TORONTO (AP) — Christian Makoun scored on a penalty kick in the 95th minute and Inter Miami beat 10-man Toronto FC 1-0 for their first three-game winning streak in club history. Miami has won five of its last six matches, with one draw, including 1-0 wins over Cincinnati, Columbus and Toronto. Miami has kept clean
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By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The FBI has fired an agent who is accused of failing to launch a proper investigation into former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. The agent, Michael Langeman, lost his job last week, two people familiar with the matter told the Post. Langeman was a supervisory special
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By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press Writer MIAMI (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is seeking to add to a new member to his team negotiating in Mexico with his political opponents — an ally jailed in Cape Verde awaiting extradition to the U.S. on money laundering charges. An announcement on Venezuela’s state television Tuesday said
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By Sandi Sidhu, Julia Hollingsworth, Anna Coren, Abdul Basir Bina and Ahmet Mengli, CNN To the United States military, he was an ISIS-K facilitator they feared was involved in a plot to attack Kabul’s international airport. To his family and colleagues at a US nonprofit, 43-year-old Zamarai Ahmadi was an aid worker applying for a
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By Sandi Sidhu, Julia Hollingsworth, Anna Coren, Abdul Basir Bina and Ahmet Mengli, CNN To the United States military, he was an ISIS-K facilitator they feared was involved in a plot to attack Kabul’s international airport. To his family and colleagues at a US nonprofit, 43-year-old Zamarai Ahmadi was an aid worker applying for a
Continue Reading By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s largest hospital is implementing crisis standards of care, or prioritizing resources and treatments to those patients who have the potential to benefit the most. The move comes as Alaska hospitals have been overwhelmed by a surge in COVID-19 patients. The announcement came Tuesday in a
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Here are the local scores from Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. HS SOFTBALL Battle 6 | Hickman 3 FINAL/9 Moberly 4 | Fulton 3 FINAL HS BOYS SOCCER Jefferson City 2 | Southern Boone 1 FINAL Battle 2 | Boonville 1 FINAL HS VOLLEYBALL Hermann 1 | Rock Bridge 3 FINAL
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. official says 4 million Afghans are facing “a food emergency” and the majority live in rural areas where $36 million is urgently needed for the coming months to ensure the planting of winter wheat, feed for livestock, and cash assistance for vulnerable families,
Continue Reading COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Darlington Nagbe and Miguel Berry scored 14 minutes apart late in the second half and the Columbus Crew beat the New York Red Bulls 2-1. Columbus had lost eight of its last nine, including two straight defeats. New York is winless in nine straight visits to Columbus, including the playoffs. New
Continue Reading HARRISON, N.J. (AP) — Jáder Obrian scored two goals to help FC Dallas tie New York City FC 3-3. Dallas has only lost one of its last six away matches — with three draws. New York City had its seven-game home winning streak snapped. The seven-match run was a club record. Dallas’ only lead came
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By Christina Carrega, CNN A Miami nurse has pleaded guilty for threatening to kill Vice President Kamala Harris, the Justice Department announced. Niviane Petit Phelps, 39, pleaded guilty on Friday to a six-count indictment, including charges of threats against the vice president. Phelps is scheduled for sentencing on November 19. She faces up to five
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By Cheri Mossburg and Christina Maxouris, CNN A pair of wildfires burning in California’s parched Sierra Nevada mountains have forced the closure of much of Sequoia National Park — including its most treasured areas, home to some of the largest trees on Earth. While firefighters are “aggressively attacking” the fires to help suppress them, the
Continue Reading By WES CROSBY Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Wade Miley surrendered six runs on 10 hits and the Cincinnati Reds lost for the sixth time in eight games, 6-5 to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Miley gave up three runs in the first and three more in the fifth before being pulled with one out. The six
Continue Reading By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Drew Rasmussen combined with four relievers on a three-hitter. Brandon Lowe and Ji-Man Choi homered and the Tampa Bay Rays became the first AL team to reach 90 wins by beating the Toronto Blue Jays 2-0. After losing four of their previous five, the East-leading Rays hit
Continue Reading By JOHNSON LAI, HUIZHONG WU and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press JIADONG, Taiwan (AP) — An F-16 screeched across the sky before landing on a highway cut through pineapple fields in southwestern Taiwan to refuel quickly and take off again. The Taiwanese military exercise Wednesday envisions a Chinese attack taking out the island’s main airfields, necessitating
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By Claudia Dominguez and Andy Rose, CNN Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced in a statement Tuesday that the state is suing President Joe Biden “and other officials in his administration” over the new coronavirus vaccine mandates Biden announced last week. “Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced his office (AGO) is suing President Biden and other
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — La congresista estadounidense Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asistió a la Met Gala 2021 el lunes por la noche con un mensaje para los estadounidenses en color rojo brillante: “Impuestos a los ricos”. Ataviada con un vestido blanco con hombros descubiertos de la marca de diseñadores con sede en Brooklyn Brother Vellies, la política de
Continue Reading COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Tiffany Hayes scored a season-high 31 points, Courtney Williams had 15 points and 11 rebounds and the Atlanta Dream beat the Indiana Fever 85-78 for coach Darius Taylor’s first home victory. Hayes scored 15 points in the third quarter as Atlanta turned a 43-39 halftime deficit into a 66-61 lead
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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Millions are under flash flood watches Thursday as Post-Tropical Cyclone Nicholas lingers over the central Gulf Coast, threatening to dump even more rain in the upcoming days. Nicholas initially made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane in southern Texas early Tuesday morning, packing 75 mph winds with higher gusts. The storm
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Megan C. Hills, CNN Two pairs of 17th-century glasses are expected to fetch millions of dollars at auction next month. The jewel-encrusted spectacles, which feature lenses made from diamond and emerald rather than glass, are believed to have originally belonged to royals in the Mughal Empire, which once ruled over the Indian subcontinent. Designed to
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