By DAVID SMALE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Oklahoma and Texas will leave the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference in a few seasons. It led to various discussions at Big 12 basketball Media Day. New Texas coach Chris Beard says his Longhorns will have a target on their backs for fans eager
Continue Reading By DAVID SMALE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Oklahoma and Texas will leave the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference in a few seasons. It led to various discussions at Big 12 basketball Media Day. New Texas coach Chris Beard says his Longhorns will have a target on their backs for fans eager
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By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The parents of a 6-year-old Colorado girl who fell 110 feet to her death on a theme park ride after not being buckled in are suing the park. The lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park recklessly caused her death by failing to train the ride’s
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By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The parents of a 6-year-old Colorado girl who fell 110 feet to her death on a theme park ride after not being buckled in are suing the park. The lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park recklessly caused her death by failing to train the ride’s
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By Tierney Sneed and Jessica Schneider, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland — whose nomination was premised on insulating the Justice Department from politics — faces a decision that puts him at the center of a partisan firestorm, with the House’s request that the department pursue criminal contempt against Steve Bannon for his refusal to cooperate
Continue Reading DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A judge has issued a temporary restraining order limiting how striking workers at the Deere & Co. plant in Davenport should conduct themselves. The injunction issued Wednesday says only four picketers can be near gates of the Davenport Works plant, it bans the use of chairs and barrel fires by picketers
Continue Reading DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A judge has issued a temporary restraining order limiting how striking workers at the Deere & Co. plant in Davenport should conduct themselves. The injunction issued Wednesday says only four picketers can be near gates of the Davenport Works plant, it bans the use of chairs and barrel fires by picketers
Continue Reading DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A judge has issued a temporary restraining order limiting how striking workers at the Deere & Co. plant in Davenport should conduct themselves. The injunction issued Wednesday says only four picketers can be near gates of the Davenport Works plant, it bans the use of chairs and barrel fires by picketers
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An FBI agent has testified that authorities found a trash bag of shredded documents, thousands of dollars in cash, latex gloves and a “go-bag” when they searched the home of a Maryland couple accused of trying to sell information about nuclear-powered warships to a foreign country. Navy
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa State Patrol trooper has died nearly a week after he was injured in a car crash in northeast Iowa that happened while he was rushing to assist another agency. Trooper Ted Benda was hurt Oct. 14 in a single-vehicle crash while en route to help the Clayton County
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG Associated Press Federal investigators are interviewing people who were on a jet that ran off a Texas runway during takeoff and burst into flames. The National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday that investigators expect to spend one to two weeks gathering evidence at the site of the accident at an airport near
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By Melissa Alonso, CNN A 4-year-old boy who slipped off a cliff and fell about 70 feet suffered just some scrapes and bruises, the Wolfe County, Kentucky, Search & Rescue Team said in a Facebook post. The boy was hiking with his parents in the Daniel Boone National Forest on Friday afternoon when he slipped
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Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — El hombre acusado de matar a la estudiante universitaria de 19 años Kristin Smart en 1996 se declaró inocente en su comparecencia este miércoles. Paul Flores, de 44 años, enfrenta un cargo de asesinato en primer grado por presuntamente matar a Smart en su dormitorio en California. Los fiscales dicen
Continue Reading By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A military outpost in southern Syria was hit by a coordinated attack Wednesday, but U.S. officials say no American troops stationed there were injured or killed. Initial reports said the attack appeared to include two drone strikes and a small number of rockets. One official says
Continue Reading By MARY CLARE JALONICK, MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Steve Bannon is facing a contempt charge from Congress after he refused to cooperate with a House committee investigating the violent Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. But it’s the Justice Department that decides what happens next. As the House readies
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN Business) — Procter & Gamble, uno de los mayores fabricantes de bienes de consumo de Estados Unidos, dijo este martes que aumentará los precios de ciertos productos de aseo, belleza y cuidado bucal para los clientes minoristas con el fin de combatir el aumento de los costos. Es la más reciente ronda
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA and NICK PERRY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain and New Zealand have agreed to a trade deal that eliminates tariffs on a wide range of goods as the U.K. expands economic links around the world following its exit from the European Union. The deal was cemented in a conference call between
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA and NICK PERRY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain and New Zealand have agreed to a trade deal that eliminates tariffs on a wide range of goods as the U.K. expands economic links around the world following its exit from the European Union. The deal was cemented in a conference call between
Continue Reading By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The NFL has proposed changes to the $1 billion concussion settlement after an outcry over test score adjustments known as “race-norming.” The adjustments make it harder for retired Black players to win dementia awards that average $500,000 or more. The proposed changes come after months of closed-door
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter A group of unvaccinated Maine health care workers asked the Supreme Court Wednesday to step in and block enforcement of the state’s coronavirus vaccine mandate. The mandate is set to go into force on October 29 and the workers argue that the mandate violates their sincerely held
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