By DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s first new Catholic school in nearly 60 years has opened its door to students. Baltimore is a city once steeped in Catholicism like few others in the U.S. Monday’s opening of Mother Mary Lange Catholic School is an anomaly in the national education landscape where the
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By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pitt senior quarterback Kenny Pickett is looking to make the most of his decision to return for a fifth season instead of going to the NFL. Pickett was leaning toward entering the NFL draft before changing his mind last December. The 23-year-old says the chance to
Continue Reading PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson’s newcomers on offense will get an early test this weekend when the third-ranked Tigers face No. 5 Georgia in the season opener for both teams. Clemson will begin what it hopes is another championship run without their two biggest offensive weapons the past three seasons
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil is waiting for nine footballers based in England to arrive for World Cup qualifiers this week. The Brazilian Football Confederation says 21 players have already gathered in Sao Paulo for upcoming matches against Chile, Argentina and Peru. Meanwhile, Argentina has almost all 30 members
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — El cardenal Jorge Urosa, arzobispo emérito de Caracas, está hospitalizado en una unidad de cuidados intensivos de una clínica de la capital venezolana tras dar positivo de covid-19. La Arquidiócesis de Caracas informó este lunes en un comunicado que su condición se mantiene estable, aunque es muy delicada. “Invitamos
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BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Montana State University said Monday that the founders of an insurance company are donating $101 million to its nursing school. School officials said the donation is the largest gift to a university nursing program in U.S. history and will help the state deal with a shortage of nurses. The donation comes
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Connor McDavid is again focusing on improving his defensive play to become a better all-around player. He was the unanimous selection as the NHL’s most valuable player last season. The Edmonton Oilers captain only took a few weeks off after his team was swept out of the first round
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By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press CALIPATRIA, Calif. (AP) — Demand for electric vehicles has shifted investments into high gear to extract lithium from geothermal wastewater around California’s dying Salton Sea. The ultralight metal is critical to rechargeable batteries. Despite widespread availability in the United States, Nevada has the country’s only lithium plant, and U.S. production
Continue Reading By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press CALIPATRIA, Calif. (AP) — Demand for electric vehicles has shifted investments into high gear to extract lithium from geothermal wastewater around California’s dying Salton Sea. The ultralight metal is critical to rechargeable batteries. Despite widespread availability in the United States, Nevada has the country’s only lithium plant, and U.S. production
Continue Reading ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Detroit Lions backup quarterback Tim Boyle broke his right thumb in the team’s preseason finale and needs surgery. Lions coach Dan Campbell made the announcement Monday, adding the team is hopeful it was not a season-ending injury. Boyle was hurt Friday night in a loss to the Indianapolis Colts. Detroit
Continue Reading By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press CALIPATRIA, Calif. (AP) — Demand for electric vehicles has shifted investments into high gear to extract lithium from geothermal wastewater around California’s dying Salton Sea. The ultralight metal is critical to rechargeable batteries. Despite widespread availability in the United States, Nevada has the country’s only lithium plant, and U.S. production
Continue Reading By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press CALIPATRIA, Calif. (AP) — Demand for electric vehicles has shifted investments into high gear to extract lithium from geothermal wastewater around California’s dying Salton Sea. The ultralight metal is critical to rechargeable batteries. Despite widespread availability in the United States, Nevada has the country’s only lithium plant, and U.S. production
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — The New Mexico Lottery is asking Powerball players to check their tickets to see if they are a $1 million winner, ABC affiliate KOAT reported Monday. The winning numbers from Saturday’s drawing were 12, 22, 26, 46, 59 and Powerball number 26. The $1 million winning ticket sold in New Mexico matched
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Los hospitales en partes del sur de Estados Unidos se están quedando sin suministro de oxígeno a medida que los casos de covid-19 y las hospitalizaciones continúan aumentando, impulsados por las franjas de personas que siguen sin vacunarse y una variante peligrosa del coronavirus que ha infectado a millones de
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The NHTSA is investigating Tesla ‘Autopilot’ crashes. Former Navy fighter pilot and Georgetown Professor Missy Cummings attributes them to ‘boredom and our inability to have sustained attention’ and says manufacturers should do away with the term ‘hands-free.’
