By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — AJ Pollock led off the 16th inning with a two-run homer and the streaking Los Angeles Dodgers beat the struggling San Diego Padres 5-3 in by far the longest major league game since pandemic rules were implemented last year. No game had lasted longer than
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Mariana Toro Hong Kong (CNN) — Cuando la vicepresidenta de Estados Unidos, Kamala Harris, subió a bordo del buque de combate litoral USS Tulsa en Singapur el lunes, puso un nuevo foco de atención sobre posiblemente uno de los barcos más divisivos de la flota de la Marina de Estados Unidos. Dependiendo de con quién
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Una jueza federal ordenó el miércoles sanciones para Sidney Powell, Lin Wood y varios otros abogados que trabajaron en demandas alineadas con Trump que buscaban desafiar los resultados de las elecciones de 2020. La jueza federal de distrito Linda Parker, del Distrito Este de Michigan, dijo que los abogados se habían “involucrado
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BERLIN (AP) — Police in Germany are investigating a leopard attack on a model who suffered severe injuries during a photo shoot. German news agency dpa reported Thursday that the focus of the investigation the focus is on the 48-year-old owner of the leopard involved in the attack. The 36-year-old model received injuries on her
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian farmer unable to attend his aunt’s funeral because of pandemic restrictions has paid his respects by arranging dozens of sheep in the shape of a love heart. Ben Jackson found that feeding his pregnant ewes in a pattern caused the animals to line up
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s Parliament is expected to end a nurses’ strike by implementing a previously rejected pay proposal. The move would be a rare intervention in a country with a labor market model that calls for employers and unions to agree on work conditions through collective bargaining. The compromise proposal from the Social
Continue ReadingCNN By Tim Lister, CNN In the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, the Taliban resisted demands from Washington to hand over al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The result was an invasion by US and allied forces, which swept the Taliban from power. Fast forward 20 years and the
Continue Reading By Tim Lister, CNN The devastating bomb attack outside Kabul airport on Thursday is a brutal reminder that Afghanistan remains fertile territory for jihadi terrorism and that ISIS remains a resilient presence far beyond its birthplace. The attack was claimed — remarkably quickly — by ISIS-Khorasan, the ISIS “province” active in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press New Zealand says it was not able to get everybody it wanted out of Afghanistan in time before the deadly attacks near Kabul’s airport brought its rescue mission to an end. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Friday she is not yet sure how many people were left behind or whether they
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — Una amenaza terrorista grave y específica de ISIS se cierne sobre el frenético final de la retirada de Estados Unidos de Afganistán con el tiempo acabándose rápidamente para rescatar a 1.500 estadounidenses y con el destino de los afganos que huyen cada vez más oscuro. El presidente Joe Biden está cumpliendo
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Eric Cheung, CNN Hong Kong’s national security police are investigating the group behind the city’s annual June 4 vigil, which commemorates pro-democracy protesters who died in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing, according to a letter to organizers seen by CNN. The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic
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Former CIA senior intelligence officer Marc Polymeropoulos joins CNN’s Brianna Keilar to discuss the delay of Vice President Kamala Harris’ trip in Southeast Asia. Harris’ departure was delayed after her office was informed of a “report of a recent possible anomalous health incident.” That term is how the government usually refers to the mysterious Havana syndrome that has sickened hundreds of US officials over the past few years.
