PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Portland Thorns say team owner Merritt Paulson was contacted in 2019 about former coach Paul Riley’s interest in becoming head coach of the U.S. women’s national team, and he disclosed that Riley had had been fired by the team for cause. But the team maintains Riley didn’t try to shape
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By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — During a primary debate in May, Iowa Republican Zach Nunn and his two rivals were asked to raise their hand if they thought all abortions should be illegal. “All abortions, no exceptions,” the moderator clarified. Nunn’s left hand went up. The image has shadowed the
Continue Reading By JOHN ANTCZAK and EUGENE GARCIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Californians sweltering in the West’s lengthening heat wave have been asked to reduce air conditioning and cut other electricity use again to prevent stress on the state’s electrical grid that could lead to rolling blackouts. Friday is the third consecutive day of requests
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Londres (CNN Business) — Rusia no reanudará inmediatamente las exportaciones de gas natural a Europa a través de su gasoducto Nord Stream 1, empeorando una escasez que amenaza con llevar al continente a una crisis energética este invierno boreal. Este viernes, el gigante energético estatal ruso Gazprom dijo que no reanudaría los flujos
Continue Reading BOLTON, Mass. (AP) — Matthew Wolff is now a footnote in LIV Golf history. He has the first hole-in-one in the Saudi-funded league. Wolff shot a 63 and has a one-shot lead in the LIV Golf Invitational-Boston. A pair of newcomers are one shot back. Cameron Smith and Joaquin Niemann are among six players to
Continue Reading RECIFE, Brazil (AP) — Paul Stoll had 15 points and nine assists and Mexico defeated the U.S. 73-67 on Friday in the opening game of Group C play for both teams at the FIBA AmeriCup. Fabian James added 13 points and 10 rebounds for Mexico. Jeremy Pargo led the U.S. with 14 points. Norris Cole
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Matteo Berrettini has ended Andy Murray’s bid to return to the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament by beating the the three-time major 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (1), 6-3 at the U.S. Open. Murray hasn’t reached the round of 16 in one of tennis’ four
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Earnie Shavers, whose thunderous punches stopped 68 fighters and earned him heavyweight title fights with Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes, has died. He was 78. Former British boxer and close friend Kenny Rainford told The Associated Press in a telephone call from Liverpool, England, that his close friend died on Thursday
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina and women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley have canceled a home-and-home women’s basketball series with BYU over a recent racial incident involving Duke women’s volleyball. The national champion Gamecocks were scheduled to play its season opener against BYU on Nov. 7. The Gamecocks would go to the Utah campus next
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two-time IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden has been given a six-spot penalty on the starting grid of Sunday’s race at Portland International Raceway. The penalty is for an unapproved engine change and is an early setback in the Team Penske drivers’ bid to win a
Continue Reading ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek soccer club Olympiakos has signed Brazilian star Marcelo. Marcelo has spent the past 16 seasons playing for Real Madrid. There he accumulated 25 tropies, the most in the club’s history. The terms of the contract were not announced by Olympiakos but Greek sports sites reported it is for one year
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — A judge in Nicaragua has sentenced a Roman Catholic priest to 49 years in prison for the rape of a 14-year-old girl. Judge Edén Aguilar Castro sentenced Rev. José Leonardo Urbina on Friday to 24 years in prison on two counts of abuse and 25 years for one count of rape.
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By Jamiel Lynch, CNN Memphis police are searching for a schoolteacher they say was abducted while she was out on a jog Friday morning. Eliza “Liza” Fletcher, 34, was jogging around 4:30 a.m. when an unidentified person approached her, police said. She was forced into a mid-sized dark SUV and taken from the scene, police
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — La legendaria actriz y activista Jane Fonda anunció que le diagnosticaron linfoma no Hodgkin, un cáncer que afecta al sistema linfático, y que ya comenzó quimioterapia. El linfoma no Hodgkin comienza en los linfocitos, que son glóbulos blancos que forman parte del sistema inmunitario, según la Sociedad Estadounidense del Cáncer.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El fin de semana del Día del Trabajo suele ser el último adiós al verano boreal, pero para aproximadamente un tercio del país, las temperaturas podrían alcanzar niveles récord este fin de semana festivo. “Septiembre comienza con temperaturas abrasadoras en todo el oeste de EE.UU., ya que se prevé que las
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Biden administration has approved more than $1.1 billion in arms sales to Taiwan, a move likely to further inflame already-heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing. The administration on Friday formally notified Congress of the proposed sales, which include up to 60 anti-ship missiles and up to 100 air-to-air missiles. Laura
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The Miller County prosecutor charged a Brumley man Friday with possession of child pornography after an investigation that started in July.
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By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out an indictment charging a boat captain with manslaughter in the deaths of 34 scuba divers three years ago off the California coast. Judge George Wu ruled Friday that the indictment charging the captain with seaman’s manslaughter failed to allege that
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By Sara Murray, CNN A federal judge on Friday denied Steve Bannon’s request for a new trial, after the former Trump adviser was convicted of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack. Bannon had raised a series of issues, including about the instructions to
Continue Reading By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Stocks gave up an early rally and closed lower Friday, marking their third losing week in a row and extending Wall Street’s late-summer slump. Major stock indexes initially climbed broadly following the government’s latest job market report, which showed employers slowed their hiring in August. The report put traders
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