DOHA, Qatar (AP) — FIFA has brought disciplinary charges against Serbia for alleged misconduct by players and fans including offensive chants at a World Cup game against Switzerland. Tensions flared in the stands and on the field during Switzerland’s 3-2 win on Friday. It was a rematch of their stormy game at the 2018 World
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By Manu Raju and Phil Mattingly, CNN A massive bill setting defense policy is likely to end the military Covid vaccine mandate, a source familiar with the negotiations tells CNN, coming on the heels of intense GOP lobbying to kill the mandate and acceptance from leading Democrats that it’s time for a change. The annual
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso and Devon M. Sayers, CNN A Florida police chief who flashed her badge and asked to be let go from a traffic stop has resigned, Tampa officials said Monday. “Tampa Mayor Jane Castor has requested and received the resignation of Police Chief Mary O’Connor, following the completion of an Internal Affairs investigation
Continue Reading By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Cincinnati has tweeted that it has hired Louisville’s Scott Satterfield to be its next coach. Louisville was 7-5 this season under Satterfield and earned a berth in the Fenway Bowl, where coincidentally it will face Cincinnati. He replaces Luke Fickell, who recently left to
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has welcomed Sweden’s extradition of a convicted member of an outlawed militant group, calling it a “start” that shows Stockholm’s sincerity in assuaging Turkey’s security concerns. NATO-member Turkey has been holding up bids by Sweden and Finland to join the military alliance, pressing for the two Nordic countries to crackdown
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By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials said Russia launched a “massive missile attack” across Ukraine on Monday, striking homes and buildings, disrupting power supplies and causing civilian casualties. The latest barrage, which Ukrainian authorities have been anticipating for days, was a new round of punishment by Moscow as it sought
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Sin tener sospechosos ni motivos anunciados, el FBI se unió a la investigación sobre los cortes de energía en un condado de Carolina del Norte que se cree que fueron causados por ataques “intencionales” y “dirigidos” a subestaciones que dejaron a unos 40.000 clientes en la oscuridad el sábado noche,
Continue Reading PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — The military says security forces have raided a militant hideout in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold near the border with Afghanistan, triggering a shootout that killed five insurgents and a soldier. A military statement Monday said the shootout happened in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It did not say when the fighting took
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Anthony Davis is healthy. His numbers have never been healthier. And, not coincidentally, the Los Angeles Lakers are playing like the team they expected to be. With 99 points in his last two games — his most ever in a span of two regular-season contests — Davis is doing
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By Olga Voitovych, Tim Lister, Sana Noor Haq, Tara John and Sebastian Shukla, CNN Russia launched a fresh barrage of missiles toward Ukraine on Monday as it accused Kyiv of striking military airfields deep inside its territory. Dozens of missiles were launched by Russian forces towards Ukraine on Monday, cutting off water and electricity supplies
Continue Reading By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Moroccans in Qatar are feeling the love from across the Arab world ahead of their country’s World Cup clash with Spain on Tuesday. After their own teams were eliminated from the first World Cup in the Middle East, many Qatari, Saudi and Tunisians fans in
Continue Reading By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Moroccans in Qatar are feeling the love from across the Arab world ahead of their country’s World Cup clash with Spain on Tuesday. After their own teams were eliminated from the first World Cup in the Middle East, many Qatari, Saudi and Tunisians fans in
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s opposition Labour Party says it will replace Parliament’s unelected upper house with an elected chamber if it wins government. It’s one of a raft if policies intended to stake out Labour’s ground for the next election. Labour leader Keir Starmer said Monday that the current House
Continue Reading By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A crucial meeting of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party to discuss the future of President Cyril Ramaphosa got underway in Johannesburg on Monday. The meeting is expected to decide if Ramaphosa should remain as its leader or resign following a damning parliamentary report about the
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have an early Christmas gift for their supporters. A new trailer for their Netflix docuseries, “Harry & Meghan,” was released Monday, along with a schedule for when the episodes will stream. Volume I will include episodes 1-3 and will stream on December 8, and
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have an early Christmas gift for their supporters. A new trailer for their Netflix docuseries, “Harry & Meghan,” was released Monday, along with a schedule for when the episodes will stream. Volume I will include episodes 1-3 and will stream on December 8, and
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — One Neymar was about to make his return at the World Cup. Another was going home after a short and tumultuous stay in Qatar. The real Neymar has recovered from an ankle injury and was expected to play Monday against South Korea in the round
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that significantly expands restrictions on activities seen as promoting LGBT rights in the country. A 2013 law banned what authorities deem to be spreading “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations” to minors. The new law Putin signed Monday expands that ban to spreading such information
Continue Reading By Dan Heching and Chris Boyette, CNN Bob McGrath, an actor who played the friendly neighbor Bob Johnson as an original cast member of the beloved children’s program “Sesame Street,” has died, according to statements from his family and Sesame Workshop shared on social media. He was 90. “The McGrath family has some sad news
Continue Reading By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO of The Associated Press and YONAT SHIMRON of Religion News Service COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. (AP) — As monks chanted prayers in Saint John’s University church, members of the student LGBTQ organization, QPLUS, were meeting in their lounge at the Minnesota institution’s sister Benedictine college, a few miles away. To Sean Fisher, a senior
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