By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Benson Kipruto won the pandemic-delayed Boston Marathon as the race returned from a 30-month absence and moved to the fall for the first time in its 125-year history. Diana Kipyogei won the women’s race to complete the eighth Kenyan sweep since 2000. Fall foliage replaced the
Continue ReadingBy Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Indian film star Nedumudi Venu has died at the age of 73, the doctor treating him has confirmed. Venu was a renowned actor in the South Indian film industry, particularly in Malayalam cinema. He was a three-time National Award winner, and was known for his roles in “His Highness Abdullah” and
Continue Reading By COSTAS KANTOURIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greece will further increase its border guards at the Turkish border over fears of a a spike in attempted illegal migration because of the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. Greek officials said Monday that an additional 250 officers will join the 1,500-strong border force
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By Claire Colbert, CNN Missing Fort Hood soldier Pfc. Jennifer Sewell has been found safe, officials said in a press release. Sewell’s family told Fort Hood officials Sunday evening she is safe and with extended family, the release states. “Pfc. Sewell is a valued member of our team, and our number one priority is ensuring
Continue Reading ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a 27-year-old woman who was killed in a weekend shootout at a busy St. Paul bar. Police say Marquisha Wiley was killed early Sunday when gunfire broke out at the Seventh Street Truck Park bar. Fourteen other people, including three suspects, were were wounded
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines canceled hundreds more flights Monday following a weekend of major service disruptions. By midmorning Monday, Southwest had canceled about 360 flights and more than 600 others were delayed. The Dallas-based airline blamed air traffic control issues and bad weather for weekend “operational challenges” that
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Scientists using artificial intelligence to sift through around 100,000 climate studies were trying to put a number on how many people in the world were already experiencing the impacts of the climate crisis. Instead, they discovered something else: there is a worrying inequality in the world of climate science. Climate change
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — In a story published Oct. 9, 2021, about the death of historian Martin Sherwin, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of a center he helped found at Tufts University. It’s the Nuclear Age History and Humanities Center, not the Nuclear Age History Center.
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By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Briana McLennan was 19 years old and at least eight weeks pregnant when she had to make a tough decision: get an abortion and continue with her plans of moving to Atlanta for college, or stay home in Texas and figure out a way to raise a baby with no
Continue Reading By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Briana McLennan was 19 years old and at least eight weeks pregnant when she had to make a tough decision: get an abortion and continue with her plans of moving to Atlanta for college, or stay home in Texas and figure out a way to raise a baby with no
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — The German city of Cologne will start permitting mosques to broadcast muezzin calls for prayer. The city says calls can be broadcast for five minutes every Friday around noon and audible outside the Muslim houses of prayer. A city spokesperson said Monday that Cologne mosques need to apply for a special permit
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By Sophia Saifi, CNN Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) announced Thursday that it was suspending flights to Afghanistan due to what it described as unworkable conditions imposed by the Taliban. The airline said conditions had worsened since the Taliban formed a new Afghan government last month and that “PIA and its staff position in Kabul were
Continue Reading By Brent Swails and Clarissa Ward, CNN The blood-stained bodies of the four accused kidnappers were hung off construction cranes with heavy chains, one with a warning sign strung around his neck, “Abductors will be punished like this.” In the public spaces in the western Afghan city of Herat, the crowds squinted into the sun,
Continue Reading By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Kenya’s Benson Kipruto won the pandemic-delayed Boston Marathon as the race returned from a 30-month absence and moved to the fall for the first time in its 125-year history. Fall foliage replacing the spring daffodils and masks took the place of mylar from Hopkinton to Boston.
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Casi uno de cada cinco de los pacientes de covid-19 más graves de Inglaterra son mujeres embarazadas no vacunadas, según el NHS England, que insta a las madres a vacunarse. Las nuevas cifras publicadas por el NHS England este lunes mostraron que, desde julio, uno de cada cinco pacientes con
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Granville Adams, who starred as Zahir Arif on HBO’s “Oz,” has died following a lengthy battle with cancer, according to a statement shared by his family. He was believed to be 58. “Granny has ascended to the heavens. Gran spent his last days surrounded by his loved ones, family, and close
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — The longtime chief executive officer for Ameren Corp. will become executive chairman, and another veteran of the utility will become CEO. St. Louis-based Ameren announced Monday that Marty Lyons will replace Warner Baxter as president and CEO starting Jan. 1. Lyons joined Ameren in 2001 as vice president and controller. He
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — The longtime chief executive officer for Ameren Corp. will become executive chairman, and another veteran of the utility will become CEO. St. Louis-based Ameren announced Monday that Marty Lyons will replace Warner Baxter as president and CEO starting Jan. 1. Lyons joined Ameren in 2001 as vice president and controller. He
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — The longtime chief executive officer for Ameren Corp. will become executive chairman, and another veteran of the utility will become CEO. St. Louis-based Ameren announced Monday that Marty Lyons will replace Warner Baxter as president and CEO starting Jan. 1. Lyons joined Ameren in 2001 as vice president and controller. He
Continue Reading By AMY TAXIN Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A popular Southern California beach that was closed for more than a week after an undersea pipeline leaked crude into ocean waters has reopened far sooner than many expected. Huntington Beach’s city and state beaches reopened after officials said water quality tests revealed no detectable
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