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By The Associated Press National Transportation Safety Board investigators are trying to determine the cause of the Amtrak derailment in north-central Montana that killed three people aboard the Empire Builder, traveling from Chicago to Seattle. The train, carrying about 141 passengers and a crew of 16, left the tracks about 4 p.m. Saturday near Joplin,
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By JOE TOTORAITIS Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ryan Braun threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Milwaukee Brewers’ game Sunday as part of his farewell, a 30-minute celebration of a 14-year major league career that included the 2011 NL MVP award and a lengthy suspension for a drug violation. Now 37, Braun hasn’t
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Dr. Sarah Ash Combs’ first step of treatment for children brought into her emergency room with Covid-19 usually begins with a question: “What socks are you wearing today?” As her school-aged young patients look up at indistinguishable faces covered by PPE, Combs pulls up a pant leg of her scrub to
Continue Reading By DANA GAURUDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Kris Bubic kept up his mastery of the Tigers, pitching seven shutout innings and leading the Kansas City Royals over Detroit 2-1. Bubic gave up only two hits and a walk while striking out six. He allowed just three earned runs over 23 innings in four outings
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, CNN Adequate rates of vaccination can help prevent the rise of new mutations that could force people to get booster after booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine, the head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Sunday. The CDC and the US Food and Drug Administration recommended booster shots for
Continue ReadingCNN By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Adequate rates of vaccination can help prevent the rise of new mutations that could force people to get booster after booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine, the head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Sunday. The CDC and the US Food and Drug Administration recommended booster shots
Continue Reading By Caitlin Hu, CNN Mali plans to hire private Russian mercenaries to assist with security in the country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Saturday. “Given the external support has been diminished from those who assumed an obligation to help eradicate terrorism there, they have turned to a private Russian military company,” Lavrov said at
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Young goalkeeper Gabriel Slonina picked up his second clean sheet, helping the Chicago Fire earn a 0-0 draw with high-power Nashville. The Fire (6-15-6), well below the line, matched second-place Nashville (11-3-12) in a game with scarce chances. Slonina, in just his fourth career start, had the save of the game when
Continue Reading By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen in Nigeria on Sunday freed 10 students abducted in the northwest Kaduna state after collecting a ransom, a school official told The Associated Press. The Rev. John Hayab said the students were released on Sunday afternoon, nearly three months after they were seized by the
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Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Police officers shot and killed an armed man in front of dozens of witnesses, many of whom had gathered at Huntington Beach in Southern California for the U.S. Open of Surfing. A police spokeswoman says the shooting happened Saturday afternoon in the sand, after the surfing competition had
Continue Reading Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Police officers shot and killed an armed man in front of dozens of witnesses, many of whom had gathered at Huntington Beach in Southern California for the U.S. Open of Surfing. A police spokeswoman says the shooting happened Saturday afternoon in the sand, after the surfing competition had
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Masse Click here for updates on this story NORTH STONINGTON, Connecticut (WFSB) — The body of a kayaker has been recovered from a North Stonington lake. DEEP spokesperson Meghan Bard says authorities had been searching for a kayaker that had gone out onto Wyassup Lake around 10:30 Saturday night. The man’s kayak was
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — John McEnroe wishes the Laver Cup could get more attention and thinks it’s a mistake that the ATP Tour schedules regular tennis tournaments that conflict with the three-day exhibition event. Captain Bjorn Borg’s Team Europe clinched its fourth consecutive Laver Cup on Sunday by taking an insurmountable 14-1 lead over McEnroe’s Team
Continue ReadingStory by Reuters Switzerland agreed to legalize civil marriage and the right to adopt children for same-sex couples by a nearly two-thirds majority in a referendum on Sunday, making it one of the last countries in Western Europe to legalise gay marriage. According to results provided by the Swiss federal chancellery, 64.1% of voters voted
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Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Una mujer de Michigan utilizó la superficie de una lápida volcada para hacer caramelo. ¿Cómo entró la lápida en la casa de Okemos, Michigan, en las afueras de Lansing? Eso es un misterio, según la presidenta del grupo Friends of Lansing’s Historic Cemeteries (FOLHC), Loretta S. Stanaway. El monumento fue
Continue ReadingBy Radina Gigova, CNN The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu wants the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to weigh in the rights of current and future residents to be protected from climate change. During a speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday, Vanuatu’s Prime Minister Bob Loughman called on the international community to
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Emile Smith Rowe, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Bukayo Saka scored in the opening 34 minutes as Arsenal beat Tottenham 3-1. It completed a third successive league win for Arsenal which lost its opening three Premier League games. Tottenham has now lost three in a row in
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LONDON (AP) — Thousands of British gas stations ran dry Sunday, an industry group said, as motorists scrambled to fill up amid a supply disruption due to a shortage of truck drivers. The Petrol Retailers Association, which represents almost 5,500 independent outlets, said about two-thirds of its members were reporting that they had sold out
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Thousands of British gas stations ran dry Sunday, an industry group said, as motorists scrambled to fill up amid a supply disruption due to a shortage of truck drivers. The Petrol Retailers Association, which represents almost 5,500 independent outlets, said about two-thirds of its members were reporting that they had sold out
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Sennet Click here for updates on this story SOUTH FULTON, Georgia (WGCL) — A 3-month-old and a 9-year-old are now safe after being taken in a car, which was left running unattended at a gas station in South Fulton. The City of South Fulton Police Department says they responded to the incident around
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