By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — From an early model of the iconic alien mothership from “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” to a complete Stormtrooper costume from “Star Wars,” bidding opens Friday on thousands of pieces Hollywood model maker Greg Jein collected over his lifetime, including many he created during his nearly
Continue ReadingBy Denise Royal, Carlos Suarez and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Florida’s Board of Governors voted Friday to approve the use of results from the Classic Learning Test, or CLT, in college admissions. The approval makes Florida the first state university system to accept the SAT and ACT alternative, the New York Times reported.
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Un tiroteo en el FedExForum en Memphis, Tennessee, dejó a un hombre en estado crítico, dijo el sargento Louis C. Brownlee del Departamento de Policía de Memphis a CNN en un correo electrónico el jueves. “El 7 de septiembre de 20203, a las 10:23 p.m., los agentes respondieron a un
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE and GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writers TOKYO (AP) — The Asian Games are set to go in China. It’s the biggest multi-sport international event in the country since pandemic restrictions were lifted there about nine months ago. This giant event in the eastern city of Hangzhou involves more athletes than the Olympics
Continue ReadingBy SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India, the host nation of this year’s Group of 20 summit, has two official names. One is India, and accepted in English communication worldwide. There’s also a Sanskrit and Hindi name — “Bharat.” That’s taking center stage as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government hints that Indians
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba informó que se desarticuló una red de tráfico de personas que opera desde Rusia para incorporar a ciudadanos cubanos a las fuerzas militares que luchan en la guerra en Ucrania, según informaron este jueves medios estatales de La Habana. Según los medios estatales,
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs can look back at a slew of dropped passes and far too many penalties for a sputtering offense that led to a 21-20 loss to the Detroit Lions in their season opener Thursday night. Just about everybody who stepped on
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By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The National Football League’s 2023 regular season got underway with a shocking result as the Detroit Lions defeated the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs 21-20 at the Chiefs’ Arrowhead Stadium on Thursday night. Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown scored the first touchdown of the new NFL
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — The death of a Massachusetts teenager after his family said he ate an extremely spicy tortilla chip has led to an outpouring of concern about the social media challenge and prompted retailers to pull the product from their shelves at the manufacturer’s request.
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The founder of North Korea’s ruling dynasty, an isolationist totalitarian leader named Kim Il Sung, was still building some of the country’s first nuclear facilities when Syd Seiler arrived on the Korean Peninsula as a young U.S. military intelligence officer. Over the four decades since, Seiler has
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press A Utah mother of six who gave parenting advice via a once-popular YouTube channel called “8 Passengers” made her initial court appearance Friday on charges that she and the owner of a relationship counseling business abused and starved her two young children. The proceedings were delayed by about 45
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem endorsed former President Donald Trump at a party fundraiser in Rapid City Friday night that doubled as an opportunity for Noem to showcase herself as a potential vice presidential pick. As his rivals held town halls and meet-and-greets in
Continue ReadingBy DAVID RISING Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — It’s never been easy for the leaders of the world’s largest economies to find common ground, but Russia’s war on Ukraine has made it even harder for the Group of 20 meeting to reach meaningful agreements this year. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, this year’s host,
Continue ReadingOLGA R. RODRIGUEZ SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Madison Bernard climbed into bed before dawn with her toddler, Charlotte, who was asleep next to a nightstand strewn with straws, burned tinfoil and a white powder. Hours later, the mother woke and found her daughter struggling to breathe, according to investigators who described the scene in
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian authorities are holding local elections this weekend in occupied parts of Ukraine in an effort to tighten their grip on territories Moscow illegally annexed a year ago and still does not fully control. The voting for Russian-installed legislatures in the Donetsk, Luhansk,
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The special grand jury that investigated efforts by Donald Trump and others to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results recommended indictments against twice as many people as the 19 ultimately charged by prosecutors, leaving South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham among those not indicted. The grand jurors’ report released
Continue ReadingBy MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Women’s rights activists in Latin America have long looked to the United States as a model in their decades-long struggle to chip away at abortion restrictions in their highly religious countries. But after a historic Mexican Supreme Court ruling decriminalizing abortion on the federal level, some
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — When the world’s most powerful leaders descend on New Delhi this weekend to address the multiple crises facing the world, notably absent will be China’s Xi Jinping, who has never missed a G20 summit since taking power in 2012. As is often the case with Beijing’s
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — The swift conviction of Donald Trump’s former trade adviser Peter Navarro for contempt of Congress sent two warnings to the multiple co-defendants in the ex-president’s approaching criminal trials. The first is that nobody, not even former White House big shots claiming to be empowered by presidential authority, is
Continue ReadingBy GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Annie Lennox is not retiring. Though her partner in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Eurythmics Dave Stewart recently posted that Lennox “won’t be touring anymore” and would not be part of the “Sweet Dreams 40th Anniversary Tour” this fall, Lennox told The
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