By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Former Afghanistan women’s national team captain Khalida Popal can hear the distress and tearful pleas for help in the frantic phone calls and voice messages she is receiving. They are from the players in the team Popal helped establish, who now fear for their lives
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By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Former Afghanistan women’s national team captain Khalida Popal can hear the distress and tearful pleas for help in the frantic phone calls and voice messages she is receiving. They are from the players in the team Popal helped establish, who now fear for their lives
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden y su administración batallaron el domingo para proyectar orden en medio de una carrera para evacuar de Afganistán mientras los combatientes talibanes ingresaban a Kabul. La rápida caída de las fuerzas nacionales y el gobierno de Afganistán ha sido un shock para Biden y los miembros de
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CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — Democratic St. Louis County Executive Sam Page and several Jewish leaders are criticizing comments at recent County Council meetings that compared mask mandates to the Holocaust. With the delta variant of COVID-19 surging in St. Louis County, Page sought to require masks in indoor public places. A judge earlier this month
Continue ReadingBy WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, Brooklyn (WABC) — Eight people were shot during a large party outside a Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment complex, part of an outburst of gunfire that injured at least 16 in an hour and a half in Brooklyn and Queens. The eight people – three men and
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Londres (CNN Business) — ¿Se están desbaratando los fundamentos de la oferta y la demanda que han regido los mercados del petróleo durante décadas? En tiempos normales, un aumento de la demanda y de los precios desencadenaría un incremento de la oferta. Pero, como ha demostrado la semana pasada, estos no son tiempos
Continue ReadingBy WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story SOUNDVIEW, Bronx (WABC) — A 13-year-old boy was robbed by two men on scooters in the Bronx. It happened on Thursday, August 12 at 1:20 p.m. on Westchester Avenue in the Soundview section. Surveillance video shows the two men ride up to the boy and
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Los talibanes se acercaron más a consolidar el control de Afganistán el domingo, un escenario que incluyó la entrada al palacio presidencial en Kabul horas después de que el expresidente Ashraf Ghani huyera del país. La situación en rápida evolución ha provocado confusión y preocupación mientras Estados Unidos y
Continue ReadingBy Katie Katro Click here for updates on this story WEST CHESTER, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — Police in West Chester, Pennsylvania are searching for multiple suspects wanted in connection with a burglary at a jewelry store on Friday night. It happened around 9 p.m. at Big Jewelers located on the unit block of West Gay Street.
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By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN The New York State Department of Health issued an order Monday requiring all health care workers be vaccinated against Covid-19 by September 27, according to a statement released by outgoing Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office. “We must now act again to stop the spread. Our healthcare heroes led the battle against the
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — In Leos Carax’s “Annette,” an enchantingly demented rock opera, Adam Driver sings in some very strange places. On a motorcycle. At sea. Since its premiere last month at the Cannes Film Festival, “Annette” has predictably caused a stir. As you might suspect, opinions tend to
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business State Street, one of the world’s largest asset managers, is shutting down its two midtown Manhattan offices as the Wall Street firm embraces a hybrid working model. The move by State Street, the company behind the “Fearless Girl” statue outside the New York Stock Exchange, underscores the pressure facing the
Continue Reading DRYDEN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A former Michigan congressman who quit the Republican Party to protest GOP efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump has died. Paul Mitchell died Sunday, according to a statement his family provided to CNN. He was 64. In June, Mitchell told radio station WJR that he had been
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By HALELUYA HADERO and GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writers Humanitarian aid is flowing into Haiti following Saturday’s deadly 7.2-magnitude earthquake. However, the Caribbean nation’s political unrest, as well as an approaching tropical storm, is complicating efforts. Nonprofit groups and philanthropy experts say the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, as well as accusations that some
Continue Reading ROLLA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a southwest Kansas firefighter died after being shocked by power lines while working at the scene of a traffic crash. Morton County Emergency Management officials said the firefighter and a sheriff’s deputy were the first to arrive at the accident site Sunday afternoon just south of Rolla. The responders
Continue Reading By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer The Los Angeles Clippers have brought guard Eric Bledsoe back to the team where he started his NBA career in a trade with the Memphis Grizzlies. The trade sends Bledsoe to the Clippers for guards Patrick Beverley and Rajon Rondo and center Daniel Oturu. Bledsoe spent his first
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs trotted out what amounted to three rookies to help protect their half-billion dollar investment at quarterback Saturday. And the best evidence that their new-look offensive line performed adequately in their preseason opener came when they returned to practice and nothing had changed.
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs trotted out what amounted to three rookies to help protect their half-billion dollar investment at quarterback Saturday. And the best evidence that their new-look offensive line performed adequately in their preseason opener came when they returned to practice and nothing had changed.
Continue Reading By HALELUYA HADERO and GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writers Humanitarian aid is flowing into Haiti following Saturday’s deadly 7.2-magnitude earthquake. However, the Caribbean nation’s political unrest, as well as an approaching tropical storm, is complicating efforts. Nonprofit groups and philanthropy experts say the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, as well as accusations that some
Continue Reading By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Carli Lloyd has announced her retirement from soccer. The 39-year-old forward for the U.S. national team had long hinted she would step away from the game following the Tokyo Olympics after a 16-year international career. Lloyd scored a pair of goals in the United States’ 4-3 victory over
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