokesman Capt. Bill Urban said. “Initial indications
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, Barbara Starr, Kylie Atwood, Nick Paton Walsh, Sam Kiley, Zachary Cohen, Amy Woodyatt, Jennifer Hansler and Nectar Gan, CNN The United States still plans to end its mission in Afghanistan this month, the Pentagon said Friday, as the evacuation of US citizens and allies enters its final, desperate stage after a deadly
Continue ReadingCNN By Ivana Kottasová, Barbara Starr, Kylie Atwood, Nick Paton Walsh, Sam Kiley, Zachary Cohen, Amy Woodyatt, Jennifer Hansler and Nectar Gan, CNN The United States still plans to end its mission in Afghanistan this month, the Pentagon said Friday, as the evacuation of US citizens and allies enters its final, desperate stage after a
Continue Reading By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Joc Pederson felt like an elite NFL wide receiver when he made a game-saving catch for the Atlanta Braves. Jorge Soler hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the seventh inning, Pederson made a leaping catch at the wall for the final out and the Braves rallied
Continue Reading By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Joc Pederson felt like an elite NFL wide receiver when he made a game-saving catch for the Atlanta Braves. Jorge Soler hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the seventh inning, Pederson made a leaping catch at the wall for the final out and the Braves rallied
Continue Reading By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles police officer briefly pressed a knee to the neck of NBA player Jaxson Hayes as the New Orleans Pelicans center gasped “I can’t breathe” seconds before another officer used a Taser on him during a struggle, according to body camera video released Friday.
Continue Reading By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles police officer briefly pressed a knee to the neck of NBA player Jaxson Hayes as the New Orleans Pelicans center gasped “I can’t breathe” seconds before another officer used a Taser on him during a struggle, according to body camera video released Friday.
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