Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have released a scathing report on their investigation into the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. The more than 18-month investigation by Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee lays the blame for the chaotic end of America’s longest war at the feet of President Joe Biden and Vice President
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit his 46th home run of the season to tie his career high, Jack Flaherty pitched another gem and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-0 on Sunday in record-tying heat. With the first-pitch temperature of 103 degrees matching the hottest in Dodger Stadium history,
Continue ReadingBy Hamdi Alkhshali and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Alleged Israeli airstrikes in central Syria on Sunday night struck a facility claimed by the West to have produced chemical weapons, according to a local resident. The strikes killed at least 18 people and injured 37 others, state-run Syrian news agency SANA said Monday, citing the
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — Republicans and Democrats released dueling documents on the deadly August 2021 US withdrawal from Afghanistan on Monday, with Republicans accusing President Joe Biden of demanding a US exit no matter the cost and claiming his administration prioritized optics over personnel security. The reports come as former President
Continue ReadingAP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Fritz was eager before the U.S. Open final on Sunday, entertaining thoughts of winning his first Grand Slam title — and the first for any American man since Andy Roddick earned the 2003 trophy at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Didn’t happen for Fritz or his country, and the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DAMASCUS (AP) — Syrian state media is reporting a series of Israeli strikes have hit multiple areas in central Syria, killing at least four people, wounding 13 and sparking fires. Syria state news agency SANA reported that Syrian air defenses “confronted an aggression that targeted several points in the central region,” damaging a
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit his 46th home run of the season to tie his career high, a 450-foot solo shot down the right-field line in the fifth inning of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 4-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on a sweltering Sunday. On a day that matched the hottest Dodger Stadium
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer The impasse between DirecTV and Disney over a new carriage agreement has become more heated as it entered its second week. DirecTV filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission on Saturday night accusing Disney of negotiating in bad faith. Disney channels, including ESPN and ABC-owned stations in nine markets, have been
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer The impasse between DirecTV and Disney over a new carriage agreement has become more heated as it entered its second week. DirecTV filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission on Saturday night accusing Disney of negotiating in bad faith. Disney channels, including ESPN and ABC-owned stations in nine markets, have been
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CONWAY, N.H. (AP) — College football players aspire to play in bowls games. Professional players dream of playing in the Super Bowl. A bunch of amateurs in New Hampshire just want to get muddy. On Sunday, a three-day sloppy, muddy mess wrapped up for the Mud Bowl, which is celebrating its 50th year
Continue ReadingCNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — The world knows what kind of a debater former President Donald Trump is: loose with the facts, quick with an insult and confident to the extreme. But what about Vice President Kamala Harris? While her 2020 presidential campaign barely registered – she ended her campaign in
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, Jeff Zeleny, Alayna Treene and Arit John, CNN (CNN) — The most important moment in the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump comes this week, as the vice president prepares for what could be her only opportunity to directly confront a former president whose political dominance she is pledging to end.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The mother of a student at the Georgia high school where a teen allegedly killed four people says information indicating staff were warned he was having a crisis shows the shooting could have been prevented. “The school failed them, that they could have prevented these deaths and they didn’t,” Rabecca
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Matías Delacroix has been taking photos for The Associated Press since 2019. The award-winning Chilean photojournalist, currently based in Panama City, has covered some of the biggest events in Latin America for the AP including the COVID-19 pandemic, the aftermath of the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, soccer
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer Fox Sports is spending $375 million to put Tom Brady in the broadcast booth, and the network wants to make sure everyone knows he’s there. The seven-time Super Bowl champion made his debut as an NFL analyst during the Fox broadcast of the regular-season opener between the Dallas Cowboys and the Cleveland
Continue ReadingARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Andrew Heaney snapped an eight-start winless streak as the Texas Rangers took an early five-run lead and beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-4 on Sunday. Heaney (5-13), one short of the major league lead in losses, allowed four runs, three earned, on three hits in six-plus innings to win for the
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As the nation marks National Literacy Day on Sunday, efforts to improve childhood literacy are gaining momentum across the Coachella Valley. Children in the United States are facing an unprecedented literacy crisis. Before the COVID-19 pandemic the number of children lacking basic reading skills was decreasing. In 2020, that number rose by about 20% to 584,000,000
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HAVANA, Cuba (AP) — In the land of the salsa, more and more youngsters are turning to K-pop. Popular all over the world, South Korean bands have gained dedicated fan clubs even on the socialist island, thanks to greater access to the internet. K-pop fans who follow the bands, adopt the fashion, and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek opposition leader Stefanos Kasselakis has been ousted by his party’s central committee via a motion of no confidence, just a year after his election to the post by party cadres who accused him of being an authoritarian and not fully ideologically aligned with the party. Kasselakis, who was
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins and head coach Raheen Morris wore Apalachee High School T-shirts during warmups before the NFL team’s season opener, honoring the victims of a fatal shooting. Four people were killed and nine injured last week at the school in Winder, a city in Atlanta’s sprawling suburbs. A 14-year-old
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