By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer China has set new rules limiting the amount of time kids can spend playing online games. The new rules are part of a campaign to ensure that youths are not spending too much time on entertainment that could potentially be unhealthy. Parents have welcomed the restrictions limiting minors to
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Congratulations to our Week 4 SportsZone Football Friday Play of the Week Nominees! You can watch the plays in the video player above. You vote for your favorite play here. Nominee No. 1 – Boonville’s Dawan Lomax runs for a long TD against Blair Oaks. Nominee No. 2 – Hallsville QB Tyger Cobb connects with
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By ALICE FUNG and ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The 1,500-member panel that picks Hong Kong’s next leader will have only one opposition-leaning member, according to results from a tightly controlled selection process amid a crackdown on dissent in the city. On Sunday, select Hong Kong residents voted for members of the
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — French and Australian officials say France’s anger over a canceled submarine contract will not derail negotiations on an Australia-European Union free trade deal. France withdrew its ambassadors to the United States and Australia after U.S. President Joe Biden revealed last week a new tripartite alliance including
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — French and Australian officials say France’s anger over a canceled submarine contract will not derail negotiations on an Australia-European Union free trade deal. France withdrew its ambassadors to the United States and Australia after U.S. President Joe Biden revealed last week a new tripartite alliance including
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By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Lamar Jackson finally beat Patrick Mahomes, using his legs to rush for 107 yards and scoring twice, including flipping into the end zone for the winning score as Baltimore defeated Kansas City 36-35. Jackson was 0-3 against the Chiefs, and he needed all of his
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN It’s a night of ru-bilation for RuPaul. The legendary television figure, whose full name is RuPaul Charles, on Sunday night made Emmy history by becoming the most-awarded person of color in the show’s history with 11 wins. The previous record holder was cinematographer Donald A. Morgan, according to the Los Angeles
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares have fallen more than 3% in Hong Kong in holiday-thinned trading in Asia, with both Tokyo and Shanghai closed. Other regional benchmarks also fell Monday after Wall Street wrapped up last week with another decline. Investors are watching to see whether the Federal Reserve will take any action
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares have fallen more than 3% in Hong Kong in holiday-thinned trading in Asia, with both Tokyo and Shanghai closed. Other regional benchmarks also fell Monday after Wall Street wrapped up last week with another decline. Investors are watching to see whether the Federal Reserve will take any action
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By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Lamar Jackson finally beat Patrick Mahomes, using his legs to rush for 107 yards and scoring twice, including flipping into the end zone for the winning score as Baltimore defeated Kansas City 36-35. Jackson was 0-3 against the Chiefs, and he needed all of his
Continue Reading By Hira Humayun and Helen Regan, CNN Female employees in the Kabul city government have been told to stay home, and only women whose jobs cannot be done by men are allowed to come to work — the latest restrictions imposed by the Taliban in Afghanistan. The order, announced by Kabul’s acting Mayor Hamdullah Nohmani
Continue Reading COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Brian White scored, Maxime Crépeau made three saves for Vancouver and the Whitecaps tied the Colorado Rapids 1-1 on Sunday night. White chipped a one-touch finish off the crossbar and into the net to pull Vancouver even in the 41st minute. Déiber Caicedo set up the goal, running onto an
Continue Reading By Rebecca Wright, Anna Coren and Abdul Basir Bina, CNN Tugging at the folds of the traditional hijab dress, two young sisters jostle and laugh to try to get their mother’s attention as she fries onions on the stove. Along with their 6-month-old sister, the girls are oblivious to the threat they now face from
Continue Reading By JERRY BEACH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jeff McNeil hit a tiebreaking homer leading off the seventh inning, and the New York Mets beat Philadelphia 3-2 Sunday night, damaging the Phillies playoff hopes. The Phillies blew a two-run lead and fell two games behind the Atlanta Braves in the NL East and 3
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By Lauren Fox and Daniella Diaz, CNN Senate Democrats likely will not be able to include a pathway to legalization for millions of immigrants in their $3.5 trillion bill to expand the country’s social safety net after new guidance from the Senate parliamentarian Sunday night. The decision comes as a resounding rebuke to Democrats, according
Continue Reading LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Taylor Canfield of Team Stars+Stripes won his fifth Congressional Cup, making him the winningest skipper in the 56-year history of one of the world’s premier match-racing regattas. Canfield beat Johnie Berntsson of Sweden, the 2009 Congressional Cup champion, in three straight races in the final. In July, Stars+Stripes joined the
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Dos pilotos fueron hospitalizados después de que cada uno se eyectara de un avión de entrenamiento militar que se estrelló este domingo en un barrio residencial de Lake Worth, Texas, según el Departamento de Bomberos de Fort Worth. Se notificó a la policía del accidente en los bloques 4000 de los senderos
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Pete Carroll was sullen, almost in a state of disbelief. Of all the crazy outcomes during his tenure as coach of the Seattle Seahawks, there has rarely been a meltdown like this. Leading by 14 points early in the fourth quarter, the Seahawks went on to
Continue Reading Jean Smart held back tears while accepting the Emmy for best actress in a comedy series for her role in “Hacks” on Sunday night. She dedicated her win to her late husband. “Before I say anything else, I have to acknowledge my late husband who passed away six months ago yesterday,” Smart said. Smart won
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers finally got what they sought when they moved up from San Diego to the nation’s second-largest metropolis. For the first time Sunday, the Chargers took the field in their spectacular new stadium in front of a roaring, engaged crowd of 70,240.
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