Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — La Copa Libertadores de América ya tendrá esta semana a sus cuatro semifinalistas, que seguirán con el sueño de llegar a la gran final en Río de Janeiro. Y, claro, el torneo de clubes más importante del continente promete emocionantes definiciones. De los cuatro partidos de ida que se
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (KTBS) — Schools across Louisiana received bomb threat emails Monday, causing school closures and delays. Livingston Parish Public Schools, Ascension Parish Schools, Baton Rouge Foreign Language Academic Immersion Magnet, and Assumption Parish Schools all reported that they had received threats they did
Continue ReadingBy DENNIS GEORGATOS Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr. said he was OK after fending off two fans, including one who knocked him over, in right field during the Atlanta Braves’ 14-4 win over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night. One fan got his arms against Acuña during the middle of the seventh
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street was quiet early Tuesday ahead of some potentially market-moving jobs data and a survey reflecting consumers’ feelings about the economy. Futures for the Dow Jones industrials and the S&P 500 both inched down about 0.1% before the bell. Investors and economists this week will
Continue ReadingBy LAURA BARGFELD Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Much of Florida was in disaster mode on Tuesday with only hours to go before an onslaught from Idalia, forecast to strengthen rapidly into “an extremely dangerous major hurricane” before hitting the Gulf Coast on Wednesday. Florida residents loaded up on sandbags and evacuated from homes
Continue ReadingBy CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations human rights office says at least 183 people have been killed in clashes in Ethiopia’s Amhara region since July as Amhara fighters resist efforts by the federal government to disband them. The U.N. office also says the human rights situation in Ethiopia is
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A 127-year-old water main under New York’s Times Square gave way early Tuesday, flooding midtown streets and the city’s busiest subway station. The 20-inch (half-meter) pipe gave way under 40th Street and Seventh Avenue at 3 a.m., and quickly delivered a wet reminder of the perils of aging infrastructure beneath the
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A plane carrying Israelis home from the Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles has made an emergency stop in Saudi Arabia before flying back to Tel Aviv. The incident was praised by Israel as a sign of goodwill as Washington works to establish formal relations
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A veteran Los Angeles politician was sentenced Monday to 3 1/2 years in prison for a scheme in which he sought benefits for his son in exchange for supporting lucrative government contracts with the University of Southern California School of Social Work. Mark Ridley-Thomas, most recently a city councilmember, was sentenced
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A veteran Los Angeles politician was sentenced Monday to 3 1/2 years in prison for a scheme in which he sought benefits for his son in exchange for supporting lucrative government contracts with the University of Southern California School of Social Work. Mark Ridley-Thomas, most recently a city councilmember, was sentenced
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A team investigating sexual assault allegations against the late founder of a talent agency for boy bands says it has found the charges credible and is calling for financal compensation for the victims. The three-month probe, which included the accounts of 23 victims, concluded that agency chief
Continue ReadingBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — The French military says a French soldier serving alongside Iraqi forces was killed in combat during an anti-terrorist operation north of Baghdad. Such losses among foreign forces in Iraq have been rare in recent years. Two Iraqi soldiers and four other French troops were also wounded in
Continue ReadingBy TOM MURPHY, AMANDA SEITZ and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is targeting the blood thinner Eliquis, diabetes treatment Jardiance and eight other medications for Medicare’s first-ever drug price negotiations as it seeks to lower medical costs for Americans. The administration on Tuesday released a list of the 10 drugs
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Police in Nigeria say they detained at least 67 people celebrating a gay wedding in one of the country’s largest arrests targeting outlawed homosexuality. A police spokesman says the suspects were arrested in southern Delta state’s Ekpan town at about 2 a.m. on Monday at an
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Labor Day — one of the busiest driving holidays in the US — is on the horizon, and so is Hurricane Idalia. That’s potentially bad news for gas prices. The storm, which is expected to make landfall in Florida as a Category 3 hurricane on Wednesday,
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Once a tropical storm strengthens into a hurricane, it earns a category designation on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale: 1 through 5. Knowing about each category can help predict what damage an incoming storm may inflict – and how best to prepare. The categories are defined by wind
Continue ReadingBy TOM MURPHY, AMANDA SEITZ and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A popular diabetes treatment and the blood thinner Eliquis are among the first drugs that will be targeted for price negotiations in effort to cut Medicare costs. President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday released a list of 10 drugs for which the
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By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — Travelers have been warned that the chaos brought about by a UK air traffic control failure earlier this week will continue for days. During an interview on Tuesday, Mark Harper, the Transport Secretary for the UK acknowledged that the “technical issue,” which lasted for several hours, had impacted thousands
Continue ReadingBy YUCHENG TANG Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Three Thai human rights activists have been acquitted of criminally defaming a poultry company with social media posts that supported other activists who had accused it of abusive labor practices. They were charged under a law that could have led to a 42-year prison sentence if convicted.
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter (CNN) — Justice Amy Coney Barrett said Monday night that she has developed a thick skin to criticism during her tenure as a judge and stressed that she welcomes public scrutiny of the Supreme Court. “I think that justices and all judges are public figures and public
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