WCBS By Geneva Sands, CNN The number of people who became naturalized US citizens in fiscal year 2021 was the highest in more than a decade, according to new data, surpassing the Trump administration-era high and rebounding after the pandemic had prompted office closures and service disruptions. Around 855,000 people were naturalized during the fiscal
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By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A new Amnesty International report says Ethiopia’s rival Tigray forces raped or gang-raped local women after attacking a community in the Amhara region as they pushed toward the country’s capital, opening a new front of horror in the yearlong war. The report is based on interviews
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By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — Collin Gillespie scored 13 points in his first game since suffering a torn MCL in his left knee and No. 4 Villanova beat Mount St. Mary’s 91-51 in the season opener Tuesday. Justin Moore hit six 3-pointers and scored 27 points for the Big East
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The highly anticipated landing of the first woman and the first person of color on the moon will have to wait. Due to a delay caused by litigation with Blue Origin, as well as other factors — including the pandemic — the earliest return of NASA boots on the lunar surface
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PGA West isn’t just a golf gem here in Coachella Valley, this course is among the best California has to offer. And it’s home to some of PGA’s premier tour events and some of golf’s best. But for the first time “Stadium Shootout” tees off here on the iconic 17th hole. 16 local golf pros
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN “Saturday Night Live”‘s Cecily Strong dressed as a clown this weekend to talk about abortion. In the show’s Weekend Update segment, the actress explained the clown costume was to make the topic a little more palatable for the audience. She was introduced in light of a controversial Texas law currently being
Continue ReadingCNN By Madeline Holcombe, CNN “Saturday Night Live”‘s Cecily Strong dressed as a clown this weekend to talk about abortion. In the show’s Weekend Update segment, the actress explained the clown costume was to make the topic a little more palatable for the audience. She was introduced in light of a controversial Texas law currently
Continue Reading CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Former Clemson quarterback Harvey White has died at age 83. He helped the Tigers win Atlantic Coast Conference championships in 1958 and 1959. White died Saturday, according to the Blyth Funeral Home in Greenwood, South Carolina. He was the first Clemson quarterback to be named to the all-ACC first team in
Continue Reading BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Aisha Sheppard hit 7-of-10 3-pointers and scored 25 points to lead No. 24 Virginia Tech to a 76-57 win over Davidson in the season opener for both teams. Purdue transfer Kayana Taylor added 18 points for the Hokies, who have won 61 straight nonconference home games and eight straight season openers.
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PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Court of Appeals has rejected another request by Cyber Ninjas to avoid turning over records related to the consulting firm’s review of the 2020 election on behalf of the state Senate. In a 3-0 ruling Tuesday, the judges reiterated the court’s earlier ruling that Cyber Ninjas records are subject to
Continue Reading By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Salvadoran immigrant who admitted fatally shooting four people during a two-week rampage in Nevada in 2019 has pleaded guilty to the two killings that occurred in rural Douglas County. It’s part of a deal with prosecutors that will spare 22-year-old Wilber Ernesto Martinez Guzman the
Continue Reading By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas’ attorney general is dropping her bid for Arkansas governor and clearing former White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders’ path to the Republican nomination for the post. Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on Tuesday announced she was dropping out and would instead seek the Republican nomination
Continue ReadingBy Jason Hoffman and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday called on Republicans to stop pursuing retaliation against 13 members of their party who voted to pass the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill in the House last week, saying he’s never seen things this way in Congress. Some conservative House Republicans have discussed booting
Continue ReadingCNN By Alex Rogers, CNN Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney said at a New Hampshire event on Tuesday that the United States is “confronting a domestic threat that we have never faced before” in the form of former President Donald Trump, who she said is “attempting to unravel the foundations of our constitutional republic.” Cheney also
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Ángela Reyes (CNN Español) — El presidente de Perú, Pedro Castillo, y autoridades del país al más alto nivel habrían tratado de interferir en el proceso de ascenso de algunos integrantes de las Fuerzas Armadas. La denuncia fue hecha por el ahora ex comandante general del Ejército, general de división retirado José Vizcarra, quien dice
Continue Reading By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The U.S. government has pledged to strengthen Haiti’s National Police as the country struggles with a spike in gang-related violence and a severe shortage of fuel that has deepened an economic crisis. Todd Robinson, U.S. assistant secretary for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has launched a billion Australian dollar ($738 million) investment fund to fast track emerging low emissions technologies including carbon capture and storage. The ruling conservative coalition wants the fund to be administered by the Clean Energy Finance Corp., a government-owned green
Continue Reading By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer Outside of Oregon, this has been a rocky season for the Pac-12. The conference started with five Top 25 football teams and high hopes. Now the fifth-ranked Ducks are flying solo in the AP poll. This season has seen the firing of coaches and assistants, a coach reprimanded for
Continue Reading By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer Outside of Oregon, this has been a rocky season for the Pac-12. The conference started with five Top 25 football teams and high hopes. Now the fifth-ranked Ducks are flying solo in the AP poll. This season has seen the firing of coaches and assistants, a coach reprimanded for
Continue Reading By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer Outside of Oregon, this has been a rocky season for the Pac-12. The conference started with five Top 25 football teams and high hopes. Now the fifth-ranked Ducks are flying solo in the AP poll. This season has seen the firing of coaches and assistants, a coach reprimanded for
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