By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Celebrities have joined Prince William in London for the inaugural awards ceremony of his Earthshot Prize. The ambitious environmental program aims to find new ideas and technologies around the world to tackle climate change and Earth’s most pressing challenges. Actors Emma Thompson, Emma Watson and David Oyelowo
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By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Celebrities have joined Prince William in London for the inaugural awards ceremony of his Earthshot Prize. The ambitious environmental program aims to find new ideas and technologies around the world to tackle climate change and Earth’s most pressing challenges. Actors Emma Thompson, Emma Watson and David Oyelowo
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LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — West Ham manager David Moyes was thankful for Angelo Ogbonna’s 74th-minute headed goal in a 1-0 victory over former club Everton but annoyed that his side had not scored more before then. Center back Ogbonna flicked home a header late on for a Premier League high 29th set-piece goal excluding penalties
Continue Reading NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Callum Wilson headed Newcastle in front only 107 seconds into the new era under Saudi ownership before the hosts collapsed to lose 3-2 to Tottenham in the Premier League. It leaves Newcastle with three points from eight games, stuck in the relegation zone and with no ability to spend on new
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer Florida has fallen out of the AP Top 25. As in the Gators. And the rest of the state. The Sunshine State Blues are back. The latest Associated Press college football poll failed to have a team from the state of Florida on the list for the first time
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Cincinnati has moved up to No. 2 behind Georgia in The Associated Press college football poll for the best ranking for a team from outside the traditional power conferences since 2010. The Bulldogs remained a unanimous No. 1 with 63 first-place votes in the AP Top 25
Continue Reading LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — West Ham manager David Moyes was thankful for Angelo Ogbonna’s 74th-minute headed goal in a 1-0 victory over former club Everton but annoyed that his side had not scored more before then. Center back Ogbonna flicked home a header late on for a Premier League high 29th set-piece goal excluding penalties
Continue ReadingBy Maeve Reston, CNN The damage from the recent California oil spill has so far been less disastrous than initially feared, but it has thrust the issue of offshore oil drilling on the West Coast into some of the most hotly contested US House races in the country. The spill created a plume that threatened
Continue Reading By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says it has reprimanded an officer who used excessive force against protesters in the occupied West Bank. The punishment was announced Sunday in response to a pair of recent incidents, including pushing a 65-year-old Israeli peace activist to the ground. It says the officer,
Continue Reading By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa are the dynamic duo leading the Houston Astros in another long playoff run. This season marks their sixth postseason trip and they’ve helped the Astros to a fifth consecutive AL Championship Series where they’re tied 1-1 with the Boston Red Sox.
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Ben Simmons practiced with the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday for the first time this season. Coach Doc Rivers says no decision was made on Simmons’ status for Wednesday’s season opener. Simmons was a holdout for training camp and the early part of the preseason in
Continue Reading By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Second-place Lens has lost 1-0 at Montpellier to fall nine points behind runaway league leader Paris Saint-Germain after 10 matches. High-flying Nice also lost 1-0 at promoted Troyes after failing to reply to a goal from forward Mama Balde in the fourth minute. Defeat leaves coach
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — A study series led by Dutch researchers have found that avoiding the news during the pandemic was correlated with better mental well-being among participants in the Netherlands. The findings of the studies were outlined in the paper, “News Avoidance during the
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — The organization representing Canada’s tourism industry is applauding the U.S. government’s decision to allow Canadian travellers with mixed vaccine doses once the border opens in November. On Friday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that travellers with “any
Continue ReadingCNN By Devan Cole, CNN Comedian Jon Stewart reflected on the state of American politics on Sunday, warning that although the country’s democratic system is under threat, Americans “still have time” to preserve it. “It’s bracing sometimes to hear the reality of people’s lives in other countries as — it’s not to say that warning
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By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press Investigators believe a massive cargo ship dragging anchor in rough seas caught an underwater oil pipeline and pulled it across the seafloor, months before a leak from the line fouled the Southern California coastline. A team of federal investigators trying to chase down the cause of the spill boarded the
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press Investigators believe a massive cargo ship dragging anchor in rough seas caught an underwater oil pipeline and pulled it across the seafloor, months before a leak from the line fouled the Southern California coastline. A team of federal investigators trying to chase down the cause of the spill boarded the
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press Investigators believe a massive cargo ship dragging anchor in rough seas caught an underwater oil pipeline and pulled it across the seafloor, months before a leak from the line fouled the Southern California coastline. A team of federal investigators trying to chase down the cause of the spill boarded the
Continue Reading NIJMEGEN, Netherlands (AP) — A small section of stand at Dutch top-flight club NEC Nijmegen’s Goffert Stadium has collapsed as fans of Vitesse Arnhem celebrated their team’s 1-0 victory. There are no reports of any injuries. Arnhem players were celebrating on the field in front of their fans after the match Sunday when the lowest
Continue Reading NIJMEGEN, Netherlands (AP) — A small section of stand at Dutch top-flight club NEC Nijmegen’s Goffert Stadium has collapsed as fans of Vitesse Arnhem celebrated their team’s 1-0 victory. There are no reports of any injuries. Arnhem players were celebrating on the field in front of their fans after the match Sunday when the lowest
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