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GENEVA (AP) — Voters in a southern Swiss region are casting their ballots to decide whether to allow large solar parks on their sun-baked Alpine mountainsides as part of the federal government’s push to develop renewable energies. The referendum in the Valais canton centers on economic and environmental interests at a time of rising concerns
Continue ReadingBy CHARLENE PELE Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — As young children went back to school across Sweden last month, many of their teachers were putting a new emphasis on printed books, quiet reading time and handwriting practice and devoting less time to tablets, independent online research and keyboarding skills. The return to more traditional ways
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Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Una caravana procedente de Estados Unidos fue atacada por civiles armados en el Puente Roma de Miguel Alemán la madrugada de este sábado, en la que resultaron tres personas con heridas de bala y seis debieron ser atendidas por crisis nerviosa, según un comunicado de la Vocería de Seguridad del estado
Continue ReadingBy KRUTIKA PATHI and ADAM SCHRECK NEW DELHI (AP) — G20 leaders paid their respects at a memorial site dedicated to Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi on Sunday, a day after the forum added a new member and managed to reach agreement on a range of issues but softened their language on Russia’s war in
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — After well over a century of competition, nobody knows when Southern California and Stanford will meet again on a football field. The Trojans are headed into this rivalry’s hiatus with all of the bragging rights after a blowout victory that demonstrated both programs’ current place
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Payton Thorne threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Rovaldo Fairweather following California’s third missed field goal of the game and Tigers rallied for a 14-10 victory on Saturday night. “I don’t think we could have played any uglier or sloppier on offense. I’m really proud
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The Roadrunners 2023 campaign starts at 2-0 as COD beats Santa Monica, 46-45, on Saturday night at Boone Field. College of the Desert stopped Santa Monica on 4th down to win the game. Nearly 40 points were scored in the third quarter. You can find the box score and results HERE. 2023 COD Team Preview
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Kaiden Bennett had a touchdown pass and ran for 101 yards and two scores to lead Sacramento State to a 34-6 victory over Texas A&M-Commerce on Saturday night. Bennett capped off a seven-play, 80-yard drive with an 8-yard touchdown run on the opening drive and the Hornets (2-0), ranked No. 8
Continue ReadingBy RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan is the world’s fastest-growing maker of methamphetamine, a report from the United Nations drug agency said Sunday. The country is also a major opium producer and heroin source, even though the Taliban declared a war on narcotics after they returned to power in August 2021. The
Continue ReadingFRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Dylan Lynch kicked a 25-yard field goal in the second overtime and Fresno State escaped with a 34-31 victory over FCS-member Eastern Washington on Saturday night. Lynch also kicked a 44-yard field goal with 6:44 remaining in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 24-all, forcing overtime. The Eagles (0-2),
Continue ReadingBy ISSAM ADWAN Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli fighter jets bombed the Zorob family’s two-story home in the Gaza Strip in 2019, leaving nothing but a pile of debris and despair. Four years later, the 10-member family lives in a 20-square-meter (215-square-foot) hut covered with nylon sheets as they wait to
Continue ReadingBy HARVEY VALENTINE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Chavis scored on Gus Varland’s game-ending wild pitch in the 11th inning, and the Washington Nationals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-6 on Saturday night in a game that started after a 4-hour, 10-minute rain delay. Los Angeles overcame a 5-4 ninth-inning deficit against Kyle Finnegan,
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ and AHMED HATEM Associated Press MOULAY BRAHIM, Morocco (AP) — The ground shook with a force few had ever felt, thundering through the remote Moroccan village in the dark of night. When the earthquake was over late Friday, the town carved into the Atlas Mountains lay in devastation, with possibly dozens dead,
Continue ReadingBy KRUTIKA PATHI and ADAM SCHRECK NEW DELHI (AP) — G20 leaders paid their respects at a memorial site dedicated to Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi on Sunday, a day after the forum added a new member and reached agreements on a range of issues but softened their language on Russia’s war in Ukraine. India,
Continue ReadingBy GARY HOROWITZ Associated Press CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Damien Martinez ran for a 64-yard touchdown on Oregon State’s first offensive play, setting the tone in the 16th-ranked Beavers’ 55-7 victory over UC Davis on Saturday. Silas Bolden had a 65-yard punt return for a touchdown, and a 22-yard scoring reception in the second quarter
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CNN By Ivana Kottasová, Eyad Kourdi, Mostafa Salem and Nectar Gan, CNN Moulay Brahim (CNN) — Rescuers in Morocco are battling to find survivors from Friday’s powerful earthquake, with more than 2,000 people killed and remote villages near the epicenter left in ruins. In the hard-hit central village of Moulay Brahim, south of Marrakech in
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Logan Webb pitched six scoreless innings for his first win in more than a month, Thairo Estrada homered and had three RBIs, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 9-1 on Saturday night. Mike Yastrzemski had four hits and two RBIs, and J.D. Davis
Continue ReadingBy BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Majority control of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives will once again come down to a special election. Republican voters face a strongly Democratic lean in a Pittsburgh district to flip power back to their caucus on Sept. 19. Democrat Lindsay Powell and Republican Erin
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press After a year and a half of fighting in Ukraine, Russia needs to replenish its supplies of ammunition for what could be a long war of attrition. Along with ramping up its domestic arms production, Moscow is turning to an old ally with a vast arsenal — North Korea. Estimates say
Continue ReadingBy HARVEY VALENTINE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Chavis scored on Gus Varland’s game-ending wild pitch in the 11th inning, and the Washington Nationals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-6 on Saturday night in a game that started after a 4-hour, 10-minute rain delay. Los Angeles overcame a 5-4 ninth-inning deficit against Kyle Finnegan,
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