DESERT CENTER, Calif. (AP) — Officials hope to fully reopen the main highway from Los Angeles to Phoenix by early next week after a flash flood washed out part of the road through the Southern California desert. The flooding began Wednesday evening amid the latest round of monsoonal thunderstorms to hit the region this summer.
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The attorney for a California teenager who has accused a Buffalo Bills rookie and two of his former college teammates of gang rape last fall said Friday the NFL team has not contacted him for details despite saying it had conducted a “thorough investigation.” The
Continue Reading By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal regulators have issued a final environmental impact statement that supports the demolition of four massive dams on Northern California’s Klamath River to save imperiled migratory salmon. The staff’s recommendation, which echoes an earlier draft opinion, tees up a vote on the nearly $500 million project
Continue Reading By JACQUES BILLEAUD and TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona constable who got the job earlier this year when her predecessor quit over frustration with eviction notices was fatally shot while carrying out the same duty. The gunman, his neighbor and an apartment complex manager also died. Investigators say the shooting happened
Continue Reading By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VENICE, Italy (AP) — Chinese dissident and artist Ai Weiwei lampoons the surveillance state and social media with his first glass sculpture, made on the Venetian island of Murano. Titled “The Human Comedy: Memento Mori,” the sculpture is the centerpiece of Ai’s exhibit opening in Venice on Sunday. The work
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ACKLEY, Iowa (AP) — A northern Iowa farmer spent a night trapped in a grain bin before crews rescued him Friday. The farmer became trapped Thursday afternoon by grain in the bin on his farm in the Ackley-Iowa Falls area, according to the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. He survived overnight and was found by a neighbor,
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MADRID (AP) — Real Betis maintained its perfect Spanish league record with a 1-0 win against Osasuna despite playing a man down in the second half. Borja Iglesias scored his fourth goal of the season to give Manuel Pellegrini’s Betis its third straight win to start the league. Osasuna was also looking for its third
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Here are the scores from Week 1 of area high school football.
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two more former members of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen have pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges. Former St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed pleaded guilty Friday to one count of theft and bribery and one count of racketeering and bribery. Former Alderman Jeffrey Boyd pleaded guilty to
Continue Reading By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Inter Milan has dropped its first points of the fledgling Serie A after losing at Lazio 3-1. Lazio coach Maurizio Sarri’s substitutions made the difference as Pedro and Luis Alberto came off the bench to score two goals in the final 15 minutes to seal the
Continue ReadingBy Alta Spells, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday suspended four Broward County School Board members based on recommendations from a statewide grand jury looking into events surrounding the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School four years ago. “It is my duty to suspend people from office when there is clear evidence
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El Cardiff City perdió su apelación contra la decisión de la FIFA de pagar parte de los US$ 19,3 millones (15 millones de libras) del traspaso de Emiliano Sala al Nantes, después de que el Tribunal de Arbitraje Deportivo (CAS, por sus siglas en inglés) ordenara al club galés pagar US$
Continue Reading TORONTO (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels put outfielder Taylor Ward and relievers Aaron Loup and Ryan Tepera on the restricted list before their three-game series in Toronto. Foreign nationals who aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19 aren’t allowed to enter Canada, save for limited exceptions that require a 14-day quarantine. Unvaccinated baseball players are placed on
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The attorney for a California teenager who has accused a Buffalo Bills rookie and two of his former college teammates of gang rape last fall said Friday the NFL team has not contacted him for details despite saying it had conducted a “thorough investigation.” The
Continue ReadingBy Justin Gamble, CNN A new alert system has been launched in Maryland to notify Black leaders and clergy about credible threats or hate crimes. The Emmett Till Alerts system — named in honor of the 14-year-old Black teen who was murdered in 1955, after a White woman, Carolyn Bryant Donham, claimed Till whistled at
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — El salario mínimo en Argentina aumentará un 21% en el trimestre setiembre-noviembre, de acuerdo a una resolución del Ministerio de Trabajo, en momentos en que la inflación acumulada del año sobrepasa el 45%. El aumento será gradual: los sueldos subirán un 7% cada mes desde septiembre a noviembre. Desde
Continue Reading By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Daniel Suarez has signed a contract extension that will keep him at Trackhouse Racing for the 2023 season. The 30-year-old Suarez joined Trackhouse before its inaugural season in 2021. He won his first race this year and is locked into the playoffs. Suarez took
Continue ReadingBy Stella Chan, CNN Three current or former San Diego State University football players, including the Buffalo Bills’ newly drafted punter Matthew Araiza, are accused of gang-raping a then-17-year-old girl at a Halloween party last year, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday by the attorney for the plaintiff identified in court documents as Jane Doe.
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The first woman Serena Williams will face in what is expected to be the last tournament of her stellar career says she is honored to play someone she remembers watching on TV as a child. Danka Kovinic is a 27-year-old from Montenegro who has never
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By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday made clear that interest rates were likely to continue moving higher in the central bank’s ongoing bid to quash high inflation. The Fed intends to use its policymaking “tools forcefully to bring demand and supply into better balance,” Powell said during his keynote
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