By The Associated Press The Baltimore Ravens are favored to beat Detroit by more than a touchdown and it is easy to understand why. Baltimore is coming off a win over the Kansas City Chiefs. Detroit and first-year coach Dan Campbell are winless. The Ravens are No. 1 in the NFL in rushing with quarterback
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By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Hezbollah has threatened to “usurp” the Lebanese judge investigating the Beirut port blast in a verbal message to him in recent days, a source familiar with the conversation has told CNN. ​ High-ranking Hezbollah official Wafiq Safa ​issued the threat to Judge Tarek Bitar through an ​unnamed intermediary, who relayed the
Continue Reading By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Hezbollah has threatened to “usurp” the Lebanese judge investigating the Beirut port blast in a verbal message to him in recent days, a source familiar with the conversation has told CNN. ​ High-ranking Hezbollah official Wafiq Safa ​issued the threat to Judge Tarek Bitar through an ​unnamed intermediary, who relayed the
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By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The husband of a detained U.K. charity worker has appealed to the British government to be brave in its dealings with Iran as the family marked 2,000 days since her detention. Richard Ratcliffe and the couple’s 7-year-old daughter Gabriella stood atop a snakes and ladders game board
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Más de 675.000 personas en Estados Unidos han muerto a causa del covid-19, según la Universidad Johns Hopkins. Con esa cifra, ha superado la cantidad de muertes causadas por la pandemia de gripe de 1918. El covid-19 es ahora la epidemia más mortal que jamás haya golpeado a Estados Unidos, superando
Continue Reading By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Retired Roman Catholic Bishop John McCormack has died after a career in which he faced criticism for his role in Boston’s clergy sex abuse scandal and led New Hampshire’s diocese during its own reckoning. The Diocese of Manchester says the 86-year-old McCormack died Tuesday. McCormack was
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By Daniella Diaz, Betsy Klein, Jasmine Wright and Kevin Liptak, CNN Democrats are blasting the Biden administration for its treatment of Haitian migrants at the Southern border and want answers from officials after videos from other outlets appear to show border patrol officials using aggressive tactics when confronting them. The requests comes days after videos
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By Daniella Diaz, Betsy Klein, Jasmine Wright and Kevin Liptak, CNN Democrats are blasting the Biden administration for its treatment of Haitian migrants at the Southern border and want answers from officials after videos from other outlets appear to show border patrol officials using aggressive tactics when confronting them. The requests comes days after videos
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By Ella Nilsen and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The Biden administration announced Thursday it will reduce the use of hydrofluorocarbons, the potent greenhouse gases also known as HFCs that are used in air conditioning and refrigeration, by 85% in the next 15 years. The administration will set caps on the production and import of HFCs, enforcing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are the local scores from Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. HS BOYS SOCCER Helias (0) Battle (1) FINAL St. Michael the Archangel (3) Smith-Cotton (1) FINAL Rock Bridge (0) Smithton (5) FINAL HS SOFTBALL Blair Oaks (13) Jefferson City (0) FINAL St. Joseph’s (0) Helias (16) FINAL Louisiana (3) Clopton (13) FINAL
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Minnesota Vikings are hosting Seattle for the first time at U.S. Bank Stadium. They haven’t beaten the Seahawks in seven matchups since 2009. Russell Wilson has been the quarterback for the Seahawks in each of those games. Minnesota lost in Seattle in each of the last three seasons. The Seahawks
Continue Reading By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Once hailed as a prototype for a new kind of federal jail and the most secure in the country, the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City has become a blighted wreck. It’s deteriorated so badly it’s impossible to safely house inmates
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By Laura He, CNN Business It’s crunch time for China’s heavily-indebted Evergrande Group. The sprawling Chinese real estate conglomerate faced a critical test on Thursday: could it meet its obligations to bondholders, or would it slip closer to the default it had warned might be coming? Evergrande was due to pay $83.5 million worth of
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Tampa Bay Buccaneers visit the Los Angeles Rams for an early-season showdown between a team that won the Super Bowl in its home stadium last season and a team that hopes to do the same this year. Tom Brady is off to a brilliant start in his age-44 season, leading
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s anti-monopoly commission has fined 17 soccer teams for conspiring to impose a cap on the salaries of female soccer players. The commission announced Thursday the teams will be fined about $9 million for illegal practices, which include limits on players’ ability to switch teams. The clubs acted somewhat openly through
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s anti-monopoly commission has fined 17 soccer teams for conspiring to impose a cap on the salaries of female soccer players. The commission announced Thursday the teams will be fined about $9 million for illegal practices, which include limits on players’ ability to switch teams. The clubs acted somewhat openly through
Continue Reading BOB FERRANTE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Louisville coach Scott Satterfield still has modest steps to achieve as he rebuilds the Cardinals football program after an emotional win over UCF last week. One would be winning back-to-back games against an FBS team for the first time since Satterfield’s first season in 2019. Florida State’s
Continue Reading ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian police say they have broken a gang that smuggled more than 100 migrants from Bosnia into Croatia and on toward Western Europe, and charged nine suspected members. The suspects are eight Croatian nationals and a Serb, police said in a statement. Seven have been arrested and two remain at large.
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN In the months before Mary Johnson disappeared, her sister said she wasn’t herself. Johnson and her husband, who had been living in the home of her sister Gerry Davis in Sedro-Woolley, Washington, abruptly left and moved to Marysville about 40 miles away, Davis said. She rarely answered her phone when Davis
Continue Reading By PETER SMITH Associated Press Washington National Cathedral says an artist renowned for his works depicting African American life will design new stained-glass windows with racial justice themes to replace ones with Confederate imagery. Artist Kerry James Marshall Marshall says it’s too soon to say what the new windows will look like. But he notes
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