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By Thomas Schlachter and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Las Vegas Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce said he would tell Tua Tagovailoa to retire after the Miami Dolphins quarterback suffered another concussion. In Thursday night’s 31-10 loss against the Buffalo Bills, Tagovailoa had to leave the field in the third quarter after he dove for
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While air quality in the Coachella Valley has been improving since the worst of the wildfire smoke on Tuesday, we’re still seeing and smelling the smoke as the Line Fire continues to burn. The Smoke Advisory from the South Coast Air Quality Management District is set to expire tonight, but could be extended yet again
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev and Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Tiger Woods underwent successful back surgery, he announced on Friday, after repeated back spasms and pain contributed to his injury-marred season. The 48-year-old announced on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that he had undergone microdecompression surgery of the lumbar spine for nerve impingement
Continue ReadingAssociated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Germany’s first hobby horsing championship has got underway in Frankfurt this weekend with hundreds of young riders competing in time jumping, style jumping and dressage on their wooden stick horses. Roughly 300 riders, mostly youngsters, will canter around a gymnasium Saturday and Sunday, watched by 1,500 spectators. The competition
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A new attempt has begun to try to salvage an oil tanker burning in the Red Sea after attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The EU’s naval mission published images dated Saturday of its vessels escorting ships heading to the Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion. It came under attack
Continue ReadingBy Glen Levy and Don Riddell, CNN New York City (CNN) — New US men’s national team coach Mauricio Pochettino said on Friday that his aim is nothing short of competing with – and beating – the best teams in the world. Arguably the highest-profile hire in the history of US soccer, the former Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur
Continue ReadingCNN By Glen Levy and Don Riddell, CNN New York City (CNN) — New US men’s national team coach Mauricio Pochettino said on Friday that his aim is nothing short of competing with – and beating – the best teams in the world. Arguably the highest-profile hire in the history of US soccer, the former Chelsea, Tottenham
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Emergency authorities say four people in eastern Romania have been found dead after torrential storms dumped unprecedented rain, leaving hundreds stranded in flooded areas. Rescue services scrambled to save hundreds of people in the hard-hit eastern counties of Galati and Vaslui. The storms battered 19 localities in eight counties
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By Dalia Faheid, Ashley R. Williams, Alisha Ebrahimji and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — On the morning of the shooting at a Winder, Georgia, high school that left four people dead, authorities were “actively looking” for the teenage suspect after the school received a warning call from his mom – but there was a mix-up
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MORONI, Comoros (AP) — Authorities say the president of the Indian Ocean island nation of Comoros has been “slightly injured” in a knife attack while attending the funeral of a religious leader. They say the suspect, who was identified as a 24-year-old male soldier, was found dead in a police cell on Saturday,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUKWO, Uganda (AP) — Thousands of mourners in Uganda have been paying their respects to Rebecca Cheptegei. The Olympic athlete was honored Saturday with a military funeral. She died last week in Kenya after her partner set her on fire. Military officers played a prominent role in the funeral as Cheptegei held the
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Congratulations to Shadow Hills standout Brandon Peffers, earning the most votes over the weekend in our play of the week poll. Peffers’ interception helped preserve the shutout for Shadow Hills who defeated Desert Hot Springs 7-0 in a marquee Week 4 matchup.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran says it launched a satellite into space with a rocket built by the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. Iran described the launch Saturday as a success, making it the second such launch to put a satellite into orbit with that particular rocket. Independent scientists later confirmed the launch and
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Firefighters on the ground and in the air are battling three major wildfires in Southern California. The Airport, Bridge and Line Fires have burned more than 110 thousand acres in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. The Line Fire burning closest to us in the San Bernardino National Forest has burned just over 38
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish-American activist who was killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank was laid to rest on Saturday in her hometown in Turkey with thousands lining the streets and anti-Israeli feelings in the country rising from a conflict that threatens to spread across the region. Aysenur Ezgi Eygi,
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Storm Ileana has weakened to a tropical depression, the National Hurricane Center said Sunday. The tropical storm formed Thursday off Mexico’s Pacific coast as it moved ashore, making landfall on the coast of the Mexican state of Sinaloa Saturday, a day after it pounded the resort-studded Los Cabos. On Sunday, wind
Continue ReadingIn one of the deadliest cult-related massacres ever, the remains of more than 430 victims have been recovered since police raided Good News International Church in a forest some 70 kilometers (40 miles) inland from the Kenyan coastal town of Malindi. Seventeen months later, many in the area are still shaken by what happened despite
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MALINDI, Kenya (AP) — Shukran Karisa Mangi always showed up drunk at work, where he dug up the bodies of doomsday cult members buried in shallow graves. But the alcohol couldn’t numb his shock the morning he found the body of a close friend, whose neck had been twisted so severely that his
Continue ReadingBy Joe Yogerst, CNN (CNN) — If its ancient walls could talk, Sümela Monastery in eastern Turkey would have quite a few stories to tell. Since its founding in the 4th-century CE by some of the earliest Christians to arrive along the Black Sea coast, the shrine has witnessed the evolution of the Roman Empire
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Additional charges were filed today against the shaman of an Inland Empire religious sect accused of sexually assaulting several young girls, prompting a postponement in his arraignment. Ricardo Isaac Flores, 59, of Rialto was arrested last month following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation. During a hearing at the Riverside Hall of Justice Friday,
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