By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan police said on Thursday they had killed at least five people, including a Muslim cleric, accused of having ties to the extremist group responsible for Tuesday’s suicide bombings in the capital. Four men were killed in a shootout in a frontier town near the Congo
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By The Associated Press Houston can win its 10th straight game and secure the Cougars’ first 10-win season since 2015. Houston is also looking to go 8-0 in conference play for the second time in school history and first time since 2011. Memphis is seeking to become bowl eligible for an eighth straight season.
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A Coachella Valley family is seeking the support of the community to help raise money for their young son’s cancer treatment. Brittney Peterson, who has been friends with the Clark family for 30 years, created a GoFundMe page to fundraise for two-year-old Hudson Clark. Hudson was diagnosed with Leukemia on Sunday and has since started
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN The refusal of the commander of the Oklahoma National guard to enforce the Pentagon’s Covid-19 vaccination mandate has opened up a dispute about the limits of the federal government’s authority and the chain of command of the military. Brig. Gen. Thomas Mancino has refused to enforce the mandate since he took
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Thursday that he would reinstate Reps. Paul Gosar of Arizona and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia on committees — potentially even “better” ones — if Republicans win back the House after next year’s midterms. “They’ll have committees,” McCarthy said at his weekly news conference. “They
Continue ReadingCNN By Melanie Zanona, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Thursday that he would reinstate Reps. Paul Gosar of Arizona and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia on committees — potentially even “better” ones — if Republicans win back the House after next year’s midterms. “They’ll have committees,” McCarthy said at his weekly news conference.
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CNN By Jay Croft, CNN A sister and friend of an Oklahoma death row convict spared from execution say they now will work to get the man released from prison. “We were overjoyed,” Antoinette Jones told CNN’s “New Day” on Friday morning. “We still have to get his freedom.” She is the sister of Julius
Continue Reading By ZEINA KARAM, DARIA LITVINOVA and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of Iraqis have returned home from Belarus after abandoning their hopes of reaching the European Union in a repatriation that follows more than a week of tensions at Poland’s eastern border, where thousands of migrants were stuck in a cold and
Continue Reading By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Changes are coming to the Denver Broncos. Just not anytime soon. Someone else will be signing the paychecks next year. Someone new almost certainly will be under center in 2022. And in all likelihood somebody else will be calling the shots from the sideline,
Continue Reading KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The judge at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial banned MSNBC from the courthouse Thursday after police said they briefly detained a man who had followed the jury bus and may have tried to photograph jurors. Judge Bruce Schroeder said the man had claimed to be working for MSNBC. NBC News said the
Continue ReadingBy David Close, CNN Former cricketer Azeem Rafiq, who testified about his experiences of being subjected to racism while playing for Yorkshire County Cricket Club (YCCC) before a UK parliamentary panel on Tuesday, has apologized for unspecified comments he says he made in 2011. Shortly before Rafiq’s apology, a screenshot of messages that appeared to
Continue Reading TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has embraced “Let’s go Brandon.” The Republican governor’s campaign said they picked the small Tampa suburb of Brandon as the place for his signing of a bill opposing White House vaccine mandates Thursday, trolling President Joe Biden by referring to what has become a popular stand-in for
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey Tom Holland understands that playing “Spiderman” comes with great responsibility. He’ll take a picture, smile for fans, but he’s not going to discuss his relationship with Zendaya. The actor tells GQ that the actress is helping him navigate fame, but won’t confirm if they are or aren’t dating, “When everyone’s telling you
Continue Reading By RUSS BYNUM and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Defense attorneys for the three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery rested Thursday after calling a total of seven witnesses. The people who testified in the men’s defense included the man who fatally shot Arbery, Travis McMichael. Six neighbors testified about their concerns
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — El gobernador de Oklahoma, Kevin Stitt, le concedió el indulto a Julius Jones, el prisionero condenado a muerte que iba a ser ejecutado este jueves. Stitt conmutó la sentencia de Jones por cadena perpetua sin libertad condicional, según un decreto presentado este jueves en el sitio web de la Secretaría de
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Following the shooting death of Memphis rapper Young Dolph Wednesday, a video of him styling his young daughter Aria’s hair began making the rounds on social media. “So you don’t want Mommy to comb your hair, you want Daddy to comb your hair,” Mia Jaye, the artist’s longtime girlfriend and
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A 35-year-old transient accused of setting a Las Vegas house fire that killed his girlfriend has been arrested in Carson City on arson and homicide-related charges. The Nevada Appeal reports Shyhelee Jamal Coleman was booked into the Carson City Jail Tuesday after Carson City sheriff’s deputies responded to a report
Continue Reading SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Santa Rosa police say a girl who was the subject of a California Amber Alert after reportedly being abducted has been found and is safe at home. Police made the announcement late Thursday morning but did not immediately provide further details. The Amber Alert was issued 15-year-old Georgiana Chozmana Bambaloi
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany has approved new measures to rein in record coronavirus infections as Chancellor Angela Merkel has called the pandemic situation in the country “really worrying” and demanded “consequent action” to contain the spread of the virus. Merkel held a videoconference with Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Germany’s
Continue Reading By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Hundreds of pastors are rallying at the Georgia courthouse where three white men are on trial in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. The mostly Black group gathered Thursday in response to a defense lawyer’s bid to keep Black ministers out of the courtroom. Many carried signs
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