Associated Press As authorities search for a highway shooter in Kentucky, a Friday night tradition of football, pep bands and grandstands of cheering fans has been sidelined for some towns. Games were canceled at a handful of high schools near where the assailant opened fire on Interstate 75 in southeastern Kentucky. Twelve vehicles were hit
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Writer ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis declared Friday that China was “a promise and a hope” for the Catholic Church, offering extensive praise for Beijing at the end of a four-nation tour through Asia and again expressed hope to one day visit. Francis’ comments, during an in-flight press conference en
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Mexico’s resort-studded Los Cabos area warned tourists and residents alike to stay inside Friday as Tropical Storm Ileana began to pound the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula with rain. Ileana formed Thursday off the Pacific coast of Mexico and was lumbering north at 7 mph
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A special Georgia state Senate committee that had subpoenaed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis with plans to question her Friday about “alleged misconduct” related to her election case against former President Donald Trump was unable to do so because she didn’t show up. The Republican-led committee was formed earlier
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis called sexual abuse “demonic” on Friday as he weighed in on the latest sex assault revelations against a legendary French priest, Abbe Pierre, who devoted his life to advocating for the homeless. Abbé Pierre, who died in 2007, was one of France’s most beloved public
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ahead of the 2022 school year, the education technology company 21stCentEd was seeking to expand its presence in New York City’s public schools. So they turned to a man, Terence Banks, whose new consulting firm promised to connect clients with top government stakeholders. Banks wasn’t a registered lobbyist. His
Continue ReadingKeith Urban’s 12th studio album and Kathryn Hahn starring in the “WandaVision” spinoff “Agatha All Along” are some of this week’s new streaming entertainment releases. Others include season two of the “Frasier” reboot on Paramount+, the debut of “The Golden Bachelorette” and
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is asking the warring factions of the Sinaloa cartel terrorizing the capital city of Culiacán to act “responsibly” so no one else gets killed. His plea comes after a weeklong escalation of violence that has nearly paralyzed the city of 1 million. As of Thursday,
Continue ReadingDULUTH, Minn. (AP) — A cat aptly named Drifter is safe at home after sneaking out and getting trapped in a sewer for nearly eight weeks. The 3-year-old tabby went missing from the home of Clifton Nesseth and Ashley Comstock in the northeastern Minnesota city of Duluth on July 18. They presume he went to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The federal government would ban in-game advertising and bets on college athletes under a sports betting regulation bill proposed by two northeastern legislators. Rep. Paul Tonko of New York and Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut introduced the bill Thursday. It’s designed to address what they say are the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Police dispatchers in Delaware’s capital city are being lauded for helping direct rescuers to a boat foundering in the English Channel thousands of miles away. Dispatchers for the city of Dover found themselves at the center of an international rescue effort last month after receiving a call from an
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s railway company says a train stationmaster has been suspended after allegedly giving an order that would have placed two passenger trains on a head-on collision course on the same stretch of track on Athens’ suburban railway. The company, Hellenic Train, said the train drivers and another stationmaster at a different
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A military court in Congo has convicted 37 people, including three Americans, on charges of taking part in a coup attempt and sentenced them to death. The defendants, who also included a Briton, Belgian, Canadian and several Congolese, can appeal the verdict on charges that included terrorism, murder and
Continue ReadingBOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A man accused of being involved in several hit-and-run crashes and then driving onto the football field at the University of Colorado has been arrested. Boulder police say the crashes were reported Thursday evening. Witnesses tried to stop the driver from leaving, and one person was almost struck by the pickup
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin administration has published a new policy that requires school leaders remain maintain neutral viewpoints in their public statements. Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman released the policy Friday. It states that university leaders such as chancellors, provosts, deans and department chairs should talk only about
Continue ReadingBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Canadian man has pleaded guilty to federal crimes for shootings at electrical substations and an oil pipeline in the Dakotas that caused $1.7 million in damages. Cameron Monte Smith pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Bismarck, North Dakota, to two counts of destruction of an energy facility —
Continue ReadingOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police in Nebraska’s largest city are reevaluating their use of some no-knock search warrants after an unarmed Black man was killed by an officer while executing a no-knock warrant. The Omaha World-Herald reports that Deputy Police Chief Scott Gray says the use of standard entry no-knock warrants was suspended pending a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they bicycled on a rural road had a blood-alcohol level of .087, above the .08 legal limit in New Jersey, a prosecutor said Friday. Gaudreau, 31, and brother Matthew, 29, were killed near their childhood
Continue ReadingRIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A 20-year-old gang member pleaded guilty in a drive-by shooting that wounded two rival gang members in front of the New York home of then-U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, authorities said. Noah Green pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted murder, criminal possession of a weapon and conspiracy for shooting at three men, striking
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Gospel music superstar Yolanda Adams has used her faith and smile to sustain her through life’s ebbs and flows. Adams thinks she was “born with that happiness gene that people talk about” and wants people to know that down days will pass. That theme permeates her new album, “Sunny
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