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By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans have become obsessed with collectibles, bidding up prices for trading cards, video games and other mementos of their youth. The frenzy has brought small fortunes to some, but a deep frustration for those who still love to play games or trade cards as a
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By FARAI MUTSAKA and ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The future looked promising for Tinashe Mapuranga, an intern at a leading bank in Zimbabwe who appeared set to get a staff position as soon as he completed his college degree. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Amid the lockdowns, the 24-year-old was one
Continue Reading By FARAI MUTSAKA and ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The future looked promising for Tinashe Mapuranga, an intern at a leading bank in Zimbabwe who appeared set to get a staff position as soon as he completed his college degree. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Amid the lockdowns, the 24-year-old was one
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By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer While the NFL rightfully boasts about a player vaccination rate above 93%, the other folks on the field for games — the officials — are nearly at 100%. According to the league, the 121 officials are 99% vaccinated, which should make their jobs a bit easier, says former
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — English educator Richard Sheriff watched this week as a group of energetic 11-year-olds entered their new secondary school for the first time — finding their classrooms, eating in the cafeteria, racing around the halls. The familiar rituals of a school sparking back to life were especially poignant
Continue Reading By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan will soon get a chance to accomplish something it failed to do last season. The Wolverines were winless at home during the pandemic-shortened season. They finished 2020 with two wins, four losses and three games canceled due to a COVID-19 breakout. Michigan hosts
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — Eric Barriere threw for 374 yards and three touchdowns — including a pair of first-down scoring strikes in each overtime — and Eastern Washington escaped with a 35-33 double-overtime victory over UNLV in a season opener on Thursday night. It was the fourth time in ten years that the FCS Eagles
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Eric Barriere threw for 374 yards and three touchdowns — including a pair of first-down scoring strikes in each overtime — and Eastern Washington escaped with a 35-33 double-overtime victory over UNLV in a season opener on Thursday night. It was the fourth time in ten years that the FCS Eagles
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer No team has lost its opening game and reached the Bowl Championship Series title game or the College Football Playoff. Something to keep in mind when watching No. 3 Clemson play No. 5 Georgia in the biggest game of the opening weekend of the season. Tigers-Bulldogs is
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer No team has lost its opening game and reached the Bowl Championship Series title game or the College Football Playoff. Something to keep in mind when watching No. 3 Clemson play No. 5 Georgia in the biggest game of the opening weekend of the season. Tigers-Bulldogs is
Continue Reading By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer Louisiana-Lafayette, Coastal Carolina and Liberty supplied some of the most compelling seasons in college football last year. ESPN analyst Cole Cubelic says stories like those are “fantastic for college football” because they open fans’ eyes to good teams in out of the way locations. Coastal Carolina is ranked 22nd
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Jaret Patterson is no stranger to proving doubters wrong. The undersized running back was under-recruited out of high school and took a year off before going to the University of Buffalo. Then after a highlight reel that included an eight-touchdown, 400-yard game, Patterson went undrafted
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Darien Butler had two interceptions and No. 25 Arizona State used its punishing run game to overcome some sloppy moments in a season-opening 41-14 win over Southern Utah. The Sun Devils were a bit rusty to start a season of high expectations, committing numerous miscues
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Darien Butler had two interceptions and No. 25 Arizona State used its punishing run game to overcome some sloppy moments in a season-opening 41-14 win over Southern Utah. The Sun Devils were a bit rusty to start a season of high expectations, committing numerous miscues
Continue ReadingBy Travis Caldwell and Deidre McPhillips, CNN US states that saw some of the country’s worst Covid-19 case rates over the past week also reported the highest number of new vaccinations per capita, data published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. Tennessee, which reported the country’s worst Covid-19 cases rate,
Continue Reading By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The treatment of the media and women are key clues to how the Taliban will govern Afghanistan. The group has held press briefings and allowed the media to operate, but there are reports it has targeted some local journalists. Taliban officials have also issued
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER DAVIS Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Isaiah Bowser rushed 172 yards including the the go-ahead touchdown with 4:16 remaining and UCF rallied to beat Boise State 36-31 in a game that began almost three hours late because of lightning-caused delays. Boise State stormed out to a 21-0 lead before UCF cut the
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe and Jason Hanna, CNN After Ida’s remnants swept through the East Coast and left at least 50 people dead, New York City’s mayor said the extreme rainfall should get everyone “to act very differently” — including expanding expectations for evacuations. “This is a new world,” Mayor Bill de Blasio told CNN on
Continue ReadingCNN By Jennifer Gray and Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologists As meteorologists, we are still stunned by what happened in the Northeast last week. The flooding was forecast, but to see New York City underwater was not something anyone could have imagined. “As you see it unfold, you’re just gripped with this growing pit in your
Continue Reading By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand authorities were so worried about an extremist inspired by the Islamic State group that they were following him around the clock and were able to shoot and kill him within 60 seconds of him unleashing a knife attack that wounded six people Friday
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