By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Police say a 4-year-old girl has been rescued and is “alive and well” more than three weeks after she was suspected to have been snatched from a tent during a family camping trip on Australia’s remote west coast. Western Australia Police Deputy Commissioner Col Blanch says
Continue Reading By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board says the braking system on a plane that overran a runway at an Alaska airport in 2019, killing one, was compromised by anti-skid sensors that were not correctly wired. A report from the board says the incorrect wiring likely occurred during
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For the fourth year in a row, the start of the commercial Dungeness crab season in California will be delayed to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in trap and buoy lines, it was announced Monday. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that it was delaying the start of
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By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Even for a pair of second-day 2022 draft picks and the roster-building flexibility those will provide, George Paton confirmed it wasn’t easy signing off on Von Miller’s departure to the Los Angeles Rams. “No doubt. This was not easy. I didn’t sleep Sunday night,”
Continue Reading By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Even for a pair of second-day 2022 draft picks and the roster-building flexibility those will provide, George Paton confirmed it wasn’t easy signing off on Von Miller’s departure to the Los Angeles Rams. “No doubt. This was not easy. I didn’t sleep Sunday night,”
Continue ReadingBy John Harwood As economic concerns erode President Joe Biden’s political standing, his aides are trying to assure Americans they’re doing everything possible to address fears about inflation and hard-to-find goods heading into the holiday season. The White House website is rolling out a new Supply Chain Dashboard, to be updated every two weeks, that
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that the Republican-controlled Legislature violated the state constitution by including new laws banning school mask mandates and a series of other measures in unrelated budget bills. Tuesday’s ruling from the state’s high court came less than two hours after the
Continue Reading By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Baseball was especially good to Fox, with the Atlanta-Houston World Series lifting the network to its first weekly ratings win in the young TV season. The series rebounded from last year’s contest, which hit an all-time viewership low. The drop was attributed to the pandemic
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By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Baseball was especially good to Fox, with the Atlanta-Houston World Series lifting the network to its first weekly ratings win in the young TV season. The series rebounded from last year’s contest, which hit an all-time viewership low. The drop was attributed to the pandemic
Continue Reading By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Baseball was especially good to Fox, with the Atlanta-Houston World Series lifting the network to its first weekly ratings win in the young TV season. The series rebounded from last year’s contest, which hit an all-time viewership low. The drop was attributed to the pandemic
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster, CNN Democrat Shontel Brown, a Cuyahoga County Council member, will win Ohio’s 11th Congressional District, CNN projected Tuesday. The seat was vacated by former Rep. Marcia Fudge, who became President Joe Biden’s secretary of housing and urban development earlier this year. CNN projected Brown’s win over Republican candidate Laverne Gore. Brown’s victory
Continue Reading By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer Four weeks remain in Big Ten play, and Michigan State, Ohio State and Michigan all remain in pursuit of a spot in the national semifinals. The Rose Bowl is next on the list. Iowa and Minnesota have also reached the six-win threshold for bowl game eligibility. Wisconsin and Penn
Continue Reading By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Democrat Shontel Brown has won the Cleveland-area U.S. House seat formerly held by Housing Secretary Marcia Fudge in Tuesday’s special election. Brown is a member of the Cuyahoga County Council and chairs the county Democratic Party. She defeated Republican Laverne Gore in the 11th Congressional
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco, CNN President Joe Biden and congressional Democratic leaders have slashed the size of the party’s sweeping spending package in half to woo Sen. Joe Manchin. Yet, the West Virginia lawmaker is still throwing up red flags about the size of the proposal and the measures that would pay for
Continue Reading SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers acquired defensive lineman Charles Omenihu from the Houston Texans in exchange for a 2023 sixth-round draft pick. Omenihu must pass a physical for the deal made just before Tuesday’s trade deadline to become official. Omenihu was originally drafted in the fifth round by Houston in 2019.
Continue Reading SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers acquired defensive lineman Charles Omenihu from the Houston Texans in exchange for a 2023 sixth-round draft pick. Omenihu must pass a physical for the deal made just before Tuesday’s trade deadline to become official. Omenihu was originally drafted in the fifth round by Houston in 2019.
Continue Reading By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writers US health officials have given the final OK to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children as young as 5. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave the go-ahead Tuesday night. The announcement came only hours after a CDC advisory panel unanimously decided Pfizer’s
Continue Reading By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writers US health officials have given the final OK to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children as young as 5. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave the go-ahead Tuesday night. The announcement came only hours after a CDC advisory panel unanimously decided Pfizer’s
Continue Reading By MICHAEL TARM, AMY FORLITI and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A prosecutor says Kyle Rittenhouse instigated the confrontation that led him to shoot three people on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, during a turbulent protest against racial injustice. But Rittenhouse’s attorney says his client acted in self-defense after one of the
Continue Reading By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police and his attorney say Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was released from a hospital and taken to jail ahead of an initial court appearance Wednesday on multiple felony charges after a fiery predawn vehicle crash that left a woman dead and Ruggs
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