By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer No. 4 Oklahoma enters what has been a perfect month for the Sooners in recent years. Oklahoma is 14-0 under Lincoln Riley as a head coach in November. The first-place Sooners are going after their seventh straight Big 12 championship and their fifth berth in the College Football Playoff.
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By SIMMI BUTTAR AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams are on top of the latest AP Pro32 poll. But just barely. The Rams received seven of 12 first-place votes in balloting by media members who regularly cover the NFL. The Green Bay Packers, who knocked off the then-unbeaten Arizona
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon-based youth climate activists say settlement talks with the U.S. Department of Justice have failed six years after they first filed a federal lawsuit in Eugene. The 21 plaintiffs alleged in the original lawsuit against the U.S. that they have a constitutional right to a climate that sustains life and that
Continue Reading FAIRFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Police say three people have been arrested in the killing of a 19-year-old woman who was last seen leaving a Halloween party over the weekend in Northern California. Fairfield Police Lt. Jausiah Jacobsen said in a statement that Leilani Beauchamp, of Carmel, was last seen leaving a party Saturday in Sacramento
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that the Republican-controlled Legislature violated the state constitution by including new laws banning school mask mandates and a series of other measures in unrelated budget bills. Tuesday’s ruling from the state’s high court came less than two hours after the
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton and Eric Levenson, CNN A “customer disturbance” aboard a Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles resulted in the flight being diverted to Dallas on Monday, according to Delta. The incident occurred on Delta Flight 365 that took off from Hartfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. “Situations like these are rare and
Continue ReadingBy Keith Russell Click here for updates on this story FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — A North Texas radio sports announcer is closing in on a milestone. Gentry Little has been calling high school games for 40 years. “I love Friday nights. I love high school football,” Little tells us ahead of a recent Crowley
Continue ReadingCNN en Español (CNN Español) — CNN en Español anuncia el lanzamiento del nuevo espacio digital LibreXpresión, presentado por la reconocida escritora y poeta Wendy Guerra, quien se integró a la cadena en septiembre como colaboradora. Guerra será también creadora de contenidos alternativos para las plataformas digitales y lineal. Con un giro muy personal, Guerra entrevistará a
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By Kevin Liptak and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden said Tuesday he’s confident Sen. Joe Manchin will support his sweeping climate and social spending bill after the West Virginia Democrat publicly raised doubts about the plan. “I believe that Joe will be there,” Biden said during a concluding news conference at the United Nations
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By Manu Raju, Ted Barrett and Clare Foran, CNN Sen. Joe Manchin said Tuesday that he has chief concerns that will need to be addressed in order to secure his vote for the $1.75 trillion economic package — climate change, taxes, Medicare and immigration — while also expressing new optimism that a deal could ultimately
Continue Reading By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press SEQUOIA CREST, Calif. (AP) — Tiny giant sequoia seedlings have been planted in a California community where wildfire destroyed homes and the massive trees. The nonprofit Archangel Ancient Tree Archive last week led an unusual effort to replace torched sequoias with offspring from some of the world’s oldest and largest
Continue Reading By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has nominated Navy Adm. Christopher Grady to be the next vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Grady, currently heads the U.S. Navy’s Fleet Forces Command in Norfolk, Va. If confirmed he would become the nation’s number two military officer, replacing Air
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — The head of the U.N. atomic watchdog has compared his agency’s efforts to monitor Iran’s nuclear program to flying through dense clouds, warning that the situation can’t continue for much longer. The International Atomic Energy Agency has been unable to access surveillance footage of Iranian nuclear
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By Bethlehem Feleke, CNN, and Reuters Ethiopia’s Attorney General Gedion Timothewos announced a state of emergency starting Tuesday, after forces from the northern Tigray region said they had gained territory. The move comes two days after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed urged citizens to take up arms to defend themselves against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front
Continue Reading OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The National Weather Service reports an October-record 31 tornadoes spun up in Oklahoma last month. Those were four more than the 27 recorded in 1998, a record dating to 1950. No deaths were reported. Meteorologist Phil Ware says October tornadoes are not unusual in Oklahoma. He says weather conditions are similar
Continue Reading OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The National Weather Service reports an October-record 31 tornadoes spun up in Oklahoma last month. Those were four more than the 27 recorded in 1998, a record dating to 1950. No deaths were reported. Meteorologist Phil Ware says October tornadoes are not unusual in Oklahoma. He says weather conditions are similar
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch caretaker prime minister has announced that the government is reinstituting an order to wear face masks in public places like stores and libraries and mandating more extensive use of coronavirus passes. COVID-19 cases have increased rapidly in the Netherlands for weeks. Prime Minister
Continue Reading By PETER SMITH Associated Press The spiritual leader of the world’s Eastern Orthodox Christians has given his formal blessing to a shrine that will replace a small parish church destroyed during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople presided at the ceremonial door opening at St. Nicholas
Continue Reading HOUSTON (AP) — Broadcast viewership for the World Series is at its highest level in three years. Atlanta’s 3-2 win over Houston on Saturday night received a 5.65 rating, 15 share and 10.5 million viewers on Fox. The network said that’s up 12% over from the about 9.4 million viewers for Tampa Bay’s win over
Continue Reading HOUSTON (AP) — Broadcast viewership for the World Series is at its highest level in three years. Atlanta’s 3-2 win over Houston on Saturday night received a 5.65 rating, 15 share and 10.5 million viewers on Fox. The network said that’s up 12% over from the about 9.4 million viewers for Tampa Bay’s win over
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