RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The Moroccan government has asked sports apparel company Adidas to pull its new jersey collection for Algeria’s national soccer team off the market. Morocco’s Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication said in a statement that the design on the jerseys amounted to “cultural appropriation” of Moroccan heritage. The pattern depicts a
Continue Reading By BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press Many people whose loved ones stayed behind in the pathway of Hurricane Ian are crowdsourcing rescue efforts as they grapple with the helplessness of waiting and not knowing. In TikTok videos and Facebook posts, families are sharing their desperate pleas and strangers are answering their calls, even as local officials
Continue ReadingBy Jessica D’Onofrio Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — A man will appear in court after he was charged for a violent armed robbery on a CTA Red Line train that was captured on horrific video, Chicago police said. Solomon Washington, 30, is facing multiple felony charges for assault and robbery.
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HARRISONVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A northwest Missouri man pleaded guilty Friday to killing two brothers from Wisconsin after they came to his farm in 2019 to collect a debt from a cattle contract. Garland Nelson, of Braymer, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 24-year-old Justin Diemel and 35-year-old Nicholas
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Lately, the female singing trio Brownstone has been all about the “re.” “We’re reinventing, we’re refreshed, we’re renewed, we’re revamped,” member Teisha Brown told CNN in a recent interview. “Now don’t get it twisted: you still are getting Brownstone, but we are giving you a little bit of a new
Continue Reading KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The man who survived a shooting by Kyle Rittenhouse that left two others dead during a Wisconsin protest in 2020 has filed a secret petition to change his legal name because of what he now says was continued harassment related to the case. Gage Grosskreutz has called for an investigation by
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By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Navy judge ruled Friday that a sailor was not guilty of setting a fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego in 2020. The ruling came after a nine-day trial at Naval Base San Diego. Ryan Sawyer Mays, who had been charged with
Continue Reading By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Navy judge ruled Friday that a sailor was not guilty of setting a fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego in 2020. The ruling came after a nine-day trial at Naval Base San Diego. Ryan Sawyer Mays, who had been charged with
Continue Reading By AMY FORLITI Associated Press A North Dakota man who prosecutors say intentionally ran over an 18-year-old at a street dance has been charged with murder. Shannon Brandt was initially charged with criminal vehicular homicide in the Sept. 18 killing of Cayler Ellingson. But that charge has been dropped and prosecutors announced the upgraded charge
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business September was a horrible month for stocks. The Dow fell nearly 9%, its worst monthly drop since March 2020, when pandemic lockdowns started in the United States. The index ended Friday deeply in the red, too. The Dow, a widely watched barometer of America’s stock market that includes
Continue Reading By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — The head of Nevada’s Department of Corrections has resigned at the request of Gov. Steve Sisolak in the wake of an escape by a convicted bombmaker that went unnoticed for four days. Sisolak “requested and received Nevada Department of Corrections Director Charles Daniels’ resignation,
Continue Reading By JIM VERTUNO and PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press The new world of college athletes getting paid for endorsements has created a rapidly expanding pop-up industry: Nonprofit collectives are being formed to set up athletes with deals and pay them to promote charities. The collectives are pitched as feel-good partnerships. But they also raise questions of
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN Class is back in session once again. “Community,” the six-season hit NBC comedy series about a group of students at a community college, will return with a long-awaited movie, NBC’s streaming service Peacock announced Friday — fulfilling the show’s own “six seasons and a movie” prophecy. “‘Six seasons and a movie’
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE and VICTOR CAIVANO Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s presidential election will be decided by tens of millions of poor people, and they look set to eject incumbent Jair Bolsonaro from office — either in Sunday’s first round or in a runoff.. The far-right leader is reminding them of his pandemic
Continue Reading By LISA RATHKE Associated Press Vermont dispensaries are set to begin selling marijuana for recreational use, though only three will be ready to do so on opening weekend. FLORA Cannabis in Middlebury, Mountain Girl Cannabis in Rutland and CeresMED in Burlington will all open on Saturday. A fourth business has been licensed to sell recreational
Continue Reading By LISA RATHKE Associated Press Vermont dispensaries are set to begin selling marijuana for recreational use, though only three will be ready to do so on opening weekend. FLORA Cannabis in Middlebury, Mountain Girl Cannabis in Rutland and CeresMED in Burlington will all open on Saturday. A fourth business has been licensed to sell recreational
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby and Alicia Wallace, CNN Americans are feeling more positive about the economy and believe inflation will settle down — but plenty of uncertainty is still swirling. The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index for September settled in at 58.6, down slightly from preliminary readings of 59.5, according to findings from the school’s
Continue Reading By COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer MILAN (AP) — Italian right-wing leader Matteo Salvini has criticized the European Union for not working together on a common response to the energy crisis but instead “protecting their own interests.” Speaking at a Milan demonstration by farmers protesting the impact of high energy prices, Salvini said the EU
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is drifting around its worst levels in almost two years Friday as the end nears for what’s been a miserable month for markets around the world. The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in afternoon trading after flipping between small losses and gains through
Continue ReadingCNN, AMYLYX PHARMACEUTICALS By Jacqueline Howard, CNN A new treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. The FDA announced approval of Relyvrio, developed by Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, on Thursday. The oral medication can be taken as a standalone therapy or with other treatments, according to the
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