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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida say a state trooper and a truck driver were killed after the trooper chased a reckless driver into the opposite direction of Interstate 95. Officials say the driver made an illegal U-turn and the trooper followed him, turning into the path of a tractor-trailer. Both the
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has given Republican Attorney General Dave Yost until Monday to respond to the legal claims of the coalition of civil rights organizations that is challenging his rejection of a package of proposed voter protections they are working to place on November’s
Continue ReadingBy JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. food agency says it has received reports of people dying from starvation in Sudan, where raging fighting between rival generals is hampering the distribution of aid and food supplies to those most hungry. The 10 months of clashes between the Sudanese military, led by Gen.
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer The Big Ten and Southeastern Conference are formally trying to find solutions to the issues facing college sports. The two wealthiest and most-powerful college conferences announced Friday the formation of a joint advisory group of university leaders and athletic directors. The group’s members and what exactly it
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate negotiators on Friday reached a deal on a proposal to overhaul the asylum system at the U.S. border with Mexico, clearing the way for Democratic and Republican Senate leaders to begin the difficult task of convincing Congress to pass a national security package that will include
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Legendary music producer Clive Davis remembers too well when Whitney Houston suddenly died over Grammys weekend 12 years ago. “It was painful. First of all, it was shocking. I had been with her 48 hours earlier,” Davis recalled in an interview with CNN this week. The superstar singer was set
Continue ReadingCNN By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Legendary music producer Clive Davis remembers too well when Whitney Houston suddenly died over Grammys weekend 12 years ago. “It was painful. First of all, it was shocking. I had been with her 48 hours earlier,” Davis recalled in an interview with CNN this week. The superstar singer was
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Defender Jen Beattie has a list accomplishments she can point to across her lengthy soccer career: She scored a goal for Scotland in the Women’s World Cup, served as a television pundit and she was honored as a Member of the Order of the British Empire by Prince
Continue ReadingBy JULIE WATSON and HAVEN DALEY Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — More storms, rising seas and huge waves are taking their toll on California’s iconic piers that have dotted the Pacific coast since the Gold Rush, posing the biggest threat yet to the beach landmarks that have become a quintessential part of the landscape.
Continue ReadingLeft-hander José Suarez lost to the Los Angeles Angels in salary arbitration on Friday, giving teams a 2-0 advantage in decisions this year. Suarez was awarded a $925,000 salary rather than his $1.35 million request. Joshua Gordon, Walt De Treux and Howard Edelman heard the case a day earlier. The 26-year-old Suarez was 1-3 with
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans’ annual Carnival celebration entered its high-intensity home stretch Friday with a beefed-up police presence and a weather forecast that threatened to disrupt the first of two weekends of elaborate parades. Three parades were scheduled to roll Friday night with no weather complications expected. But
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Spotify announced a new multiyear partnership deal with podcaster Joe Rogan. His hit podcast will no longer be exclusive to the audio app and instead now be distributed to a variety of platforms, the streamer announced Friday. “The Joe Rogan Experience” had been Spotify’s last exclusive podcast,
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A judge in London has acquitted climate activist Greta Thunberg of refusing to follow a police order to leave a protest that blocked the entrance to an oil and gas industry conference last year. The courtroom gallery erupted with applause on Friday when the judge told Thunberg
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — The names of three Idaho men killed when an airport hangar under construction in Boise collapsed were released by the Ada County Coroner on Friday. Mariano Coc Och, 24, and Mario Sontay Tzi, 32, both of Nampa, were pronounced dead at the scene along with Craig Durrant, 59, of Boise. Durrant
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A defense lawyer says a man charged with killing Young Dolph cannot get a fair trial in Memphis due to the intense media attention and outrage over the slaying of the beloved rapper in his hometown. Justin Johnson’s attorney asked a judge to bring in a
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Olvídate de la fecha límite de fichajes en el mundo del fútbol este jueves. El único cambio del que hablaban la mayoría de los aficionados era el anuncio de que el siete veces campeón de Fórmula Uno Lewis Hamilton dejaría Mercedes al final de esta temporada para unirse a Ferrari en
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A SigAlert was issued Friday morning following a crash near Cactus City. It was reported around 9:00 a.m. on I-10 west, just west of the Cactus City rest area. It involved a big rig and construction truck. At 10:00 a.m., CHP said both lanes were closed due to the crash. It said there was an
Continue ReadingBy JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer NASCAR’s debut on a temporary track inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum two years ago was a bold experiment that featured a pre-race show by Pitbull, a halftime performance by Ice Cube, a rowdy USC student section and some pretty decent racing. The made-for-TV event was a clear
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden have joined grieving families at Dover Air Force Base for the dignified transfer of the three American service members killed in a drone attack in Jordan last weekend. The solemn ritual taking place Friday
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By Denise Royal and Carlos Suarez, CNN (CNN) — Floridians can no longer elect to update or change their gender on Florida driver’s licenses, according to a memo sent to state officials by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and obtained by CNN. In the Friday memo, Robert Kynoch, deputy executive director of the Department of
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