UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Jasmine Thomas scored 19 points, Jonquel Jones had 17 points and 13 rebounds, and Connecticut beat Minnesota 72-60 to snap the Lynx’s eight-game winning streak. Jones, who reached 2,000 career points, also had four assists and three steals. Thomas and Jones each made all five of their free-throw attempts to help
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By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is upping the pressure on the growing number of public school districts defying a state ban on mask mandates as they try to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The Republican governor announced Tuesday that schools won’t get any cash from a $163
Continue Reading BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian officials say at least 1,150 people fled their homes in the country’s Choco province over the weekend to escape fighting between leftist insurgents and a paramilitary group that is expanding its influence in the region. The nation’s Human Rights Ombudsman said Tuesday that the clash involved armed members of the
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Sus 403 puentes, sus innumerables canales y sus bonitas calles empedradas han hecho de Venecia una de las ciudades más bellas del mundo. Pero lo que es el sueño de Instagram de una persona es la pesadilla de la movilidad de otra. La ciudad lacustre ha sido durante mucho tiempo casi
Continue Reading HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped a murder charge against a Houston police officer for his role in a fraudulent drug raid that left two homeowners dead. Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said Tuesday that the case against Officer Felipe Gallegos would be re-presented to the grand jury. That’s after concerns arose about the
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HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped a murder charge against a Houston police officer for his role in a fraudulent drug raid that left two homeowners dead. Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said Tuesday that the case against Officer Felipe Gallegos would be re-presented to the grand jury. That’s after concerns arose about the
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Designed as an homage to its iconic 1969 sports car, Nissan reveals a new version of the Z.
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Nissan unveiled the redesigned 2023 Nissan Z sports car Tuesday night, a somewhat retro-styled model the company hopes will continue the brand’s turnaround after the turmoil of the last few years. Nissan had been dealing with struggling sales due to an aging lineup and the arrest of its chairman, Carlos
Continue Reading By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAG0 (AP) — Oakland Athletics right-hander Chris Bassitt was carted off the field after he was struck on the side of the head by a line drive. In the second inning against the Chicago White Sox, Bassitt threw a pitch that that Brian Goodwin drove up the middle. Bassitt
Continue Reading By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Missisippi, one of the nation’s least vaccinated states, has opened its second field hospital in days to treat a surge of coronavirus patients. The Christian charity relief group Samaritan’s Purse arrived in Mississippi has brought in more than 50 medical professionals and set up
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Gunfire can be heard going off at the Kabul International Airport in a new video that shows people running toward the terminal. Another video shows people scrambling onto planes to escape Afghanistan as the Taliban take over. CNN cannot independently verify some of these images.
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN As the United States withdraws from Afghanistan, the world has watched as the Taliban has swiftly taken back control of the country, entering Kabul on Sunday as former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country and the United States evacuated its embassy. Now, many US veterans are expressing frustration and disappointment
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By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — A major Thai asphalt company has been implicated for money laundering in a criminal complaint against a Miami businessman accused of violating U.S. sanctions for doing maintenance work on Venezuela’s fleet of Russian fighter jets. Jorge Nobrega was arrested Sunday at Miami’s international airport. A criminal complaint
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Happy Tuesday to you all. We still have moisture in our atmosphere which could allow storms to develop but we are missing out on a vertical motion mechanism. We need something to help these storms form such as a low pressure system, etc…but we don’t have it. Thus, storm chances will be fairly low…like we
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — Apple, Google y otras grandes empresas de todo el mundo siguen aumentando sus enormes pilas de efectivo, una señal de que las corporaciones están cada vez más nerviosas por cómo la variante delta de covid-19, altamente contagiosa, podría dañar la economía mundial. Las mayores empresas no financieras del
