Congratulations to our Week 2 SportsZone Football Friday Play of the Week Nominees! You can watch the plays in the video player above. You can vote for your favorite play here. Nominee No. 1: Rock Bridge QB Nathan Dent changes direction and runs for a 34-yard TD. Nominee No. 2: Fulton punter Josh Reams pins
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By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are higher after weak U.S. hiring in August fueled expectations the Federal Reserve might postpone withdrawal of economic stimulus that has boosted stock prices. Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong advanced. Seoul and Sydney retreated. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index fell 0.1% after
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Police have arrested a man who allegedly attacked with a pickax a car carrying Japan’s entertainment icon Takeshi Kitano, though nobody was injured, according to media reports. The 74-year-old film director and actor,  also known as his stage name Beat Takeshi, was in the car with his
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By John Bonifield, CNN Booster doses of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine may be delayed from rolling out the week of September 20 as planned, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday. Fauci, President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, said that while the administration’s plan had been to roll out booster doses of both Pfizer and Moderna at the
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By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Denny Hamlin held off Kyle Larson after their cars hit nose to tail racing to the finish line Sunday night in the Southern 500 to open the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. Hamlin won for the first time this season after entering the week seeded seventh
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — El esqueleto de un fósil de Triceratops gigante de 66 millones de años pronto podrÃa pertenecer a un afortunado entusiasta de los dinosaurios, es decir, siempre y cuando tenga en su cartera un estimado de 1,2 millones de euros (US$ 1,4 millones). El espécimen, apodado Big John, tiene un cráneo
Continue Reading By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Steven Duggar hit a tiebreaking two-run triple after being called up earlier in the day, Brandon Belt homered, and the San Francisco Giants wrapped up their key weekend series against the rival Los Angeles Dodgers with a 6-4 win to take the NL West lead.Albert
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The remade U.S. soccer team quickly got itself into trouble in World Cup qualifying, wasting Brenden Aaronson’s second-half goal when Cyle Larin scored to lift Canada into a 1-1 draw. U.S. star Christian Pulisic returned after missing Thursday’s opening 0-0 draw at El Salvador while
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, CNN Some of the areas in Louisiana that were hit hardest by Hurricane Ida could be looking at more than three weeks before power is restored, Entergy Louisiana said. They include the parishes of Lafourche, Plaquemines with the exception of Belle Chasse, St. Charles, Terrebonne and part of Jefferson, the utility company
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Un hombre de 58 años de edad de nacionalidad cubano – estadounidense fue detenido por las autoridades en Colombia por presuntamente abusar y explotar sexualmente al menos a 70 menores de edad, dijo la FiscalÃa en un comunicado. El sujeto, identificado como Abel Fernández, ha sido acusado de
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By Rhea Mogul and Swati Gupta, CNN Hana Mohsin Khan says she knows why she was targeted on a website that appeared to offer her for sale. “(It’s) because of my religion. Because I am Muslim,” she said. In early July, the 32-year-old pilot and proud feminist was among more than 80 Muslim women —
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Uruguay and Colombia added key points in South American qualifying for the World Cup on a day overshadowed by the shocking suspension of the superclasico between Brazil and Argentina because of breaches of COVID-19 restrictions. The Uruguayans thrashed ninth-place Bolivia 4-2 at home to move
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Albert Pujols is sure to get a big ovation at Busch Stadium when the Los Angeles Dodgers slugger returns to face the Cardinals. The 41-year-old Pujols called St. Louis home for his first 11 major league seasons from 2001-2011 and helped the Cards win two World Series championships. Pujols insists he’ll
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By Angela Dewan, CNN Human health is already being harmed by the climate crisis, and the impacts could become catastrophic and irreversible unless governments do much more to address global warming, the editors of more than 230 medical journals said in a joint editorial Monday. The editorial points to established links between the climate crisis
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Midfielder Weston McKennie did not dress for a World Cup qualifier against Canada after violating team COVID-19 rules. McKennie, who plays for Juventus, had started Thursday night’s opening 0-0 draw at El Salvador and is among the top American players. McKennie says in a statement:
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Kyle Seager hit a go-ahead, two-RBI double to spark an 11th inning rally and lift the Seattle Mariners over the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-4 on Sunday to complete the three-game series sweep. The Mariners are on a five-game winning streak and continued to make up ground in
Continue Reading CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Elijah Walker passed for a touchdown and ran for another score to help Grambling beat Tennessee State 16-10 and the Black College Hall of Fame Classic. Walker was just 4-of-11 passing for 43 yards with an interception but added 77 yards rushing on 17 carries for Grambling (1-0). Tennessee State (0-1)
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The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 11.6% on Sunday, The change in positivity comes along with 1,230 additional confirmed cases bringing the total to 639,439 since the start of pandemic. Health officials also recorded 277 new probable cases with a total number of 131,089 antigen test results being positive. No new
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By Natasha Bertrand, Katie Bo Williams and Zachary Cohen, CNN As the Biden administration grapples with the challenge of carrying out counterterrorism missions in Afghanistan without US boots on the ground, CNN has learned new details about last Sunday’s drone strike on suspected ISIS-K fighters in Kabul that some officials say provide insight into the
Continue Reading By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jake Cronenworth hit a solo home run with one out in the ninth inning and the San Diego Padres beat the Houston Astros 4-3 to take two of three from the AL West leaders. Cronenworth connected to right-center off reliever Ryne Stanek for his 20th
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