By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Pacers needed a respite after last season. COVID-19 precautions tested everyone’s patience. Injuries thinned the bench. Tempers flared there was open discord in the locker room. Now the Pacers are betting that new coach Rick Carlisle will change the equation. The Pacers are trying
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By The Associated Press No. 11 Ohio State will look to remain perfect all-time against Rutgers when it visits SHI Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Buckeyes are 3-1 coming into the game with their only loss being to No. 3 Oregon. The Scarlet Knights have started 3-1 under Greg Schiano, who recently spent time with
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Gulfstream Park’s new racing surface has made its debut. With that, the South Florida track becomes the first in the U.S. to offer races on traditional dirt and turf courses as well as an all-weather synthetic option. The new track surface is called Tapeta.
Continue Reading By TERRY TOWERY Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Illinois hosts Charlotte on Saturday, looking for its first win since August. Illinois’ last victory was a 30-22 season-opening win over Nebraska. It has lost four straight since then. Charlotte is led by senior quarterback Chris Reynolds. The 49ers are 3-1 this season.
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By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of military suicides jumped by 15% in 2020, fueled by significant increases in the Army and Marine Corps that senior leaders said were troubling and require more effort to prevent. Data released by the Pentagon showed there were 580 suicides last
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By Andy Rose and Joe Sutton, CNN Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano began erupting Wednesday afternoon for the first time since May, spewing lava at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Officials note that while there is no present danger to nearby residents on Hawaii’s Big Island, the situation will be monitored for further escalation. The US Geological Survey’s
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler says he takes a lot of pride in topping 200 innings on the mound this season. He’s one of the few to hit that mark. It appears that just four pitchers in the big leagues will throw at least 200 innings this season,
Continue Reading By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce are both three-time All-Pro picks and each has won a Super Bowl. The big advantage: Travis is 2-0 against his older brother. The Kelce brothers face off one more time when the Philadelphia Eagles host the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. Jason, a
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Scott Galloway explains why more traditional financial institutions are embracing cryptocurrency and what that means for fiat currency. Check out Scott Galloway’s new show on CNN+, starting in 2022.
Continue Reading At a CNN Business “Foreseeable Future” event hosted by Julia Chatterley, Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz explains his concerns about regulation of emerging crypto technologies.
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Bitcoin is among the most polarizing investments in history. Ask a skeptic, and they’ll tell you it’s a bubble that’s about to pop. Ask a believer, and they’ll tell you it’s a bubble that will keep expanding forever. Mike Novogratz, founder and CEO of crypto fund Galaxy Digital, is among
Continue Reading By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia says it is kicking out seven United Nations officials whom it accuses of “meddling” in the country’s internal affairs as pressure grows on the government over its deadly blockade of the Tigray region. The expulsions are the government’s most dramatic move yet to restrict humanitarian
Continue Reading By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 22-year-old white supremacist has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for bursting into a Southern California synagogue with a semiautomatic rifle on the last day of Passover in 2019, killing one worshipper and wounding three others. An agreement with prosecutors
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Julia Ducournau’s “Titane” has already developed the reputation of being the year’s wildest, most explosive movies. It has prompted walkouts and passionately divisive responses, while also sparking some of the loudest raves of the year. In June, “Titane” won the Palme d’Or, making the French
Continue Reading By NOHA ELHENNAWY and ASHRAF IDRIS Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Thousands of Sudanese have rallied in the capital of Khartoum against the country’s military and demanding the formation of new transitional authorities that would exclusively consist of civilians. Security forces fired tear gas as protesters neared a central street housing government headquarters. Thursday’s
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Justice Samuel Alito on Thursday rejected criticism that the Supreme Court has improperly handled some of the cases that come to it as a part of its emergency docket without the benefit of a full briefing schedule and oral arguments. Alito said the goal of his lecture
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Sporting Kansas City signed high-scoring captain Johnny Russell to a two-year contract extension Thursday that includes an option for the 2024 season. Russell joined the MLS club in 2018 and has been among the league’s most productive players, scoring 35 goals with 37 assists while starting 100 of 120 games
Continue Reading By MARKUS SCHREIBER and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press ITZEHOE, Germany (AP) — Officials say a former secretary for the SS commander of the Stutthof concentration camp skipped the start of her trial in Germany on more than 11,000 counts of accessory to murder. She was picked up several hours later and ordered held in custody.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Unbeaten Kentucky can make a case for SEC East contention when it hosts No. 10 Florida. The Gators seek their second consecutive conference win to leapfrog the Wildcats and stay within reach of first-place and No. 2 Georgia in the East. Off to their best start since going 10-3 in 2018,
Continue Reading MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State forward Seryee Lewis will miss the upcoming season after surgery last week to repair a torn ACL that he sustained in preseason workouts, Wildcats coach Bruce Weber said Thursday, The 6-foot-9 sophomore came off the bench to appear in 18 games as a freshman. He was expected to compete
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say a tornado in the port city of Kiel has injured several people. Four people were seriously hurt after Wednesday’s twister. The city’s fire service said dozens of first responders were involved in an operation to rescue a group of rowers who were surprised by the twister as it swept
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Kliff Kingsbury knows more than enough about offensive football to appreciate — and to fear — what the Los Angeles Rams have done in the first three games of Sean McVay’s partnership with Matthew Stafford. But Kingsbury and Kyler Murray are rolling as well for
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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Primetta Giacopini’s life began and ended with pandemics. The 105-year-old California woman was two years old when she lost her mother to the flu in Connecticut in 1918. A foster family took her back to their ancestral home in Italy, where she survived as a seamstress until she was forced
Continue Reading NEW YORK, NY — Stocks closed out September with their worst monthly loss since the beginning of the pandemic, and also ended its final trading day of the quarter in the red. On Thursday, stocks opened higher but went into reverse around midday before finishing the day sharply lower. The Dow closed down 1.6%, or
Continue Reading By The Associated Press No. 7 Cincinnati visits No. 9 Notre Dame hoping for a victory that could force the College Football Playoff selection committee to take notice. The defending American Athletic Conference champions are led by quarterback Desmond Ridder, who will be facing a familiar defense. Fighting Irish defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman was hired
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Over half of people with chronic depression who attempted to stop their antidepressant medication relapsed into depression by the end of a year, compared to those who did not stop medicating, according to a randomized, double-blinded clinical trial released Wednesday. The research, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Sixth-ranked Oklahoma is headed to Kansas State on Saturday for its first Big 12 road game since announcing plans to bolt for the SEC. The Sooners are likely to get an even ruder reception than normal at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. They are coming off a last-second win over West Virginia
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Los estadounidenses de todo el país podrían ver una desaceleración en la entrega de correo en todo el país a partir de este viernes, cuando el Servicio Postal de EE.UU. (USPS, por sus siglas en inglés) implemente sus nuevos estándares de servicio. Los cambios, que incluyen tiempos de entrega de correo
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By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Republicans are using money from the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package for projects on conservatives’ wish lists. Alabama lawmakers are advancing a plan to use $400 million of the state’s coronavirus relief funds toward building prisons. In Texas, a Republican-led county pledged to help Gov. Greg Abbott
Continue Reading By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Republicans are using money from the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package for projects on conservatives’ wish lists. Alabama lawmakers are advancing a plan to use $400 million of the state’s coronavirus relief funds toward building prisons. In Texas, a Republican-led county pledged to help Gov. Greg Abbott
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