SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Gordon has weakened to a depression as it swirls through open waters in the Atlantic. The storm was located about 955 miles (1,540 kilometers) east of the northeast Caribbean on Monday. It had top winds of 35 mph (55 kph) and was moving west at 6 mph
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AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Receiver Cooper Kupp is likely to miss several games for the Los Angeles Rams after spraining his ankle in their loss at Arizona last weekend. Rams coach Sean McVay revealed the extent of Kupp’s latest major injury Monday. McVay also said center Jonah Jackson and safety John Johnson
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Suspicious packages were sent to election officials in at least five states, but there were no reports that any of the packages contained hazardous material. Officials on Monday said powder-containing packages were sent to election offices in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Tennessee, Wyoming and Oklahoma. The FBI and U.S. Postal Service were investigating. It
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge says stricter cash bail measures that voters approved last year will stand despite procedural flaws. The decision Monday from Dane County Circuit Judge Rhonda Lanford came in a lawsuit filed by criminal justice advocates over two constitutional amendments, State elections officials and the Legislature say the
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken departed for Egypt on Tuesday but his visit to the region will notably omit a stop in Israel, amid rising doubts that a ceasefire and hostage deal can be agreed to before President Joe Biden leaves office. This is the first time
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — US officials on Monday touted another month of low border crossings, citing recent executive action curbing asylum access at the US southern border, even as former President Donald Trump levels campaign attacks over the Biden administration’s handling of border security. Immigration and border security remain among the top issues for
Continue ReadingOCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) — Officials are warning people to stay out of the ocean at several beaches in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia after they say medical waste, including hypodermic needles, washed ashore. Assateague Island National Seashore closed all ocean-facing beaches in Maryland and Virginia to swimming and wading. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Evo Morales, Bolivia’s former president, has called on supporters to protest against current President Luis Arce. Morales made the call on Monday after Arce accused him on national TV of trying to overthrow the government. Arce’s speech on Sunday night accused Morales of sabotaging his administration and undermining
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — The MLS expansion team San Diego FC hired Mikey Varas as head coach on Monday. He most recently was interim head coach of the U.S. men’s national team. “The opportunity to build something special from the ground up, with such ambitious and committed ownership, and in a city with such a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge has ruled that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name will stay on the presidential ballot in the swing state of Wisconsin. Kennedy suspended his campaign in August and endorsed Republican candidate Donald Trump. He’s now trying to get his name off the ballot in battleground states. Kennedy sued
Continue ReadingEUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A tribe in Oregon whose culture is tied to the ocean is suing the U.S. government over plans to hold an offshore wind energy auction next month, saying the environmental analysis underpinning the sale was too narrow and based on a “predetermined political decision.” The lawsuit, filed by the Confederated Tribes
Continue ReadingEUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A tribe in Oregon whose culture is tied to the ocean is suing the U.S. government over plans to hold an offshore wind energy auction next month, saying the environmental analysis underpinning the sale was too narrow and based on a “predetermined political decision.” The lawsuit, filed by the Confederated Tribes
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York woman is challenging the longstanding rules of Miss America and Miss World that disqualify mothers from their beauty pageants. Danielle Hazel said Monday that she’s always dreamed of entering the competitions but was devastated to learn that she’s no longer eligible because she had a son
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York woman is challenging the longstanding rules of Miss America and Miss World that disqualify mothers from their beauty pageants. Danielle Hazel said Monday that she’s always dreamed of entering the competitions but was devastated to learn that she’s no longer eligible because she had a son
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report For America Award-winning, world renowned artist Fred Nall Hollis has died. Hollis was 76 years old and a local arts center in his home state of Alabama says he died on Saturday. The visual artist had work shown in famous venues including the Menton Museum of Art in France and the Basilica of
Continue ReadingAP Technology Writer Elon Musk has deleted a post on his social media platform X in which he said “no one is even trying to assassinate” President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the wake of an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump while he was playing golf. Musk, who has
Continue ReadingCalMatters Ronald Latney used to believe his vote didn’t matter. But after returning to jail this year, he realized the difference it can make — especially locally. “I try to tell everybody … like, man, we need to vote, because our lives depend on this,” he said, mentioning district attorney races and bail policies. “That’s
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The former schools police chief in Uvalde, Texas, made his first court appearance on criminal charges that accuse him of failing to take sufficient action during the Robb Elementary School shooting in 2022. Pete Arredondo has pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of child endangerment and abandonment.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s state school superintendent says he wants the state to spend more money to guarantee security officers and wearable panic alert buttons after a school shooting killed four at Apalachee High School outside Atlanta. Republican Richard Woods says he also wants to expand a mental health program for students and
Continue ReadingBy Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — An 11-year-old middle school student in Port Orange, Florida, has been charged with a felony after threatening to commit a mass shooting at a middle school, authorities said Monday. “We just arrested a Creekside Middle School student who made threats to commit a school shooting at Creekside or Silver Sands
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