AP College Football Writer The Pac-12 is suing the Mountain West over what it calls an unlawful and unenforceable “poaching penalty” that would cost the rebuilding conference more than $40 million for adding Boise State, Fresno State, Colorado State and San Diego State, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court. The antitrust complaint
Continue ReadingAP College Football Writer The Pac-12 is suing the Mountain West over what it calls an unlawful and unenforceable “poaching penalty” that would cost the rebuilding conference more than $40 million for adding Boise State, Fresno State, Colorado State and San Diego State, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court. The antitrust complaint
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The leader of a nonprofit representing the Haitian community has invoked a private-citizen right to file charges against former President Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance. The charges are over the chaos and threats experienced by Springfield, Ohio, since Trump first spread false claims about legal immigrants
Continue ReadingCNN By Jennifer Agiesta, Ariel Edwards-Levy and Edward Wu, CNN (CNN) — The race for president between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is exceedingly close, with Harris’ support resting on stronger personal appeal, while Trump draws on a die-hard base and a wide advantage on handling the economy to run about
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Former New York City Mayor and Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has been told he must pay a bill of about $300,000 for a forensic accounting firm’s work to trace his money in his now-aborted bankruptcy proceeding. The dispute over how much Giuliani owes to the accounting firm Global
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Two powerful unions on the French Caribbean island of Martinique have joined protests against high living costs that recently have prompted France to send anti-riot police. Traffic was paralyzed Tuesday after a transportation union ordered tractor-trailers to block main roads and public bus drivers to suspend service, according to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has announced the U.S. will send Ukraine an undisclosed number of medium-range cluster bombs and an array of rockets, artillery and armored vehicles in a military aid package totaling about $375 million. And a U.S. official says the administration will notify Congress on Thursday of its intent
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Supreme Court justices are expressing skepticism that votes for presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz should count. Tuesday’s hearing could set the stage for disqualifying the candidate from the the battleground state’s ballots. Democrats are trying to prevent others from siphoning votes from Vice President Kamala
Continue ReadingGUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AP) — Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo says his country will send 150 military police officers to help Haiti fight violent gangs. Tuesday’s announcement at the U.N. General Assembly comes as a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenyan police officers in Haiti struggles with a lack of personnel and funding, prompting the U.S. to
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, has made at least three false claims over the last two weeks about the Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance of Ohio and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump. Two of Walz’s false claims are related to
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in North Dakota ruled Monday that the federal government cannot enforce new regulations mandating employers provide time off for abortion and fertility treatments against thousands of Catholic employers nationwide while their lawsuit challenging the regulations plays out. More than 7,000 Catholic parishes and another 1,380 Catholic employers are
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, Ted Barrett and Sam Fossum, CNN Washington (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ vow to gut the Senate’s filibuster rule to pass a bill codifying abortion rights has cost her an endorsement from a leading Senate moderate: Joe Manchin. The West Virginia independent, one of the staunchest defenders of the potent delay
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Lawyers for a Texas county that wants to keep 17 books off its library shelves went before 18 federal appeals court judges in New Orleans to argue their case. Tuesday’s arguments before the full 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals came in a lawsuit filed by library patrons against
Continue ReadingAP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Maria Grazia Chiuri’s Dior collection took a sporty turn, blending athletic prowess with an urban menace on Tuesday. The Paris show’s stripped-down designs evoked a ’60s sci-fi aesthetic, reminiscent of Star Trek, but with an edge—daring, asymmetrical shapes paired with knee-high boots that flirted with danger. As a live
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Italy’s main metalworkers union says workers in the automotive sector will go on strike on Oct. 18 in protest of declining output from Stellantis, the biggest carmaker in the country. The unions also called for a national demonstration in Rome on the same day. Stellantis, which was created in 2021 from the
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Over the weekend, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law banning all plastic bags at grocery stores starting in 2026. Consumers who don’t bring their own bags, will be asked if they want a paper bag. This isn’t the first time the state has banned plastic bags. In 2014, Governor Jerry Brown signed a plastic bag
Continue ReadingBy Terence Burlij and Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen said Tuesday that he has “no plans to call a special session” to change the way the state allocates electoral votes to a winner-take-all system, ending an effort led by Donald Trump. The announcement comes after Republican state Sen. Mike McDonnell said he
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A media freedom group says local journalists in the African Sahel are facing increased security risks as extremist attacks and military coups have shaken the region in recent years. Reporters Without Borders says at least two community radio journalists were killed and two kidnapped by armed groups in Mali
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — New York Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, one of the GOP’s most endangered House incumbents, reportedly gave both his lover and his fiancée’s daughter part-time jobs in his district office on Long Island, a potential violation of House ethics rules. D’Esposito hired the pair shortly after taking office in 2023, according
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — After almost a year of trading fire, Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah are now engaged in ferocious confrontations that threaten to turn into a full-blown war. Israel faces a much more formidable foe in Hezbollah than it faced in Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Many consider the Iran-backed
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