LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Sparks are still looking to the future. They had hoped to return to the WNBA playoffs this season for the first time since 2020, but will have to wait until next year. With a league-worst mark of 7-30, the Sparks have been eliminated from playoff contention. They take
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 ReadingCalMatters John Vaesau was counting on the $200 he was entitled to by law upon leaving Folsom State Prison in June 2023, after 33 years. He was surprised when he received none of it. “They just threw me out like a piece of garbage,” Vaesau said. “Like after all that time, it was nothing to
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 ReadingBy Ibrahim Dahman, Sana Noor Haq and Pauline Lockwood, CNN (CNN) — More than 560,000 children aged below 10 in Gaza have received the first of two doses of the polio vaccine, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, after Israel’s destruction of water and sanitation systems led to a resurgence of the deadly
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
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Hundreds of posters have appeared on billboards across Italy this summer, bearing the slogan: “Russia is not our enemy” and depicting a handshake in the colors of the Italian and Russian flags. Some, including those that appeared in Rome this week, also feature the words, “Enough money
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German and Kenyan officials have signed an agreement to promote the recruitment of skilled Kenyan workers who can fill gaps in Germany’s labor market, and to facilitate the repatriation of Kenyans who don’t have the right to stay in Germany. The agreement was signed during a visit to Berlin on Friday by
Continue ReadingAP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — United Airlines says it will offer free WiFi service on flights using the satellite-based Starlink service from Elon Musk’s SpaceX. United said Friday it will start testing Starlink early next year and put it on the entire fleet of planes over the next several years. United isn’t releasing financial
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A fast-moving fire has roared through a commercial building in Philadelphia, sending flames high into the air and spewing thick, black smoke that could be seen for miles. Fire department officials say the blaze in the city’s Frankford neighborhood started around 5:30 Friday morning in a four-story warehouse. The site — which
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska has certified two ballot measures to legalize medical marijuana even though the state’s Republican attorney general says their supporters may have submitted at least several thousand invalid signatures. Attorney General Mike Hilgers said Friday that the issues with signatures eventually could keep the proposals from becoming law despite
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jackson Lamb is an Englishman who solves mysteries, but he’s not your typically elegant, charming type. One clue is that he often passes gas, rather loudly. Lamb — portrayed by Gary Oldman — is the beating heart of Apple TV+’s “Slow Horses,” a critical darling that seems to
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood, Sean Lyngaas and Michael Conte, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Friday announced a major effort to blunt the global influence of RT and expose what it says is the Russian state media network’s key role in the Kremlin’s global intelligence and influence operations. The State Department revealed declassified US intelligence findings that suggest RT is fully integrated into Russia’s
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Gordon has formed in the Atlantic Ocean. Forecasters say it’s expected to remain over open water for several days. Gordon formed during the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season that began on June 1 and ends on Nov. 30 and is the season’s seventh named storm. It’s
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