By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: American Airlines tackles line-jumpers, the world’s best bars for 2024, plus National Geographic and Lonely Planet reveal their top destinations for the year ahead. Gate lice: What they are and why they’re a problem This is going to be tough news to hear if
Continue ReadingAP Baseball Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nestor Cortes was so happy to reach the World Series, he was willing to sacrifice his elbow and perhaps millions of dollars. He wound up blowing a 10th-inning lead for the New York Yankees in Game 1. “It was right there on our fingertips,” Cortes lamented. Freddie Freeman
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — When JJ Redick was hired as the Los Angeles Lakers coach, he said one of his early goals was to make Anthony Davis the offensive hub. Two games into Redick’s tenure, things are going according to plan. With 35 points Friday night in a 123-116 victory over the
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By Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — A man in Northern Ireland has been sentenced to life for several crimes, including manslaughter, after using social media sites to blackmail and sexually abuse at least 70 minors in several countries. Alexander McCartney, 26, was sentenced by a judge at Belfast Crown Court on Friday for child sexual offenses, blackmail and the
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf and Monica Haider, CNN New York (CNN) — The most popular spot on a late Friday night in a pocket of Manhattan’s West Village isn’t a trendy bar or a Michelin-starred restaurant but a Yemeni coffee house chain strictly serving coffee, tea and pastries. A step into Qahwah House on Carmine Street
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Freddie Freeman scooped up his youngest son and held him tight, planting kisses on the blond head of 3-year-old Maximus. The slugger’s wife, Chelsea, corralled their other two sons for a family photo on the Dodger Stadium field where Dad had just created an indelible moment in baseball
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds notched their first home win of the season, beating the Ontario Reign 5-2 Friday night. Five different players found the back of the net to help give the Firebirds their second win of the season. Ales Stezka stopped 28 of 30 Reign shots to collect his first victory of the year.
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, Priscilla Alvarez and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris, after being endorsed and embraced onstage in Houston by music superstar Beyoncé, warned voters across the country Friday night that Texas-style abortion bans would end up in their states if Donald Trump returns to the White House. Harris has leaned
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have honed their closing arguments – and now they’re both turning to famous venues to try to help those messages break through just 10 days from Election Day. The former president is returning to his hometown on Sunday for a rally in one of
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anthony Davis scored 35 points, Austin Reaves added 26 and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied to beat the Phoenix Suns 123-116 on Friday night for their first 2-0 start since 2010-11. LeBron James had 17 of his 21 points in the second half for the Lakers, who trailed
Continue ReadingAssociated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana is about as Republican as a state can be. Donald Trump won there by 16 points in 2020, and Indiana residents haven’t elected a statewide Democrat since 2012. But signs of concern have emerged late in the game for U.S. Sen. Mike Braun, the state’s Republican nominee for governor.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOARDMAN, Ohio (AP) — Rep. Jim Jordan’s leadership ambitions have been vividly apparent, if unspoken, in recent months. He’s been on a multi-state tour aimed at bolstering House Republican candidates. Jordan denies he’s running for any leadership job. He told The Associated Press in an interview that his focus remains on helping maintain
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — In the back room of a brewery in southeastern Nebraska, more than three dozen people crowded together this summer to hear from Dan Osborn, a former cereal plant worker and independent running for U.S. Senate. The standing-room-only crowd in the small town of Beatrice was larger than Osborn expected,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Donald Trump’s allies have tried in vain to persuade him to stop venting his rage against “enemies from within” in the campaign’s waning days. But he keeps going. In his rallies and interviews, the former president is increasingly fixated on the Americans he believes have wronged or betrayed him.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Donald Trump’s allies have tried in vain to persuade him to stop venting his rage against “enemies from within” in the campaign’s waning days. But he keeps going. In his rallies and interviews, the former president is increasingly fixated on the Americans he believes have wronged or betrayed him.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Buddy Hield scored 27 points, Steph Curry added 20 and the Golden State Warriors overpowered the Utah Jazz 127-86 on Friday night. Hield had 24 points in the first half, hitting 6 of 7 3-pointers, to help the Warriors improve to 2-0. The Jazz dropped to 0-2. From
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A man who killed a 16-year-old Moreno Valley girl because she got him expelled from school, hiding her body somewhere in the San Bernardino Mountains, was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole. A Riverside jury in August deliberated barely a day before convicting 23-year-old Owen Skyler Shover of Hesperia of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tech behemoth OpenAI has touted its artificial intelligence-powered transcription tool Whisper as having near “human level robustness and accuracy.” But Whisper has a major flaw: It is prone to making up chunks of text or even entire sentences, according to interviews with more than a dozen software engineers, developers
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A special kind of beauty contest featuring bats kicked off in the lead-up to Halloween. The Bureau of Land Management hosts its “Bat Beauty Contest” to raise awareness about the animal’s ecological importance. The federal agency posts photos of wild bats taken by its staff on its Facebook and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The rally Republican Donald Trump is planning for Madison Square Garden on Sunday follows a long line of political events at the storied New York City arena. Four buildings have actually carried the name. The current Garden has hosted both Democratic and Republican National Conventions. It’s also where one
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