By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas district attorney has rejected a felony sexual assault charge filed earlier this year by Austin police against the son of former cyclist Lance Armstrong. Luke Armstrong was charged in April related to an incident in 2018. A woman told police she was assaulted
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking Florida’s secretary of state to investigate Facebook based on a news article that reported the social media company gives preferential treatment to prominent people. DeSantis wrote to Secretary of State Laurel Lee on Monday to see if Facebook’s policies violated Florida election law. The Republican
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking Florida’s secretary of state to investigate Facebook based on a news article that reported the social media company gives preferential treatment to prominent people. DeSantis wrote to Secretary of State Laurel Lee on Monday to see if Facebook’s policies violated Florida election law. The Republican
Continue Reading By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys for families sickened and forced from their Los Angeles homes after the nation’s largest-known natural gas leak say they’ve reached a $1.8 billion settlement with a utility. The settlement announced Monday with Southern California Gas Co. and its parent company will compensate 35,000 plaintiffs from
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By TAMIRA MADSEN Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst says the Badgers’ problems on offense don’t rest solely with their struggling quarterback. Graham Mertz was 18 for 41 for 240 yards with four interceptions and a fumble in the Badgers’ 41-13 loss to Notre Dame. He threw two pick-sixes in the
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys: Thousands of families uprooted by 2015 Los Angeles gas leak reach a $1.8 billion settlement with utility.
Continue Reading By TERRY WALLACE Associated Press Frances “Sissy” Farenthold, a reform-minded Democrat in the Texas House who was pushed for the party’s 1972 vice-presidential nomination, has died at age 94. Her son, George Farenthold, said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press that his mother died Sunday at her Houston apartment after a long struggle
Continue ReadingMarysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) — Esta semana, en nuestro episodio de preguntas y respuestas, el Dr. Elmer Huerta responde dudas de la audiencia sobre las vacunas que deben tener personas para poder entrar a Estados Unidos. También respondemos preguntas sobre las infección posvacunación, el uso de las mascarillas, entre otras. Puedes escuchar este episodio en
Continue Reading By WILLIAM J. KOLE Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Organizers of the Boston Marathon publicly apologized for running the 125th edition of the planet’s most celebrated footrace on Indigenous Peoples Day. Now they’re seeking to make amends by throwing the spotlight on a member of Rhode Island’s Narragansett tribe who won the race twice in
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that he intends to nominate Dr. John N. Nkengasong to coordinate the U.S. response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic worldwide. Nkengasong, a U.S. citizen born in Cameroon, would be the first person of African descent to hold the position. The Senate must approve his eventual nomination. If confirmed,
Continue Reading ATLANTA (AP) — A herd of goats brought in to clear weeds got loose Monday, briefly becoming a thorn in the side of Atlanta’s tony Buckhead neighborhood. Atlanta police responded after a driver called to report the goats were wandering in the road, news outlets reported. They had been brought in to eat weeds at
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The foreign minister of Belarus is accusing Western nations of carrying out “a large-scale hybrid war” against the country because it failed to change the government in elections last year. He insisted those elections were won by President Alexander Lukashenko. Vladimir Makei spoke to the
Continue Reading By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Some hospitals and nursing homes in New York began removing workers Monday for failing to meet a state-mandated deadline to get a COVID-19 vaccine as Gov. Kathy Hochul pleaded with holdouts to get 11th-hour inoculations. It was not clear Monday if a wave of suspensions and
Continue Reading By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer CANTON, Mass. (AP) — Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka tested positive for a breakthrough case of COVID-19 this month and was in his last day of isolation when the team convened for media day. Udoka is vaccinated and says he was asymptomatic except for a slight headache. He will
Continue Reading By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer CANTON, Mass. (AP) — Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka tested positive for a breakthrough case of COVID-19 this month and was in his last day of isolation when the team convened for media day. Udoka is vaccinated and says he was asymptomatic except for a slight headache. He will
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government put dozens of soldiers on standby Monday to help easy fuel supply problems caused by a shortage of truck drivers, a situation that has spurred panic buying of gasoline across the country. As unions called for emergency workers to be given priority for fuel
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government put dozens of soldiers on standby Monday to help easy fuel supply problems caused by a shortage of truck drivers, a situation that has spurred panic buying of gasoline across the country. As unions called for emergency workers to be given priority for fuel
Continue Reading By DANA GAURUDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Eloy Jiménez hit a two-run home run, Yasmani Grandal homered to spark a six-run fourth inning and the AL Central champion Chicago White Sox held off the Detroit Tigers in a testy 8-7 win. The benches cleared after Chicago first baseman Jose Abreu and Detroit shortstop Niko
Continue Reading By DANA GAURUDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Eloy Jiménez hit a two-run home run, Yasmani Grandal homered to spark a six-run fourth inning and the AL Central champion Chicago White Sox held off the Detroit Tigers in a testy 8-7 win. The benches cleared after Chicago first baseman Jose Abreu and Detroit shortstop Niko
Continue Reading By BEN FINLEY Associated Press A federal judge said Monday that John Hinckley Jr., who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan four decades ago, can be freed from all remaining restrictions next year if he continues to follow those rules and remains mentally stable. U.S. District Court Judge Paul L. Friedman in Washington said during
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