AP Sports Writer Tennessee had piled up 37 points and nearly 300 yards of offense by the time the first quarter mercifully came to an end last week against Kent State. It turned out that mercy for the Golden Flashes was still quite a ways away. The then-No. 7 Vols pushed their lead to 65-0,
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — FIFA has teamed up with the World Health Organization for a campaign to educate the soccer industry about the risks of concussion injuries. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says “concussion is a public health issue of concern.” FIFA is sending a toolkit to all 211 national federations. It’s to help teach at
Continue ReadingKRAKOW, Poland (AP) — Heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk has been released after being briefly detained at Krakow airport in Poland. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says “I was disappointed by this attitude towards our citizen and champion.” Airport border guards said Wednesday that Usyk was protesting after an airline declined to take his traveling companion
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s head office is warning that devastating floods through much of Central Europe and deadly wildfires in Portugal are joint proof of a “climate breakdown” that will become the norm unless drastic action is taken. EU Crisis Management Commissioner Janez Lenarcic told lawmakers that “we could not return
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — Catherine, Princess of Wales has held her first engagement since revealing that she has completed her chemotherapy treatment. Kate, 42 – who is married to the heir to the British throne, Prince William – resumed work by hosting a meeting at Windsor Castle on Tuesday.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A 22-year-old woman who became an abortion rights advocate after she was raped by her stepfather as a child tells her story in a new campaign ad for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Hadley Duvall says in voiceover that she’s never slept a full night in her life — her
Continue ReadingCNN By Kara Scannell, Dalia Faheid and Emma Tucker, CNN New York (CNN) — Sean “Diddy” Combs will remain in federal custody ahead of his trial on racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges after his lawyers failed Wednesday to appeal a judge’s decision to deny him bail. Prosecutors had argued he was at risk of
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, Dalia Faheid and Emma Tucker, CNN New York (CNN) — Sean “Diddy” Combs will remain in federal custody ahead of his trial on racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges after his lawyers failed Wednesday to appeal a judge’s decision to deny him bail. Prosecutors had argued he was at risk of obstructing
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This presidential election season has already been marred by political violence.
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Officials say a 10-year-old student attending a Japanese school in southern China has been attacked and a suspect is in custody. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the student was stabbed by a man about 200 meters (220 yards) from the gate of the Shenzhen Japanese School. The motive for the attack
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Google has won a court challenge against a 1.49 billion euro European Union antitrust fine imposed five years ago that targeted its online advertising business. The EU’s General Court said Wednesday it was throwing out the 2019 penalty imposed by the European Commission, which is the 27-nation bloc’s top
Continue ReadingStory by Lex Harvey, photo curation by Noemi Cassanelli, CNN (CNN) — Huge crowds of devotees gathered across India this month to celebrate the Hindu festival Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the deity Ganesha, the elephant-headed, round-bellied god of prosperity and wisdom. The 10-day festivities saw worshipers hoist elaborately painted clay idols of Ganesha towards
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Determined to thwart the automating of their jobs, about 45,000 dockworkers along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts are threatening to strike on Oct. 1, a move that would shut down ports that handle about half the nation’s cargo from ships. The International Longshoremen’s Union is demanding significantly higher wages and a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England is widely expected to keep interest rates unchanged after official figures showed Inflation in the U.K. holding steady at an annual rate of 2.2% in August, with higher airfares offset by lower fuel costs and restaurant and hotel bills. The latest reading from the Office of
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Determined to thwart the automating of their jobs, about 45,000 dockworkers along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts are threatening to strike on Oct. 1, a move that would shut down ports that handle about half the nation’s cargo from ships. The International Longshoremen’s Union is demanding significantly higher wages and a
Continue ReadingCNN By Tara John, Tamara Qiblawi, Oren Liebermann, Avery Schmitz and Yong Xiong, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of pagers carried by Hezbollah members in Lebanon blew up nearly simultaneously on Tuesday in an unprecedented attack that surpasses a series of covert assassinations and cyber-attacks in the region over recent years in its scope and execution. The Iran-backed
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Walkie-talkies exploded in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon on Wednesday in a second wave of attacks targeting devices a day after pagers used by Hezbollah blew up, state media and officials for the militant group said. At least 20 people were killed and more than 450 wounded in the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A range of stars from the stage, screen and sport has gathered to pay tribute to former President Jimmy Carter ahead of his 100th birthday. The eclectic lineup rolled out Tuesday was meant to highlight the 39th president’s emphasis on human rights and his love of music as a universal
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SPRING VALLEY, Sri Lanka (AP) — Whoever Sri Lanka’s next president is, Muthuthevarkittan Manohari isn’t expecting much to change in her daily struggle to feed the four children and elderly mother with whom she lives in a dilapidated room in a tea plantation. Both leading candidates in Saturday’s presidential election are promising to
Continue ReadingTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Democratic Newark City Council President LaMonica McIver has defeated Republican small businessman Carmen Bucco in New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District. The seat opened up after Democratic Rep. Donald Payne Jr. died in April. McIver will serve the remainder of Payne’s term, ending in January. She and Bucco will face off again
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