By Brian Fung, CNN Business No sentence in the English language may be more infuriating than the following 12 words: “We have been trying to reach you about your car’s extended warranty.” If you’ve picked up the phone in response to an unknown caller anytime in the last several years, chances are you’ve encountered this
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By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Zach Wilson returned to the New York Jets’ facility and is eager to begin rehabilitation on his surgically repaired right knee. The second-year quarterback had arthroscopic surgery Tuesday in Los Angeles to repair a torn meniscus. He also has a bone bruise
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Jupiter’s icy moon Europa is an ocean world encased beneath a thick crust of ice — a place where snow floats upward. The underwater snow forms in the global ocean and travels up though the water to attach to submerged ravines and inverted ice peaks, according to new research. This same
Continue Reading By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Chris Young is moving on as general manager of the Texas Rangers without the partnership with Jon Daniels. Young says he knew when he took the job in 2020 there was a chance Daniels wouldn’t be president of baseball operations after this year. Even so,
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By Jamie Gangel, Elizabeth Stuart and Jeremy Herb, CNN In the days since the FBI seized classified and top secret documents from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, the former President and his allies have claimed that Trump had a “standing order” to declassify documents he took from the Oval Office to the White House residence. But
Continue Reading MASON, Ohio (AP) — American Madison Keys cruised to a 6-3, 6-4 upset of women’s No. 1 Iga Swiatek to reach the Western & Southern Open quarterfinals on Thursday. The slumping Swiatek, a two-time Grand Slam champion, hasn’t gotten past the round of 16 in four tournaments since winning Roland Garros in June. The win
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN Climbers ascending Mount Kilimanjaro can now document their ascents in real-time on Instagram, following a recent move by Tanzanian authorities to install high-speed internet around the mountain’s slopes. Mount Kilimanjaro is in northern Tanzania and is Africa’s highest peak standing at over 19,000 feet (nearly 5,900 meters). The broadband service was
Continue Reading By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — After three weeks of training camp, there is no doubt New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley is playing like the rookie who tore up the NFL in 2018. Barkley is heathy and confident. Speaking with the media after practice Thursday, Barkley said he
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By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press Instagram and Facebook suspended Children’s Health Defense this week after the anti-vaccine group led by Robert Kennedy Jr. repeatedly violated rules prohibiting misinformation about COVID-19. A nonprofit, Children’s Health Defense is one of the most influential anti-vaccine organizations active on social media, where it has spread misleading claims about vaccines
Continue ReadingBy Josh Copitch Click here for updates on this story SALINAS, California (KSBW) — A Salinas middle school teacher has been sentenced to decades of prison time for sexually abusing kids. Robert Dunham, 56, was a teacher at Harden Middle School when he abused multiple students and molested another two, police say. Dunham was sentenced
Continue Reading By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business San Francisco Federal Reserve president Mary Daly said Thursday morning that raising interest rates by either half or three quarters of a percentage point in September would be a “reasonable” way to bring inflation down. The hikes would follow back-to-back 75-basis point increases by the Federal Reserve, intended to tackle
Continue Reading By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business When consumers were stuck inside during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, there weren’t many places to spend money. So they turned their attention to technology, scooping up new gaming consoles, monitors and PCs that made living and working from home a bit easier. Now, as people return to
Continue ReadingBy Maricela De La Cruz Click here for updates on this story WEST SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — One week into the new school year at Riverbank Elementary School in West Sacramento, its water fountains have been shut off. Riverbank, which is part of the Washington Unified School District, said it decided to shut off the
Continue Reading By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a prominent New York-based horse trainer whose horse won this year’s Preakness Stakes is facing a domestic violence charge for allegedly pushing a woman down a flight of stairs and trying to choke her. Forty-three-year-old Chad Brown was arraigned Thursday in Saratoga
Continue ReadingBy Kourtney Williams Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — he Southern Decadence Festival is a big deal here in New Orleans. This event has been idle since 2019 says former grand marshal Toby Lefort and he’s excited to see it come back. He says it’s a big financial boost for
Continue ReadingBy Matt Flener Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — A proposal championed by Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas and opposed by tenants’ rights groups to change criteria for developer tax incentives and define affordable housing will move forward to the full city council after a vote on Wednesday. Another
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Antonio Senzatela and right fielder Charlie Blackmon have both left the game at St. Louis in the second inning because of leg injuries. Senzatela crumpled to the ground after awkwardly attempting to cover first base on an infield single by Brendan Donovan. Senzatela had to be helped
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Antonio Senzatela and right fielder Charlie Blackmon have both left the game at St. Louis in the second inning because of leg injuries. Senzatela crumpled to the ground after awkwardly attempting to cover first base on an infield single by Brendan Donovan. Senzatela had to be helped
Continue Reading MURSKA SOBOTA, Slovenia (AP) — Former United States international Heather O’Reilly scored just four minutes into her Women’s Champions League debut to give Irish team Shelbourne a 1-0 win over Slovenian club Pomurje in the first round of qualifying for the group stage. O’Reilly came out of retirement at the age of 37 in order
Continue Reading By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Dodge, famous for offering cars with big and powerful V8 engines, is phasing out some of its iconic, gas-powered muscle cars in favor of electric power. To ease fans into this new era, the company has opted to mimic some muscle car sensations — including shifting gears and a loud
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