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has hired former Marriott International and Walt Disney Company marketing leader Karin Timpone as executive vice president and chief marketing officer. Timpone will report to MLB chief operations and strategy officer Chris Marinak in leading the league’s global marketing campaign. Timpone was a global marketing officer at Marriott
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has hired former Marriott International and Walt Disney Company marketing leader Karin Timpone as executive vice president and chief marketing officer. Timpone will report to MLB chief operations and strategy officer Chris Marinak in leading the league’s global marketing campaign. Timpone was a global marketing officer at Marriott
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who is fully vaccinated against the virus, has tested positive for Covid-19.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas House Democrats who refuse to show up to the state Capitol to prevent Republican lawmakers from passing a voting restrictions bill can be arrested and brought to the lower chamber, the Texas Supreme Court ruled late Tuesday. The all-Republican court sided with Gov. Greg Abbott and House Speaker Dade Phelan — and ordered a Travis County district
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — With the state of New Mexico on Tuesday reinstating mask requirements for all indoor activities, Las Cruces Public Schools said it would continue with its existing mandate put into place earlier this month. That word brought dozens of those opposed to school masks to the LCPS board meeting on Tuesday evening
Continue Reading CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — A former Nevada prison inmate was sentenced Tuesday to three consecutive life sentences in the long-unsolved 1984 hammer killings of three Colorado family members, including a 7-year-old girl, inside their suburban Denver home. Sixty-one-year-old Alex Ewing was convicted Aug. 6 of first-degree murder after a two-day trial in which prosecutors contended
Continue Reading MASON, Ohio (AP) — Top-ranked Ash Barty is still waiting for her opening match in the Western & Southern Open at Cincinnati. Barty’s match against qualifier Heather Watson was postponed by rain on Tuesday. She hasn’t played since she lost in the first round at the Tokyo Olympics. Before that, her most recent action was
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department is releasing a shipment of tiles that were intended for a northern Virginia mosque but were confiscated at Dulles International Airport after they were determined to have violated sanctions on Iran. Word of the release came through the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which released a letter from the
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes (CNN) — Cuando Annie Sprinkle y Beth Stephens, compañeras desde hacía mucho tiempo, se casaron con la Tierra en 2008, fue un acontecimiento exuberante entre las secuoyas de Santa Cruz, en California, al que asistieron más de 300 invitados jubilosos vestidos de verde. En el evento hubo varias performances: dos artistas atados por
Continue Reading By JAMIE STENGLE and JULIE WATSON Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Across the U.S., the agencies that resettle refugees and volunteers are scrambling to help Afghan citizens who are fleeing their country after helping the U.S. during the 20-year war there. Russell Smith, CEO of Refugee Services of Texas, said they would typically get a
Continue Reading By JAMIE STENGLE and JULIE WATSON Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Across the U.S., the agencies that resettle refugees and volunteers are scrambling to help Afghan citizens who are fleeing their country after helping the U.S. during the 20-year war there. Russell Smith, CEO of Refugee Services of Texas, said they would typically get a
Continue Reading By BRENDAN FARRINGTON The Associated Press Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been criticized for efforts to ban mask mandates and vaccine passports. Meanwhile, he’s touting a COVID-19 antibody treatment in which a top donor’s company has invested millions of dollars. DeSantis has been promoting the effectiveness of the monoclonal antibody treatment sold by Regeneron. Filings
Continue Reading By BRENDAN FARRINGTON The Associated Press Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been criticized for efforts to ban mask mandates and vaccine passports. Meanwhile, he’s touting a COVID-19 antibody treatment in which a top donor’s company has invested millions of dollars. DeSantis has been promoting the effectiveness of the monoclonal antibody treatment sold by Regeneron. Filings
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Cuando las imágenes de afganos desesperados aferrados a los aviones de combate estadounidenses comenzaron a emerger de Kabul este lunes por la mañana, el presidente de Estados Unidos Joe Biden había admitido a sus asistentes que no tenía más remedio que interrumpir su estadía en Camp David para regresar a la
Continue Reading LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s foreign secretary has resigned amid criticism for comments he made about terrorism in the country in the late 20th century, leaving the new government of President Pedro Castillo less than a month after it assumed power. The presidency’s press office said in a statement that Foreign Affairs Secretary Héctor Béjar
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