By ALICE FUNG and MATTHEW CHENG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Travel-starved, sleep-deprived residents might find a new Hong Kong bus tour to be a snooze. The 47-mile, five-hour ride around the territory is meant to appeal to people who are easily lulled asleep by long rides. It was inspired by the tendency of
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By ALICE FUNG and MATTHEW CHENG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Travel-starved, sleep-deprived residents might find a new Hong Kong bus tour to be a snooze. The 47-mile, five-hour ride around the territory is meant to appeal to people who are easily lulled asleep by long rides. It was inspired by the tendency of
Continue Reading By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s first domestically produced space rocket reached its desired altitude but failed to deliver a dummy payload into orbit in its first test launch on Thursday. South Korean President Moon Jae-in still described the test as an “excellent accomplishment” that takes the country a
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By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Joel Embiid had 22 points and 12 rebounds, Furkan Korkmaz hit four 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to also finish with 22 points, and the Philadelphia 76ers pulled away for a 117-97 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans. A subplot of the season opener for
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By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves cruised to a 124-106 victory over the Houston Rockets to start the season. Anthony Edwards energized the first full-size home crowd of his career with 29 points in 31 minutes for Minnesota. Karl-Anthony Towns led the way with 30 points and 10 rebounds.
Continue Reading By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves cruised to a 124-106 victory over the Houston Rockets to start the season. Anthony Edwards energized the first full-size home crowd of his career with 29 points in 31 minutes for Minnesota. Karl-Anthony Towns led the way with 30 points and 10 rebounds.
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Adam Buksa, Carles Gil and Gustavo Bou all scored after halftime to give the New England Revolution a 3-2 win over D.C. United on Wednesday night. New England (21-4-6) extended its undefeated run to eight games. It also notched its third straight victory over D.C. United (12-13-5) this season. With four matches
Continue Reading By AVERY OSEN Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan (AP) — Caleb Williams has settled in as the starting quarterback at No. 3 Oklahoma. After replacing Spencer Rattler, Williams has thrown for 661 yards, and has eight touchdowns. He threw for 295 yards and four touchdowns in a 21-point win over TCU last week. The Sooners visit
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By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An advisory panel on political redistricting has advanced three proposals for overhauling district boundaries in New Mexico’s Democrat-dominated House of Representatives, with special deference to Native American communities. Two of the endorsed redistricting maps conform to proposals from Indigenous nations and tribes in northwestern New
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By Gregory Krieg, CNN The contest to become New York City’s next mayor effectively ended early this summer, when Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams won the Democratic primary. But on Wednesday night, Adams shared a stage with the Republican nominee, Curtis Sliwa, a founder of the Guardian Angels and media personality, for their first debate.
Continue Reading WCBS By Gregory Krieg, CNN The contest to become New York City’s next mayor effectively ended early this summer, when Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams won the Democratic primary. But on Wednesday night, Adams shared a stage with the Republican nominee, Curtis Sliwa, a founder of the Guardian Angels and media personality, for their first
Continue Reading By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Bradley Beal scored 23 points, Montrezl Harrell had 22 in his Wizards debut and Washington spoiled Toronto’s homecoming, beating the Raptors 98-83. Kyle Kuzma had 11 points and 15 rebounds and Spencer Dinwiddie scored 13 for the Wizards. Washington led by as many as 29 points to
Continue Reading SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Aircraft and ships are searching off South Korea’s eastern coast for six crew members still missing a day after their fishing ship capsized. One crew member has been found unconscious and two others were rescued. The ship reportedly overturned Wednesday halfway between the Korean Peninsula and Japan. Four of its
Continue Reading CINCINNATI (AP) — Luka Stojanovic scored in the 93rd minute to help the Chicago Fire beat FC Cincinnati 4-3 on Wednesday night in a game between teams that won’t be in the playoffs. Stojanovic’s shot from distance came two minutes after Cincinnati’s Tyler Blackett tied it at 3 with his first MLS goal. Chicago (8-16-7)
