By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer Seven first-time eligible former players, including wide receivers Andre Johnson, Steve Smith and Anquan Boldin, are among 26 modern day semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s class of 2022. Joining them as candidates for induction next year are outstanding kick returner Devin Hester; pass-rushing standouts Robert
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods have persuaded customers to dig into cow-free burgers. Atomo Coffee wants to do the same for coffee. The startup, which launched in 2019 and offered a limited release to the public in September, makes a canned cold brew designed to taste like coffee and give
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods have persuaded customers to dig into cow-free burgers. Atomo Coffee wants to do the same for coffee. The startup, which launched in 2019 and offered a limited release to the public in September, makes a canned cold brew designed to taste like
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By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — More than 1,000 anti-vaccine demonstrators have rallied in the Ukrainian capital to denounce coronavirus restrictions, in the second such protest this month. The protesters, many of them members of radical nationalist groups, gathered outside the parliament building Wednesday and marched across downtown Kyiv carrying placards reading
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN The first thing Kevin Strickland did after being exonerated for a triple murder he didn’t commit was visit his mother’s grave. “To know my mother was underneath that dirt and I hadn’t gotten a chance to visit with her in the last years … I revisited those tears that I did
Continue ReadingBy John Sinnott, CNN Bayern Munich stars Joshua Kimmich and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting have tested positive for Covid-19, the German club said on Wednesday. “The FC Bayern forward is self-isolating at home in accordance with the relevant health authorities and doing well under the circumstances,” said the German club on its website, referring to Choupo-Moting.Later
Continue Reading By Theresa Waldrop, CNN After a jury awarded more than $26 million in damages in a lawsuit against White nationalists who organized and participated in a violent rally in 2017, the mother of a woman who was killed there said the verdict proves speech may be protected but violent actions are not. Heather Heyer was
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ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia’s government has approved the purchase of 12 used Rafale fighter jets from France worth about 1 billion euros to replace its aging fleet of Soviet-era aircraft and strengthen its air force amid lingering tensions in the Balkans. The contract is expected to be signed during the visit of French President
Continue Reading MIAMI (AP) — Tevin Brewer posted 12 points as Florida International got past North Dakota 65-56. Paul Bruns had 18 points for the Fighting Hawks (2-4). Ethan Igbanugo added 10 points. Tsotne Tsartsidze had 10 points.
Continue ReadingBy Steve Large Click here for updates on this story CERES, California (KOVR) — An incoming Ceres City Council member who was caught using the n-word has now been booted from his post before even being sworn in. The racist language was discovered in a podcast recorded by John Osgood in February. Video of a
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By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys and Las Vegas Raiders are trying to get back on track in a Thanksgiving meeting Thursday. They have one victory between them in November with the playoff push time also known as December coming next. Dak Prescott and the NFC East-leading Cowboys
Continue Reading By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys and Las Vegas Raiders are trying to get back on track in a Thanksgiving meeting Thursday. They have one victory between them in November with the playoff push time also known as December coming next. Dak Prescott and the NFC East-leading Cowboys
Continue Reading By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys and Las Vegas Raiders are trying to get back on track in a Thanksgiving meeting Thursday. They have one victory between them in November with the playoff push time also known as December coming next. Dak Prescott and the NFC East-leading Cowboys
Continue ReadingCNN, KRCR By Ella Nilsen and Kate Sullivan, CNN The White House announced Wednesday it has created a new climate-focused division within its Office of Science and Technology Policy and tapped Stanford professor Sally Benson to lead it. Benson will serve as deputy director for energy and chief strategist for the energy transition at OSTP,
Continue Reading By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize winner, is already a veteran at surprising the world in just three years in power. He has done it again this week by announcing that, after a year of waging war, he would now lead it
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Collins Dictionary has chosen the term NFT as its word of the year after surging interest in the digital tokens that can sell for millions of dollars brought it into the mainstream. NFT is short for non-fungible token. Collins defines it as “a unique digital certificate, registered in a blockchain, that is
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Collins Dictionary has chosen the term NFT as its word of the year after surging interest in the digital tokens that can sell for millions of dollars brought it into the mainstream. NFT is short for non-fungible token. Collins defines it as “a unique digital certificate, registered in a blockchain, that is
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN The vast majority of bees feed on pollen and nectar, but certain species have evolved to feast on meat, substituting dead animal carcasses for flower meadows. To better understand this extreme shift in diet, scientists at the University of California-Riverside, Columbia University and Cornell University studied the gut bacteria or microbiome
Continue Reading By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Lamar Jackson says he’s feeling better and he fully expects to play Sunday night for the Baltimore Ravens. Jackson missed last Sunday’s win at Chicago after an illness limited him during the week. He actually practiced Friday and said he was feeling better, but
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Florida was added to the lengthy list of schools looking for a head football coach that already includes LSU and USC. On the latest AP Top 25 College Football Podcast, Bruce Feldman from Fox joins the AP’s Ralph Russo to discuss who is going to fill all
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