By KEVIN COONEY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Alton McCaskill rushed for 129 yards and two touchdowns as No. 17 Houston methodically dispatched Temple 37-8 to clinch a berth in the American Athletic Conference championship game. The Cougars have won nine straight games since an opening loss to Texas Tech to secure their first appearance
Continue Reading TOMASZOW MAZOWIECKI, Poland (AP) — One day after becoming the first Black American woman to win a World Cup speedskating race, Erin Jackson has made it two in a row in Poland. The 29-year-old from Ocala, Florida, won the second 500-meter race at the season-opening meet. She added to her victory Friday with another track
Continue Reading By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Malik Cunningham threw for four of his five first-half touchdowns, and Louisville’s defense stifled Syracuse throughout a 41-3 rout that snapped a two-game losing streak. The junior quarterback provided all the scoring the Cardinals before halftime with a 6-yard run on their first possession
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — An alliance of unions representing 50,000 Kaiser Permanente workers in California, Oregon and six other states called off a strike notice after reaching a tentative labor deal Saturday with the health care network. The Alliance of Health Care Unions and Kaiser Permanente jointly announced the agreement, staving off a potentially crippling
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State kept watching West Virginia stubbornly convert fourth downs to keep its comeback hopes alive. Finally, the Wildcats did the same thing on fourth down to dash them. Deuce Vaughn ran for 121 yards and a touchdown, Sammy Wheeler had a touchdown catch along
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By Angela Dewan, Amy Cassidy, Ingrid Formanek and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Nearly 200 nations reached a climate agreement on Saturday at COP26 with an unprecedented reference to the role of fossil fuels in the climate crisis, even after an 11th-hour objection from India that watered down the language around reducing the use of coal. The
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By Devon M. Sayers, Alta Spells and Christina Maxouris, CNN The sixth day of trial of the three White men accused in 25-year-old Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery’s killing concluded Friday with testimony from an agent who interviewed one of the defendants after the shooting. Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan Jr. are accused
Continue Reading SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Freshman Blake Wesley came off the bench to score 21 points in his first collegiate game and Dane Goodwin scored 18 — all on 3-pointers — as Notre Dame opened its season with a 68-52 victory over Cal State Northridge. Wesley, a South Bend native, sank 7 of 10 shots
Continue Reading By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Braelon Allen rushed for 173 yards and three touchdowns to help No. 20 Wisconsin beat Northwestern 35-7 for its sixth consecutive victory. Graham Mertz threw two touchdown passes, and Wisconsin’s defense recorded four interceptions. Northwestern’s Andrew Marty was picked off three times for a second
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The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 7.9% on Saturday. An additional 1,261 new COVID-19 cases were added bringing the total of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic is now 714,942. There have also been 156,090 probable antigen test results being positive, with 483 added Saturday. Seven new deaths were
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By Amanda Watts and Alaa Elassar, CNN The doctor who had her medical staff privileges suspended over Covid-19 “misinformation” on her social media has sent a letter to Houston Methodist stating she is resigning, a spokesperson for the hospital told CNN Tuesday. Dr. Mary Bowden, an ear, nose and throat doctor, also tweeted about her
Continue Reading FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Outside linebacker Dante Fowler Jr. has been activated to the Atlanta Falcons active roster from injured reserve. Fowler is expected to play in Sunday’s game at Dallas. The Falcons placed outside linebacker Steven Means on injured reserve with a knee injury. Tight end Lee Smith, who has a back injury,
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By Gene Norman Rain, hail, gusty winds and a tornado hit parts of the Northeast on Saturday afternoon as a cold front made its way through the area, prompting severe thunderstorm watches and weather warnings. “Conditions improve this evening but winds remain blustery into tonight,” the National Weather Service in New York said Saturday afternoon.
Continue Reading By Gene Norman Rain, hail, gusty winds and a tornado hit parts of the Northeast on Saturday afternoon as a cold front made its way through the area, prompting severe thunderstorm watches and weather warnings. “Conditions improve this evening but winds remain blustery into tonight,” the National Weather Service in New York said Saturday afternoon.
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By Alaa Elassar, Mallory Gafas and Stefano Pozzebon, CNN At least 58 inmates died and 12 were injured after violence broke out at one of Ecuador’s largest prisons. Dozens of inmates were killed and injured in clashes early Saturday in Litoral Penitentiary, the same prison in the Guayas Province where more than 100 were killed
Continue Reading By Angela Dewan, Amy Cassidy, Ingrid Formanek and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Nearly 200 nations reached a climate agreement on Saturday at COP26 with an unprecedented reference to the role of fossil fuels in the climate crisis, even after an 11th-hour objection from India that watered down the language around reducing the use of coal. The
Continue ReadingBy David Williams, CNN Three snow leopards at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo in Nebraska have died of complications from Covid-19, zoo officials announced Friday. “Our leopards, Ranney, Everest, and Makalu, were beloved by our entire community inside and outside of the zoo,” the zoo said in a Facebook post. “This loss is truly heartbreaking, and
Continue Reading By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Lamar Jackson was all smiles and even a little reflective as Louisville retired his No. 8 jersey. The 2016 Heisman Trophy winner joined Johnny Unitas as the program’s only players to have their jerseys retired. Their numbers were placed at opposite ends of Cardinal
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By SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Almost 200 nations have accepted a contentious climate compromise aimed at keeping a key global warming target alive, but it contained a last-minute change that watered down crucial language about coal. Several countries, including small island states, said they were deeply disappointed by
Continue Reading By SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Almost 200 nations have accepted a contentious climate compromise aimed at keeping a key global warming target alive, but it contained a last-minute change that watered down crucial language about coal. Several countries, including small island states, said they were deeply disappointed by
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