TIRASPOL, Moldova (AP) — Moldovan club Sheriff has taken a big step toward a Champions League group-stage debut by beating Dinamo Zagreb 3-0 in the first leg of the playoff round. Two goals from Mali winger Adama Traoré and a volleyed strike by Greece international Dimitris Kolovos gave Sheriff a dominant lead for the second
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MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A 35-year-old Nebraska man has pleaded not guilty in the death of an Iowa pedestrian. Christopher George Smith Rathfon, of Omaha, is charged with homicide by vehicle after police say his vehicle struck 62-year-old Dawn Merrick in Mason City, Iowa, on June 8. Merrick, of Mason City, was hospitalized until
Continue ReadingBy WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WDJT) — A licensed pharmacist was arrested in Chicago Tuesday, Aug. 17, on charges related to his alleged sale of dozens of authentic CDC Covid-19 vaccination cards on eBay. According to the US Department of Justice, 34-year-old Tangtang Zhao sold 125 authentic CDC vaccination
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By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina lawmakers have finalized legislation to raise the minimum age to get married in the state from 14 or 16. The Senate voted unanimously on Tuesday to accept House changes to the measure, which now goes to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper for his expected
Continue Reading By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has tested positive for COVID-19. His office said Tuesday that Abbot is in good health and experiencing no symptoms. Spokesman Mark Miner says Abbott is isolating in the governor’s mansion in Austin and receiving monoclonal antibody treatment. Abbott was vaccinated
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By Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails and Ivana Kottasová, CNN The busy Kabul street looks almost as if nothing has changed. People rush by, as shopkeepers arrange their colorful merchandise, and police direct traffic. There’s one big change, though: There are almost no women here. Since the Taliban took over the Afghan capital on Sunday, women
Continue Reading By Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails and Ivana Kottasová, CNN The busy Kabul street looks almost as if nothing has changed. People rush by, as shopkeepers arrange their colorful merchandise, and police direct traffic. There’s one big change, though: There are almost no women here. Since the Taliban took over the Afghan capital on Sunday, women
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — USA national coach Dawn Staley says she may not be done with Olympic coaching after all. Staley led the American women to a basketball gold medal at the Tokyo Games earlier this month. She said afterward she was stepping down as coach. Staley acknowledged that since then her stance about returning
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By Gregory Lemos and Steve Almasy, CNN A 13-year-old Mississippi girl has died just one day after testing positive for coronavirus, according to Smith County School District Superintendent Nick Hillman. The girl wasn’t feeling well last Thursday and her mother kept her home, Hillman said. The teenager tested positive Friday and was taken to a
Continue Reading By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press After five frustrating years of mire and bureaucratic delays, Bahaudin Mujtaba and wife Lisa had hoped this year to finally bring the 10-year-old Afghan boy they’re adopting to their home in Florida for a chance at a different future. But with the Taliban’s rapid takeover of Afghanistan over the
Continue Reading By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — House Democrats are offering a new proposal to update the landmark Voting Rights Act. The bill from Rep. Terri Sewell of Alabama seeks to restore a key provision of the federal law that compelled states with a history of discrimination to undergo a federal review before
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By Daniel Dale Defending his withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden and his administration have emphasized how many people served in the Afghan military before its collapse. “We spent over a trillion dollars. We trained and equipped an Afghan military force of some 300,000 strong. Incredibly well equipped. A force larger in
Continue ReadingBy KYW Staff Click here for updates on this story BURLINGTON COUNTY, New Jersey (KYW) — A Pemberton Township woman faces a theft charge after prosecutors say she raised money to cremate and bury her husband but left his body at the morgue and pocketed the funds instead. Patricia Clark, 49, is charged with theft
Continue Reading BY ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Democrats are planning House votes next week on a budget resolution that would clear a path for future passage of the party’s ambitious plans for social and environment programs. And that suggests a showdown ahead with rebellious party moderates. Nine centrist Democrats have said they’ll vote
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated trends in how people are watching television differently. A study from Hub Entertainment Research found that the percentage of people who paid to watch a specific movie or television show at least once a week in June was essentially double what
Continue ReadingBy KYW Staff Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A shooting outside a ShopRite grocery store in Philadelphia’s Olney neighborhood claimed the life of an 18-year-old high school student during a violent night across the city. Eyewitness News has confirmed the teen killed was an 11th-grade student at Samuel Fels High
Continue Reading By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government has spelled out laws against using social media or the internet to stir up protests or insult the state. And it’s offering people a form to report offenders. The decrees published Tuesday follow the largest protests Cuba has seen in years, which broke out last
Continue Reading PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams has announced Tuesday that a former United States Golf Association employee has been charged in relation to a scheme to embezzle funds from the unauthorized sale of U.S. Open Championship tickets. According to a statement released by Williams, Robert Fryer faces conspiracy, wire fraud, and
Continue ReadingBy WCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Three members of the NYPD came to the rescue of a baby who started choking on a Brooklyn street. It happened as 5-month-old Zayn Echevarria was out with parents on Willoughby and Duffield Streets. Suddenly, Zayn started choking. Fortunately, a detective
Continue Reading By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Coach Jon Gruden says he supports the Las Vegas Raiders’ new policy requiring fans attending regular-season home games to show proof of vaccination for COVID-19. The policy will take effect for the Raiders’ home opener on Sept. 13 against Baltimore. The Raiders had more than 50,000
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