Texas Supreme Court clears way for law enforcement to round up Texas House Dems
UPDATE: AUSTIN, Texas — Texas law enforcement was deputized Thursday to track down Texas House Democrats still missing from the chamber and bring…
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Seton Hall files to dismiss player’s suit over knee injury
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Seton Hall University has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by former basketball player Myles Powell over a knee…
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Seton Hall files to dismiss player’s suit over knee injury
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Seton Hall University has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by former basketball player Myles Powell over a knee…
Continue Reading Oklahoma RB Brooks back after sitting with COVID-19 concerns
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer Oklahoma running back Kennedy Brooks maximized his time while sitting out last season due to COVID-19 concerns.…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Will we need vaccine passports to do fun things?
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Ready to go out on the town before summer ends? In parts of the U.S., you might…
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EXPLAINER: Will we need vaccine passports to do fun things?
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Ready to go out on the town before summer ends? In parts of the U.S., you might…
Continue Reading 2 Russian opposition activists sentenced on drug charges
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian opposition activist and her husband have been handed prison sentences on drug charges they have rejected as a sham. A court…
Continue Reading WHO expert ‘had concerns’ about lab close to 1st COVID cases
By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — When a World Health Organization-led team traveled to China earlier this year to investigate the…
Continue Reading Brewers reinstate closer Hader from COVID-19 reserve list
CHICAGO (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers have reinstated All-Star closer Josh Hader from the COVID-19 reserve list. Hader joined several Brewers on the…
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DIXIE FIRE GROWS AS FIREFIGHTERS BRACE FOR THUNDERSTORMS (9:30pET)
Dixie fire continues to grow, destroying 900 structures and threatening more than 1,600…
Continue ReadingBill Gates pledges $1.5 billion to climate projects in the infrastructure bill
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Bill Gates has pledged $1.5 billion over three years for climate change partnerships with the Department of Energy,…
Continue Reading Sony delays ‘Venom’ sequel release amid delta surge
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In the biggest sign yet that Hollywood’s fall plans are being altered by the coronavirus surge…
Continue Reading Sony delays ‘Venom’ sequel release amid delta surge
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In the biggest sign yet that Hollywood’s fall plans are being altered by the coronavirus surge…
Continue Reading Migrants find themselves stranded abroad by new US policy
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press EL CEIBO, Guatemala (AP) — Karla Leiva finds herself at a migrant shelter near the Guatemala-Mexico border with…
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New Mexico denies landowners’ push to restrict stream access
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico regulators have rejected the requests of five landowners who sought to…
Continue Reading Saints want Gardner-Johnson ruffling receivers, within rules
By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer METAIRIE, La. (AP) — The Saints don’t want the NFL’s renewed emphasis on punishing unsportsmanlike behavior to…
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What happened on board JetBlue’s first NY-London flight
Richard Quest, as told to Francesca Street, CNN I’ve been a transatlantic avgeek for decades, regularly flying back and forth from the US to…
Continue Reading Jets rookie WR Moore leaves practice with quad issue
By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets rookie wide receiver Elijah Moore has a quadriceps injury and…
Continue Reading Sudan signs deal with ICC to get justice for Darfur victims
By NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A top prosecutor for the International Criminal Court says Sudan has signed an agreement with the…
Continue Reading Russian investigators probe big Black Sea oil spill
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top criminal investigation agency is looking into an oil spill off the country’s…
Continue Reading Russian investigators probe big Black Sea oil spill
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top criminal investigation agency is looking into an oil spill off the country’s…
Continue Reading Britain’s Ujah suspended for doping violation at Olympics
LONDON (AP) — British 4×100-meter relay silver medalist Chijindu Ujah has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit for an…
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Adidas is selling Reebok for less than it originally paid
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Adidas bought Reebok for $3.8 billion in 2006, back when Reebok was riding high and had deals with the NBA and…
Continue Reading US sending 3K troops for partial Afghan embassy evacuation
By ROBERT BURNS, MATTHEW LEE and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Just weeks before the U.S. military is scheduled to complete…
Continue Reading Mammoths were the original ‘ice road truckers,’ traveling vast distances across the Arctic
By Katie Hunt, CNN Mammoths covered huge distances in their lifetime. The beasts traveled the equivalent of the circumference of the Earth almost…
Continue ReadingNo hay evidencia de que Lollapalooza fuera un evento superpropagador de covid-19, dicen autoridades
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — “No hay evidencia en este momento de un evento de superpropagador” en Lollapalooza, el famoso festival de…
Continue Reading San Francisco to require vaccine proof at indoor venues
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco will require proof of full vaccination against COVID-19…
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Census release shows America is more diverse and more multiracial than ever
By Janie Boschma, Meghna Maharishi, Christopher Hickey and David Wright, CNN America is more diverse and more multiracial than ever before, according…
Continue Reading US to reduce personnel at embassy in Afghanistan as more cities fall to Taliban
By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood, Phil Mattingly and Ellie Kaufman, CNN The United States is withdrawing personnel from its embassy in Kabul amid…
Continue Reading Homeland Security chief visits south Texas border, calls migrant surge ‘unprecedented’
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The Biden administration is facing a “serious challenge” at the U.S.-Mexico border, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro…
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