By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer Coastal Carolina has a preseason national ranking and a football program on the rise. The 22nd-ranked Chanticleers hope for another successful season when they open against The Citadel on Thursday night. Coastal was one of the biggest surprises of the 2020 COVID-19 impacted season when it went 11-1 and
Continue Reading By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer Southeastern Conference officials are trying to get back to normal on football game days, with stadiums filled with fans and grills being fired up outside, even in a portion of the country where the states have among the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates. The SEC will fully reopen for business
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By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer Southeastern Conference officials are trying to get back to normal on football game days, with stadiums filled with fans and grills being fired up outside, even in a portion of the country where the states have among the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates. The SEC will fully reopen for business
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EL PASO, Texas — The US. Army Corps of Engineers has chosen central El Paso as one out of eight flood control projects in the country, to help improve water drainage conditions in the city. The Corps “has studied and built some of the most challenging flood control projects in the country,” according to a
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — Más de 122.000 personas han sido evacuadas de Afganistán, todas con diferentes estados legales y necesidades, y muchas de ellas llegan a Estados Unidos. Algunos son ciudadanos estadounidenses, otros intérpretes afganos que trabajaron junto a las tropas estadounidenses y, como resultado, obtuvieron una visa especial. Y otros aún son refugiados que
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By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian police have outnumbered demonstrators at several main train stations as COVID-19 vaccination or tests became mandatory for long-distance travel within Italy. The government had vowed to crack down on demonstrators who had called for their ranks to block railroad tracks Wednesday to protest the measure they
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By TOM FOREMAN Jr. Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say one student was killed in a shooting at a North Carolina high school and a suspect has been taken into custody. Winston-Salem police Chief Catrina Thompson fought back tears at a Wednesday afternoon news conference as she said the student died at the
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The New Orleans Saints’ first season without Drew Brees in 15 years will pose more challenges than adjusting to a new quarterback. It starts with being displaced from New Orleans by Hurricane Ida and playing their home opener in Jacksonville. Jameis Winston is the new starting QB. Coach Sean Payton says
Continue Reading By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer A judge has ordered the examination of a proposed land swap to allow for an on-site memorial to the victims of the Florida beachfront condominium collapse. Many survivors and victim family members of the Champlain Towers South collapse oppose a memorial at a nearby Miami Beach park. The
Continue Reading By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge says she is temporarily blocking a state law banning public school mask mandates, but that personal exemptions to mask-wearing will be required. Judge Natalie Mai’s ruling Wednesday drew praise from Gov. Kevin Stitt, who opposes mask mandates without exemptions, and Dr. Mary Clarke,
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Niners blamed injuries for their fall from NFC champs in 2019 to out of the playoffs in 2020. They head into this season in relatively good health and expect to contend once again in the NFC. The 49ers traded three first-round draft picks for Trey Lance because they believed they
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — The World Health Organization has inaugurated a new “hub” in Berlin that aims to help prepare the globe better to prevent future pandemics. The U.N. health agency’s director-general and Germany’s chancellor cut the ribbon to launch the new WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence. WHO says Germany is making an initial
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — The World Health Organization has inaugurated a new “hub” in Berlin that aims to help prepare the globe better to prevent future pandemics. The U.N. health agency’s director-general and Germany’s chancellor cut the ribbon to launch the new WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence. WHO says Germany is making an initial
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un grupo de jóvenes negros ejecutados tras ser condenados por jurados exclusivamente blancos por la presunta violación de una mujer blanca fueron indultados en Virginia 70 años después de su muerte. Este martes, el gobernador Ralph Northam concedió el indulto póstumo a los “Siete de Martinsville”. “Aunque estos indultos no abordan
Continue Reading By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — The defending AFC North champion Pittsburgh Steelers have their work cut out if they want to return to the playoffs. While quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is returning for an 18th season, he will be playing in front of an entirely retooled offensive line. The Steelers spent much
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Alexis McGill, CEO and President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, speaks with CNN’s Jim Sciutto after Texas enacted a law that bars abortions at six weeks. There is no exception for rape or incest, although there is an exemption for “medical emergencies.”
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday blasted the Texas state law that bans abortion after as early as six weeks into pregnancy as “extreme” and said it “blatantly violates” a woman’s constitutional right to have an abortion, as affirmed by the landmark Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade. “Today, Texas law SB8 went
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Antes de su muerte, la jueza de la Corte Suprema, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, reconoció que Roe v. Wade, el fallo histórico de casi 50 años que establece un derecho constitucional al aborto, tenía algunos problemas. En los discursos explicaría las consecuencias. “Nunca habrá un momento en que las mujeres con recursos
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says he is heading to the region around Afghanistan in a push to rescue stranded British citizens and Afghan allies. Raab didn’t provide any details, citing security reasons, but he is expected to visit Pakistan for talks on establishing routes out of
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As US troops left Afghanistan, the Taliban inspected military equipment abandoned by Afghanistan’s army and the US military. The commander of US Central Command says the American hardware has been demilitarized and is no longer operational. CNN’s Sam Kiley reports.
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — U.S. star Christian Pulisic and goalkeeper Zack Steffen will miss the Americans’ opening World Cup qualifier at El Salvador on Thursday night. Pulisic, the top American player, is regaining fitness after after testing positive for COVID-19. He has said he is fully vaccinated.
Continue Reading By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers opens its season playing host to Temple on Thursday night in a game that will have no restrictions on fans. The game is a sellout at 52,454, the first home sellout since 2016 against Michigan. Schiano says having the fans back will be fun,
Continue Reading By Mae Anderson AP Business Writer New York (AP) — Small businesses are struggling in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, facing days or weeks without power and Internet, storm damage and difficulty communicating with clients or customers. Experts say there are several ways to begin to recover from a natural disaster, including low-interest natural disaster
Continue Reading By Mae Anderson AP Business Writer New York (AP) — Small businesses are struggling in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, facing days or weeks without power and Internet, storm damage and difficulty communicating with clients or customers. Experts say there are several ways to begin to recover from a natural disaster, including low-interest natural disaster
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — As students return to school after the pandemic, Borderland school districts find themselves low on substitute teachers. In a statement from the Las Cruces Public Schools they said they “saw an intermittent increase in the number of teachers calling in sick against the availability of subs willing to pick up jobs
Continue Reading By Nicole Chavez, CNN A new Texas law aimed at restricting discussions of race and history in schools has some educators second guessing themselves and forgoing civics-related activities to avoid running afoul of it. HB3979, one of the legislative efforts to ban critical race theory in American classrooms, went into effect Wednesday as schools in
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The college football season begins — mostly back to normal — with a huge Labor Day weekend of games. On the latest AP Top 25 College Football Podcast, Kirk Herbstreit from ESPN joins the AP’s Ralph Russo to talk about his new book “Out of the Pocket.”
Continue Reading By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The authoritarian leader of Belarus says the country will soon receive a large batch of Russian weapons, including dozens of combat jets, helicopters and top-of-the-line air defense missile systems. President Alexander Lukashenko announced the expected acquisition as Russia and Belarus prepare to conduct joint war games
Continue Reading By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans have made clear that five straight winning seasons, three playoff berths and one AFC South title simply aren’t enough. Not this season. Reaching the Super Bowl for the first time in 22 seasons is squarely in the Titans’ sights. Coach
Continue Reading By MICHAEL PHILLIS, SUMAN NAISHADHAM and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press Before reaching the seawalls, levees and other flood controls that shield New Orleans, Hurricane Ida’s storm surge also encountered natural barriers that can help blunt the impact of storms. Natural defenses like wetlands have their limits — especially with major events like Ida. But experts
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