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Month: September 2023

Dartmouth head football coach Buddy Teevens dies six months after being hit by a truck while cycling

By Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Dartmouth College’s head football coach Buddy Teevens, 66, died Tuesday of injuries sustained after being hit by a truck while cycling on March 16 in St. Augustine, Florida, the Teevens family announced in a statement released through the school. “Our family is heartbroken to inform you that our beloved ‘coach’ has

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Lazio goalkeeper Ivan Provedel scores last-minute goal to earn dramatic Champions League draw

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Lazio goalkeeper Ivan Provedel produced the unthinkable on Tuesday after scoring his team’s 95th-minute equalizer against Atlético Madrid in the Champions League. With the Italian side 1-0 down after Pablo Barrios’ first-half strike, and with mere seconds remaining in the opening group stage match, Provedel went up for a

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Las futbolistas españolas ponen fin al boicot después de que la federación se compromete a hacer cambios inmediatos

Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El conflicto entre la selección española femenina de fútbol y la Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF) parece haber llegado a un punto de inflexión después de que ambas partes, junto con el Consejo Superior de Deportes (CSD) del Gobierno, llegaran a una serie de acuerdos. A principios de esta semana, 20

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Denmark’s Novo Nordisk and South Africa’s Aspen sign a deal to produce insulin for African patients

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk has signed a deal with South Africa’s Aspen Pharmacare to produce human insulin specifically for diabetes patients in Africa where there is a dire need for the life-saving treatment. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention welcomed the

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Spanish women’s players agree to end national team boycott after striking deal with federation and Spain government

By George Ramsay and Patrick Sung, CNN (CNN) — A dispute between the Spanish women’s soccer team and the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) appears to have reached a breakthrough after the two parties, along with the government’s High Council of Sport (CSD), came to a series of agreements. Earlier this week, 20 players named

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Azerbaijan says it has retaken breakaway Armenian enclave after separatists surrender

By Tim Lister, Anna Chernova, Christian Edwards and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Azerbaijan said it had taken back the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh after launching a lightning 24-hour assault that forced ethnic Armenian forces to surrender and agree to a Russia-brokered ceasefire. Under the agreement, Azerbaijan said it would halt its military offensive –

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Bobby Riggs said he could beat the top women’s tennis players. 50 years ago today, he got his chance

By Tricia Escobedo, CNN (CNN) — It’s been 50 years since the most-watched tennis match in history took place between female sports icon Billie Jean King and former men’s world No. 1 and self-proclaimed male chauvinist Bobby Riggs. An estimated 90 million TV viewers worldwide tuned into the so-called “Battle of the Sexes” between King

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Georgia prosecutors push back against claims of anti-Trump bias at fiery hearing for 3 fake GOP electors

By Marshall Cohen Atlanta (CNN) — Fulton County prosecutors pushed back against what they called “borderline offensive” claims that their 2020 election subversion case was fueled by anti-Donald Trump bias at a court hearing Wednesday for three indicted fake GOP electors. “That’s an accusation that, 100%, the state rejects,” prosecutor Anna Cross said, adding that

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Prosecutor, defense attorneys deliver openings in the trial of officers charged in the death of unarmed Black man Elijah McClain

By Andi Babineau, Christina Maxouris and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Prosecution and defense attorneys delivered opening statements Wednesday in the trial of two Aurora, Colorado, police officers who arrested Elijah McClain, an unarmed 23-year-old Black man who died after their encounter more than four years ago. “You will hear no evidence in this case,

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Biden and Brazil’s Lula focus on workers’ rights while publicly playing down differences

By DAVID BILLER, JOSH BOAK and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden and his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, focused on workers’ rights as the leaders of the Western Hemisphere’s largest democracies met Wednesday in New York. They steered clear in public about their differences including Ukraine, mere

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House Republicans clash with Attorney General Garland, accusing him of favoring Hunter Biden

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans clashed with Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday, accusing him and the Justice Department of the “weaponization” of the department’s work in favor of President Joe Biden ‘s son Hunter. Garland’s appearance before the House Judiciary Committee was his first in two

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Why McCarthy’s margin matters

By Jedd Rosche and Christopher Hickey, CNN House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is overseeing one of the narrowest congressional majorities in decades – tied with two other time periods for the fifth-smallest majority in US history, according to the Pew Research Center. With control of 221 seats, McCarthy’s party controls just 9 more seats than Democrats’

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Merrick Garland rebukes congressional Republicans at House Judiciary Committee hearing

By Jeremy Herb and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Attorney General Merrick Garland forcefully rebuked congressional Republicans who have accused the Justice Department of political bias as he opened a contentious House Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington on Wednesday. “I am not the president’s lawyer,” Garland said in his opening statement. “I will also add

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Columbia Bicycle and Pedestrian Commission wants MoDOT to prioritize safety on Improve I-70 Project

The Columbia Bicycle and Pedestrian Commission met Wednesday at City Hall to further discuss the Missouri Department of Transportation’s Improve I-70 Project, which will add a third lane to the interstate across the state. They also plan to make improvements to the Interstate 70 corridor from Highway 63 from Boone County to Highway 54 in

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