By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — It’s a few weeks into the women’s college basketball season and there already have been half a dozen matchups between many of the top teams. Over the past week alone, there were four games in the Bahamas between teams ranked in the top seven of
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By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — It’s a few weeks into the women’s college basketball season and there already have been half a dozen matchups between many of the top teams. Over the past week alone, there were four games in the Bahamas between teams ranked in the top seven of
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Ivan Toney gave Brentford a 1-0 victory over Everton that extended the winless run for Rafa Benitez’s side to seven matches. Toney previously played under Benitez at Newcastle but struggled for playing time. His penalty in the 24th minute came after Andros Townsend’s high boot caught Frank Onyeka in the face. Brentford
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By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As demand for renewable energy surges, “community solar” installations are popping up around the U.S. They’re larger than home rooftop systems but smaller than utility-scale complexes. Community solar gardens are located atop buildings, or on abandoned factory grounds and farms. Customers subscribe to portions of energy
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By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As demand for renewable energy surges, “community solar” installations are popping up around the U.S. They’re larger than home rooftop systems but smaller than utility-scale complexes. Community solar gardens are located atop buildings, or on abandoned factory grounds and farms. Customers subscribe to portions of energy
Continue ReadingBy MARY SMITH Click here for updates on this story JONESBORO, Georgia (WGCL) — A Union City man is still physically and mentally recovering from a traumatic crash in July. It happened in Jonesboro, killing the most important people in his life. “Losing them was hard, is hard,” said Lashad Lewis. On July 25, Lewis,
Continue ReadingCNN By Devan Cole, CNN The director of the National Institutes of Health stressed Sunday that a newly emerged coronavirus variant “ought to redouble” vaccination efforts and other mitigation strategies, saying that while much is unknown about the variant, action should be taken now to avoid “a situation that makes this worse.” “It’s certainly not
Continue Reading HIRAM, Ga. (AP) — A freight train has derailed in Atlanta’s northwest suburbs, blocking roads and slightly injuring two crew members. Local news outlets report a Norfolk Southern Railway locomotive and seven freight cars overturned in Hiram late Saturday. They were part of a 88-car train. Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern says two crew members were taken
Continue Reading KILLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Petra Vlhova built a slim lead over Mikaela Shiffrin in the opening run of the slalom in the first women’s World Cup race in North America for two years. The Slovakian overall champion finished .20 seconds ahead of Shiffrin. The American was passionately cheered on by a home crowd as she
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By Keith Allen, CNN The city of Waukesha, Wisconsin, held a moment of silence and lit the city up in blue Sunday, marking one week since a man drove a vehicle through a city Christmas parade, killing six people and injuring scores of others. The moment of silence took place at 4:39 p.m. local time,
Continue Reading MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Ilkay Gündogan scored one goal and set up another as Manchester City beat West Ham 2-1 in the Premier League to join Chelsea at the top of the standings on 29 points. The defending champions took the lead when Gündogan opened the scoring in the 33rd minute and secured all three
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Tens of thousands of people in Scotland and northern England remain without power after a storm brought sleet, subzero temperatures and disruptions across much of the U.K. Icy gusts caused power cuts around the border between Scotland and England, with Northern Powergrid saying it recorded 1,100 instances of damage requiring significant repairs.
Continue Reading By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — AC Milan has suffered its second successive Serie A loss as Sassuolo came from behind to win 3-1 at San Siro. Alessio Romagnoli headed Milan in front but its lead lasted just three minutes before Gianluca Scamacca leveled. And a Simon Kjær own goal saw Sassuolo lead
Continue Reading By SALAR SALIM and SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Snow globes, teddy bears and makeup brushes. These were the trinkets left behind in northern Iraq by Maryam Nouri who perished this week along with at least 26 others in an ill-fated voyage with dreams of reaching Britain. A wake for Nouri, called
Continue ReadingBy ABBY DODGE Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Sophia Broadway’s family said she left her home near Troost on Oct. 27 and never returned. KCPD said Broadway is the victim of a hit and run at the corner of 82nd and Troost. When family members started calling each
Continue Reading IGLS, Austria (AP) — Francesco Friedrich of Germany extended his World Cup four-man bobsled winning streak to six races with another victory on Sunday. He is now 2 for 2 in four-man races this season after winning all four World Cup events in that discipline last season. Oskars Kibermanis drove to silver for Latvia and
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Swiss voters have given clear backing to legislation that introduced special COVID-19 certificates under which only people who have been vaccinated, recovered or tested negative can attend public events and gatherings. Final results Sunday showed 62% of voters supporting the legislation, which is already in force. The referendum offered a rare bellwether
Continue Reading CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s armed forces says that six of its forces were killed in fighting in the country’s border region with Ethiopia. It comes a day after the military claimed that Ethiopian military and militia forces attacked the border area of al-Fashaqa, a disputed agricultural area that straddles the two countries. The fighting is
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Frank Williams, el fundador del equipo Williams de Fórmula 1 y el director de equipo con más años de experiencia en este deporte, murió a los 79 años. El equipo Williams F1 dominó gran parte de las décadas de 1980 y 1990 bajo su dirección y se convirtió en
Continue Reading By HOLLY MEYER Associated Press Catholic bishops and evangelical pastors are prominent leaders in the anti-abortion movement, but not all believers think abortion should be illegal. Religious supporters of abortion rights say they are fighting for access because of their faith — not in spite of it. But they are worried for the future of
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