WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Crowds have gathered in Warsaw any in many other Polish cities Saturday to protest restrictive abortion law that critics say has led to a recent death of a woman with troubled pregnancy. The protesters are holding portraits of the woman, 30-year-old Iza, who died in hospital from septic shock. Her family
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By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Daria Kasatkina has given Russia a 1-0 lead over Switzerland in the final of the Billie Jean King Cup with a 6-2, 6-4 victory against Jil Teichmann. The Russians are just one win away from their fifth title in the competition formerly known as the Fed Cup.
Continue Reading MUNICH (AP) — Robert Lewandowski has scored his 60th goal of the year as leader Bayern Munich won 2-1 against previously unbeaten Freiburg in the Bundesliga. Lewandowski knocked the ball in from close range in the 76th minute after stretching to redirect Leroy Sané’s attempted shot. Bayern leads by four points after Leipzig won 2-1
Continue Reading By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — School board candidates opposing mask mandates and lessons about racism in U.S. history won in red states and some politically divided districts, but often came up short in their bids to shape policy for school districts over the newest culture war issue., The
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By Jamie Crawford, National Security Producer The US Attorney’s office in Arizona announced the unsealing of two indictments that charged high-ranking members of the Sinaloa drug cartel with international drug trafficking, one of them the brother of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the convicted former leader of the cartel. A federal grand jury in Tucson returned
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN Manchester United slumped to a fourth defeat of the Premier League season at Old Trafford on Saturday, going down 2-0 against rival Manchester City. Both of the game’s goals — an own goal from defender Eric Bailly, before Bernardo Silva turned in a cross on the stroke of halftime — came
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns All-Pro right tackle Jack Conklin will miss at least three games after being placed on injured reserve with a dislocated elbow. Conklin got hurt in the second quarter of last weekend’s 15-10 loss to Pittsburgh. He had just returned after missing two games with a
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says families of children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border during the Trump administration should be compensated. He was responding to a question Saturday about settlement talks underway between his Department of Justice and the affected families. Raising his
Continue ReadingBy Jason Hoffman and Devan Cole, CNN President Joe Biden on Saturday strongly endorsed the idea of the US government compensating immigrant families separated at the border under the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance policy,” saying the previous administration’s “outrageous behavior” warrants cash payments — but he didn’t go into detail about specific amounts. “If in fact,
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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona on Saturday reported over 3,000 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases for the third straight day as virus-related hospitalizations reached their highest level since late September. The state Department of Health Services’ coronavirus dashboard reported 3,592 additional cases and 60 deaths, increasing the state’s pandemic totals to over 1,186,000 cases and over 21,400
Continue Reading PALMA, Balearic Islands (AP) — Spanish authorities are investigating the unauthorized disembarkment of 21 people from a plane that made an emergency medical landing on the island of Mallorca. The incident occurred late on Friday night when an Air Arabia flight from Casablanca to Istanbul made an emergency landing to attend a passenger. On landing,
Continue Reading By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic will end the year at No. 1 for a record seventh time after rallying to beat Hubert Hurkacz 3-6, 6-0, 7-6 (5) in the Paris Masters semifinals. Djokovic moved one ahead of American Pete Sampras, who secured his six top year-end finishes from 1993-98.
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By CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Authorities say at least 98 people are dead and 30 others critically wounded after an oil tanker truck exploded near Sierra Leone’s capital. Large crowds had gathered to collect fuel that was leaking from the tanker after a collision with another vehicle.
Continue Reading By CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Authorities say at least 98 people are dead and 30 others critically wounded after an oil tanker truck exploded near Sierra Leone’s capital. Large crowds had gathered to collect fuel that was leaking from the tanker after a collision with another vehicle.
Continue ReadingCNN By Donald Judd and Devan Cole, CNN Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Saturday his newly adopted son is doing well “after a terrifying few days” in the hospital. Buttigieg’s husband, Chasten, first announced that Gus had come home on Friday. “After 3 weeks in and out of hospitals, 125 miles in an ambulance, and
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN I’ve always been a bit dazzled by the fact that, as humans, we truly are made of star stuff. This week, an element found in our teeth was detected for the first time in a galaxy 12 billion light-years away. That means during the early chaotic days of the universe, stars
Continue Reading MILAN (AP) — A humanitarian rescue boat stuck in the Mediterranean Sea carrying 800 migrants has received a delivery of food and blankets while it awaits permission to come to shore. The German rescue boat Sea-Eye 4 set a course for the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on Thursday after picking up 400 migrants
Continue Reading By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Police helicopters were buzzing above Glasgow, Scotland, for a second day of protests outside the U.N. climate summit. Saturday’s march drew tens of thousands of people despite frequent bursts of rain. Activists are demanding that governments move faster to cut pollution from coal
Continue Reading MACON, Ga. (AP) — An autopsy finds that a 15-year-old Georgia high school football player died from an “abnormal heart rhythm” and not heat-related illness. Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones says an autopsy by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation found Joshua Ivory Jr. died July 26 of cardiac dysrhythmia which triggered “sudden cardiac arrest.” The
Continue Reading MACON, Ga. (AP) — An autopsy finds that a 15-year-old Georgia high school football player died from an “abnormal heart rhythm” and not heat-related illness. Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones says an autopsy by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation found Joshua Ivory Jr. died July 26 of cardiac dysrhythmia which triggered “sudden cardiac arrest.” The
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