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By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer On the first legal sports wager in Connecticut, Gov. Ned Lamont showed a potential area of concern for the state. Lamont placed the first bet at the Mohegan Sun, putting $50 on the Connecticut Sun to win its playoff game with the Chicago Sky. The wager captured the attention
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By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — “Not without you.” “My dear friend.” “You that I love.” Marie Antoinette sent these expressions of affection — or more? — in letters to her close friend and rumored lover Axel von Fersen. Someone later used dark ink to scribble over the words, apparently to dampen
Continue Reading ST ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Tyrrell Hatton has produced a brilliant display of links golf in Scotland to keep himself on track for a third victory at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. The Englishman seems unfazed after the Ryder Cup hammering from the United States. He played the famously difficult Carnoustie in a sparkling 64
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By Laura Ly, Sonia Moghe and Ray Sanchez, CNN Finnish-Canadian designer Peter Nygard, accused of racketeering and sex trafficking charges, consented Friday to be extradited to the United States to defend himself. Nygard, 80, appearing via videoconference at an extradition hearing in Winnipeg, verbally confirmed his consent, which his attorney, Brian Greenspan, told the court
Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly, CNN Senior White House officials explored whether the US could unilaterally continue payments should the debt ceiling be breached in mid-October but ultimately concluded it would not be possible to avoid default and economic catastrophe, a person with direct knowledge of the matter tells CNN. The conclusion came as part of a
Continue Reading ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills will be without safety Jordan Poyer and left guard Jon Feliciano for their game against the Houston Texans on Sunday. Poyer is sidelined by a left ankle injury, and Feliciano is out due to a concussion. Jaquan Johnson or rookie Damar Hamlin could step in at safety,
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By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Federal wildlife officials proposed endangered species protections Friday for a desert wildflower known to exist only on a remote Nevada ridge where an Australian company plans a lithium mine. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a proposed rule to add Tiehm’s buckwheat to the endangered
Continue Reading HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say a former student of a Houston charter school shot and wounded a school employee on campus before quickly surrendering to police. The shooting happened at about 11:45 a.m. Friday at YES Prep Southwest Secondary, a charter school that serves students in sixth through 12th grades. Houston Police Chief Troy Finner
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Ashraf Ghani, former president of Afghanistan. Personal Birth date: 1949 Birth place: Logar Province, Afghanistan Birth name: Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai Father: Shah Pesand Mother: Kawkaba Lodin Marriage: Rula (Saade) Ghani Children: Tarek; Mariam Education: American University in Beirut, Lebanon, 1973; Columbia University, masters and Ph.D,
Continue Reading By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Former President Mikheil Saakashvili was arrested after returning to Georgia, the government said Friday, a move that came as the ex-leader sought to mobilize supporters ahead of national municipal elections seen as critical to the country’s political makeup. The announcement by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili came
Continue Reading ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York health officials have revoked the medical license of a doctor with the cult-like group NXIVM who branded 17 women with the initials of the group’s leader, Keith Raniere. A health department hearing committee sustained multiple of counts of professional misconduct against Danielle Roberts, who belonged to a secret women’s
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Amy Klobuchar, US senator from Minnesota and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: May 25, 1960 Birth place: Plymouth, Minnesota Birth name: Amy Jean Klobuchar Father: Jim Klobuchar, Star Tribune columnist Mother: Rose (Heuberger) Klobuchar, teacher Marriage: John Bessler (1993-present) Children: Abigail Education:
Continue Reading By AMY FORLITI and CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A decline in COVID-19 cases across the United States over the past several weeks has given overwhelmed hospitals some relief, but administrators are bracing for yet another possible surge as cold weather drives people indoors. Health experts say the fourth wave of the
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, apologized this week after he said that some residents’ decisions to wear the Star of David — à la Jews who suffered under Nazi-occupied Europe — to protest a proposed city mask mandate is a “credit” to Jewish people. Mayor Dave Bronson, a self-identified “center-right” conservative
Continue Reading By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — People who are healing and some still struggling gathered Friday to remember those who died and were injured during the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history four years ago on the Las Vegas Strip. “I was wounded. Those physical wounds have healed,” said Dee Ann
Continue Reading By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — People who are healing and some still struggling gathered Friday to remember those who died and were injured during the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history four years ago on the Las Vegas Strip. “I was wounded. Those physical wounds have healed,” said Dee Ann
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By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — People who are healing and some still struggling gathered Friday to remember those who died and were injured during the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history four years ago on the Las Vegas Strip. “I was wounded. Those physical wounds have healed,” said Dee Ann
Continue Reading By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — People who are healing and some still struggling gathered Friday to remember those who died and were injured during the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history four years ago on the Las Vegas Strip. “I was wounded. Those physical wounds have healed,” said Dee Ann
Continue Reading By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Ahmaud Arbery’s mental health records can’t be used as trial evidence by the white men who chased and killed the 25-year-old Black man as he was running in their neighborhood, a Georgia judge ruled Friday. The decision by Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley further limits defense
Continue Reading By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A top U.S. official on Friday apologized for how Haitian migrants were treated along the U.S.-Mexico border, saying it’s not how border officials or the Department of Homeland Security behave. The comments from Juan Gonzalez, the U.S. National Security Council’s senior director for the Western Hemisphere,
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