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By VALERIE GONZALEZ and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — The week began in Eagle Pass with rumors that large crowds of migrants might show up. On Friday, the small Texas border city was scrambling: nearly 9,000 asylum-seekers and counting had crossed from Mexico, an international bridge remained closed and a 3-year-old
Continue ReadingBy VALERIE GONZALEZ and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — The week began in Eagle Pass with rumors that large crowds of migrants might show up. On Friday, the small Texas border city was scrambling: nearly 9,000 asylum-seekers and counting had crossed from Mexico, an international bridge remained closed and a 3-year-old
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Dealing with a team as talented as the San Francisco 49ers is difficult enough in the best of circumstances. For the New York Giants, doing it without their best offensive playmaker and best offensive lineman proved to be too much to overcome. New
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — The striking writers and heads of the four big Hollywood studios have concluded a “marathon session” of negotiations, which lasted more than ten hours, without reaching a deal Thursday evening, a person familiar with the matter told CNN. The person, who requested anonymity because they were not publicly authorized
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urielblanco (CNN Español) — La operadora ferroviaria mexicana Ferromex anunció en la mañana de este miércoles la suspensión del servicio de 60 trenes en rutas hacia el norte con destino a ciudades fronterizas con Estados Unidos. Horas después, la compañía empezó a mover algunas de las formaciones que no tuvieran migrantes en ellos, dijo a
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — J.D. Martinez’s sacrifice fly drove in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers capitalized on two physical and one mental blunder by the San Francisco Giants to win 7-2 Thursday night in the series opener. The Giants have dropped six
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Marie Ronny and Kyan Bovee expect their futures to take off. Literally. The Black teens from Detroit are part of a free program teaching youths aged 14 to 19 how to fly. The Tuskegee Airmen Flight Academy also exposes students to careers in aviation,
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BILLER and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It’s one of the United Nations’ more obscure bodies, with no space to call its own within the riverside headquarters. And there is scant insight into how it decides a question of far-reaching impact: Who gets let through the door? With an anodyne
Continue ReadingBy COLLIN BINKLEY and CAROLE FELDMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s education chief says he’s open to using “whatever levers” are available — including federal money — to discourage colleges from giving preference to the children of alumni and donors. In an interview with The Associated Press, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona says
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Along with such classics as “In Cold Blood” and “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” Truman Capote had a history of work left uncompleted and unpublished. Capote, who died in 1984 shortly before his 60th birthday, spent much of his latter years struggling to write his planned Proustian
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN SMITH Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Movie star Anthony Mackie was back in his home town — and back at an old job — as he took part in a program to help people needing roof repairs and replacements after natural disasters. The New Orleans-born Mackie has pitched in with members of
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE and GABE STERN Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s push to bend state Republican parties to his will — and gain an advantage in his effort to return to the White House — is coming to a head in Nevada. The state GOP, which is led by
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE and JOHN HANNA Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A longshot candidate for Missouri governor and his supporters describe his use of a flamethrower at a recent “Freedom Fest” event outside St. Louis as no big deal. They said it was a fun moment for fellow Republicans who attended, and that
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Tarik Skubal had a season-high 10 strikeouts in seven strong innings for his fourth consecutive win, and the Detroit Tigers handed the Athletics their eighth consecutive loss, beating Oakland 7-3 on Thursday night. Kerry Carpenter had his ninth multi-hit game this month and the 34th of
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In honor of Hispanic Heritage, we’ll highlight the contributions of community members making a difference in the Coachella Valley for the next four weeks. Ask anyone in North Shore near the Salton Sea; they’ll probably have heard the name Conchita Pozar. “If political leaders do not start doing something in our community, the solution will
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A fire in a storage area of an Iranian defense ministry’s car battery factory has been extinguished. State TV reported Friday that the fire happened around midnight in a storage area for plastic items in the factory north of Tehran. Firefighters were able to put out the fire with no casualties
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Parliament has approved landmark legislation that reserves 33% of the seats in its powerful lower house and in state legislatures for women to ensure more equal representation, ending a 27-year impasse over the bill amid a lack of consensus among political parties. But the wait
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Some medical providers are dropping continuing gender-affirming care for minors, even though it remains legal. In Missouri and North Dakota, health systems and advocates say the reason is the possibility of legal action against doctors and their employers for injuries related to the
Continue ReadingBy ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — For Associated Press photographer Rodrigo Abd, a main attraction of working with a traditional Afghan box camera is the intimacy it provides with his subjects, and the slow pace that allows for a unique window into daily life. In the years after the 2001 U.S. invasion
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN London, UK (CNN) — Sir John Franklin’s doomed expedition to the Arctic captivated the Victorian public with its mysterious disappearance, fruitless rescue missions and gory tales of cannibalism. On Thursday, a set of photographs depicting Franklin and his fellow senior officers taken in May 1845, just three days before they set
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