By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s president is claiming that COVID-19 protocols at soccer matches prevented him from attending a game. Jair Bolsonaro said he had wanted to go to a Brazilian championship match in the city of Santos but did not because he is not vaccinated. Santos said Bolsonaro
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By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Justin Fields threw his first career touchdown pass, and the Chicago Bears’ defense largely shut down the Las Vegas Raiders’ high-powered offense in a 20-9 victory. Damien Williams rushed for a touchdown in the Las Vegas debut for the Bears. Derek Carr passed for 206
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Justin Fields threw his first career touchdown pass, and the Chicago Bears’ defense largely shut down the Las Vegas Raiders’ high-powered offense in a 20-9 victory. Damien Williams rushed for a touchdown in the Las Vegas debut for the Bears. Derek Carr passed for 206
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By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Justin Fields threw his first career touchdown pass, and the Chicago Bears’ defense largely shut down the Las Vegas Raiders’ high-powered offense in a 20-9 victory. Damien Williams rushed for a touchdown in the Las Vegas debut for the Bears. Derek Carr passed for 206
Continue Reading By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles believe in what they call the “Dawg Mentality,” and that motto typified their 21-18 come-from-behind win over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. The offense couldn’t move the ball for nearly three quarters. So they relied on their defense and special teams until
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil has been held to a 0-0 draw by Colombia to end its run of nine straight wins in the South American World Cup qualifying tournament. Unbeaten Brazil moved a step closer to earning a direct spot in Qatar next year. The result in Barranquilla
Continue Reading By JEFF WALLNER Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — A total of five field goals were missed in Green Bay’s 25-22 overtime win over the Bengals, three by the Packers’ Mason Crosby and two by the Bengals’ Evan McPherson. According to Elias, it was the first time three potential winning field goals were missed in the
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By Sarah Dean England is set to remove an “outdated, unnecessary and actively discriminatory” question from blood donor forms, which campaigners say has predominantly affected Black communities’ ability to give blood. It comes after UK-wide changes in June made it easier for sexually active gay and bisexual men to give blood — overturning a ban
Continue Reading By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alex Wood is coming home to start Game 3 of the NL Division Series at Dodger Stadium. For the Giants. The ex-Dodgers pitcher gets the ball Monday night against Los Angeles ace Max Scherzer with the best-of-five series tied at a game apiece. Wood was
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi and Holly Yan, CNN The big picture for Covid-19 in the US is looking a little brighter as new infections and hospitalizations decline. “That’s the good news. And hopefully it’s going to continue to go in that trajectory downward,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Continue ReadingCNN By Aya Elamroussi and Holly Yan, CNN The big picture for Covid-19 in the US is looking a little brighter as new infections and hospitalizations decline. “That’s the good news. And hopefully it’s going to continue to go in that trajectory downward,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and
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The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department announced unidentified human remains were located in the open desert terrain of Yucca Valley on Saturday. The remains were transported to the County Coroner’s Office for identification and to determine a cause of death. Officials say the identification process could take several weeks, and no further details will be
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar and Kay Jones, CNN A man died after driving onto a sidewalk in attempts to strike pedestrians before bystanders pulled him out of the car and allegedly attacked him in California Saturday. The driver was involved in a verbal altercation around midnight inside a business in Hawthorne, after which he was asked
Continue Reading By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Miami’s defense had few stops as the Dolphins allowed 558 yards and were routed 45-17 by Tom Brady and the Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Bucs. Dolphins coach Brian Flores said he is concerned about his defense, which allowed points on seven of 10 Tampa Bay
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals was taken to a hospital as a precaution after suffering a bruised throat and Daniel Jones of the New York Giants was carted off the field with a concussion on a rough day for young quarterbacks. The Bengals said Burrow was having trouble speaking after
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Durante casi seis horas el lunes, el mundo experimentó una interrupción forzada de las herramientas de la red social Facebook. Vivimos para contarlo. ¿Pero cómo nos sentimos en el proceso? Aunque fue relativamente breve, la interrupción de Facebook puso de manifiesto “la dependencia que tenemos de las redes sociales para distraernos,
Continue Reading By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Greg Joseph made a 54-yard field goal as time expired to give the Minnesota Vikings a 19-17 victory over the winless Lions. New Detroit coach Dan Campbell successfully called for the go-ahead 2-point conversion try with 37 seconds left. Joseph made four field goals as the
Continue Reading By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Denver Broncos put together a late rally but it wasn’t enough in a 27-19 loss to Pittsburgh. Denver fell to 3-2 on the season when it couldn’t escape from an 18-point fourth-quarter deficit. Quarterback Teddy Bridgewater passed for 288 yards and two touchdowns but his
Continue Reading By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Kylian Mbappé scored a late winner as world champion France came from behind to beat Spain 2-1 in the Nations League final. Mbappé netted with 10 minutes remaining after France was again forced to fight back just as it had done in the semifinals against Belgium. Mikel
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ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Toy and entertainment company Hasbro Inc. has announced that Brian D. Goldner is taking a medical leave of absence from his CEO role, effective immediately. The move, announced Sunday, follows Goldner’s disclosure in August 2020 that he was undergoing continued medical treatment for cancer since 2014.
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