By Devan Cole and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The relative of two Americans freed this weekend in a prisoner swap with Venezuela tore into GOP Sen. Marco Rubio on Monday over his criticism of the exchange, blasting his comments as “unpatriotic and unhelpful” and questioning his support for the seven wrongfully detained US citizens. “I find
Continue Reading
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ringo Starr has tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the former Beatle to cancel several scheduled concerts in Canada with his All Starr Band. Five concert dates from Tuesday to Sunday — in Winnipeg, Manitoba; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Lethbridge, Alberta; and the British Columbia cities of Abbotsford and Penticton
Continue Reading
By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Broncos standout running back Javonte Williams is out for the year after tearing his right ACL in Denver’s 32-23 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders, a person with knowledge of the medical results told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on
Continue Reading
By Daniela Hurtado Click here for updates on this story KATY, Texas (KTRK) — In December 2020, a Tompkins High School football player fought for his life in the intensive care unit after a devastating crash. Now, two years later, he is aiming to help others. Samuel “Sam” Mills was ejected from his vehicle on
Continue ReadingToday: Winds continue out of the east at 5-10 mph and mostly sunny skies. Afternoon highs top out into the upper 70s. Tonight: Winds switch out of the southeast overnight at 4-8 mph. Skies remain mostly clear with overnight lows into the upper 40s. Extended: Temperatures continue to warm into the low 80s Tuesday and
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER Associated Press Planned Parenthood officials on Monday announced plans for a mobile abortion clinic — a 37-foot RV that will stay in Illinois but travel close to the borders of adjoining states that have banned the procedure since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade earlier this year. The announcement came 100
Continue Reading
By Scottie Andrew, CNN One of Paramore’s biggest hits is back on its setlist. The emo-pop band revived its breakthrough single “Misery Business” at its tour stop in Bakersfield, California, on Sunday, playing it live for the first time since retiring it in 2018. At the time, lead singer Hayley Williams said the band would
Continue Reading
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter A majority of the Supreme Court seemed skeptical of the Biden administration’s defense of the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to protect wetlands from pollution under the Clean Water Act on Monday, in the first session of oral arguments in the court’s new term. At the same time,
Continue Reading
By Marianne Garvey Class is in session with Ed Sheeran. The singer and songwriter has announced a North American tour, called “+ – = ÷ x,” pronounced “The Mathematics Tour.” Sheeran released a minute-long teaser for the tour in which he is sitting in math class, while a teacher takes to the blackboard to solve
Continue Reading
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WARREN, Mich. (AP) — Paige Cole is one of the “Anons.” The mother of three from Eastpointe, Michigan, says Joe Biden is a sham president and believes Donald Trump will soon be reinstated to the White House to finish the remainder of Biden’s term. “His whole inauguration was fake. He
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Monday set Oct. 25 as the date for American basketball star Brittney Griner’s appeal against her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession. Griner, an eight-time all-star center with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was convicted Aug. 4 after
Continue Reading ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons have placed running back Cordarrelle Patterson on injured reserve following what coach Arthur Smith described as a minor procedure on his knee. Patterson will miss at least four games, leaving rookie Tyler Allgeier and Caleb Huntley as the top healthy running backs for Sunday’s game at Tampa Bay. Huntley,
Continue Reading By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer Alabama coach Nick Saban says quarterback Bryce Young is “day-to-day” with a sprained throwing shoulder. Saban said he didn’t have any substantive update on Young’s status for the top-ranked Crimson Tide’s game with Texas A&M on Saturday night. Saban described it as “a little bit of a shoulder injury”
Continue Reading
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team announced that it will play a game in downtown St. Louis for the first time since 2010 on Monday. The Tigers will meet Memphis at The Dome at America’s Center on Sept. 23, 2023. The game was originally scheduled to take place at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium,
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After holding it in limbo following Will Smith’s slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards in March, Apple will release the actor’s next big project, “Emancipation,” in December. The fate of “Emancipation” — a $120 million runaway slave thriller directed by Antoine Fuqua —
Continue Reading By GRETCHEN EHLKE Associated Press Kevin Locke, an acclaimed Native American flute player, hoop dancer, recording artist, cultural ambassador and educator, has died in South Dakota at age 68. A member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Locke died Friday night after returning to his hotel room in Hill City, his son Ohiyesá Locke said
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Una familiar de dos estadounidenses liberados el fin de semana en un intercambio de prisioneros con Venezuela arremetió este lunes contra el senador republicano Marco Rubio por sus críticas a la operación, tachando sus comentarios de “antipatrióticos y de poca ayuda” y cuestionando su apoyo a los siete ciudadanos estadounidenses
Continue Reading By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces scored more gains in their counteroffensive across a broad front Monday, advancing in the very areas Russia is trying to annex and challenging its effort to engage fresh troops and its threats to defend incorporated areas by all means, including with nuclear weapons. In
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Ringo Starr has cancelled shows in North America after the former Beatles drummer tested positive for COVID-19. The 82-year-old cancelled performances Sunday at the Four Winds Casino in New Buffalo, Michigan, and Mystic Lake Casino in Prior Lake, Minnesota, citing illness. On Monday a spokesperson confirmed that Starr and his All-Starr band
Continue Reading MINNETONKA, Minn. (AP) — UnitedHealth Group says it has completed its acquisition of Change Healthcare, closing the roughly $8 billion deal a couple weeks after a judge rejected a challenge from regulators. UnitedHealth is merging the technology company with its Optum segment. The health care giant said the combination will simplify clinical, administrative and payment
Continue Reading