Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The United Nations, the United States and the United Kingdom have condemned the executions of nine Yemenis by the country’s Houthi rebels. The nine were convicted and sentenced to death over their alleged involvement in the killing of a senior Houthi official in an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition
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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Miami quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was carted off the sideline during the first quarter of Sunday’s game against Buffalo with a rib injury. The Dolphins wound up losing 35-0. Tagovailoa was hit by Buffalo’s A.J. Epenesa on the final play of Miami’s second series. The
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer According to Kevin Harvick, Chase Elliott doesn’t race very smart. In fact, moving forward in NASCAR’s playoffs, Harvick plans to run all over the reigning Cup Series champion. Those were the angry words Harvick had for Elliott after Saturday night’s race at Bristol Motor Speedway, where a feud
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” is the top film at the box office for the third straight weekend, but the muted reception for Clint Eastwood’s “Cry Macho” suggests older moviegoers still aren’t as eager to return to theaters. According to studio estimates
Continue Reading By TRAVIS JOHNSON Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Sean Clifford played arguably the best game of his career in Penn State’s 28-20 victory over Auburn. Clifford took his time all night and steadily worked through his progressions to complete 28 of 32 passes for 280 yards and two touchdowns. He was efficient and
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Chelsea beat Tottenham 3-0 as it continues to exactly match each of Liverpool’s results through the first five rounds of the Premier League season. Chelsea took the lead four minutes into the second half Sunday after Thiago Silva darted into space to meet a corner from Marcos Alonso with a header. The
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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — A group of about two dozen people gathered Saturday to pay their respects to the 22-year-old Independence police officer killed in a shooting earlier in the week. The small crowd gathered outside Centerpoint Medical Center as a motorcade escorted Officer Blaize Madrid-Evans’s body from the hospital to the Jackson County Medical
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister says the bodies of three people who were trying to illegally cross into Poland were found in the border region and that body of a woman was found on Belarus side. Nine other people have been hospitalized. In one case, police told regional Radio 5 that residents picking
Continue Reading AMMAN (AP) — Syria’s defense minister has paid a rare visit to Jordan after Syrian troops captured several rebel-held areas near the border between the two countries. Jordan’s state media reported on Sunday that the meeting between Jordan’s army chief of staff and Syria’s defense minister focused on border security between “the two brotherly countries.”
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Aguirre Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — New census data shows North Carolina’s Latinx population is increasing. Here in the mountains, one local nonprofit organization is hoping to make them feel at home. The community might recognize the name Hola Carolina from the festivals it puts on
Continue Reading MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin running back Antwan Roberts has entered the transfer portal less than three weeks after getting suspended from the team. Roberts is a freshman who hadn’t played in either of the Badgers’ first two games. Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst suspended Roberts and dismissed fellow freshman running back Loyal Crawford from the
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — IndyCar’s extended partnership with NBC Sports yielded an additional bonus for next year’s schedule, which was already earmarked to air the most races ever on network broadcast. The three-year extension announced with the network in July touted a record 13 races on main NBC.
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By Tami Luhby, CNN President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats want to raise taxes on the rich to pay for their $3.5 trillion plan to expand the nation’s safety net, saying the wealthy should pay their fair share. The rich would be hit in a variety of ways under the proposal advanced by the House
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By Laura Ly, CNN A police officer caught a 1-month-old baby dropped from a second-floor balcony in Jersey City, New Jersey, on Saturday morning, according to authorities. Jersey City Police responded to a call of a child in danger and found a man threatening to throw the baby from the second story of the building,
Continue Reading By The Associated Press American midfielder Brenden Aaronson scored his first league goal of the season for RB Salzburg during a 2-0 home win over Rapid Vienna in the Austrian Bundesliga. Aaronson, a 22-year-old from Medford, New Jersey, tapped in a cross from Noah Okafor in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time. Aaronson has
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By Amanda Schupak, CNN In the wake of Hurricane Ida, the pummeling rain that hit cities up and down the East Coast at the start of September overwhelmed storm drains, poured into subway stations and filled basements like bathtubs. The devastating human toll is well known. Less clear is what happened to the denizens of
Continue Reading ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been laid to rest, quietly honored despite being forced from office in 2019 after two decades in power. A flowered tank with a military escort carried his coffin to the El Alia Cemetery’s special section reserved for those who fought for Algeria’s independence from France,
Continue Reading TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — State television says that Iran’s top leader has appointed a pilot of Russian fighter jets to command the nation’s air force. Sunday’s report said Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s choice is Air Force Brig. Gen. Hamid Vahedi. The 56-year-old pilot was trained on a simulator for a Sukhoi-24, a Russian fighter
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man was convicted of several felonies after the woman he shot in the head testified against him. The Jackson County Prosecutors Office said Saturday that Louis Watts was found guilty Friday of first-degree domestic assault, unlawful use of a weapon, first-degree burglary, stealing and two counts of armed
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By Chandelis Duster, CNN Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves on Sunday stood by his state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, despite having the highest number of deaths per capita from the virus and no statewide vaccine or masking mandate. Asked by CNN ‘s Jake Tapper why his state mandates vaccinations for other diseases but does not
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