Skip to Content
By COSTAS KANTOURIS and DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister says the economy will grow 5.9% during 2021. That is far more than the original 3.6% estimate. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made the announcement Saturday in a keynote address at the Thessaloniki International Fair. He noted that employment has risen
Continue Reading
By COSTAS KANTOURIS and DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister says the economy will grow 5.9% during 2021. That is far more than the original 3.6% estimate. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made the announcement Saturday in a keynote address at the Thessaloniki International Fair. He noted that employment has risen
Continue Reading
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu was added to the active roster from the COVID-19 list on Saturday, and the three-time All-Pro was listed as questionable for Kansas City’s regular-season opener against the Cleveland Browns. Mathieu tested positive on Sept. 1, even though he was fully
Continue Reading By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban raised their flag over the Afghan presidential palace in a low-key ceremony just as the U.S. and the world marked the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The flag ceremony Saturday marks the start of the work of the all-male, all-Taliban interim government
Continue Reading By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s highest court has ruled that felony offenders who are out of prison and registered to vote in North Carolina during a roughly 10-day period thanks to a recent order by trial judges will remain on voting rolls for now. The state Supreme Court
Continue Reading CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Brennan Armstrong threw for five touchdowns and became the third quarterback in program history to pass for over 400 yards as Virginia beat Illinois 42-14. It snapped Virginia’s 13-game losing streak in non-conference games against Power Five opponents. Armstrong went 27 for 36 for 405 yards, joining Kurt Benkert (who did
Continue Reading
Desirae Krawczyk, a Palm Desert High School graduate, won the mixed doubles title at the US Open on Saturday. 🙌 MIXED DOUBLES CHAMPS 🙌@desiraekrawczyk | @joesalisbury92 pic.twitter.com/kmTOrFDu8K— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 11, 2021 Lift it high 🏆🔝@desiraekrawczyk | @joesalisbury92 pic.twitter.com/9Ye5GBgw88— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 11, 2021 Krawczyk and Great Britain’s Joe Salisbury defeated
Continue ReadingBy Jackson Dill, CNN Weather A developing tropical disturbance near the southern Gulf of Mexico could become the Atlantic basin’s next named storm and has the potential of impacting the US as early as Sunday. This tropical wave is currently located over Mexico near the Yucatan Peninsula but will track over the Bay of Campeche
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Romelu Lukaku enjoyed quote the homecoming at Stamford Bridge. Lukaku marked the first home match of his second spell at Chelsea with two goals in a 3-0 win over Aston Villa in the English Premier League. They were the Belgium striker’s first goals at Chelsea’s stadium having failed to score there in
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Mackenzie Click here for updates on this story MARS HILL, North Carolina (WLOS) — Twenty years ago, two planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City, etching Sept. 11, 2001, in history forever. A Mars Hill woman was there that day. Shelley Willis Vergara was a liquidation consultant who was
Continue Reading
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada on Friday reported 1,552 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases as the state’s two-week rolling average of daily new cases rose the first time in a week. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that the 1,552 additional cases constituted the largest one-day total since Jan. 22. That’s not counting case totals following weekends
Continue Reading
Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El senador Joe Biden estaba al teléfono con su esposa durante su trayecto matutino desde Delaware a Washington cuando el segundo avión se impactó contra las Torres Gemelas del World Trade Center. “Dios mío. Dios mío. Dios mío”. “Jill, ¿qué sucede?” “Otro avión… la otra torre”. Biden, entonces presidente de la
Continue Reading By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The French abortion drama “Happening” has won the Golden Lion at the 78th International Film Festival, while Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Hand of God” won runner up. Winners were announced Saturday at a ceremony in the Sala Grande theater on the Lido. The festival has in the past decade reestablished
Continue Reading By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — No Cristiano Ronaldo. No wins for Juventus. The Bianconeri remained winless in Serie A and slumped to their second consecutive defeat since Ronaldo went back to Manchester United after losing at Napoli 2-1. Napoli center back Kalidou Koulibaly scored five minutes from time after Moise Kean
Continue Reading Associated Press MADERA, Calif. (AP) — A Central California woman awaiting trial in the death of her 2-year-old son is facing new charges related to the death of her infant daughter six years ago. Prosecutors in Madera County announced the charges against 30-year-old Briseida Sran on Friday. She and her husband, Sukjinder Sran, were charged
Continue Reading
By David Williams, CNN A West Virginia police department is kicking the tires on a new Tesla patrol car, and city officials think the fancy new ride could save them thousands of dollars each year. The City of Nitro, near Charleston, bought the Tesla Model 3 for about $40,000 — a little more than its
Continue Reading SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni officials say the country’s Houthi rebels fired a ballistic missile and explosive-laden drones at a Red Sea port on Saturday, destroying humanitarian aid warehouses. The attack on the port city of Mocha on Yemen’s western coast was the latest blamed on the Iranian-backed Houthis, who have in recent weeks accelerated
Continue Reading BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana singer Laine Hardy will celebrate his 21st birthday Sunday with the release of his first album in a French Quarter benefit to help recovery efforts following Hurricane Ida. Hardy, the winner of “American Idol” in 2019, will perform a live stream concert from the New Orleans Jazz Museum inside
Continue ReadingBy Claire Colbert, CNN Bennifer 2.0 is red carpet official. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck appeared together Friday on the red carpet of the premiere of Affleck’s film “The Last Duel” during the Venice Film Festival in Italy. The two were photographed holding hands and kissing, publicly confirming that Bennifer 2.0 is happening. Earlier this
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Kostek Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A plea to find who killed a four-year-old boy. Mychal Moultry was shot in the head Friday night while he was getting his hair cut. CBS 2’s Jackie Kostek spoke to Mychal’s parents at St. Sabina church. This was the first time
Continue Reading