By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams had the NFL’s top defense in 2020, and a certain amount of regression was almost inevitable this year. Losing a brilliant coordinator, four starters and a couple of key backups will do that. Four games into an otherwise successful season,
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By JIM SALTER Associated Press BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man has been put to death for killing three workers while robbing a convenience store nearly three decades ago. The execution was carried out over objections from racial justice activists, lawmakers and even the pope. Ernest Johnson died from an injection of pentobarbital
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By JIM SALTER Associated Press BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man has been put to death for killing three workers while robbing a convenience store nearly three decades ago. The execution was carried out over objections from racial justice activists, lawmakers and even the pope. Ernest Johnson died from an injection of pentobarbital
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By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A federal agent shot and killed by an Amtrak train passenger in Arizona is being remembered as a revered leader with a career spanning almost two decades. The Drug Enforcement Administration formally identified Group Supervisor Michael Garbo in a statement Tuesday, calling him “universally loved and respected.”
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Yelaine RodrÃguez está acostumbrada a que la gente haga suposiciones sobre su identidad y lo que hace. Ella, mujer negra estadounidense con raÃces dominicanas, primera generación nacida y criada en el Bronx, a sus 30 años recuerda los ambiguos cumplidos que recibÃa cuando era adolescente y adulta joven, comentarios
Continue Reading BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — Missouri executes Ernest Johnson for killing three people while robbing a convenience store in 1994.
Continue Reading By LES BOWEN Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jonathan Gannon knows he needs to figure things out soon. The Philadelphia Eagles’ first-year defensive coordinator presides over a unit that has allowed 851 yards and 76 points in a two-game span, excluding a touchdown Dallas scored on an interception return. After a promising first two games,
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer The future of two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Takuma Sato in IndyCar is in doubt after Rahal Letterman Lanigan said the Japanese driver won’t return to the team next year. Sato has raced in IndyCar since 2010 following seven seasons in Formula One. The Tokyo native has driven for
Continue Reading By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — In a reversal of Trump administration policy, the State Department has disclosed the number of nuclear weapons in the U.S. stockpile. It said this will aid global efforts to control the spread of such weapons. The number of U.S. weapons, including those in active status
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Microscopic tardigrades have thrived on Earth for more than 500 million years, and may well outlive humans, but the tiny creatures don’t leave behind many fossils. Hiding in plain sight, the third-ever tardigrade fossil on record has been found suspended within a piece of 16-million-year-old Dominican amber. The find includes a
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By Ella Nilsen and Liz Stark, CNN After a pipeline leak sent as much as 144,000 gallons of oil gushing into the ocean off the coast of California last week, energy experts pointed to another growing problem: America’s offshore oil and gas infrastructure is aging, and becoming increasingly vulnerable to accidents, natural disasters and stronger
Continue Reading DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A Navy jet fighter has crashed in Death Valley National Park and authorities say the pilot ejected and was treated for minor injuries. The Navy says the jet went down at about 3 p.m. Monday in the California park in the Mojave Desert west of Las Vegas. Nobody
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — Designated hitter J.D. Martinez was left off the Red Sox roster for their one-game wild-card playoff against the New York Yankees, two days after he twisted his ankle running out to the field in a rare defensive appearance. New York, meanwhile, had Gio Urshela starting at third base two days after he
Continue Reading By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little says he will rescind an executive order involving COVID-19 vaccines by Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin. Also on Tuesday, the commanding general of the Idaho National Guard told McGeachin she can’t activate troops to send to the U.S.-Mexico border. Little and Major General
Continue Reading By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials have approved a long-lasting fire retardant that could significantly aid in fighting increasingly destructive wildfires. The U.S. Forest Service on Tuesday approved Perimeter Solutions’ fire retardant that is intended to be used as a preventative measure and can last for months. It’s similar to
Continue Reading By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials have approved a long-lasting fire retardant that could significantly aid in fighting increasingly destructive wildfires. The U.S. Forest Service on Tuesday approved Perimeter Solutions’ fire retardant that is intended to be used as a preventative measure and can last for months. It’s similar to
Continue Reading By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Tony La Russa is back in the playoffs for the first time since he guided St. Louis to the 2011 World Series title. The Hall of Fame manager and the Chicago White Sox visit the Houston Astros for Game 1 of their AL Division Series on
Continue Reading ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers have dismissed hitting coach Luis Ortiz and bench coach Don Wakamatsu after a 102-loss season. The Rangers were 29th in the majors with a .232 team batting average and were shut out a majors-high 15 times. The status of assistant hitting coach Callix Crabbe and Alex Burg, the
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Las vacunas han evitado al menos un cuarto de millón de infecciones por covid-19 entre las personas mayores y decenas de miles de muertes solo entre enero y mayo de este año, según un nuevo informe publicado este martes por el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de Estados Unidos (HHS).
Continue Reading By SUMMER BALLENITNE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri state lawmakers are seeking answers after a federal investigation found that nearly 1,000 foster children went missing in 2019, and at least one was sex-trafficked. A House committee on Tuesday grilled social services administrators. The report says Missouri doesn’t do enough to identify at-risk kids,
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