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cam Atkinson scored two goals to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 6-3 win over the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night. Joel Farabee, Travis Konecny, Sean Couturier and Scott Laughton all scored for the Flyers. Karson Kuhlman, Taylor Hall and Taylor Hall all scored goals for
Continue Reading CNN By Jeremy Diamond, Kaitlan Collins and Kate Sullivan, CNN The White House on Wednesday unveiled its plans to roll out Covid-19 vaccines for children ages 5 to 11, pending US Food and Drug Administration authorization. The Biden administration has secured enough vaccine supply to vaccinate the 28 million children ages 5 to 11 who
Continue Reading WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Wednesday reported 78 more COVID-19 cases and seven additional deaths. It was just the seventh time in the past 21 days that tribal health officials had reported a coronavirus-related death. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s totals to 35,583 confirmed COVID-19 cases from the virus since
Continue Reading ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Chris Mueller scored for the first time in nearly four months and Orlando City tied 1-1 with Montreal on Wednesday night. Orlando is undefeated in its last four games. The 25-year-old Mueller scored moments before halftime to give Orlando City a 1-0 lead. Rudy Camacho headed in a corner kick by
Continue Reading By ELI PACHECO Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — LaMelo Ball scored 31 points on seven 3-pointers, and the Charlotte Hornets used a 24-0 third-period run to battle back and stun the Indiana Pacers 123-122 on Wednesday night. Indiana led 122-121 on Torrey Craig’s foul shots with 12.7 left. P.J. Washington made two free throws
Continue Reading ATLANTA (AP) — Gudmundur Thórarinsson scored on a free kick in the 90th minute and New York City FC tied Atlanta United 1-1 on Wednesday night. Thórarinsson’s goals was the first for NYCFC since a 1-1 draw on Sept. 22 against the New York Red Bulls. Marcelino Moreno scored his ninth goal of the season
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CNN, KPHO, KTVK By Maeve Reston, Kyung Lah and Kim Berryman, CNN Republican leaders nationally hope to move on from re-litigating the 2020 election as they set their sights on winning back the House and Senate in next year’s midterms, but that may be a difficult shift to make in Arizona. GOP headliners running for
Continue Reading By Maeve Reston, Kyung Lah and Kim Berryman, CNN Republican leaders nationally hope to move on from re-litigating the 2020 election as they set their sights on winning back the House and Senate in next year’s midterms, but that may be a difficult shift to make in Arizona. GOP headliners running for some of the
Continue Reading By Sahar Akbarzai and Mirna Alsharif, CNN A couple was killed and their eight children were injured after the family’s Amish horse-drawn buggy was rear-ended Sunday night in central Virginia, State Police spokesperson Corinne Geller told CNN in a statement. The driver of a Toyota Tundra allegedly rear-ended the family buggy in Cumberland County and
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The PGA Tour and LPGA Tour are going to the only Asia events they have left in the fall. The PGA Tour is in Japan for the Zozo Championship. Tournaments in South Korea and China on either side of the Zozo have been canceled or moved. The LPGA Tour is in
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Robert Iddiols and Charles Riley, CNN Business The United Kingdom and New Zealand have struck a free trade agreement that will reduce tariffs on bulldozers, wine, buses and clothing. The draft deal, which follows 16 months of negotiations, is the latest to be brokered by the United Kingdom after its departure from the European Union.
Continue Reading FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Federico Higuaín and Christian Makoun scored to help Inter Miami beat Toronto FC 3-0. Nick Marsmann had four saves for Miami on Wednesday night. Higuaín stole a pass by Toronto goalkeeper Alex Bono and opened the scoring in the 10th minute, and an own goal Toronto gave Miami a 3-0
Continue Reading By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Zach LaVine scored 15 of his 34 points in the third quarter, leading the Chicago Bulls to a 94-88 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night in the opener for both teams. Detroit’s Jerami Grant was off on an 11-foot baseline jumper with 50 seconds
Continue Reading By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Following two weak performances at the plate, the Boston Red Sox now turn to Nathan Eovaldi to try to save their season on just two days’ rest. The Red Sox were held hitless for four innings Wednesday by left-hander Framber Valdez and managed only three hits in
Continue Reading By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Following two weak performances at the plate, the Boston Red Sox now turn to Nathan Eovaldi to try to save their season on just two days’ rest. The Red Sox were held hitless for four innings Wednesday by left-hander Framber Valdez and managed only three hits in
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The NYPD is investigating internally after a video has gone viral showing an unmasked officer pushing a masked commuter out of a subway station.
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