By Ashley Strickland, CNN When Chandler “Chad” Keller was a child, he dreamed of being an astronaut. From the time he was six years old, Chad and his father, Richard Keller, would launch rockets in their backyard. But “his eyes were kind of bad,” according to his father, so Chad pursued a degree in aerospace
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN When Chandler “Chad” Keller was a child, he dreamed of being an astronaut. From the time he was six years old, Chad and his father, Richard Keller, would launch rockets in their backyard. But “his eyes were kind of bad,” according to his father, so Chad pursued a degree in aerospace
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By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge has ruled the state cannot enforce its ban on mask mandates in public schools to guard against the coronavirus while an appeals court sorts out whether the ban is ultimately legal. Leon County Circuit Judge John C. Cooper lifted an
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El secretario de Estado Antony Blinken dijo este miércoles que Estados Unidos está “evaluando el anuncio” del gobierno interino de los talibanes en Afganistán, pero añadió que “ciertamente no cumple con la prueba de inclusividad”, señalando que contiene sólo individuos vinculados a los talibanes y ninguna mujer. “También nos preocupan
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By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans will be without kicker Kaʻimi Fairbairn because of an injury Sunday when they open the season against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Fairbairn missed the final preseason game Aug. 28 against Tampa Bay with what the team called a minor pulled muscle in his leg,
Continue Reading By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The terror group al-Qaida under Osama bin Laden grew into a generational threat to America that culminated in its Sept. 11, 2001, attack that brought down the World Trade Center in New York. It was born out of the 1980s war against the Soviet
Continue Reading By CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Researchers have completed a comprehensive online map of the world’s coral reefs by using more than 2 million satellite images. The Allen Coral Atlas was named after late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and will act as a reference for reef conservation, marine planning and coral science as
Continue Reading By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer The Atlantic Coast Conference crown seems up for grabs after the league’s disappointing opening week performance. The league was 7-7 in Week 1, tied for worst showing among Power Five conferences. The ACC’s three schools in the preseason Top 25 all lost. No. 6 Clemson fell to Georgia, No.
Continue Reading By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois attorney general’s office has launched a civil investigation of possible practices of unconstitutional or unlawful policing in a suburban Chicago police force. The civil investigation was requested in June 2020 by Joliet’s mayor and city council members about five months after the death of Eric
Continue Reading By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy says the sailor killed in the suicide bomber attack during the evacuation mission in Afghanistan late last month has been posthumously promoted. And he and the other 12 service members who died during the attack have been awarded Purple Hearts. The 13 troops were
Continue Reading By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former Republican officeholders and election experts say that the GOP-ordered investigation into the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin lacks credibility, transparency and raises security risks and legal concerns. Former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman and fellow Republican Trey Grayson, who is Kentucky’s former secretary of
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By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden held a belated Labor Day celebration at the White House on Wednesday as he made the case for his large-scale economic agenda and how it would benefit working and middle-class families at an event honoring labor unions. “We’re the only country in the world that goes into a
Continue Reading By ARNO PEDRAM and NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The November 2015 Paris attacks trial is taking place in the Palais de Justice, a national monument whose walls date back to the 13th century and King Louis IX. In the heart of Paris, on the same island that holds Notre Dame Cathedral and
Continue Reading By JAMES LAPORTA Associated Press A U.S. Marine, a curious Afghan boy, an unfathomable moment
Continue Reading By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens have signed Le’Veon Bell to their practice squad, adding another backfield option in the aftermath of J.K. Dobbins’ season-ending injury. Bell was cut early last season by the New York Jets, then rushed for 328 yards in 11 games with Kansas
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By Theresa Waldrop, CNN When Talos Energy was notified of an oil spill off the Louisiana coast after Hurricane Ida, the company said, it sent a response team to the site. Divers found the leaking pipe in Bay Marchand on Sunday, and on Monday, Talos put a containment dome on it, “which allows for the
Continue Reading By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado city has apologized and agreed to pay $3 million to a 73-year-old woman with dementia who was roughly arrested by police last year. An officer arrested Karen Garner in Loveland after she left a store without paying for about $14 worth of items. Police body
Continue ReadingBy Russell Kinsaul Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — The mother of a student at a St. Louis school was caught on camera entering a classroom and looked like she was cheering on a fight. The mother claims her son was defending himself against bullies. News 4 obtained cellphone video
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Virginia retiró este miércoles una imponente estatua del general confederado Robert E. Lee, la última estatua confederada que quedaba en la histórica Monument Avenue de Richmond. Un par de sentencias de la Corte Suprema de Virginia despejaron la semana pasada el camino para retirar la estatua después de un intenso debate nacional
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The film business is inherently full of starts and stops, but few have experienced the phrase “hurry up and wait” quite like “No Time to Die” director Cary Fukunaga. The 44-year-old filmmaker of “Beasts of No Nation” and the first season of “True Detective” took
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