By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Emma Raducanu quickly seems to have figured out this Grand Slam thing. The 18-year-old who was born in Canada and represents Britain is into the third round at the U.S. Open after getting to Week 2 of Wimbledon in her major debut at age 18.
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By Oren Liebermann and Paul LeBlanc, CNN An infant who become unresponsive on a flight carrying Afghan evacuees has died after landing in Philadelphia, the Department of Defense confirmed Thursday. The baby was traveling from Ramstein Air base in Germany on a C-17 when the crew was notified that “an infant was unresponsive,” Pentagon spokesman
Continue ReadingGabriel Kinder, CNN While the scope of the damage from Hurricane Ida is just coming into focus, Liz McCartney and her team at SBP are already mobilizing to help residents take the first steps in rebuilding. SBP started as the St. Bernard Project in the months after Hurricane Katrina, when McCartney and her now husband
Continue ReadingGabriel Kinder, CNN While the scope of the damage from Hurricane Ida is just coming into focus, Liz McCartney and her team at SBP are already mobilizing to help residents take the first steps in rebuilding. SBP started as the St. Bernard Project in the months after Hurricane Katrina, when McCartney and her now husband
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By Alex Marquardt, CNN The US Director of National Intelligence has made an extraordinary intervention in a federal court case brought against a top former Saudi intelligence official, invoking the rarely used state secrets privilege to stop classified information from coming out that could cause “exceptionally grave” harm to US national security. The declaration by
Continue Reading By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Newly-crowned European champion Italy has been held to a disappointing 1-1 draw against Bulgaria and lost its perfect start to World Cup qualifying. Federico Chiesa gave Italy the lead and the Azzurri dominated but conceded its first goal in the qualifiers when Atanas Iliev levelled at the
Continue Reading TORONTO (AP) — The Ontario Hockey League suspended Montreal Canadiens first-round draft pick Logan Mailloux indefinitely Thursday for violating the league’s expectation for appropriate conduct by a player. The junior league said the punishment relates to an incident that took place while the London Knights defenseman was on loan to SK Lejon in Sweden in
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By REBECCA SANTANA and MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press INDEPENDENCE, La. (AP) — Louisiana health officials say four nursing home residents died after being evacuated to a large warehouse during Hurricane Ida. Louisiana Department of Health spokesperson Aly Neel said Thursday that 843 residents from seven nursing facilities were moved to the warehouse in the town
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After a beautiful couple of days around Mid-Missouri, the Stormtrack weather team is keeping a close eye on a cold front to our northwest that will bring the threat of showers and thunderstorms Friday into Saturday. Showers and storms are expected to move in early Friday morning, making for a wet commute across northwest Missouri.
Continue Reading ST. GALLEN, Switzerland (AP) — Germany showed little sign of a fresh start under new coach Hansi Flick as it labored to a 2-0 win over Liechtenstein in their World Cup qualifier. Goals in each half from Timo Werner and Leroy Sané gave Germany its third win in four qualifying games in Group J. But
Continue Reading NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tulane has decided to move its second scheduled home football game to Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, where the university’s athletic program relocated as Hurricane Ida slammed into southeast Louisiana. The Sept. 11 matchup with Morgan State will be the second home game this season the Green Wave has been forced
Continue Reading By PATTY NIEBERG and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Police reform advocates say the indictments of three suburban Denver officers and two paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain could be a pivotal step toward meaningful accountability for law enforcement. The 23-year-old Black man was put into a chokehold and injected with a
Continue Reading By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A former Georgia prosecutor has been indicted on misconduct charges related to the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. A grand jury on Thursday indicted former Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson on charges of violating her oath of office and hindering a law enforcement officer. Arbery
Continue Reading By MELINDA DESLATTE and DAVID KOENIG Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A critical port that serves as the primary support hub for the Gulf of Mexico’s deepwater offshore oil and gas industry sustained less damage from Hurricane Ida’s direct hit than initially feared and should be able to return to working operations “in
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By MELINDA DESLATTE and DAVID KOENIG Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A critical port that serves as the primary support hub for the Gulf of Mexico’s deepwater offshore oil and gas industry sustained less damage from Hurricane Ida’s direct hit than initially feared and should be able to return to working operations “in
Continue ReadingBy Author: by Caitlyn-Rae Arendse, Security Television Network Click here for updates on this story September 2, 2021 (Security Television Network) — Reporting (Security Television Network)—The future of our safety is in our hands and on our screens, as the United States and several other countries battle against cyber threats daily made by the newest
Continue Reading By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Family members of the 34 people killed in a fire aboard a scuba diving boat off the California coast two years ago have sued the U.S. Coast Guard for lax enforcement of safety regulations. The wrongful death lawsuit filed Wednesday says the Coast Guard has repeatedly
Continue Reading By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Sharply conflicting accounts have emerged of a drone strike the U.S. unleashed earlier this week, just a day before completing its troop pullout from Afghanistan. Top generals say the strike killed an Islamic State “facilitator” and struck a car packed with explosives, seriously weakening the militant
Continue Reading By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new study finds that the warming of the Arctic due to climate change has increased the number of polar vortex outbreaks, when frigid air from the far north bathes the central and eastern United States in killer cold. Thursday’s study in the journal Science is the first to
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Two of the industry’s biggest poultry companies have agreed to pay nearly $35 million to settle a lawsuit that accused them and several other firms of conspiring to dominate the industry and fix the prices paid to farmers who raise the chickens. Tyson Foods and Perdue
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