A missing teenager from North Carolina was rescued by Kentucky police after she signaled for help by using a hand gesture known on TikTok to represent violence at home, according to police.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Max Verstappen stretched his lead over Lewis Hamilton in the Formula One season championship with a dominant victory at the Mexico City Grand Prix. Verstappen’s Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez finished third to become the first Mexican driver to reach the podium in the history of the race. Hamilton was second
Continue Reading By Delano Massey, Daniel Shepherd and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Joshua Halsey was murdered in the November 1898 massacre of Black people in Wilmington, North Carolina, by White supremacists. On Saturday, 123 years later, Halsey was honored with a funeral. Halsey’s unmarked grave is the first identified of the victims — thought to be more than
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By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An 83-year-old hiker who is known as Nimblewill Nomad has become the oldest person to complete the Appalachian Trail. M.J. Eberhart of Flagg Mountain, Alabama, hiked into the records books Sunday. An official with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy confirmed Eberhart’s feat. He hiked the trail in
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Infrastructure week is a “cheeky” slogan, but the real story is what the infrastructure funding in the “Build Back Better” bill will accomplish, CNN chief media correspondent Brian Stelter said on “Reliable Sources” Sunday. And it’s the media’s responsibility to report the story, not just repeat catch-all slogans. Critical Race
Continue Reading LINZ, Austria (AP) — Alison Riske has eased past Mona Barthel 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz. The 52nd-ranked American won all but two of Barthel’s service games as she improved to 3-0 in career meetings with the German. Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus set up a match
Continue Reading CNN By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Infrastructure week is a “cheeky” slogan, but the real story is what the infrastructure funding in the “Build Back Better” bill will accomplish, CNN chief media correspondent Brian Stelter said on “Reliable Sources” Sunday. And it’s the media’s responsibility to report the story, not just repeat catch-all slogans. Critical
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CNN, WPLG, WJHG, KMOV, WSLS, WTKR By Maeve Reston, CNN Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie told some of the Republican Party’s most influential donors and bundlers Saturday that the only way for the party to continue building on last Tuesday’s electoral successes is to move beyond former President Donald Trump’s fixation with the 2020
Continue Reading By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — AC Milan has been held to a 1-1 draw in a fiercely contested derby match against defending champion Inter Milan and missed the chance to take the outright lead of Serie A. Former Milan midfielder Hakan Çalhanoğlu converted a penalty for Inter in the 11th minute. Milan
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — No one was injured in an early Sunday morning blaze that engulfed an old cotton processing plant in Las Cruces. Over 30 firefighters battled overnight to contain the 2-alarm blaze at the former Calcot facility, located in the 1000 block of Hayner Avenue near Compress Road. Fire crews said it was “fully
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business The Twitterverse has spoken. Elon Musk tweeted Saturday that he would let Twitter users decide if he should sell 10% of the 170.5 million shares he holds in Tesla, and 58% of the more than 3.5 million voters said “yes.” Musk, the company’s founder and CEO posted the poll Saturday
Continue Reading By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Marquette men’s basketball coach Shaka Smart’s ability to get the most from an overhauled roster in his debut season could depend on how well his players understand an entirely different game. Dominoes. Smart constantly preaches the importance of being a positive domino rather than a negative
Continue Reading By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer The U.S.-based 11th Hour Racing Team is using the Transat Jacques Vabre double-handed race across the Atlantic Ocean as the shakedown cruise for the new foiling 60-foot boat it will sail in a round-the-world race set to start late next year. Team co-founder Charlie Enright of Bristol, Rhode Island,
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — West Ham ended Liverpool’s 25-match unbeaten run in all competitions with a 3-2 victory that dislodged the team from third place in the Premier League. West Ham’s goals came from Alisson Becker’s own-goal, Pablo Fornals and Kurt Zouma. Arsenal goes into the international break in
