By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Medical Board has opened an investigation following reports that inmates at a county jail were prescribed an anti-parasitic drug to combat COVID-19 even though it hasn’t been approved to treat the coronavirus. Board Director Amy Embry on Thursday declined to elaborate on the
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By Paula Reid and Tierney Sneed, CNN Two prominent New York defense attorneys have joined the legal team for Tom Barrack, the former adviser to then-President Donald Trump who is now facing federal foreign lobbying charges. Last month the Justice Department charged Barrack with acting as an agent of a foreign government and lying to
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By ALAIN POUPART Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and most of the other Miami Dolphins starters will sit out the team’s exhibition finale Sunday at the Cincinnati Bengals. Several starting offensive linemen will likely see action. Tagovailoa has had a strong training camp. He’ll finish the preseason 24 for 34
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN US Climate Envoy John Kerry will travel to China and Japan next week to meet with top climate officials in the lead-up to a pivotal United Nations climate conference in Glasgow in November. Kerry will be in Japan on August 31, then China from September 1-3, according to a person familiar
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By MIKE FULLER Associated Press LONDON (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has held talks with top Irish officials in Dublin, focusing on a major overhaul of taxes on the world’s biggest multinational companies. During Thursday’s one-day state visit — his first to Ireland — Macron met with President Michael Higgins and Taoiseach Michael Martin.
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Kraken have already begun introducing the basics of hockey to schools and youth programs in the area before the team even takes the ice for its first NHL season this fall. The Kraken are doing something a bit different from what other teams have
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EL PASO, Texas — UTEP, UT Austin and the U.S. Space Force on Thursday began a partnership that officials say will help the U.S. maintain its predominance in aerospace technology, research, development and security. At UTEP’s campus, President Heather Wilson and Space Force Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. David Thompson signed a Memorandum of
Continue Reading By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Human remains found in a cemetery in Belgium have been identified as those of a U.S. Army sergeant from Connecticut who went missing in Germany during World War II. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Thursday that testing showed the remains were those of Sgt. Bernard
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EL PASO, Texas — Keeping newborns safe during the pandemic has always been a concern, but no more so because of the pandemic, especially when it comes to breastfeeding. Now more than a year and a half into the pandemic, Alicia Herrera, lactation consultant at the El Paso Children’s Hospital says, the Covid-19 vaccine is
Continue Reading CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — James Morrison shot a course record 10-under 60 to lead by three strokes after the first round of the European Masters. The 36-year-old Englishman started in the first playing group at 7:40 a.m. at scenic Crans-sur-Sierre club. Morrison had nine birdies and an eagle while dropping just one shot. He set
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By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a mask mandate issued by San Antonio and Bexar County for their public schools. The ruling Thursday was a blow to the efforts by some cities, counties and school districts to defy Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban on such measures.
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer The Champions League group stage will see a clash of two of the richest clubs after Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City were drawn together on Thursday. Both are yet to win Europe’s top prize despite all their funding from the sovereign wealth of Gulf states. Qatar-backed PSG was
Continue Reading CLEVELAND (AP) — Sidney Lowe has been added to Cleveland coach J.B. Bickerstaff’s staff as an assistant. This will be Lowe’s second stint with the Cavs. He coached under Mike Fratello from 1994-99. The team made three playoff appearances in that stretch. Lowe spent the past three seasons as an assistant with the Detroit Pistons.
