By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Pac-12 pushed for legislation allowing conference title games to be played without requiring divisions, and it was the first conference to take advantage of it, deciding to have the two teams with the best records this season play against one another in Las Vegas on
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Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — Chloe Adams de 17 años sobrevivió a la inundación del jueves en Kentucky y salvó a su perro al nadar hasta el techo de un vecino, donde se sentó durante varias horas hasta que fue rescatada. Terry Adams, el padre de la adolescente, le dijo a CNN que su hija estaba
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Anaheim Ducks signed John Klingberg to a one-year, $7 million contract on Friday, landing the top defenseman on the NHL free agent market. The offensive-minded Swede is leaving Dallas, where he had spent his entire NHL career while racking up 71 goals and 303
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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Samuel Alito mocked foreign leaders’ criticism of the Supreme Court decision he authored overturning a constitutional right to abortion, in his first public comments since last month’s ruling. The justice’s remarks drew more criticism as well as some support. Speaking in Rome at a religious liberty
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER Associated Press PEVELY, Mo. (AP) — As the U.S. Senate primary campaign nears its end in Missouri, all three of the leading Republican candidates are making it clear that if elected, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell won’t have their support. Twenty-one Republicans are on the ballot Tuesday, with former Gov. Eric Greitens,
Continue Reading By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Brandon Aiyuk feels like he’s in a good place after an up-and-down first two seasons in the NFL. Aiyuk followed up a promising rookie season in 2020 with a stint in coach Kyle Shanahan’s doghouse early last season. Aiyuk recovered in the second
Continue ReadingCNN By Kaitlan Collins, CNN Jared Kushner details his clashes with Steve Bannon in his new book, describing a “toxic” West Wing presence who accused him of “undermining the President’s agenda” and threatened to break him “in half” if Kushner turned on him. The detailed account in the memoir — set to be published next
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A giant Mega Millions lottery jackpot keeps getting larger as officials raised the massive prize to $1.28 billion on Friday, just hours before the next drawing. The giant jackpot remains the nation’s third-largest prize and is the result of 29 consecutive drawings without anyone matching all of the game’s six
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For the second time in a little more than a month, a train stoppage blocked traffic in the city of Beaumont. At around 1:00 p.m., police reported a train was stopped along the tracks blocking the crossings at California Avenue and Veile. The stopped train affected traffic from Hwy 79 into the city. ⚠️Traffic Advisory⚠️There
Continue ReadingBy Whitney Wild, Zachary Cohen, Jeremy Herb and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The embattled inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security first learned of missing Secret Service text messages in May 2021 — months earlier than previously known and more than a year before he alerted the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, that
Continue Reading Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Chevron Corp., up $13.39 to $163.78. The oil company racked up record quarterly profits in the second quarter amid high oil and gas prices. Roku Inc., down $19.65 to $65.52. The streaming service platform missed Wall Street’s second-quarter sales and profit targets and lowered its
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Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Chevron Corp., up $13.39 to $163.78. The oil company racked up record quarterly profits in the second quarter amid high oil and gas prices. Roku Inc., down $19.65 to $65.52. The streaming service platform missed Wall Street’s second-quarter sales and profit targets and lowered its
Continue Reading by FABIANO MAISONNAVE RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Brazilian government has granted a preliminary environmental permit for paving a controversial highway that cuts through one of the Amazon’s most preserved areas. The BR-319 is about 900 kilometers long and is the only highway connecting the city of Manaus with the nation’s larger urban centers
Continue Reading By RON HARRIS and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — The parents of a 28-year-old Georgia woman who died after she fell from a moving patrol car following her arrest fought back tears Friday as they demanded answers in their daughter’s death. Brianna Grier suffered significant injuries July 15 and died from those
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE and LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators said Friday they are no longer considering authorizing a second COVID-19 booster shot for all adults under 50 this summer, focusing instead on revamped vaccines for the fall that will target the newest viral subvariants. Pfizer and Moderna expect to have updated
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is preparing to vote Friday to revive a ban on semi-automatic guns, the first vote of its kind in years and a direct response to the firearms often used in the crush of mass shootings ripping through communities nationwide. Once banned in
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona’s James Conner and a reporter were bantering back and forth after a training camp practice about how many touches he should have each game for the Cardinals to have a successful season. Possibly 10? 15? 20? “No number,” Conner said. “That would be foolish.”
Continue Reading By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Stocks are finishing higher on Wall Street Friday as investors closed out the best month for the S&P 500 since November 2020. New data showed inflation jumped by the most in four decades last month, but sentiment was buoyed by positive earnings news out of technology giants Apple and
Continue Reading By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Stocks are finishing higher on Wall Street Friday as investors closed out the best month for the S&P 500 since November 2020. New data showed inflation jumped by the most in four decades last month, but sentiment was buoyed by positive earnings news out of technology giants Apple and
Continue Reading By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Financial markets are celebrating the arrival of Sergio Massa as Argentina’s third economy minister in less than a month, but analysts caution that more details are needed about his plans to get the South American country out of itsdire economic straits. The local currency, the peso,
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