By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Bradley Beal scored 17 points, one of seven Washington players in double figures, and the Wizards routed the Memphis Grizzlies 115-87. The Wizards held Memphis to 35% shooting from the field. Washington led 60-47 at halftime and went on a 23-6 run during the third quarter
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By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Progressive and moderate lawmakers seem near a truce expected to result in House passage of a long-stalled $1 trillion infrastructure bill. That would clear the way for a victory that President Joe Biden and his party are increasingly anxious to claim. Biden and top Democrats brokered the
Continue Reading CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say police have fatally shot an armed man who reportedly pointed a gun at a worker at a Walmart store in North Carolina. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said in a Twitter post that the man was pronounced dead at a hospital after Friday’s shooting. It said no officers were hurt. A police
Continue Reading HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — Derek Kyler threw for 193 yards and three touchdowns, Isaiah Johnson returned an interception 73 yards for another score and Dartmouth rocked previously undefeated Princeton 31-7 in the 100th meeting between the Ivy League foes. Dartmouth forced three Princeton punts to open the game and scored 17 points off the changes
Continue Reading By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona has announced that former midfielder Xavi Hernández will become its next coach. The Spanish club says he will sign on through 2024. The 41-year-old Xavi left Barcelona in 2015 after helping it win 25 titles in 17 seasons. He was also key to Spain winning
Continue Reading ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions have waived wide receiver Tyrell Williams from injured reserve with an injury settlement. The winless team made the announcement Friday night during its bye week. Detroit signed the veteran in March and he had a concussion in Week 1 — after catching two passes for 14 yards
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. government is offering $5 million rewards for information leading to the capture of four Mexican drug lords. Those subject to the $5 million bounty included Aureliano Guzman-Loera, the brother of imprisoned capo Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. The State Department said Friday the four operate in the northern Mexico states
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Pitcher Wade Miley was claimed off waivers by the Chicago Cubs from Cincinnati on Friday, a surprising cost-cutting move by the Reds. A slew of waiver claims saw San Francisco get right-hander Hunter Harvey from Baltimore. All-Star third baseman José Ramírez’s $12 million’s option was exercised by Cleveland. San Francisco declined
Continue ReadingBy Rodrigo Pedroso and Taylor Barnes, CNN Brazilian country music star Marília Mendonça died in a plane crash on Friday in a rural region of the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, according to her public relations firm. She was en route to a concert at the time of the crash, which killed four other people
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By Christina Maxouris, CNN Ahmaud Arbery’s mother put her head in her hands and wept as body cam video that showed the aftermath of her son’s shooting was played in court Friday. The pool reporter in the room who made the observation also noted that during that footage, one of the jurors was seen “shielding
Continue Reading By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic leaders in Virginia have conceded that Republicans have won control of the House of Delegates. The Associated Press has not called all of the races yet. But House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn issued a statement Friday that the GOP has won a majority in the House.
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By Claudia Dominguez, CNN Fewer than 100 intensive care unit beds are available across Colorado, the state’s Covid-19 incident commander said during a Friday news conference. “As of today, looking at the data that is reported by the hospitals, we are the lowest number of beds we’ve had available, and we do have less than
Continue Reading JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Interior Department says the first federal land allotments to Alaska Native Vietnam War-era veterans have been finalized. The allotments come under a 2019 law that lifted use and occupancy requirements and made lands available until late 2025. Under the 1906 Alaska Native Allotment Act, Alaska Natives were allowed to apply
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — Greta Thunberg criticó a los líderes mundiales y calificó la cumbre COP26 de “fracaso” el viernes, al encabezar una enorme protesta juvenil frente a la sede de la cumbre climática en Glasgow. Los activistas jóvenes acudieron a la ciudad escocesa para exigir a los líderes que actúen, ya que el
Continue ReadingBy Stella Chan, CNN A San Diego County nurse faces an involuntary manslaughter charge for allegedly neglecting a collapsed inmate who later died, according to the San Diego County District Attorney’s office. On November 10, 2019, Elisa Serna, 24, an inmate at the Las Colinas Detention Facility in Santee, California said she was dizzy and
Continue Reading By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) — Corniche won the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile by 1 3/4 length at Del Mar, stamping the colt as the early favorite for next year’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, where his trainer, Bob Baffert, has been banned. Sent off as the 7-5 favorite,
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The biotechnology company Novavax plans to submit complete data to the US Food and Drug Administration soon for possible emergency use authorization of its coronavirus vaccine, CEO Stanley Erck told CNN in a phone interview Friday. “We’ll have a file in the US hopefully before the end of the year,” Erck
Continue Reading By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A state attorney asked a federal judge for a quick hearing and ruling about the constitutionality of Nevada’s execution procedure, saying a drug that officials want to use for condemned killer Zane Floyd’s lethal injection will expire in late February. But U.S. District Judge Richard Boulware
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By Mick Krever and Phil Black, CNN Video with Martin Bourke and Mark Baron, CNN Design by Henrik Pettersson, CNN In the spitting rain that is endemic to the Netherlands, Anneke van Lelieveld bundles up in her bright orange cardigan at her home on the New Merwede River, and turns to look out over the
Continue Reading By Mick Krever and Phil Black, CNN Video with Martin Bourke and Mark Baron, CNN Design by Henrik Pettersson, CNN In the spitting rain that is endemic to the Netherlands, Anneke van Lelieveld bundles up in her bright orange cardigan at her home on the New Merwede River, and turns to look out over the
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