By JUAN A. LOZANO and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities in Houston have released the names of eight concertgoers who died last week at a music festival headlined by rapper Travis Scott. Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said Monday he had met with Scott before the show at the Astroworld festival to
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By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Chris Boswell’s 40-yard field goal with 26 seconds left lifted the Pittsburgh Steelers past the Chicago Bears 29-27. The Steelers needed the late rally after Chicago scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns to take the lead. Pittsburgh improved to 5-3. The Steelers have won 20 straight home games
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By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Chris Boswell’s 40-yard field goal with 26 seconds left lifted the Pittsburgh Steelers past the Chicago Bears 29-27. The Steelers needed the late rally after Chicago scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns to take the lead. Pittsburgh improved to 5-3. The Steelers have won 20 straight home games
Continue Reading MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a high school in Mesa was put on lockdown after a former employee threatened to shoot a janitor. Mesa police say the Eastmark High school resource officer learned that a former cafeteria worker verbally threatened to shoot the janitor in the parking lot Monday. They say the ex-employee also
Continue Reading By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The protester and volunteer medic who survived after Kyle Rittenhouse shot him on the streets of Kenosha testified that he pointed his own gun at Rittenhouse but didn’t mean to and had no intention of firing it. Gaige Grosskreutz, the third
Continue Reading By CLAY BAILEY Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Ja Morant scored 33 points, Brandon Clarke finished with 20 points and nine rebounds, and the Memphis Grizzlies put together a furious fourth-quarter rally before defeating the Minnesota Timberwolves 125-118 in overtime. Memphis trailed by as many as 16 with 7:30 left in regulation Monday before
Continue Reading TORONTO (AP) — Egyptian-Canadian author and journalist Omar El Akkad, has won Canada’s richest literary award. El Akkad won the Scotiabank Giller Prize for his book “What Strange Paradise” on Monday night. The former Globe and Mail journalist received the honor at a nationally televised Toronto gala. “What Strange Paradise,” published by McClelland & Stewart,
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By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic scored 25 points, Tim Hardaway Jr. and Jalen Brunson added 17 apiece and the Dallas Mavericks overcame a sluggish start for a 108-92 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans. The Pelicans went up 11 in the first quarter but didn’t lead again after the
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Schneider, CNN A lawsuit filed by DC Attorney General Karl Racine accusing former President Donald Trump’s 2017 Presidential Inaugural Committee of abusing non-profit funds will proceed to trial after a DC Superior Court judge ruled Monday that claims accusing the committee of overpaying for event space may move forward. But Judge Jose Lopez
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc, CNN Republican Rep. Fred Upton on Monday shared a threatening voicemail he had received after voting for the bipartisan infrastructure bill last week. In the voicemail, which Upton played during an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper on “AC360,” a caller told the Michigan Republican: “I hope you die. I hope everybody in
Continue Reading TORONTO (AP) — Jonathan Quick made 33 saves and the Los Angeles Kings beat Toronto 5-1, snapping the Maple Leafs’ five-game win streak. Phillip Danault had two goals and an assist for Los Angeles, which won its fifth straight. Andreas Athanasiou added a goal and assist, former Leafs forward Trevor Moore scored and Adrian Kempe
Continue Reading TORONTO (AP) — Jonathan Quick made 33 saves and the Los Angeles Kings beat Toronto 5-1, snapping the Maple Leafs’ five-game win streak. Phillip Danault had two goals and an assist for Los Angeles, which won its fifth straight. Andreas Athanasiou added a goal and assist, former Leafs forward Trevor Moore scored and Adrian Kempe
Continue Reading TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — The leader of an effort by Central American migrants to walk across southern Mexico says the group will now head to the U.S. border, rather than Mexico City. Leader Irineo Mujica said in a video Monday that he will try to organize another caravan of thousands of migrants to reach the
Continue Reading By JOHN JACKSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — DeMar DeRozan scored 28 points, Zach LaVine added 24 and the Chicago Bulls used a 42-point fourth quarter to pull away for a 118-95 victory over the Brooklyn Nets. Rookie Ayo Dosumnu had 15 points and played a key role in the late rally as Chicago snapped
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Ángela Reyes (CNN) — Sarah Jessica Parker está respondiendo a las críticas sobre su aspecto físico a medida que envejece. Parker dice que ella y sus excoprotagonistas de “Sex and the City” han recibido algunos comentarios negativos sobre cómo ha cambiado su aspecto físico a medida que envejecen. El elenco actualmente está en la producción
Continue Reading By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts are back on Earth after a 200-day space station mission. They rode home Monday in a SpaceX capsule, parachuting into the Gulf of Mexico near Pensacola, Florida, in darkness. The astronauts from the U.S., France and Japan departed the International Space Station
Continue Reading VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A group of former players for the Vancouver Whitecaps women’s team says it welcomes Major League Soccer’s investigation into how the club handled allegations of abuse, and wants the findings to be made public. The Professional Footballers Association Canada released a statement on behalf of former players from the 2008
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The investigation continues into a Monday afternoon shooting at a local RV park. One man was hospitalized; another – the suspected shooter – is in custody. Neighbors at the Desert Springs RV Park in Desert Edge heard the gunfire. Police said one person was shot and taken to the hospital. Officials didn’t give his condition. Sheriff’s
Continue Reading By IAN QUILLEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his 741st career goal to tie Brett Hull for fourth on the NHL’s all-time list and help the Washington Capitals to a 5-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres. Tom Wilson added two goals and Evgeny Kuznetsov contributed his ninth, 10th and 11th assists as
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