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — ESPN is canceling Rachel Nichols’ show “The Jump” and pulling her off NBA programming. ESPN will have a new daily NBA show that will premiere sometime before the regular season begins in October. The network will also revamp and find a host for the “NBA
Continue Reading By SAYED ZIARMAL HASHEMI, RAHIM FAIEZ, LOLITA C. BALDOR and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two suicide bombers and gunmen have targeted crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul’s airport to flee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. An Afghan official says at least 60 Afghans were killed and 143 wounded. U.S. officials said
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN As she held up her cell phone to take back-to-school selfies with the new school resource officers last week, the excitement of the first day swept through Liz Pray just as it had in previous years. But Pray, a school nurse, was nervous, too. “I don’t know what the school year
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN More than 100,000 people are currently hospitalized with Covid-19 in the United States, according to data from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). That number puts the US in a worse place than August of last year. There were 100,317 people hospitalized with the virus Wednesday — more
Continue Reading By ANNABELLE LIANG Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed as investors await more guidance on the U.S. Federal Reserve’s easing plans. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 lost 0.3% while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong added 0.6% on Friday. Benchmarks in South Korea and Shanghai advanced but Sydney fell. Fed Chair Jerome Powell
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By ANNABELLE LIANG Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed as investors await more guidance on the U.S. Federal Reserve’s easing plans. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 lost 0.3% while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong added 0.6% on Friday. Benchmarks in South Korea and Shanghai advanced but Sydney fell. Fed Chair Jerome Powell
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A large chunk of German’s electorate remains undecided going into a federal election that will determine who succeeds Angela Merkel as chancellor after her 16 years in office. Recent surveys show that support for German political parties has flattened out, with none forecast to receive more than
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says it will ease commercial restrictions on the Gaza Strip and expand entry of goods to the Palestinian enclave following days of heightened tensions and the most intense clashes since a May war. Wednesday’s announcement came after hundreds of Palestinians demonstrated near the Israeli border, calling on Israel to ease a
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says it will ease commercial restrictions on the Gaza Strip and expand entry of goods to the Palestinian enclave following days of heightened tensions and the most intense clashes since a May war. Wednesday’s announcement came after hundreds of Palestinians demonstrated near the Israeli border, calling on Israel to ease a
Continue Reading By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer Blind long jumper Lex Gillette is chasing after Paralympic gold in Tokyo after four straight silver medals. Gillette took a moment to reflect on his career on the eve of his fifth Paralympic Games appearance. He lost sight in both eyes by around 10 years old due to retinal
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El soldado de Fort Jackson que fue visto empujando y amenazando a un joven negro en un video viral en abril fue declarado culpable de amenazas y agresión en tercer grado este lunes, según el magistrado del condado de Richland, Carolina del Sur. En abril, Jonathan Pentland, sargento de primera clase,
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Las autoridades federales quieren que los pasajeros sepan que miles de ataques violentos en vuelos comerciales no solo son un problema para los auxiliares de vuelo, sino que distraen a los pilotos de mantener la seguridad del avión. En un video de servicio al público publicado el martes por primera
Continue Reading By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Few Palestinians in the occupied West Bank get to board an airplane these days. The territory has no civilian airport, and those who can afford a plane ticket must catch their flights in neighboring Jordan. But just outside the northern city of Nablus, a pair
Continue Reading By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Few Palestinians in the occupied West Bank get to board an airplane these days. The territory has no civilian airport, and those who can afford a plane ticket must catch their flights in neighboring Jordan. But just outside the northern city of Nablus, a pair
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Hong Kong (CNN) — Ante una preocupante crisis demográfica creada por el propio país, China anima a las parejas a tener más hijos. Pero hay un problema: a las mujeres no les gusta demasiado la idea. Durante más de 35 años, el Partido Comunista en el poder aplicó estrictamente la política de un
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes (CNN) — A principios de este mes, Nichole Atherton, enfermera de una UCI de Mississippi, renunció, agotada por el estrés, los pacientes jóvenes y las muertes evitables que sobrepasaron a los hospitales del estado durante la pandemia de covid-19. “Parece heroico”, dijo a CNN Atherton, del Hospital Singing River Ocean Springs. “Pero no
Continue Reading SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea will convene parliament next month to discuss efforts to salvage an economy strained by pandemic border closures after decades of mismanagement and U.S.-led sanctions. State media didn’t mention any foreign policy discussions expected in the Sept. 28 meeting. Diplomacy with the United States is stalemated because the U.S.
Continue Reading SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea will convene parliament next month to discuss efforts to salvage an economy strained by pandemic border closures after decades of mismanagement and U.S.-led sanctions. State media didn’t mention any foreign policy discussions expected in the Sept. 28 meeting. Diplomacy with the United States is stalemated because the U.S.
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