BERLIN (AP) — Plans for the first “open category” swimming races to accommodate transgender competitors at a World Cup this weekend have been scrapped because of a lack of entries. World Aquatics says it received “no entries” for the open category events scheduled to take place at a World Cup starting Friday in Berlin. Swimming’s
Continue ReadingBy Alison Main and Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said Tuesday that the Republican National Committee had blocked a planned joint appearance with rival Vivek Ramaswamy on Fox News. “When the RNC stops conversations between candidates from happening that is real cause for concern,” the former New Jersey governor said
Continue ReadingDE PERE, Wis. (AP) — John Gordon, an artist who as a young art student helped design the Green Bay Packers’ distinctive “G” team logo, has died at age 83. Gordon died Saturday, said Matt Cotter, the owner of Cotter Funeral & Cremation Care in De Pere, Wisconsin. The funeral home posted an obituary which
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El expresidente de Estados Unidos Donald Trump volvió este martes a los tribunales de NUeva York para el segundo día del juicio por fraude civil de US$ 250 millones contra él, sus hijos mayores, sus empresas y ejecutivos de la Organización Trump. Estaba previsto que la nueva audiencia comenzara a las 10:00
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The South African government and the national poultry association say about 7.5 million chickens have been culled in an effort to contain outbreaks of two separate strains of bird flu that have threatened to create a shortage of eggs and meat for consumers. The
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — The city of Atlanta will pay $3.75 million to the family of a Nebraska man who died after police handcuffed him face down. The City Council approved the settlement Monday after a medical examiner determined that Ricardo Dorado Jr.’s Aug. 21, 2022 death was a homicide. The medical examiner ruled the death
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two U.S. Army soldiers are dead and 12 others injured after the military transport vehicle in which they were riding flipped on a dirt road in Alaska. Army officials say the accident happened Monday as the soldiers headed to the Yukon Training Area just south of
Continue ReadingBy SARA BURNETT Associated Press Donald Trump ‘s campaign is calling on the Republican National Committee to cancel all remaining presidential primary debates, saying the RNC must instead “refocus its manpower” on defeating Joe Biden next year. In a statement late Monday, top Trump advisers also repeated debunked falsehoods about election fraud, claiming without evidence
Continue ReadingBy CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s King Felipe VI has asked Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Tuesday to try to form a new coalition government. The president of Spain’s Congress of Deputies announced the decision after the king finished two days of talks to determine which party had the best chance
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says assailants have killed two workers who were conducting internal polling for his Morena party in southern Mexico. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday that a third worker was kidnapped and remains missing. The three were part of a group of five employees who were conducting polls in
Continue ReadingCNN By Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar was carjacked in Washington, DC, Monday evening, the congressman said. He was physically unharmed. The armed carjacking took place at the intersection of K Street and New Jersey Avenue in Southeast DC’s Navy Yard neighborhood, according to an
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy plans to force a vote Tuesday on the far-right effort to oust him from his leadership position and insists he will not cut a deal with Democrats to remain in power, setting the stage for an extraordinary and unpredictable showdown on
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy plans to force a vote Tuesday on the far-right effort to oust him from his leadership position and insists he will not cut a deal with Democrats to remain in power, setting the stage for an extraordinary and unpredictable showdown on
Continue ReadingBELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian police have detained an ethnic Serb leader from Kosovo who was the alleged organizer behind a recent shootout with Kosovo police that left four people dead and sent tensions soaring in the region. The move on Tuesday came amid an international outcry over the Sept. 24 violence. About 30 heavily
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge on Tuesday took the air out of the win that former President Donald Trump claimed he scored in the first hours of his civil business fraud trial. With Trump voluntarily in court for a second
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED and RIAZ KHAN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s government has announced a major crackdown on migrants in the country illegally, saying it will expel them starting next month. This has raised alarm among foreigners without documentation who include an estimated 1.7 million Afghans. The country’s caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti said
Continue ReadingBy MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press MOREAU, N.Y. (AP) — A fingerprint on a ransom note led police to a kidnapping suspect’s camper in New York where 9-year-old Charlotte Sena was found hidden in a cabinet, ending a two-day search sparked by the girl’s disappearance during a family camping trip, officials said. “We are thrilled that
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A Desert Hot Springs man was in custody Tuesday morning and being held without bail accused of sexually assaulting at least two rideshare drivers, and police believe there might be other potential victims. Police arrested Luis Enrique Lora, 20, on August 28, and booked him into the Riverside County Jail in Indio on charges of attempted rape by
Continue ReadingBy Nick Valencia and Maxime Tamsett, CNN (CNN) — The family of an Alabama man who died after being shot by police outside his home early Friday morning is asking for clarity as to what happened, his brother told CNN in a phone call on Monday. Police shot Stephen Perkins, 39, outside his home in
Continue ReadingBy ASHRAF KHALIL and DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Wearing an “I Love Pandas” T-shirt and clutching a panda-covered diary, Kelsey Lambert bubbled with excitement as she glimpsed the real thing. She and her mother, Alison, had made a special trip from San Antonio just to watch the National Zoo’s furry rock stars
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