UPDATE: AUSTIN, Texas — Texas law enforcement was deputized Thursday to track down Texas House Democrats still missing from the chamber and bring them to the state Capitol in Austin, a process that Speaker Dade Phelan’s office said “will begin in earnest immediately.” The news came as the Texas Supreme Court cleared the way for their
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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 injury that Powell claims was misdiagnosed. In its brief, the school argues that it is shielded from Powell’s negligence claims under state law governing schools and other institutions. It also
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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 injury that Powell claims was misdiagnosed. In its brief, the school argues that it is shielded from Powell’s negligence claims under state law governing schools and other institutions. It also
Continue Reading By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer Oklahoma running back Kennedy Brooks maximized his time while sitting out last season due to COVID-19 concerns. Brooks rushed for 2,067 yards and 18 touchdowns his first two years with the Sooners. Now that he’s vaccinated, he’s ready to jump back into action. Brooks adds his smooth running style
Continue Reading 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 have to carry around your COVID-19 vaccine card or a digital copy to get into restaurants, bars, nightclubs and music festivals. After resisting the divisive concept of vaccine
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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 have to carry around your COVID-19 vaccine card or a digital copy to get into restaurants, bars, nightclubs and music festivals. After resisting the divisive concept of vaccine
Continue Reading 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 in Pskov in northwestern Russia on Thursday convicted Lia Milushkina and her husband Artyom Milushkin on charges of selling illegal drugs and sentenced them to 10 1/2 and 11
Continue Reading By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — When a World Health Organization-led team traveled to China earlier this year to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, a top official said he was worried about biosafety standards at a laboratory close to the market where the first human cases were detected, according to
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers have reinstated All-Star closer Josh Hader from the COVID-19 reserve list. Hader joined several Brewers on the COVID-19 list on Aug. 2 after he tested positive. He entered Thursday’s game against the Chicago Cubs with 22 saves in 23 chances. The Brewers also optioned left-hander Hoby Milner to Triple-A
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Dixie fire continues to grow, destroying 900 structures and threatening more than 1,600 others
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Bill Gates has pledged $1.5 billion over three years for climate change partnerships with the Department of Energy, through his climate investment fund Breakthrough Energy. The $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill — which still needs to be passed by the House — has more than $100 billion dedicated to addressing
Continue Reading 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 driven by the delta variant, Sony Pictures on Thursday delayed the release of the big-budget sequel “Venom: Let There Be Carnage.” Instead of opening in theaters Sept. 24, the
Continue Reading 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 driven by the delta variant, Sony Pictures on Thursday delayed the release of the big-budget sequel “Venom: Let There Be Carnage.” Instead of opening in theaters Sept. 24, the
Continue Reading By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press EL CEIBO, Guatemala (AP) — Karla Leiva finds herself at a migrant shelter near the Guatemala-Mexico border with her 5-year-old daughter Zoe. They had been in three countries in the past 24 hours, none of them their own. The Hondurans were swept up in the latest U.S. government effort
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico regulators have rejected the requests of five landowners who sought to restrict public access to streams and rivers that flow through their properties. The state Game Commission voted Thursday to deny the applications, citing language in the state Constitution that implies all waters
Continue Reading By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer METAIRIE, La. (AP) — The Saints don’t want the NFL’s renewed emphasis on punishing unsportsmanlike behavior to squelch C.J. Gardner-Johnson, their ultra-competitive and trash talking defensive back. They only hope Gardner-Johnson can continue to ruffle opposing receivers without drawing flags. A crew of NFL officials has been visiting Saints
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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 the UK. I always welcome a new entrant into the arena, but many of the newcomers don’t really have a strong business plan and their efforts don’t survive the harsh economics
Continue Reading 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 is expected to have an MRI. Coach Robert Saleh depending on how the tests come back, Moore could miss the team’s preseason opener Saturday night against the Giants. Moore
Continue Reading By NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A top prosecutor for the International Criminal Court says Sudan has signed an agreement with the tribunal to move forward in the cases against those accused of atrocities in the Darfur region. That includes the country’s former President Omar al-Bashir. Prosecutor Karim Khan told reporters on Thursday
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top criminal investigation agency is looking into an oil spill off the country’s Black Sea coast that appeared hugely bigger than initially reported. The spill occurred over the weekend at the oil terminal in Yuzhnaya Ozereyevka near the port of Novorossiysk that belongs to the Caspian
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top criminal investigation agency is looking into an oil spill off the country’s Black Sea coast that appeared hugely bigger than initially reported. The spill occurred over the weekend at the oil terminal in Yuzhnaya Ozereyevka near the port of Novorossiysk that belongs to the Caspian
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — British 4×100-meter relay silver medalist Chijindu Ujah has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit for an alleged doping violation at the Tokyo Olympics. The AIU announced Thursday that the doping control laboratory in Tokyo had notified the International Testing Agency of an “adverse analytical finding” in Ujah’s doping sample. Ujah’s
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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 NFL. Now, Adidas is selling the slumping brand for up to $2.5 billion. Adidas said Thursday that it had reached a deal with Authentic Brands Group to offload Reebok.
Continue Reading By ROBERT BURNS, MATTHEW LEE and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Just weeks before the U.S. military is scheduled to complete its withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Pentagon is rushing 3,000 fresh troops to the Kabul airport to help with a partial evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. The move highlights the stunning
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN Mammoths covered huge distances in their lifetime. The beasts traveled the equivalent of the circumference of the Earth almost twice, information from the study of a 17,000-year-old tusk has revealed. Mammoth tusks grow by age — a bit like tree rings — and analysis of chemical traces in each layer of
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — “No hay evidencia en este momento de un evento de superpropagador” en Lollapalooza, el famoso festival de música de Chicago, dijo la comisionada del Departamento de Salud Pública, la Dra. Allison Arwady, en una conferencia de prensa el jueves. En total se han reportado 203 casos de covid-19, incluidos 58
Continue Reading By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco will require proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 at indoor restaurants, bars, gyms and entertainment venues. Mayor London Breed said Thursday that it’s needed to protect the health of workers, customers and the city overall. The mandate is more stringent
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By Janie Boschma, Meghna Maharishi, Christopher Hickey and David Wright, CNN America is more diverse and more multiracial than ever before, according to new 2020 Census data released on Thursday. “Our analysis of the 2020 Census results show that the US population is much more multiracial, and more racially and ethnically diverse than what we
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood, Phil Mattingly and Ellie Kaufman, CNN The United States is withdrawing personnel from its embassy in Kabul amid the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan, leaving only “a core diplomatic presence,” the Biden administration announced Thursday as more cities fell to the Taliban. Three thousand US troops are being deployed to
Continue Reading BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The Biden administration is facing a “serious challenge” at the U.S.-Mexico border, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Thursday, saying the U.S. has encountered an “unprecedented” number of migrants illegally crossing the border. During a news conference in south Texas, Mayorkas stressed the sharp increase of migrants arriving at the border, many of whom
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