By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden spoke for the first time Wednesday with French President Emmanuel Macron after a major diplomatic crisis exploded between the two longtime allies over a deal to equip Australia with nuclear-powered submarines. In the 30-minute call, Biden appeared to acknowledge missteps in how the United States approached the talks.
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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Cedar Falls firefighters responded to a house fire and found the body of a man in the home’s kitchen. Crews were called just after 4 a.m. Wednesday to the home and found smoke pouring out of the structure and flames in the kitchen. Firefighters extinguished the fire and found a
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears said in a court filing that she agrees with her father that the conservatorship that has controlled her life and money for 13 years should be terminated. The filing Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court says she “fully consents” to “expeditiously” ending the
Continue Reading By AYA BATRAWY and ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s monarch expressed hope that the kingdom’s direct talks with Iran will lead to confidence building as the two bitter regional rivals take small steps toward dialogue following several years of heightened tensions. King Salman made the remarks Wednesday in
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By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — The Americans always seem to bring the better players to the Ryder Cup. Europe keeps proving to be the better team. Answers don’t come easily. Dustin Johnson keeps it simple. He says Europe plays better and whoever plays better usually wins. Patrick Cantlay says it’s
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN) — Una pareja de Texas que rara vez sale con sus amigos consiguió algo de tiempo libre para disfrutar una noche fuera de casa. Pero el plan quedó truncado cuando los echaron del restaurante en el que estaban por usar mascarillas, algo que, según cuentan, hacen para proteger a su bebé inmunodeprimido
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By Jessica Dean and Manu Raju, CNN After months of negotiating, the bipartisan talks around overhauling policing laws have broken down without a deal. Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey, made clear in a private conversation with Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, the chief Republican negotiator on the issue, that bipartisan policing
Continue Reading WINDSOR HEIGHTS, Iowa (AP) — Federal officials say a California man suspected of fatally shooting two people in Long Beach has been arrested in a suburb of Des Moines, Iowa. The U.S. Marshals Service says police arrested 29-year-old Joshua Wells, of Long Beach, last week near a family member’s home in Windsor Heights, Iowa. Wells
Continue Reading By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Carson Wentz has two sprained ankles and the Indianapolis Colts have only two other quarterbacks healthy enough to play Sunday at Tennessee. They’re hopeful Wentz will recover quickly enough to start against the defending the AFC South champs. But the Colts are preparing for a key
Continue Reading ST. PETERSBURG, Fla (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays infielder Breyvic Valera was placed on the COVID-19 related IL and infielder Kevin Smith was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo before a game at AL East-leading Tampa Bay. The moves were made to allow for Valera to have contact tracing after a family member tested positive. Blue Jays
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The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange levels.
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez and Jennifer Henderson, CNN A school board in Oregon is holding a special meeting just days after a school employee was placed on administrative leave after going to work in blackface, officials said. Racism and racial tensions have recently been the focus of conversations in the school district in Newberg, a city
Continue Reading ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays center fielder Kevin Kiermaier says he is shocked by reaction to his scooping up a scouting a card that fell out of Toronto catcher Alejandro Kirk’s wristband. The speedster was called out sliding into home during the sixth inning of the Rays’ 6-4 win Monday night and
Continue Reading VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors in Virginia have dropped all charges against a man charged with hiring a hitman to kill his ex-wife after the accused hitman refused to cooperate with the investigation into the 2004 double slayings that also left the woman’s 7-year-old son dead. Christopher Schmidt had been held in jail on
Continue Reading By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — French league leader Paris Saint-Germain has made it seven straight wins but needed another injury-time winner to beat last-place Metz 2-1 in an unconvincing performance. The referee was about to blow the final whistle when right back Achraf Hakimi netted his second goal in the fifth
Continue ReadingBy Stella Chan, CNN The man accused of killing 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart in 1996 will stand trial for her death, according to the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s office. Paul Flores, 44, faces a first-degree murder charge for allegedly killing Smart in his Cal Poly San Luis Obispo dorm room. Prosecutors say
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By Anna Bahney, CNN Business The housing market is beginning to look a little more normal. Home sales dropped in August, both from July and from a year ago, breaking two straight months of increases, according to the National Association of Realtors. Home purchases have been surging over the past year, which Lawrence Yun, chief
Continue Reading By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A coroner presiding over an inquest into the death of British woman who was poisoned by a Soviet-developed nerve agent wants the probe to be turned into a public inquiry so she can examine Russia’s possible involvement. Unlike an inquest, British law allows a public inquiry to
Continue Reading OSTRAVA, Czech Republic (AP) — Top-seeded Iga Swiatek of Poland has advanced to the quarterfinals of the Ostrava Open with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over unseeded Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan. The 2020 French Open champion converted three of her seven breakpoints and dropped her serve once to set up a quarterfinal match against either seventh-seeded
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — El impacto que tienen los profesores en el mundo merece ser celebrado. Así lo hace el Premio Global de Maestros (The Global Teacher Prize), que es conocido como el Nobel de la educación y premia con US$ 1 millón al mejor maestro del mundo. Este año entre los 50
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