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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars signed cornerback Nevin Lawson to a one-year contract Wednesday. Lawson gives the team an experienced veteran in case CJ Henderson can’t play against Arizona. Henderson is dealing with a groin injury. Coach Urban Meyer calls Henderson questionable for Sunday’s game against the Cardinals. Veteran Tre Herndon is still
Continue Reading By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer In an effort to get every team a Thursday game, NFL schedule makers often take some of the likely tail-enders and stick them in early season games. Sort of a “let’s get them out of the way before they’ve lost a lot” philosophy. It’s unlikely those folks expected
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business Boeing is being called out by Ryanair, one of its major customers, for not selling its jets more cheaply. So far Boeing is standing fast and refusing to meet Ryanair’s price demand, despite the hit its sales have taken the last two years. On Tuesday Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary called
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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona on Wednesday reported over 70 additional COVID-19 deaths for the second consecutive day and the fifth time this month. The state’s coronavirus dashboard reported just over 2,100 additional cases and 74 deaths, increasing the pandemic totals to nearly 1,072,900 cases and nearly 19,700 deaths. According to the dashboard, the number of
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean and Chris Isidore, CNN Business With just five days until United Airlines will start putting unvaccinated US employees on leave, the company says 97% of workers have complied with its mandate. “United will start the separation process as early as September 28,” confirmed spokesperson Leslie Scott, who noted that only a “small
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer The British betting company Entain has confirmed a takeover bid worth about $22.4 billion (16.4 billion pounds) from DraftKings as online gambling companies seek inroads into physical betting sites and vice versa. Entain’s stock surged nearly 6% Wednesday on the London Stock Exchange and rumors of a potential deal
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By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly pledged Wednesday to redouble efforts to combat racism around the world, commemorating a landmark but contentious 2001 anti-racism conference by holding an anniversary meeting once again riven with divisions. Looking back on the two decades since the conference in Durban, South Africa,
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Miami is planning to play without quarterback D’Eriq King on Saturday when it takes on Central Connecticut State. King injured his shoulder in last weekend’s 38-17 loss to Michigan State, an outcome that knocked the Hurricanes out of the AP Top 25 and sent
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, CNN People with a higher consumption of dairy fat have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease than those with low intakes, according to new research studying some of the world’s biggest consumers of dairy products. An international team of scientists studied the dairy fat consumption of 4,150 60-year-olds in Sweden — a
Continue Reading By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A grand jury has formally charged a Florida man accused of massacring a family under the delusion that they were child sex traffickers. Bryan Riley faces numerous charges, including four counts of first-degree murder. Court documents show the grand jury’s indictment was filed
Continue Reading SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — California judge rules classmate of college student Kristin Smart, missing since 1996, to stand trial on murder charge.
Continue Reading BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — A California man who, along with his son, went on a “suicide mission” involving law enforcement, has been convicted for his role in the death of a Montana sheriff’s deputy and for shots fired at two other officers during a pursuit. Jurors deliberated for two hours before returning the verdict against
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — UEFA has complained that FIFA has yet to respond to its request for talks to discuss the concerns of European nations about the push for biennial World Cups. FIFA President Gianni Infantino has been deploying retired players and former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger in a
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann and Ellie Kaufman, CNN Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley met his Russian counterpart for about six hours Wednesday in a “productive” meeting in Helsinki at a time of heightened tensions between the US and Russia. “When military leaders of great powers communicate, the world is a safer
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Ben Westcott, CNN After months of lockdown, parts of Southeast Asia are leaving behind their “zero-Covid” policy and charting a path toward living with the virus — despite experts’ warnings that it may be too early to do so. Covid-19 swept across the region this summer, fueled by the highly infectious
Continue ReadingBy Matt McFarland, CNN Business Ryan Schmutzer and Tracy Bloemer, owners of businesses that deliver packages for Amazon in Portland, Oregon, hit their breaking point this spring. Both had run technically independent businesses since 2019 that usually rent vans owned by Amazon, and are paid by Amazon to deliver its packages. The businesses are called
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By Carma Hassan and Devon M. Sayers, CNN The Rev. Jesse Jackson was discharged from a rehabilitation facility Wednesday following an earlier diagnosis of Covid-19. Jackson was being treated at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago after he and wife Jacqueline Jackson were hospitalized for Covid-19 in August. The couple were released from Northwestern Memorial
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa’s bruised ribs are actually fractured ribs, and that means the Miami Dolphins will have a new starting quarterback this week when they visit the Las Vegas Raiders. The Dolphins announced the updated diagnosis Wednesday after initial tests suggested Tagovailoa was dealing with
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa’s bruised ribs are actually fractured ribs, and that means the Miami Dolphins will have a new starting quarterback this week when they visit the Las Vegas Raiders. The Dolphins announced the updated diagnosis Wednesday after initial tests suggested Tagovailoa was dealing with
Continue Reading ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A report from the Federal Aviation Administration shows the pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed in New Mexico in June had marijuana and cocaine in his system. Pilot Nicholas Meleski died along with his four passengers after the balloon descended in the sky above Albuquerque, hit power lines and
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