By MARY CLARE JALONICK, ERIC TUCKER, JILL COLVIN and MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection has set a vote to recommend criminal contempt charges against former White House aide Steve Bannon after he defied the panel’s subpoena. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said that the panel
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Ryan, CNN Business Prince William has criticized billionaires who are focused on space tourism, saying they should instead be investing more time and money in saving Earth. The Duke of Cambridge spoke about the current rush for space travel in an interview with the BBC’s Newscast podcast, which aired on Thursday. He said:
Continue ReadingCNN By Hannah Ryan, CNN Business Prince William has criticized billionaires who are focused on space tourism, saying they should instead be investing more time and money in saving Earth. The Duke of Cambridge spoke about the current rush for space travel in an interview with the BBC’s Newscast podcast, which aired on Thursday. He
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By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The play so far this season from the San Francisco 49ers quarterbacks has been mostly what’s expected. Jimmy Garoppolo has been solid but unspectacular and once again got hurt, showing why the Niners traded three first-round picks to take Trey Lance third overall
Continue ReadingBy Brandon Miller and Judson Jones, CNN Winter weather, ongoing drought conditions and even the remainder of hurricane season will see impacts from a recent cooling of sea surface temperatures in the Pacific. La Niña conditions — the opposite phase of El Niño — have emerged in the tropical Pacific Ocean over the past month,
Continue Reading HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Coast Guard says Southern California oil spill likely totaled 25,000 gallons, the low end of early estimates.
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By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia is back at No. 1 for the first time in more than a decade, led by a defense that looks like one for the ages. The Bulldogs have have allowed just 5.5 points a game through the first half of the regular season —
Continue Reading By The Associated Press No. 19 BYU is looking to bounce back from its first loss when it plays at Baylor in a Big 12 preview. The 5-1 Cougars are joining the league in 2023. This non-conference game has been scheduled for more than five years. Baylor is also 5-1. The Bears have already rebounded
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CNN By Raja Razek, CNN Newly released documents allege that Alex Murdaugh, a once-prominent South Carolina attorney now embroiled in scandals including alleged life insurance fraud, coordinated with his former housekeeper’s family to sue himself for insurance money that he then pocketed for himself, according to a pair of affidavits released Saturday. Murdaugh was arrested
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Metz, CNN Business The other day I found myself looking at a startling image of my Northern California home, the daylight dampened by an eerie orange glow as wildfire smoke blocked the sun. It looked exactly as it had on September 9, 2020, when the entire San Francisco Bay Area was shrouded in
Continue Reading By PAAL NORDSETH, JAN M. OLSEN and MARK LEWIS Associated Press KONGSBERG, Norway (AP) — Norwegian authorities say the bow-and-arrow rampage by a man who killed five people in a small town appeared to be a terrorist act. Police identified the attacker as Espen Andersen Braathen, a 37-year-old Danish citizen, who was arrested Wednesday night.
Continue Reading By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Many Norwegians recall it all too well: politicians, residents and Norway’s royal family together mourning an act of home-grown mass violence in a nation where such tragedies are rare. A bow-and-arrow attack that killed five people in a quiet town Wednesday brought immediate comparisons with a terror
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Miami and Jacksonville will fly 4,500 miles to play a game between in-state teams. Two of Florida’s three NFL teams will play at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Sunday. This is a matchup of two of the NFL’s three teams with the longest losing streaks. Miami has dropped four straight
Continue ReadingBy James Frater and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Norwegian police have named the suspect in Wednesday’s bow-and-arrow attack in the southern town of Kongsberg that left five people dead and three injured, in what they are treating as suspected terrorism. Espen Andersen Bråthen, a 37-year-old Danish citizen, is due to appear in court on Friday, but
Continue Reading By Peter Nickeas, CNN Up to half of Chicago’s rank-and-file police officers could be placed on unpaid leave because of a dispute between their union and Mayor Lori Lightfoot over a city requirement for officers to disclose their vaccine status. The dispute in Chicago is emblematic of tension across the country between unions and employers
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a raft of progressive new laws in the weeks after he defeated an attempt to remove him from office. The Democrat signed laws that require gender-neutral displays of children’s toys and toothbrushes in large department stores. He made it illegal
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a raft of progressive new laws in the weeks after he defeated an attempt to remove him from office. The Democrat signed laws that require gender-neutral displays of children’s toys and toothbrushes in large department stores. He made it illegal
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Ryan, CNN Leprosy has been identified in wild chimpanzees for the first time, according to a new study, in findings that have stunned experts. The leprosy cases in chimpanzees were found in Guinea-Bissau and the Ivory Coast, making this the first time leprosy has been found in any nonhuman species in Africa, researchers
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business About 10,000 members of the United Auto Workers union went on strike against farm and construction equipment maker John Deere early Thursday morning. The UAW had reached a tentative agreement on a new six-year contact with the company two weeks ago, only to see 90% of the rank-and-file members of
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Arizona State can solidify its hold on first place in the Pac-12 South with a win over Utah. The Sun Devils have opened league play with wins over Colorado, UCLA, and Stanford while allowing 351.3 yards and 15.3 points per game. The Utes have bounced back from a 1-2 start with
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