October 2021

Southwest is latest airline to mandate vaccines for workers

October 4, 2021 5:11 PM Associated Press

DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines has become the latest U.S. airline to say that it will require its employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.…

A’s can’t consistently find winning formula, miss playoffs

October 4, 2021 5:10 PM Associated Press

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Athletics thought they could get back to the postseason for a fourth…

Adams: US was `just a little bit naive’ in early qualifiers

October 4, 2021 5:07 PM Associated Press

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Tyler Adams admits American players weren’t fully ready last month for the physical,…

Adams: US was `just a little bit naive’ in early qualifiers

October 4, 2021 5:07 PM Associated Press

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Tyler Adams admits American players weren’t fully ready last month for the physical,…

Navajo Nation reports no COVID-19 deaths for 5th day in row

October 4, 2021 5:06 PM Associated Press

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Monday reported 29 more COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths for the fifth consecutive day. The…

Preds assistant Todd Richards recovering from heart attack

October 4, 2021 5:01 PM Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville assistant coach Todd Richards is recovering from a heart attack. The Predators announced Monday that Richards, a…

Booms float in the Talbert Marsh in Huntington Beach

Why ending our dependence on fossil fuels is so challenging

October 4, 2021 5:00 PM CNN Newsource

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Humans have been burning fossil fuels for energy since the Industrial Revolution. We use them to heat our homes, cook our food…

Why ending our dependence on fossil fuels is so challenging

October 4, 2021 5:00 PM CNN

The oil leak on the coast of California appears to have stopped, but the damage is already…

St. Bonaventure baseball coach Larry Sudbrook retiring

October 4, 2021 4:58 PM Associated Press

ALLEGANY, N.Y. (AP) — St. Bonaventure baseball coach Larry Sudbrook is retiring following a 36-year career in which he posted the most wins in any…

LEADING OFF: Start ’em up! Yankees vs Red Sox open playoffs

October 4, 2021 4:57 PM Associated Press

By The Associated Press All these years later, the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox are set to meet again at Fenway Park in an all-or-nothing game…

Whistleblower: ‘Almost no one outside of Facebook knows what happens inside Facebook’

October 4, 2021 4:56 PM CNN Newsource

By Samantha Murphy Kelly and Seth Fiegerman, CNN Business Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower who released tens of thousands of pages of…

Whistleblower: ‘Almost no one outside of Facebook knows what happens inside Facebook’

October 4, 2021 4:56 PM CNN

CNN By Samantha Murphy Kelly and Seth Fiegerman, CNN Business Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower who released tens of thousands of pages of…

Report: Abandonment of police precinct didn’t violate policy

October 4, 2021 4:55 PM Associated Press

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle’s police oversight office says the abandonment of a precinct by officers during last summer’s racial justice protests…

Mexico fines tampon, diaper makers for price fixing

October 4, 2021 4:54 PM Associated Press

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A regulatory commission in Mexico has fined three manufacturers of tampons and diapers just over $15 million for allegedly…

Mexico fines tampon, diaper makers for price fixing

October 4, 2021 4:54 PM Associated Press

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A regulatory commission in Mexico has fined three manufacturers of tampons and diapers just over $15 million for allegedly…

Biden tells House progressives spending package needs to be between $1.9 trillion and $2.2 trillion

October 4, 2021 4:52 PM CNN Newsource

By Manu Raju, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN President Joe Biden said in a virtual meeting with a group of House progressives on Monday that the…

Facebook back online after massive outage that also took down Instagram, WhatsApp

October 4, 2021 4:52 PM CNN

NEW YORK, NY — Around six hours after Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram went down, service started coming back online. Facebook, Instagram and…

Dorrell apologizes to cameraman, team for on-field incident

October 4, 2021 4:47 PM Associated Press

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Karl Dorrell said he needs to have “better composure” after losing his cool and pushing a…

A capsule look at the Yankees-Red Sox playoff game

October 4, 2021 4:45 PM Associated Press

By The Associated Press A capsule look at the American League wild-card game between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on…

Orioles endure 110-loss season, have ‘lot of work to do’

October 4, 2021 4:41 PM Associated Press

By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — A look around the AL East reveals the daunting path ahead for the rebuilding Baltimore Orioles.…

Kiffin apologizes for ‘get the popcorn ready’ interview

October 4, 2021 4:36 PM Associated Press

Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin has apologized for his abbreviated live pre-game interview with CBS. Before the Alabama game, Kiffin responded to a…

UN report on China’s Uyghurs: What you need to know

October 4, 2021 4:33 PM CNN

CNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN Just minutes before the end of her term on Wednesday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights dropped a…

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Monday pushed back on several politically sensitive positions his party leaders are taking at a crucial time for President Joe Biden's domestic agenda.

Manchin breaks with party leaders over strategy on debt ceiling and Biden’s economic package

October 4, 2021 4:29 PM CNN Newsource

By Manu Raju and Clare Foran, CNN Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Monday pushed back on several politically sensitive positions his party leaders are…

La cara humana de la caída de WhatsApp e Instagram: las consecuencias a emprendimientos y negocios

October 4, 2021 4:26 PM CNN Newsource

CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Aunque mucha gente utiliza Facebook, Instagram y WhatsApp para entretenerse, hay personas que dependen de…

US unveils guidance for federal vaccine mandate, exemptions

October 4, 2021 4:24 PM Associated Press

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government is outlining procedures for employees to request medical or religious…

Fate of George Floyd pardon request now with Texas governor

October 4, 2021 4:18 PM Associated Press

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas agency has approved a request that George Floyd be granted a posthumous pardon for a 2004…

Fate of George Floyd pardon request now with Texas governor

October 4, 2021 4:18 PM Associated Press

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas agency has approved a request that George Floyd be granted a posthumous pardon for a 2004…

This is what the fight looks like to save the wildlife impacted by the California oil spill

October 4, 2021 4:16 PM CNN Newsource

By Christina Zdanowicz and Stella Chan, CNN As oil-covered animals come ashore, the broader effect of the California oil spill on wildlife is…

Free agency decisions for Semien, Ray loom over Jays’ winter

October 4, 2021 4:13 PM Associated Press

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Marcus Semien sounded like a man with unfinished business in Toronto after his Blue Jays endured a…

Major oil spill off coast of Southern California threatens shores from Huntington Beach to Laguna Beach

October 4, 2021 4:13 PM CNN Newsource

By Joe Sutton, Susannah Cullinane, Eric Levenson and Amir Vera, CNN A leak at an oil pipeline off the coast of Southern California caused more than…

Month: October 2021