Continue Reading By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Senate Republicans on Thursday passed a bill to limit how teachers can discuss certain racial concepts inside the classroom. The proposal seeks to bar educators from compelling students to personally adopt any ideas from a list of 13 beliefs. The measure passed
Continue Reading By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and ALEXIS TRIBOULARD Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — An all-woman Afghan robotics team known as the “Afghan Dreamers” are now safe in Mexico, but they say they want to help others who remain in their country after the Taliban takeover. The five women, accompanied by one man, arrived Tuesday after travelling
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By SUDHIN THANAWALA and JAY REEVES Associated Press Kentucky and Texas have joined a growing list of states that have surpassed their record for hospitalized coronavirus patients. The two states on Wednesday reported the most COVID-19 patients in their hospitals since the pandemic began. At least six other states have already surpassed their records amid
Continue Reading By SUDHIN THANAWALA and JAY REEVES Associated Press Kentucky and Texas have joined a growing list of states that have surpassed their record for hospitalized coronavirus patients. The two states on Wednesday reported the most COVID-19 patients in their hospitals since the pandemic began. At least six other states have already surpassed their records amid
Continue Reading By SUDHIN THANAWALA and JAY REEVES Associated Press Kentucky and Texas have joined a growing list of states that have surpassed their record for hospitalized coronavirus patients. The two states on Wednesday reported the most COVID-19 patients in their hospitals since the pandemic began. At least six other states have already surpassed their records amid
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A $100 million fix to stop a San Francisco luxury high-rise from sinking and tilting even more is on hold while engineers try to learn why the building has sunk another inch (2.5 centimeters) during the repair. Doug Elmets, spokesman for the Millennium Tower, said in a statement that pile installation
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A $100 million fix to stop a San Francisco luxury high-rise from sinking and tilting even more is on hold while engineers try to learn why the building has sunk another inch (2.5 centimeters) during the repair. Doug Elmets, spokesman for the Millennium Tower, said in a statement that pile installation
Continue Reading By CNN staff The unprecedented expansion of unemployment benefits that Congress approved at the start of the coronavirus pandemic is set to expire nationwide in early September. Are your pandemic unemployment benefits — including the $300 weekly boost and payments to freelancers, independent contractors and the long-term unemployed — about to end? Tell us about
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un par de atentados con explosivos que causaron bajas de estadounidenses y civiles a las afueras del aeropuerto de Kabul sacudieron este jueves la frenética fase final de la retirada de Afganistán, mientras se agota el tiempo para rescatar a hasta 1.500 estadounidenses, y el destino de los afganos que huyen
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business The rocket that flew Jeff Bezos to space last month just took another brief, suborbital jaunt to the upper reaches of the atmosphere, this time without people on board, as the company continues to test the vehicle and prepare to offer rides to other ultra-wealthy thrill seekers. It marked the
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Mortgage rates edged marginally higher last week, continuing a pattern of little movement in recent weeks amid uncertainty over the effect of the delta coronavirus variant on the economic recovery. Average rates for home loans remain historically low at under 3%. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reports that the average for the 30-year
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Las infecciones por coronavirus continúan aumentando entre los niños de Estados Unidos. Y los adolescentes mayores, de 16 y 17 años, enfrentan la tasa más alta de casos semanales, según un nuevo análisis de CNN de los más recientes datos de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades
Continue Reading ISTANBUL (AP) — The draw has been made for the group stage of the Champions League. Group A is Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain, Leipzig and Club Brugge. Group B is Atletico Madrid, Liverpool, Porto and AC Milan. Group C is Sporting Lisbon, Borussia Dortmund, Ajax and Besiktas. Group D is Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Shakhtar
Continue Reading By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer James McAvoy and Sharon Horgan didn’t know one another before this year. But the two actors got very familiar very quickly thanks to the new film “Together,” a cutting examination of a failing relationship only held together by their 10-year-old son over a year in the pandemic. Armed with
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso’s health department director, Angela Mora, said the city is working on a plan to begin administering Covid-19 booster shots, as more cases of the highly-contagious Delta Variant are identified. Mora said the health department is waiting on getting more guidance from the Texas Department of State Health Services
Continue Reading By TAMEEM AKHGAR and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press Salgy Baran got the highest score in all of Afghanistan on her university entrance exams this year, but she has no answers for what comes next. The 18-year-old graduate wants to stay in the country and become a doctor. But as with so many other Afghans, those
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Novak Djokovic will begin his bid to win the U.S. Open for a men’s-record 21st major tennis championship and to complete a calendar-year Grand Slam by facing a player who comes through qualifying. Djokovic’s potential path could include 2014 finalist Kei Nishikori in the third round, Wimbledon runner-up Matteo
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