Month: September 2022

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — CeeDee Lamb was angry with himself in the second quarter after dropping a wide-open pass and costing the Dallas Cowboys a possible touchdown. It was just embarrassing. The star receiver more than made up for it with the game on the line, making a

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepalese rescuers in a helicopter were searching Tuesday for a famed U.S. ski climber a day after she fell off near the peak of the world’s eighth-highest mountain. Also Monday, an avalanche at a lower elevation on Mount Manaslu swept several climbers, killing a Nepali guide

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — In meeting after meeting in Tokyo, Vice President Kamala Harris has emphasized the U.S. commitment to regional security. She described the alliance with South Korea as a “linchpin,” and the alliance with Japan as a “cornerstone.” She also met with the prime minister from Australia, another key

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The Pro Bowl got a major makeover. The NFL has eliminated its full-contact all-star game and is replacing it with weeklong skills competitions and a flag football game. The new event will be renamed “The Pro Bowl Games” and will feature AFC and NFC players showcasing their football

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Whether conservative South Carolina changes its abortion laws at all in the wake of this year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision is about to be decided by divided conservatives in the state House. Members on Tuesday either accept a Senate-passed bill that tweaks the state’s six-week ban.

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press Sixteen-year-old Adismarys Abreu had been discussing a long-lasting birth control implant with her mother for about a year as a potential solution to increasing menstrual pain. Then Roe v. Wade was overturned, and Abreu joined the throng of teens rushing to their doctors as states began to

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press Jury selection is expected to get underway Tuesday in the trial of the founder of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group and four associates charged with seditious conspiracy, one of the most serious cases to emerge from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

By CRISTIANA MESQUITA and CURT ANDERSON Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — A strengthening Hurricane Ian’s rain and winds lashed Cuba’s western tip, where authorities have evacuated 50,000 people, as it roared on a path that could see it hit Florida’s west coast as a Category 4 hurricane. Officials in Cuba’s Pinar del Rio province set

By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — When Cara Mund was competing to become Miss North Dakota, a key part of her platform was increasing the number of women elected to political office. After she went on to win Miss America, she traveled the country to encourage women to use their voice to

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson has seemed to play with fire at times in his third bid for the seat. The Republican has called for the end of guaranteed money for Medicare and Social Security. He’s also trafficked in conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and dabbled