ALS walk raises over $100,000 for research and treatment
Saturday morning, at least 125 people gathered in Bethel Park to walk a mile for ALS.
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Brittany Force takes No. 1 spot in NHRA Top Fuel qualifying
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Brittany Force took the No. 1 spot in Top Fuel qualifying for the fourth consecutive event and sixth time this year Saturday at the Menards NHRA Nationals. Winless this season, Force had a 3.716-second run at 329.42 mph at Heartland Motorsports Park. J.R. Todd took the top spot in Funny Car
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Sen. Tom Cotton: Laxalt key to GOP flipping the U.S. Senate
By SAM METZ Associated Press / Report for America GARDNERVILLE, Nev. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton told a crowd of about 4,000 Nevada Republicans that Adam Laxalt plans to run for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto. He and other Republican luminaries revved up a crowd gathered at a rural
Continue Reading Trudeau’s itinerary points to him triggering early election
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is heading to the governor general’s residence and is expected to dissolve Parliament and trigger an early election as seeks capitalize on Canada being one of the most fully vaccinated countries in the world. Trudeau’s itinerary’s shows he will visit the governor
Continue Reading Man stabbed, reporter attacked at protest at LA City Hall
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Police Department and local media say a man was stabbed and a reporter was attacked Saturday at a protest against vaccine mandates at Los Angeles’ City Hall after a fight broke out between the protesters and counterprotesters. About 2 p.m., a group of several hundred people
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Former SNL cast member Horatio Sanz has been accused of grooming and sexually assaulting a minor
By Elizabeth Joseph and Liam Reilly, CNN Comedian and former “Saturday Night Live” cast member Horatio Sanz is accused of grooming and sexually assaulting a 17-year-old in 2002, according to a lawsuit filed in New York on Thursday. The plaintiff — referred to as Jane Doe — chose not to disclose her identity in the
Continue Reading How to help Haiti earthquake victims
By Mayra Cuevas, CNN A 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti August 14th, causing widespread destruction, killing at least 2,100 people and injuring thousands more. Humanitarian officials worry about how quickly aid can be deployed and how Haitians will be affected as the country is still grappling with the assassination in July of President Jovenel Moise.
Continue Reading US border agents in Tennessee have seized thousands of counterfeit Covid-19 vaccination cards
By Alaa Elassar, CNN US Customs and Border Protection officers in Memphis, Tennessee, have seized thousands of fake Covid-19 vaccination cards so far this year. “Every night” officers are seizing shipments from Shenzhen, China, headed to New Orleans, Louisiana, containing dozens of blank counterfeit vaccination cards, CBP said in a press release Friday. The cards
Continue Reading In the largest Afghan enclave in the US, frustration, heartbreak and ‘a sense of mourning’
By Ray Sanchez, CNN Mizgon Darby was an 18-year-old college freshman when she started a journal 20 years ago giving voice to the growing numbers of Afghans living in the United States. “There was a sense of hope, of wanting to help, and wanting to do more and do better and go back to the
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In the largest Afghan enclave in the US, frustration, heartbreak and ‘a sense of mourning’
By Ray Sanchez, CNN Mizgon Darby was an 18-year-old college freshman when she started a journal 20 years ago giving voice to the growing numbers of Afghans living in the United States. “There was a sense of hope, of wanting to help, and wanting to do more and do better and go back to the
Continue Reading In the largest Afghan enclave in the US, frustration, heartbreak and ‘a sense of mourning’
By Ray Sanchez, CNN Mizgon Darby was an 18-year-old college freshman when she started a journal 20 years ago giving voice to the growing numbers of Afghans living in the United States. “There was a sense of hope, of wanting to help, and wanting to do more and do better and go back to the
Continue Reading Cyber leader calls for nonpartisan path to securing the vote
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Those entrusted with securing the nation’s voting systems must remain nonpartisan as a myriad of complex and growing risks continue to threaten U.S. elections. That’s the message from Jen Easterly, one of the nation’s top cybersecurity officials. Easterly leads the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security
Continue Reading Cyber leader calls for nonpartisan path to securing the vote
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Those entrusted with securing the nation’s voting systems must remain nonpartisan as a myriad of complex and growing risks continue to threaten U.S. elections. That’s the message from Jen Easterly, one of the nation’s top cybersecurity officials. Easterly leads the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security
Continue Reading ‘Unprecedented’ flooding in El Paso leaves woman dead
By KEN MILLER Associated Press A storm system that stalled for days over West Texas led to what a National Weather Service meteorologist calls an “unprecedented” amount of rain in the El Paso area that left a woman dead. Meteorologist Jason Grzywacz said Saturday that 6 inches of rain fell on El Paso in the
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German soccer leagues to have 1st female CEO next year
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s top two soccer divisions will have a female chief executive for the first time next year. The German soccer league (DFL) says Donata Hopfen will take over from outgoing CEO Christian Seifert on a three-year contract from January 2022. The 45-year-old Hopfen is currently managing director of a corporate investment firm
Continue Reading Tour bus crashes on NY Thruway injures 57, some seriously
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Officials say a tour bus bound for Niagara Falls ran off the New York State Thruway and rolled over in central New York, sending more than 50 people to hospitals. State police say 57 people were aboard the bus when it crashed just after midday Saturday
Continue Reading Biden calls school chiefs, lauds defiance of anti-mask rules
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — President Joe Biden has called school district superintendents in Florida and Arizona, praising them for doing what he called “the right thing” after their respective boards implemented mask requirements in defiance of their Republican governors amid growing COVID-19 infections. The White House said in a
Continue Reading Heat, smoke expected to linger in Pacific Northwest
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Temperatures are expected to reach up to 94 degrees Fahrenheit on Saturday in Portland, Oregon, as an excessive heat warning is set to expire in the evening. Cooling centers in Oregon’s largest county Multnomah County will remain open until Sunday morning for people seeking a place to escape the heat. Although
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BBC Russia correspondent calls her imminent expulsion ‘shocking’ and says she can never go back
By Katharina Krebs, Zahra Ullah and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN A BBC journalist working in Moscow said Saturday that she felt shocked she was being expelled from Russia and said she had been told she could never return to the country, in what her employer, the UK’s public broadcaster, described as a “direct assault on media
Continue Reading Israel condemns Poland restitution law, recalls top diplomat
By VANESSA GERA and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Israel is condemning Poland’s approval of a law that restricts the rights of former Polish property owners, including Holocaust survivors and their descendants, to reclaim property seized by the country’s former communist regime. Israel also has recalled its top diplomat in protest. The
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