By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — With coach Jim Harbaugh banned by the Big Ten Conference, J.J. McCarthy, Blake Corum and No. 2 Michigan played unfazed by a scandal that has hounded the program for weeks and beat No. 9 Penn State 24-15. Corum ran for 145 yards
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A Texas officer and a barricaded armed suspect were killed Saturday in a shootout, Austin Interim Chief of Police Robin Henderson said. Two hostages were found dead and another officer was injured, authorities said. Early Saturday morning, a woman called 911 screaming for help and
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of surgery at Gaza’s largest and most advanced hospital held up his phone Saturday to the hammering of gunfire and artillery shelling. “Listen,” said Dr. Marwan Abu Sada as fighting raged around Shifa Hospital. Shells hissed through the hospital courtyard and crashed into wards while
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed back Saturday against growing international calls for a cease-fire, saying Israel’s battle to crush Gaza’s ruling Hamas militants will continue with “full force.” A cease-fire would be possible only if all 239 hostages held by militants
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops and Hamas gunmen battled Saturday outside Gaza ‘s largest hospital where frantic doctors said the last generator had run out of fuel, causing the death of a premature baby, another child in an incubator and four other patients. Thousands
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Fighters from a paramilitary force and their allied Arab militias rampaged through a town in Sudan’s war-ravaged region of Darfur, reportedly killing more than 800 people in a multiday attack, doctors and the U.N. said. The attack on Ardamata in West Darfur province earlier this month was
Continue ReadingBY LEAH WILLINGHAM and JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Joe Manchin’s impending departure from the Senate marks the end of an era for powerful West Virginia Democrats who wielded considerable power as advocates for the state’s coal interests. His decision not to seek reelection in 2024 is the latest sign of the
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On November 11, the entire country celebrates Veteran’s Day. The City of Palm Springs presents the 26th Annual Palm Springs Veterans Day Parade in its downtown area. The parade theme is “Honoring All Who Served.” The parade is on Saturday, November 11, at 3:30 p.m. It begins at Ramon Road and Palm Canyon Drive and
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A major highway near downtown Los Angeles was closed in both directions Saturday after a fire rampaged through storage lots underneath it. The fire sent towering flames into the night sky early Saturday morning. Daybreak revealed twisted guardrails and blackened, chipped concrete at an Interstate 10 overpass in an industrial zone.
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A major highway near downtown Los Angeles was closed in both directions Saturday after a fire rampaged through storage lots underneath it. The fire sent towering flames into the night sky early Saturday morning. Daybreak revealed twisted guardrails and blackened, chipped concrete at an Interstate 10 overpass in an industrial zone.
Continue ReadingBy LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Former Ghana striker Raphael Dwamena has died after collapsing Saturday during an Albanian Super League soccer match. The Albanian Football Federation confirmed the death of the 28-year-old Dwamena. Footage on social media appeared to show the player by himself and falling over on the field in
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s state House will soon have its first Black speaker in its more than 400-year history after the chamber’s incoming Democratic majority on Saturday chose Del. Don Scott to serve in the post. Scott was unanimously elected speaker-designee by the House Democratic Caucus on Saturday. The
Continue ReadingBy Arlette Saenz and Nikki Carvajal, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden honored Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday, a site he described as a “sanctuary of sacrifice” during his deeply personal remarks. “We come together today to once again honor the generation of Americans who stood on the front lines of freedom,”
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has marked Veterans Day with a visit to Arlington National Cemetery. The commander in chief said America’s veterans are “the steel spine of this nation” as he spoke at the Memorial Amphitheater. He recounted famous battles fought by U.S. troops and said those deployments of soldiers are “linked in
Continue ReadingBy Daria Markina Tarasova, Victoria Butenko, Kostan Gak, Josh Pennington, Yulia Kesaieva and Maria Kostenko, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — The battle for dominance in the Black Sea raged on this week between Ukraine and Russia, as elsewhere each side’s forces continued the bitter fight for control in Ukraine’s east with winter looming. Ukraine claimed it
Continue ReadingBy KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — The husband of a Russian-American journalist working for a U.S. government-funded media company who is detained in Russia has called for her speedy release. Alsu Kurmacheva’s husband Pavel Butorin told The Associated Press in an interview Friday that the couple was due to celebrate their 21st anniversary
Continue ReadingBy BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer KENNER, La. (AP) — Police say New Orleans Saints receiver Michael Thomas is facing simple battery and criminal mischief charges following a confrontation with a construction worker. Kenner police Capt. Mark McCormick says Thomas was arrested without incident Friday night and was released. A person familiar with the situation
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say Russian forces targeted Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, as part of an overnight bombardment felt across the country. The head of the Kyiv City Military Administration said a ballistic missile was shot down as it approached the Ukrainian capital, the first attempted missile attack on Kyiv in almost two months.
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis has removed a Texas bishop from his position after an investigation ordered by the Vatican. The Pope removed Bishop Joseph E. Strickland from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, after an apostolic visitation conducted by two bishops, according to a statement from Cardinal Daniel Nicholas
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press A Texas police officer was killed in a shooting that also left the suspect dead and a second officer wounded in Austin. That is according to interim Police Chief Robin Henderson. Two other people were later found dead inside a home. An emotional Henderson said officers were called shortly before
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