Qatar has relaxed limits on international visitors arriving during the World Cup. The emirate will now allow entry for fans without tickets from Dec. 2 when the group stage ends. Qatari World Cup organizers say fans will still need to apply for and get a Hayya Card tournament identification document before traveling. But a match
Continue Reading HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Ray Guy, the first punter to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame, died Thursday. He was 72. Southern Mississippi, where Guy starred before becoming the first punter ever taken in the first round of the NFL draft, said he died following a lengthy illness. He had been receiving care in
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By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press TONKA BAY, Minn. (AP) — Control of state government hangs in the balance in Minnesota, one of the few Midwest states where Democrats have had the upper hand in recent years. Buoyed by such issues as crime, the GOP has hopes of capturing both chambers of the Legislature and knocking
Continue ReadingBy Alexis Mitchell Click here for updates on this story MUNCIE, Indiana (WISH) — A fleet of 24 robots will provide food, snack, and drink delivery from a variety of dining locations on Ball State’s campus, according to a news release. Starship Technologies launched Wednesday for the use by its entire campus community. “The Starship
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia football has made a transformation over the last seven years. The school was no longer satisfied with being an occasional national championship contender and futilely chasing Alabama in the Southeastern Conference. School officials decided to go all-in in a way Georgia had
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — Two weeks after a New York jury sided with Kevin Spacey in a sexual abuse lawsuit, an Italian film museum announced Thursday that the actor would receive a lifetime achievement award and teach a master class there early next year. Enzo Ghigo, president of the National Museum of Cinema in the northern
Continue Reading By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer MUENSTER, Germany (AP) — Top diplomats from the world’s major industrialized democracies are seeking to expand unified positions on Russia’s war in Ukraine, China’s growing global economic clout and Iran’s crackdown on anti-government protestors. Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven nations opened two days of talks on Thursday
Continue ReadingBy Zach Fuentes Click here for updates on this story PALO ALTO, California (KGO) — Stanford University confirms a man lived illegally on campus for nearly a year after posing as a student. The university says the man was reported on campus several times since December 2021. He was most recently caught on Thursday, Oct.
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Montgomery Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — A local entertainment attorney has created a safety checklist for artists following the murder of Migos Rapper Takeoff. “We’ve had Jam Master J, of course, we’ve had Nipsy, everybody knows about Nipsy, and Biggie and Tupac,” lists Attorney James L. Walker.
Continue Reading By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Game, set … best in show? The Westminster Kennel Club dog show is moving next year to a new venue: the home of the U.S. Open tennis tournament. The kennel club announced Thursday that canine champs will take over the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis
Continue ReadingBy Daniela Hurtado Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Multiple people have been detained after three people were found shot in a human smuggling incident in west Houston, police said. At about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, HPD officers responded to reports of a shooting in the 2900 block of W. Sam
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By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Commodities giant Glencore has been ordered to pay a record £281 million ($314 million) penalty by a UK court for bribing officials across Africa to gain access to oil. The UK government’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO), which brought the case against Glencore Energy UK, said on Thursday that the penalty
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By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Federal prosecutors rested their case on Thursday against five alleged leaders of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group, ending the initial phase of the first seditious conspiracy trial in over a decade. Over four weeks, government witnesses — including several FBI agents, US Capitol Police officers, current and
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Uruguay llega a Qatar en buenas condiciones, con un equipo que combina estrellas con una larga experiencia que podrían jugar este año su último Mundial, entre ellas Luis Suárez, y nuevas incorporaciones que están brillando en el fútbol europeo como Darwin Núñez y Federico Valverde. La celeste llega “muy
Continue Reading By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hundreds of cats have long slinked through the cobblestone streets of Puerto Rico’s historic district, stopping for the occasional pat on the head as delighted tourists and residents snap pictures and offer bits of food. The cats are so beloved they even have their
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — La Federación Costarricense de Fútbol presentó este jueves su lista definitiva de convocados para el Mundial de Qatar 2022, con lo que Costa Rica se convirtió en la primera selección latinoamericana en hacerlo. La convocatoria tica se conforma de 26 jugadores (el número máximo al que tienen derecho todas las selecciones
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Shelley Duvall is returning to the big screen, 20 years after her last film role. Duvall, 73, is in the upcoming horror movie “The Forest Hills,” which follows a man named Rico, played by Chiko Mendez, who goes on a dark journey in the Catskills. Duvall plays his mother. Duvall’s fame
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson and Sara Finch, CNN The parents of Gabby Petito filed a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against the Moab City Police Department on Thursday alleging its officers were negligent in their interactions with the 22-year-old and her fiancé Brian Laundrie two weeks before her death last summer. “The purpose of this lawsuit
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WABC) — A woman was attacked and raped as she jogged in Manhattan’s Hudson River Park Thursday morning, police said. According to police, the 43-year-old victim was running in the park near Pier 45 around 5:30 a.m. when a man grabbed her
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — If you went missing, how much press would you be “worth”? The Columbia Journalism Review unveiled a tool on Thursday that calculates the number of stories your disappearance would net, based on demographics. It sounds morbid but the exercise is designed to call attention to
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