Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The fundraising platform GoFundMe said Thursday it has refunded money to donors after a poker player admitted to lying about a terminal cancer diagnosis and accepted thousands of dollars in donations so he could play in a World Series of Poker tournament in Las Vegas. GoFundMe said it has
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Novels from Ireland, the United States, Canada and Britain that explore families, communities and a world in crisis make up the six finalists for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction. The shortlist announced Thursday for the 50,000 pound ($61,000) award includes Canadian author Sarah Bernstein, U.S. writer
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A federal contractor who worked for State and Justice departments has been charged with sending classified US information to Ethiopia, according to newly unsealed court documents. Abraham Teklu Lemma, 50, from Maryland, faces three charges, including gathering or delivering defense information to aid a foreign government
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order Thursday that she says will make Massachusetts the first state to ban the purchase of single-use plastic bottles by state agencies. Massachusetts buys about 100,000 of the plastic water bottles each year. The order bars all executive offices and agencies from purchasing single-use plastic bottles
Continue ReadingBy Rob Frehse, Artemis Moshtaghian and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Two adults were killed and multiple students were injured after their bus “tumbled down a 50-foot ravine,” Thursday on Interstate 84 in Orange County, New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul said in an evening news conference. The commercial bus was carrying 40 students from Farmingdale
Continue ReadingBy MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is still day to day with lingering pain from a calf injury, coach Zac Taylor said Thursday. It’s not yet clear whether the 2022 Pro Bowl quarterback will be healthy enough to start the Monday night game against the Los Angeles Rams.
Continue ReadingWAWAYANDA, N.Y. (AP) — A charter bus carrying schoolchildren crashed on a New York highway and went down an embankment Thursday, killing one person and hurting multiple other people, police said. The wreck happened on Interstate 84 in the town of Wawayanda, about 45 miles northwest of New York City, state police said. The bus
Continue ReadingBy Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — Migrant crossings are rising again at the US-Mexico border. Why is this occurring, and what could happen next? To better understand the situation, CNN spoke with Ariel Ruiz Soto, a senior policy analyst at the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute in Washington. Ruiz says there’s a key detail many
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — When former President Donald Trump visits Detroit on Wednesday, he’ll be looking to blunt criticisms from a United Auto Workers union leadership that has said a second term for him would be a “disaster” for workers. Union leaders say Trump’s record in
Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The former head of a Florida nonprofit domestic violence agency is charged with fraud and grand theft. The charge comes two years after she and the agency agreed to pay Florida $5 million to settle a civil lawsuit. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says an arrest warrant was issued for
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India told Canada to reduce its diplomatic staff and stopped issuing visas to its citizens Thursday as a rift widened between the once-close allies over Ottawa’s allegation that New Delhi may have been involved in the killing of a Canadian citizen. Ties between
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — An asteroid sample is expected to land in the Utah desert on Sunday, NASA said, where recovery teams have been training for months for its arrival. If all goes according to plan, a capsule will return the largest sample collected since Apollo astronauts brought back lunar rocks decades
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — No. 22 UCLA (3-0, 0-0 Pac-12) at No. 11 Utah (3-0, 0-0 Pac-12), 3:30 p.m. ET (FOX) Line: Utah by 5 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Series record: UCLA leads 12-8. WHAT’S AT STAKE? Utah opens its Pac-12 title defense against one of the two league
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Actor Angus Cloud died in July of an accidental overdose of cocaine, fentanyl and other substances, a Northern California coroner’s office said Thursday. Cloud’s cause of death was “acute intoxication” due to the “combined effects of methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl and benzodiazepines,” the Alameda County Coroner’s Bureau said. The office confirmed the
Continue ReadingBy ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press JACUMBA HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — A group of migrants from China surrendered to a Border Patrol agent in remote Southern California as gusts of wind drowned the hum of high-voltage power lines, joining others from Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia and elsewhere in a desert campsite with shelters made from tree
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Kristin Wilson and Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — The Senate voted on Thursday to confirm Gen. Randy George to be chief of staff of the Army and Gen. Eric Smith to be commandant of the Marine Corps – key votes that follow a monthslong hold of more than 300 military promotions by
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Dick Clark has died in Washington at age 95. Clark was a Democrat who served a single term representing Iowa in the 1970s. His daughter says Clark died Wednesday at his home. Clark was elected to the Senate in 1972 after launching
Continue ReadingBy JOHN COON Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Three games match two ranked Pac-12 teams on Saturday, with one taking a noticeable backseat to the others. No. 11 Utah and No. 22 UCLA have largely stayed out of the spotlight compared to other Top 25 showdowns between No. 19 Colorado and No. 10
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s women players say a turning point has been reached in their fight for equality. Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas says she is confident the deal reached after a marathon meeting this week between the players, federation and government mediators would lead to real reform inside
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court is considering cases out of North Carolina and West Virginia that could have significant implications on whether individual states are required to cover health care for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance. The Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments
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