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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghanistan-based nongovernmental organization says the Taliban have detained 18 of its staffers, including a foreigner, from the NGO’s offices in a central province. The International Assistance Mission said on Friday that the arrests happened earlier this month in Ghor province and that the detained staffers were taken to Kabul. NGOs
Continue ReadingBy DARIUS JOHNSON Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — The Little Village neighborhood is gearing up for the annual Mexican Independence Day parade and celebration this weekend. This year, for the first time, all of the fun is happening on the actual holiday. It’s going to bring about 400,000 to Little
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers have agreed to a four-year, $48 million contract extension with forward Jarred Vanderbilt, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Friday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the Lakers haven’t announced
Continue ReadingBy CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Soccer Federation is planning to build a national training center in Atlanta with financial support from Arthur Blank. The USSF announced plans for the training center on Friday. Blank, who owns the Atlanta Falcons and MLS’s Atlanta United, is contributing $50 million for the
Continue ReadingJOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska authorities don’t expect any lingering problems related to Thursday’s explosion of a railroad shipping container carrying an acid used to make explosives because the chemical largely burned off and any residue was contained. No one was hurt in the blast at Union Pacific’s massive railyard in
Continue ReadingBy PAUL J. WEBER, JIM VERTUNO and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Senate has begun deliberations over whether impeached Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton should be removed from office. Paxton faces 16 articles of impeachment over allegations that he abused his power as Texas’ top lawyer to protect a donor
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER, COREY WILLIAMS and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — About 13,000 U.S. auto workers stopped making vehicles and went on strike Friday after their leaders couldn’t bridge a giant gap between union demands in contract talks and what Detroit’s three automakers are willing to pay. Members of the United Auto Workers
Continue ReadingGREENEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal jury in a civil trial has found a Tennessee police officer not at fault or liable for fatally shooting a man in 2019. A U.S. District Court jury in Greeneville reached the verdict Thursday in a lawsuit filed by the family of 33-year-old Channara Tom Pheap, who was fatally
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he’s dispatching two of his top aides to Detroit to help resolve the strike by unionized autoworkers. Biden expressed sympathy Friday for the union by suggesting the Big 3 automakers should share their “record profits.” The Democratic president says “no one wants to
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Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — El reconocido pintor y escultor colombiano Fernando Botero murió este viernes, informó su hija Lina Botero a varios medios colombianos. Tenía 91 años. Botero nació el 19 de abril de 1932 en Medellín. Su estilo se caracteriza por las figuras de gran volumen en temas que van de la crítica
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By Jennifer Peñate Click here for updates on this story PLYMOUTH, Massachusetts (WCVB) — Bride Rita Clarke’s plan to say “I do” on a Manomet Bluffs beach in Plymouth, Massachusetts, turned into an “I don’t.” “I didn’t want anybody to feel unsafe coming to the party,” Clarke said. As Hurricane Lee moves north, couple Rita
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore and Kayla Tausche, CNN (CNN) — UAW President Shawn Fain has become the X factor in the striking autoworkers’ pursuit of increased pay and benefits, injecting a level of chaos into negotiations that neither the automakers nor the White House predicted or quite know how to manage. That confusion is purposeful. The
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By Brian Todd, Aaron Cooper, Samantha Beech and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — After the dramatic capture of Danilo Cavalcante, investigators say the convicted murderer explained how he was able to evade capture for nearly two weeks following his escape from a Pennsylvania jail, including moments when officers passed within yards of him. Cavalcante disclosed
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, Daniel Strauss and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Republican Dave McCormick, a former hedge fund executive and Gulf War veteran, is expected to launch a second bid for US Senate in Pennsylvania, according to two sources familiar with his plans, seeking to challenge three-term Democratic Sen. Bob Casey more than a year
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By Kalea Gunderson Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (WTAE) — A piece at the Carnegie Museum of Art has been seized because officials believe it may have been stolen during the Holocaust. It’s one of three artworks that investigators believe was taken from a Jewish art collector, Fritz Grünbaum. The Manhattan
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press From Europe to Africa to southeast Asia, tens of thousands of climate activists around the world launched protests Friday to call for an end to the burning of planet-warming fossil fuels as Earth suffers from dramatic weather extremes. The global strike that continues through the weekend is driven by several mostly
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — One of the former Wisconsin Supreme Court justices tapped to investigate impeaching a current member of the court for taking Democratic Party money himself accepted donations from the Wisconsin Republican Party. He was also investigated after a physical altercation with a liberal justice. David Prosser is
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Michael McGrath, a Broadway character actor who shined in zany, feel-good musicals and won a Tony Award for “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” has died. He was 65. McGrath died Thursday at his home in Bloomfield, New Jersey, said his publicist, Lisa Goldberg. No other
Continue ReadingBy SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces recaptured a war-ravaged settlement in the country’s embattled east, Kyiv’s military leaders said Friday, a small territorial win in a churning counteroffensive marked so far by small victories but no major breakthroughs. The taking of the village of Andriivka, 10 kilometers (6 miles) south
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium authorities are getting worried by a series of school arsons believed to be connected to newly mandatory school sessions in some parts of the country. Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden said on Friday that the attacks in the French-speaking Wallonia region must stop after another school was
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