TORONTO (AP) — Two-time champion Simona Halep beat Coco Gauff 6-4, 7-6 (2) on Friday to reach the National Bank Open semifinals. Halep, the 30-year-old from Romania, won the event in Montreal in 2016 and 2018. She will face seventh-seeded Jessica Pegula, a 6-3, 6-3 winner over Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan. The 15th-seeded Halep is
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By MIKE BALSAMO and SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A law enforcement official says a gunman who died in a shootout after trying to get inside the FBI’s Cincinnati office appeared to have posted calls on social media for FBI agents to be killed and for people to take up arms in
Continue Reading CINCINNATI (AP) — Novak Djokovic has pulled out of next week’s hard-court tournament in Cincinnati because he has not gotten any COVID-19 vaccine shots and so is not allowed to travel to the United States. That is also why Djokovic is not expected to be able to enter the U.S. Open. The year’s last Grand
Continue Reading By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ and MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Colombia’s new government and members of the nation’s last guerrilla group are moving toward restarting peace talks that were suspended three years ago in Cuba. After a meeting between both sides in Havana on Friday, Colombia’s national peace commissioner said the government will take
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By Marshall Cohen and Sara Murray, CNN A federal judge on Friday unsealed the search warrant and property receipt from the FBI search of former President Donald Trump‘s resort in Palm Beach, Florida. The search, documents show, was an evidence-gathering step in a national security investigation about presidential records at Mar-a-Lago. Trump owns the sprawling
Continue Reading By Marshall Cohen and Sara Murray, CNN A federal judge on Friday unsealed the search warrant and property receipt from the FBI search of former President Donald Trump‘s resort in Palm Beach, Florida. The search, documents show, was an evidence-gathering step in a national security investigation about presidential records at Mar-a-Lago. Trump owns the sprawling
Continue Reading By Marshall Cohen and Sara Murray, CNN A federal judge on Friday unsealed the search warrant and property receipt from the FBI search of former President Donald Trump‘s resort in Palm Beach, Florida. The search, documents show, was an evidence-gathering step in a national security investigation about presidential records at Mar-a-Lago. Trump owns the sprawling
Continue Reading By Marshall Cohen and Sara Murray, CNN A federal judge on Friday unsealed the search warrant and property receipt from the FBI search of former President Donald Trump‘s resort in Palm Beach, Florida. The search, documents show, was an evidence-gathering step in a national security investigation about presidential records at Mar-a-Lago. Trump owns the sprawling
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By Megan Marples, CNN Gray wolves may be getting a major habitat upgrade, if these experts have any say, that is. A group of researchers from across the United States wrote a proposal that would include setting aside a significant amount of federal land as a sanctuary for gray wolves and other animals such as
Continue Reading By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate sent reverberations across the country, even before court papers were unsealed Friday. They showed agents recovered documents labeled “top secret” as they investigated potential violations of three laws, including one that governs defense information under the Espionage
Continue Reading By Katelyn Polantz, Zachary Cohen, Sara Murray and Marshall Cohen, CNN The Justice Department removed 11 sets of classified documents from former President Donald Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago residence while executing a search warrant this week for possible violations of the Espionage Act and other crimes, according to court documents unsealed and released on Friday. The property
Continue Reading By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly leader on Friday ended a 14-month, taxpayer-funded inquiry into the 2020 election by firing his hand-picked investigator. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ firing of Michael Gableman came just three days after the lawmaker narrowly survived a primary challenge from an opponent endorsed by former
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Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Two teenagers have helped Borussia Dortmund come from behind with late goals to beat host Freiburg 3-1 in the Bundesliga. Dortmund coach Edin Terzić’s substitutions all paid off. The 18-year-old Jamie Bynoe-Gittens equalized in the 77th minute and the 17-year-old Youssoufa Moukoko made it 2-1, four
Continue ReadingBy Marc Cota-Robles, David González Click here for updates on this story PERRIS, California (KABC) — A chemical leak forced evacuations of more than 100 homes in Perris Friday morning and prompted the closure of the 215 Freeway in both directions. Officials said the issue could persist for a few days. The hazmat incident started
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics launched a one-of-a-kind ticket program where both students and athletes can earn a profit on Friday afternoon. The new initiative will allow students to make money selling single-game tickets to any sporting event on campus. Students who sign up will earn 20 percent commission on any ticket sold. The program
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A respected snake researcher who had been making significant discoveries about the species since childhood has died after being bitten by a timber rattler. William H. “Marty” Martin died Aug. 3 after being bitten the day before by a captive snake on the property at
Continue ReadingBy KABC Staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Nearly a week after the tragedy, we’re learning more about one of the victims of the fiery car crash in Windsor Hills. Loved ones of Nathesia Lewis held a vigil at the scene this evening. Relatives say, because the crash was
Continue ReadingBy Nico Payne Click here for updates on this story FRESNO, California (KFSN) — Fresno Unified is set to launch a new Step Up program that will give students a first-of-its-kind opportunity to earn college credits to a historically Black college before they graduate high school. The school district is partnering with Benedict College to
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — Serbia y Kosovo están nuevamente protagonizando una escalada de tensiones en la frontera, debido a la decisión del Gobierno kosovar, no reconocido por Belgrado, de entregar documentos de identidad a los serbios que viven en el norte del país. Las tensiones han llevado a cortes en pasos fronterizos, agresiones y
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