By KARL RITTER Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — The longtime leader of the nationalist Sweden Democrats says he’s hoping for a stronger role as a “blow torch” in Swedish politics after next month’s elections, even if he doesn’t get a seat in the next government. Jimmie Akesson, who for almost two decades has sought to
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By Natasha Bertrand, CNN Iran has dropped another key demand related to nuclear inspections as negotiations continue over reviving the Iran nuclear deal, a senior administration official tells CNN. It’s a development that could make a breakthrough more likely after Tehran dropped another key request last week. Iran had previously demanded that as a condition
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By The Associated Press The PGA Tour reaches the end of its season at the Tour Championship. The top 30 players have qualified to chase the FedEx Cup and its $18 million prize. Patrick Cantlay is the defending champion and is coming off a big win at the BMW Championship for the second straight year.
Continue Reading HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Marshall running back Rasheen Ali is taking a leave of absence for undisclosed reasons. Thundering Herd coach Charles Huff announced the move Tuesday. Ali’s leave comes less than two weeks before Marshall opens the season Sept. 3 at home against Norfolk State. Ali was one of the nation’s top rushers last
Continue Reading By Ali Zaslav, Ted Barrett and Clare Foran, CNN Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told an audience in Kentucky on Monday that he expects the outcome of the upcoming midterm elections “to be very, very close either way” in the Senate and that he believes democracy in the United States is on solid ground. McConnell
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed, Evan Perez, Jamie Gangel and Kristen Holmes, CNN The National Archives told former President Donald Trump‘s legal team in May that it was sharing hundreds of pages of classified material it had retrieved in January with the FBI and other entities in the intelligence community so that an assessment could be done
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Multiple high draft picks and several free agent additions should make the Houston Texans better than they were last season. Coach Lovie Smith, the team’s former defensive coordinator, is committed to turning around the defense and believes the additions of No. 3 pick Derek Stingley and Jalen Pitre, a second-round pick,
Continue Reading By The Associated Press With quarterback Joe Burrow and an overhauled offensive line, the Cincinnati Bengals like their chances of getting back to a Super Bowl after an improbable run to the big game last season. The improved offensive line should also be good for featured back Joe Mixon, who was great last year despite
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Los conductores en Estados Unidos tienen algo para alegrarse: una caída histórica en los precios de la gasolina. Desde que el combustible alcanzó un récord de US$ 5,02 por galón el 14 de junio de 2022, el precio promedio a nivel nacional de la gasolina regular ha disminuido todos los
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette and Jason Hanna, CNN Canine parvovirus has been identified as the illness that has killed dozens of dogs in the last month in the northern and central parts of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, state officials said Wednesday. It has killed more than 20 dogs in Otsego County alone, usually within days of them
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By Jen Christensen, CNN The US Preventive Services Task Force on Tuesday announced its latest guidelines on the use of statins to prevent a first heart attack or stroke. The recommendations are virtually unchanged from prior guidance but are now supported by additional research, the group said. The recommendations are a little more conservative than
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Sana Noor Haq and Kathleen Benoza, CNN Japan’s first female photojournalist Tsuneko Sasamoto, who captured the lives of civilians under the country’s tumultuous Showa era, has died at the age of 107. Sasamoto passed away on August 15 in the beachside city of Kamakura, south of Tokyo, the Japan Professional Photographers Society, of which Sasamoto
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Martha C. White for CNN Business The pandemic lockdowns might be in the rearview mirror, but rising inflation has ushered in the return of “micro” weddings, Zoom ceremonies — and disinvited guests. Couples blindsided by wedding budgets that have blown up by as much as 100% are scrambling to economize by any means possible in order
Continue Reading JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars have cut their third kicker of training camp, letting go Ryan Santoso after three preseason games. The Jaguars, who previously cut Andrew Mevis and Elliott Fry, are expected to be awarded former Los Angeles Chargers kicker James McCourt off waivers later Tuesday. He was waived Monday, and the
Continue Reading By DEREK GATOPOULOS and ADAM PEMBLE Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — With two teams playing in an empty stadium hundreds of miles away from their hometowns, the Ukrainian soccer league has started its new season after a poignant ceremony paying tribute to those fighting in the war with Russia. The opening match at Kyiv’s
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Tennessee has the second-longest active streak of consecutive winning seasons at six and trails only Kansas City’s stretch of nine straight. The Titans have won back-to-back AFC South titles and reached the playoffs the past three seasons. The Titans earned the AFC’s No. 1 seed with the franchise’s best record since
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Los beneficiarios del Seguro Social podrían ver un aumento del 10,5% en sus pagos en 2023, impulsado por el fuerte aumento de la inflación, de acuerdo con una estimación. ¿Cuánto subiría el seguro social para 2023 por el ajuste anual del coste de la vida (COLA)? Eso añadiría unos US$ 175 a
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business Drivers have something to smile about: A historic drop in gasoline prices. The national average for a gallon of regular gas has dropped every single day since soaring to a record high of $5.02 a gallon on June 14, according to AAA. This 70-day streak of falling prices at the
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Business The only thing that climbed as high as gas prices earlier this year was the disapproval of President Joe Biden, as Americans blamed him for record prices at the pump. But Biden had relatively little control over the prices set primarily by global markets. If Biden got too much blame
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, Jamiel Lynch, Amir Vera and Nouran Salahieh, CNN A Georgia special prosecutor announced Tuesday that murder and assault charges will be dismissed against two Atlanta police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks in June 2020, saying the officers acted reasonably in response to a deadly threat. “Both acted as
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