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Another Tesla has hit an emergency vehicle, apparently while using the Autopilot driver-assist feature, adding to a problem that is already the subject of a federal safety probe. The Florida Highway Patrol reported the accident just before 5 in the morning Saturday along Interstate 4 in Orlando. No one was
Continue Reading By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortion providers in Texas are asking the Supreme Court to prevent enforcement of a state law that would allow private citizens to sue anyone for helping a woman get an abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy. The request to the court comes after a panel of
Continue Reading By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortion providers in Texas are asking the Supreme Court to prevent enforcement of a state law that would allow private citizens to sue anyone for helping a woman get an abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy. The request to the court comes after a panel of
Continue Reading By AL LESAR Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee coach Josh Heupel has named Joe Milton as the Volunteers’ starting quarterback four days before the season opener against Bowling Green. Milton arrived on campus this spring after three years at Michigan. He beat out Harrison Bailey and Hendon Hooker who transferred from Virginia Tech.
Continue Reading CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Donations are pouring in for the widow and unborn child of a U.S. Marine from Wyoming killed in a bombing in Afghanistan. Twenty-year-old Rylee McCollum was among 13 service members killed by a suicide bomb attack Thursday at the Kabul airport. They were providing security as the airport was overwhelmed with
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WASHINGTON, DC — Lawyers for abortion clinics in Texas raced to the U.S. Supreme Court Monday, asking the justices to block a controversial law that bans abortions at six weeks and allows private citizens to bring civil suits against anyone who assists a pregnant person seeking an abortion in violation of the law. The law set
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Miami safety Avantae Williams is back on the roster following the dropping of battery charges. The Hurricanes say the second-year freshman will not make his on-field debut until the second half of the season at the earliest. Williams was dismissed from the team earlier
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer The New Orleans Saints are at the home of another NFL team after being displaced by Hurricane Ida. Saints players and staff, along with about 120 family members, relocated to North Texas in advance of the storm that made landfall south of New Orleans on Sunday as a powerful
Continue Reading By Kristen Rogers, CNN How long older adults sleep could affect their brain health, according to a study published Monday in the journal JAMA Neurology. Disrupted sleep is common in late life, the study authors wrote, and associated with changes in cognitive function — the mental capacity for learning, thinking, reasoning, problem-solving, decision-making, remembering and
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Two-time U.S. figure skating champion Alysa Liu will compete at the Nebelhorn Trophy next month in the final qualifying competition for the Winter Olympics. The event is set for Sept. 21-25 in Oberstdorf, Germany. Based on the results at the ISU World Championships this year, the United States earned two Olympic
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN The weather on Earth can be strange, but it may be nothing compared to global dust storms or nighttime snowfall on Mars that scientists are just beginning to understand. Before we send humans to other destinations across the solar system, the ability to create accurate weather forecasts will be necessary, according
Continue Reading By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After several days of testimony from women claiming they were sexually abused by R&B star R. Kelly, a man has testified that Kelly exploited him in the same way. The witness took the stand at Kelly’s sex-trafficking trial in New York City on Monday. He claimed
Continue Reading NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus says an oil slick believed to have originated from a power plant inside one of Syria’s oil refineries could reach the northeastern tip of the Mediterranean island nation in the next 24 hours. The Cyprus Fisheries and Marine Research Department said late Monday that computer models indicate the slick could
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Andy Murray showed that even at age 34 and with an artificial hip he can push the best tennis players in the world. He would rather have won against No. 3 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas on Day 1 at the U.S. Open, of course. Murray lost
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EL PASO, Texas– A trend paying tribute to the 13 U.S. service member lives lost in Afghanistan has gone viral across the country. From bars to restaurants and even highways, people are coming together to commemorate our troops. The El Paso bar Gringo Theory on Montana Avenue has followed in those footsteps. They reserved the
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