Cal Poly (0-1) at Stanford (0-1), Saturday, 7 p.m. ET (ACC Network Extra) BetMGM College Football Odds: No line. Series record: First meeting. WHAT’S AT STAKE? Stanford coach Troy Taylor seeks his first home win in two seasons with the Cardinal when he faces FCS-level Cal Poly. Stanford is coming off a season-opening 34-27 loss
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The U.S. government announced Thursday that it secured the release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners, who have arrived in Guatemala where they will apply for entry to the United States or other countries. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said in a statement that they were released on humanitarian grounds.
Continue ReadingBy Mick Krever, Jennifer Hansler and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday was as clear as he has ever been that he does not believe a ceasefire and hostage deal is likely in Gaza in a sharp rebuke to the Biden administration’s insistence it’s close at hand. “There’s not a deal
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The decision by New York prosecutors to charge a former aide to the New York governor this week with acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government has raised concerns about China’s efforts to influence U.S. politics. Linda Sun held numerous roles in New York state government, including deputy
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Britain’s defense ministry says a member of the Royal Navy was killed when a helicopter ditched in the English Channel during a nighttime training exercise. The ministry says the Merlin MK4 helicopter carrying a crew of three ditched while conducting night flying exercises with the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth off England’s
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei’s horrific death after being doused with petrol and set on fire by her boyfriend has again brought to the fore Kenya’s harrowing history of domestic violence against female athletes. Her killing follows the deaths of at least two other high-profile female runners in cases of domestic violence in the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two lawmakers say that Ukraine’s parliament has approved the appointment of a new foreign minister. Andrii Sybiha is the country’s new chief diplomat. Sybiha is a former ambassador to Turkey. He replaced Dmytro Kuleba who became one of Ukraine’s most recognizable faces on the international stage as he petitioned
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K.’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into the way tickets were sold for next year’s reunion concerts from iconic 1990s Britpop band Oasis. In a statement Thursday, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said its investigation into Live Nation Entertainment’s unit Ticketmaster will look specifically at “dynamic pricing,”
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators responsible for the safety of the U.S. drug supply are still struggling to get back to where they were in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic upended factory inspections in the U.S. and across the world, The Associated Press has found. An AP analysis of Food and Drug Administration
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Authorities in Congo say the first batch of mpox vaccine has arrived in Congo’s capital, three weeks after the World Health Organization declared mpox outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency. The 100,000 doses of the MVA-BN vaccine, manufactured by the Danish company Bavarian Nordic, have been donated
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump delivered his usual assortment of long-debunked false claims in an appearance on Fox News in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night. But one of the false claims was new. Trump, who has repeatedly insulted the intelligence of his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, claimed that
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, Michelle Krupa and Nicole Chavez, CNN Winder, Georgia (CNN) — The warning had come that morning by phone to Apalachee High School: There would be shootings Wednesday at five schools. And the unknown caller – law enforcement officials would later confirm – warned Apalachee would be the first. Still, students all across Winder,
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Initial autopsies of four of the seven victims who died when a superyacht sank in a storm in Italy last month show they died of “dry drowning,” according to authorities. The phenomenon, also known as “atypical drowning,” means they had no water in their lungs, tracheas
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Experts says that millions of people in Pakistan continue to live along the path of floodwaters showing neither people nor the government have learned any lessons from the 2022 devastating floods that killed 1,737 people. An aid group said half of the victims among 300 people killed by rains since
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell to its lowest level in two months last week, signaling that layoffs remain relatively low despite other signs of labor market cooling. Jobless claims fell by 5,000 to 227,000 for the week of Aug. 31. That’s the fewest since the week of July
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of people have rallied in Bangladesh’s capital to mark one month since former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted in a mass uprising sparked by students. Hasina fled to India on Aug. 5 after weeks of violence left more than 600 people dead, including students. An interim government
Continue ReadingBy Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — The murders of six more Israeli hostages marked a critical new moment for Doug Emhoff, who’s speaking out on his own and Kamala Harris’ behalf, as only a Jewish American and the spouse of a presidential candidate can. “In light of the retraumatizing of the tragedy of the weekend, speaking
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government is ending its intercountry adoption program. The U.S. State Department says it’s seeking clarification how the decision will affect hundreds of American families with pending applications. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Thursday that the government is no longer allowing international adoptions of its children, with the only exception
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Food Education Fund seeks to diversify the culinary world and better mentor its next generation through hands-on experiences for low-income students of color at ten high schools. More than half of participants are Hispanic, over one third are Black and the vast majority live below the poverty line.
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Prince Harry, actor Matt Damon, and World Central Kitchen founder Jose Andres are set to speak at the 2024 Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York on Sept. 23 and 24, the Clinton Foundation announced Thursday. The theme of this year’s gathering of political, business and philanthropic leaders is “What’s Working”
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