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EL PASO, Texas – An El Paso County Sheriff’s deputy and another person were both injured Saturday when their vehicles collided at an intersection. Authorities said the deputy’s patrol unit was struck by a pickup truck that failed to yield while making a turn at Ashford and Emerald Ranch around 12:50 p.m. The deputy and a
Continue Reading By Alanne Orjoux, CNN Two high school students, a man who was trying to save his fiancée and a 9-year-old boy are among 10 people who died after a crowd surge at the Astroworld Festival tragedy in Houston, authorities said. Rapper Travis Scott, who was performing November 5, has said he will pay for the
Continue Reading AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts has fired coach Walt Bell after he went 2-23 over three seasons with the Minutemen. The 37-year-old Bell took over one of the toughest jobs in major college football in 2019, but showed few signs of turning it around. UMass fell to 1-8 on Saturday, losing 35-22 to FCS school
Continue Reading By JILL COLVIN Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Republicans this weekend projected newfound confidence about their chances of retaking control of Congress in 2022 at the first large party gathering since they claimed major victories in Tuesday’s off-year elections. The mood was jubilant at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual leadership meeting in Las Vegas,
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Eternals,” one of Marvel’s most ambitious efforts to expand its superhero universe, arrived in theaters over the weekend with an estimated $71 million in ticket sales. By most studios’ box-office standards, the opening was enviable. Only three other films have debuted better during the pandemic.
Continue Reading By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Police in North Macedonia say they have discovered 42 migrants packed in a truck in the southeastern part of the country near the border with Greece. The driver of the truck and a passenger bolted out of the vehicle while it was moving and escaped,
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Cincinnati held on to the No. 2 ranking by just four points over No. 3 Alabama in The Associated Press college football poll, and Oregon passed Ohio State to move up to No. 5. Georgia is a unanimous No. 1 for the fifth straight week in the
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — West Ham ended Liverpool’s 25-match unbeaten run in all competitions with a 3-2 victory that dislodged the team from third place in the Premier League. Alisson flapped in the air to allow Pablo Fornals’ inswinging corner to go through his hands in the fourth minute. After Trent Alexander-Arnold equalized at the end
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — The NBA has told its players, coaches and referees that they should receive booster shots against the coronavirus, with particular urgency for those who received the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The league and the National Basketball Players Association says those who received Johnson & Johnson
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Marvel’s “Eternals” opened with a $71 million domestic box office launch this weekend, Disney announced, making it the 4th highest opening of the pandemic despite less than favorable reviews from critics. The number comes close to “Shang-Chi’s” $75.3 million Labor Day weekend opening, but the next few weekends will give
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The NYC Marathon returns Sunday after being canceled last year due to the pandemic.
Continue Reading KITTANNING, Pa. (AP) — A female high school hockey goalie in Pennsylvania is returning to the ice Monday for her first school game since she was the target of vulgar and abusive chants from spectators. The chants from students at Armstrong High School targeted the female goalie for the Mars Fighting Planets at an Oct.
Continue Reading KITTANNING, Pa. (AP) — A female high school hockey goalie in Pennsylvania is returning to the ice Monday for her first school game since she was the target of vulgar and abusive chants from spectators. The chants from students at Armstrong High School targeted the female goalie for the Mars Fighting Planets at an Oct.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police in Albuquerque say they are investigating a fatal hit-and-run involving a car and a motorcycle. They say officers responded to the scene around 9 p.m. Saturday. Police say the motorcyclist died at the scene. The name, age and gender of the victim weren’t immediately released. Witnesses told police they saw
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — A late push moved Real Sociedad back to first place in the Spanish league but a late collapse kept Atlético Madrid from getting closer to the top. Atlético conceded twice in stoppage time in a 3-3 draw at Valencia on Sunday. Sociedad scored twice in the
Continue Reading By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers are back in the mix in the AFC North heading into a visit by Chicago. The Steelers have won three straight following a 1-3 start. The uptick has coincided with the development of rookies Najee Harris, Pat Freiermuth, Dan Moore Jr. and Kendrick
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