LONDON (AP) — Jorginho converted his second penalty of the game in stoppage time to give Chelsea a 3-2 win over Leeds and put the team’s English Premier League title chase back on track. The Italy midfielder played through the pain of a continued back issue to ease the Blues’ midfield injury problems, with N’Golo
Continue Reading
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Police in North Macedonia have discovered 41 migrants, including five children, in a routine police check on a main highway and have arrested the van’s driver. Police said Saturday that their patrol have stopped the van late Friday in front of the toll station near the central town of Negotino.
Continue Reading LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Steven Gerrard’s return to Anfield ended in disappointment as Mohamed Salah’s second-half penalty gave Liverpool a 1-0 win over as Aston Villa in the English Premier League. Gerrard was back at his boyhood club in a professional capacity for the first time since leaving in 2015 and was given a standing
Continue ReadingBy ‘A’ali’i Dukelow Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Dozens of demonstrators criticized the Navy’s refusal to shut down its Red Hill facility by laying on the ground outside of the state capitol on Friday afternoon. The gesture, protesters said, symbolized death — an outcome they fear many could soon face
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Spanish tennis trailblazer Manuel “Manolo” Santana has died at the age of 83. The Madrid Open announced the death of its honorary president on Saturday. No cause of death was given. Santana was the Spaniard to win a Grand Slam singles title. He won four major singles championships: The French Championships in
Continue Reading
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, Blue Origin, sent Good Morning America host Michael Strahan, the daughter of famed astronaut Alan Shepard, and four paying customers on a supersonic joy ride to the edge of space Saturday morning. The group blasted off aboard Blue Origin’s suborbital space tourism rocket at 9:01 am
Continue Reading By MATTIAS KAREN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The English Premier League’s top three have kept up the furious pace of their title race by picking up hard-fought wins, although all three needed second-half penalties to do so. Manchester City maintained its one-point lead after Raheem Sterling’s 100th league goal secured a 1-0 home win
Continue Reading By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is drawing attention to a problem that the Vatican has long sought to downplay: the abuses of power by mother superiors against nuns who have little recourse but to obey. Francis met Saturday with members of the Vatican’s congregation for religious orders. Francis cited a new
Continue Reading
Sana Noor Haq, CNN A 17th-century painting showing a Black woman with her White companion has been placed under a temporary export bar to reduce the risk of the artwork leaving the United Kingdom. The anonymous painting, described in a statement by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) on Friday as “extremely
Continue Reading
By Ben Church, CNN Samuel Eto’o has been elected president of the Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT) after winning a vote on Saturday. The former Cameroon international promised an array of reforms after receiving 43 votes from members of FECAFOOT’s general assembly. Eto’o enjoyed a glittering club career, playing for the likes of Barcelona, Inter Milan
Continue Reading
By BRUCE SCHREINER and JIM SALTER Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s governor says a devastating tornado touched down for 227 miles — more than 200 in his state — and deaths were feared in 10 counties. Gov. Andy Beshear said at a news conference Saturday that at least 70 people were feared dead
Continue Reading By BRUCE SCHREINER and JIM SALTER Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s governor says a devastating tornado touched down for 227 miles — more than 200 in his state — and deaths were feared in 10 counties. Gov. Andy Beshear said at a news conference Saturday that at least 70 people were feared dead
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri System Board of Curators has voted to allow guns in parked vehicles on any of its campuses. The university system still prohibits open or concealed carry of firearms on campus after the Friday vote. Courts previously have ruled against the university when it prohibited university employees from
Continue Reading By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer BOCHUM, Germany (AP) — Bayern Munich extended its lead in the Bundesliga to six points after Jamal Musiala scored in a come-from-behind 2-1 win over Mainz and Borussia Dortmund was held by local rival Bochum to 1-1. Bayern’s win restores a commanding lead in its pursuit of a 10th
Continue Reading
By Vasco Cotovio and Phillipe Vieira, CNN South African authorities have arrested a convicted Portuguese banker that had fled from the country in mid-September. “We first want to thank South African police authorities,” Portugal’s Judiciary Police director Luís Neves said, as he announced that banker João Rendeiro had been captured, on Saturday morning. Neves said
Continue Reading By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden is returning to South Carolina, the state that played a pivotal role in his march to the Democratic presidential nomination and the White House. Biden is coming to Orangeburg on Friday as the featured speaker at the graduation ceremonies at a historically Black
Continue Reading
By Ben Church, CNN Max Verstappen will start on pole position for his title showdown against Lewis Hamilton at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday. The Red Bull driver was fastest in qualifying on Saturday with his Mercedes rival in second, meaning the pair will line up on the front row together for the
Continue Reading
By Marianne Garvey, CNN A New York family who came together by chance 21 years ago has now shared their remarkable story in a children’s book. Pete Mercurio was walking out the door to meet his then-partner (now husband) Danny Stewart for dinner in August 2000 when his phone rang. It was Stewart, calling to
Continue Reading SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Sioux City is considering spending $250,000 in federal coronavirus relief funds to provide a $300 bonus to city employees a little more than a week before Christmas. The Sioux City Journal reports that the City Council is expected to vote Monday on the proposal. City Manager Bob Padmore had urged
Continue Reading
OLBG compiled a list of the 10 biggest casino heists in history, ranging from “Ocean’s 11”-style complexity to stunning simplicity.
Continue Reading