By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — While world leaders hail the Glasgow climate pact as a good compromise that keeps a key temperature limit alive, scientists are much more skeptical. Leaders say Saturday’s deal keeps the possibility of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius since pre-industrial times. Scientists say if that
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By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Washington has fired football coach Jimmy Lake, less than two years after he was chosen to succeed Chris Petersen. Lake’s firing concluded a stunningly fast fall with a team that began the season ranked in the AP Top 25. The Huskies stumbled through embarrassing losses that
Continue Reading TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Cooper Neese had 20 points as Indiana State routed Hanover 90-49. Matt Munoz led the Panthers with 10 points.
Continue Reading By BOB SUTTON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Elissa Cunane scored 18 points, Kia Crutchfield had 17 and No. 5 North Carolina State routed Florida 85-52. The Wolfpack closed the first quarter on a 19-3 run and kept pulling away. N.C. State coach Wes Moore earned his 750th career victory. Now in his ninth
Continue Reading LEWISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Jordan Dingle had 24 points as Penn narrowly beat Bucknell 73-68. Andrew Funk led the Bison with a career-high 32 points.
Continue Reading CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Darius Banks had 20 points as Chattanooga romped past UNC Asheville 75-45. Trent Stephney led the Bulldogs with 13 points.
Continue Reading HOUSTON (AP) — Jason Kokrak is the Houston Open winner after a big rally on the back nine. Kokrak made four straight birdies and closed with a 65 for a two-shot victory over fading Scottie Scheffler and Kevin Tway. It’s his third victory in the last 13 months on the PGA Tour. Kokrak wouldn’t have
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Counter-terrorism police in Britain have detained three men in connection to an explosion at a hospital Sunday in the city of Liverpool that killed one person and injured another. Police were called to reports of a blast involving a taxi that pulled up at Liverpool Women’s Hospital shortly before the explosion took
Continue Reading By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Colin Castleton had 15 points, a career-high 16 rebounds and six blocks, and Florida knocked off No. 20 Florida State 71-55 to end a seven-game losing streak in the series. The victory came 11 months after Florida standout Keyontae Johnson collapsed on the court in
Continue Reading By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s security minister says an attack by jihadis on a gendarme post in northern Burkina Faso has killed at least 19 officers and one civilian. Minister of Security Maxime Kone said on state television Sunday’s attack took place in Inata town in Soum province,
Continue Reading By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jonathan Taylor rushed for 116 yards and a touchdown, Indianapolis returned a blocked punt for a score and the Colts’ defense held on for a 23-17 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars. Indy has won four of five to reach .500 for the first time this season.
Continue Reading By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Josh Allen threw two touchdown passes, Buffalo ran for four scores and the Bills’ top-ranked defense intercepted Mike White four times and smothered the New York Jets in a 45-17 victory. It was an impressive showing for the Bills who rebounded from
Continue Reading PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Chinese businesswoman has been deported back to China more than two years after being sentenced to eight months in prison for trespassing at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club and lying to Secret Service agents. Federal authorities say Yujing Zhang was deported over the weekend. She was turned over to
Continue Reading PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Preliminary results in Kosovo’s runoff municipal elections Sunday show the governing party suffered a heavy blow in losing the capital’s mayoral post. Kosovo held runoff municipal elections in almost two-thirds of the country after the center-right opposition parties dominated in the first round of voting. About 1.26 million voters in the
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business NPR books editor Petra Mayer died Saturday at age 46, NPR reported. Mayer was a popular editor on NPR’s Culture desk, drawing in readers and listeners with her outpouring of knowledge of cats, comics and science fiction, as well as her on-site reporting at Comic-Con. Mayer died at Holy Cross
Continue Reading COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Rebeka Mikulasikova tied her career high, scoring 19 points to pace the Ohio State women, tied at No. 17 in the rankings, to an 86-48 victory over Norfolk State. Eleven of 12 Buckeyes scored, with Taylor Mikesell coming off the bench to drain four 3-pointers and add 12 points. Jacy Sheldon
Continue Reading ATLANTA (AP) — Lotta-Maj Lahtinen scored 17 points with seven assists and seven rebounds and No. 17 Georgia Tech beat Belmont 58-45. After Belmont built a 15-11 lead after the first quarter, Georgia Tech clamped down on the defensive and limited the Bruins to 2-for-13 shooting and forced five turnovers holding Belmont to four points.
Continue Reading By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ryan Tannehill ran and threw for touchdowns as the Tennessee Titans held off the New Orleans Saints 23-21 on Sunday for their NFL-best sixth straight victory. The Titans (8-2) also became the second team in NFL history to win five straight over playoff
Continue Reading By ALLEN PANCHANA and GONZALO SOLANO Associated Press GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — The signs that an attack was imminent inside the largest prison in Ecuador’s coastal city of Guayaquil could not have been clearer. There had been talk among inmates of the Litoral Penitentiary for days that a group was going to attack another. Then,
Continue ReadingCNN By Jasmine Wright, Jeremy Diamond and Arlette Saenz, CNN Editor’s Note: This piece originally published on July 2, 2021. The White House dove into damage control this week after reports of dysfunction and infighting in Vice President Kamala Harris’ office, with the administration trying to stop a drama-filled narrative from taking hold, according to
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