By PAUL J. WEBER and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans have advanced new voting restrictions after months of protests by Democrats. The sweeping bill that passed the Texas House late Thursday comes one week after Democrats ended a 38-day walkout to stop it from passing. Texas is now back in
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By PAUL J. WEBER and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans have advanced new voting restrictions after months of protests by Democrats. The sweeping bill that passed the Texas House late Thursday comes one week after Democrats ended a 38-day walkout to stop it from passing. Texas is now back in
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The United States has pledged another $32 million in aid to the victims of Haiti’s 7.2-magnitude earthquake, as the country’s interim prime minister defends his government’s response. U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power said Thursday the U.S. government had learned from
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By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Odell Beckham Jr.’s comeback is closer to completion. Beckham, who has slowly increased his activities since the Browns opened training camp last month, took his first snaps in team drills during Thursday’s practice — a major step in his return from season-ending knee surgery. Beckham was
Continue Reading RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s minimum age to be married is now higher after Gov. Roy Cooper signed a bill increasing it from 14 years old to 16. The increase takes effect immediately after the governor’s bill signing Thursday. It comes after the General Assembly gave unanimous support to the new threshold earlier this
Continue Reading By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A school board in Virginia has agreed to pay $1.3 million in legal costs to the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU spent six years representing a student who sued over the school board’s transgender bathroom ban. Gavin Grimm’s suit against the Gloucester County School Board
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Una niña nacida en un vuelo de evacuación militar estadounidense que se dirigía a la Base Aérea de Ramstein, en Alemania, fue nombrada Reach por el distintivo de llamada de la aeronave, según el máximo general de EE.UU. en Europa. “Hemos tenido más conversaciones con la madre y el padre del
Continue Reading By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — College football programs are transitioning from traditional paper tickets to digital ticketing. Many fans like the feel of holding a ticket in their hand and hanging on to them as keepsakes. Others welcome the convenience of having a barcode on their smartphone scanned at
Continue Reading By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — College football programs are transitioning from traditional paper tickets to digital ticketing. Many fans like the feel of holding a ticket in their hand and hanging on to them as keepsakes. Others welcome the convenience of having a barcode on their smartphone scanned at
Continue Reading By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Running back Saquon Barkley participated in 7-on-7 drills for the first time this preseason during the final day of joint practices between the Giants and Patriots. It was the latest step in his nine-plus months of rehabilitation from surgery after he suffered a torn ligament
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is seeing soaring numbers of deadly overdoses from fentanyl and methamphetamine. Legislative analysts said in a report released Thursday that preliminary figures show fentanyl-related deaths increased by 129% between 2019 and 2020. That percentage is expected to climb even higher as the data
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN The new trailer for ABC’s reboot of “The Wonder Years” hits all the right notes as it starts out with that iconic song from Joe Cocker. From there, narrator Don Cheadle and an all-new cast take the reins of the beloved title. This take on the coming-of-age story focuses on the
Continue Reading STOCKHOLM (AP) — Her cannons firing a powerful salute, a full-size replica of an 18th century merchant ship has sailed into port at the Swedish capital. The nearly 200-foot Götheborg of Sweden is billed the world’s largest operational wooden sailing vessel. Thursday’s sail into Stockholm was a chance for the crew to gain experience before
Continue Reading By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas coach Steve Sarkisian says he’s not ready to name either Casey Thompson or Hudson Card his starting quarterback. The No. 21 Longhorns wrapped up training camp Thursday ahead of their Sept. 4 season opener against No. 23 Louisiana-Lafayette. Sarkisian says Thompson and Card are
Continue Reading By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas coach Steve Sarkisian says he’s not ready to name either Casey Thompson or Hudson Card his starting quarterback. The No. 21 Longhorns wrapped up training camp Thursday ahead of their Sept. 4 season opener against No. 23 Louisiana-Lafayette. Sarkisian says Thompson and Card are
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Seattle Seahawks center Kyle Fuller appears to have the upper hand in a competition with Ethan Pocic for the starter’s job. It could be that Fuller will win the gig by default, although the coaches have been very encouraged by his development and command of
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN Who doesn’t love an excuse to celebrate our furry four-legged friends? Thursday marks International Dog Day, first established in 2004 by pet advocate Colleen Paige to encourage dog adoptions for animals in need of homes. We thought we’d brighten the dog days of summer with a look at some of our
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By Emma Tucker and Evan Perez, CNN US Marshals preparing for a recent operation with local police in Missouri to arrest a fugitive allegedly involved in drug trafficking faced last-minute hurdles because of a controversial new state law aimed at protecting gun rights, according to US law enforcement officials. The officials told CNN that local
Continue Reading By KATHY GANNON and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press The Islamic State offshoot that President Joe Biden blames for a deadly suicide attack outside the Kabul airport got its start six years ago with several hundred fighters who regarded the Taliban as too moderate. The group known as Islamic State Khorasan formed along the mountain border
Continue Reading LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears have waived receiver Javon Wims. Wims was drafted in the seventh round by Chicago in 2018. He had 28 receptions for 266 yards and two touchdowns in three seasons. The NFL suspended Wims for two games in November for punching New Orleans Saints safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson. And
Continue Reading By JEREMY REISMAN Associated Press ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Lions coach Dan Campbell and general manager Brad Holmes will be using the team’s final preseason game against the Indianapolis Colts on Friday night to make their last decisions on the regular-season roster. Campbell, in his first year as Lions head coach, believes most of
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Las tiendas de Oklahoma están teniendo dificultades para mantener en existencias la ivermectina, un medicamento utilizado para desparasitar a animales grandes. En Mississippi, el 70% de las llamadas recientes al centro de control de intoxicaciones del estado sin por la ingesta de formulaciones de ivermectina destinadas a los animales y adquiridas
Continue Reading By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Connecticut woman has been sentenced to seven days in jail and is banned from Yellowstone National Park for two years after other tourists captured photos and video of her walking on thermal features in the Norris Geyser Basin. The 26-year-old woman pleaded guilty to
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The Philadelphia Flyers have signed top center Sean Couturier to an eight-year contract extension worth $62 million. Couturier counts $7.75 million against the salary cap with his contract that begins after next season and runs through 2029-30. He won the Selke Trophy in 2020 as the NHL’s best defensive
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EL PASO, Texas — Rescuers called off the search Thursday afternoon for a man spotted by U.S. Border Patrol agents in the river near Loop 375 and Padres. Rescue teams had assembled east of the Ysleta Port of Entry, between the Riverside Canal and the Rio Grande. But after looking unsuccessfully for over an hour,
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By MARIA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has again sidestepped questions about reinstating the U.S. “Remain in Mexico” policy. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Thursday that Mexico will continue helping the United States on immigration. But he noted “it can’t go on forever,” and said attention must turn to development
Continue Reading By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s new attorney general is seeking execution dates for seven death-row inmates. In motions filed Thursday with the state’s Court of Criminal Appeals, Attorney General John O’Connor says the seven inmates have exhausted all their appeals. Six of the inmates were recently dismissed from a federal
Continue Reading By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press / Report for America SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An avalanche of federal money is allowing New Mexico school districts to buy items long on their wish lists — particularly in schools with large populations of low-income students. Since March 2020, the federal government has provided $190 billion in pandemic
Continue Reading By ANDREW DESTIN Associated Press SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — The team from Honolulu is just a couple of wins away from securing its second Little League World Series championship since 2018 and the fourth for Hawaii in 16 years. The team has been in a COVID-19 bubble since Aug. 6, just before the start
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