PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — Bob Bondurant, a former champion race car driver and founder of a high-performance driving school that taught many A-list actors, has died at age 88. According to his family and the Bondurant Racing School website, Bondurant died Friday in the Phoenix suburb of Paradise Valley. No cause of death was
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Alexis Yetna had 15 points as Seton Hall routed Yale 80-44. Jalen Gabbidon led the Bulldogs with 14 points and 11 rebounds.
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By Theresa Waldrop, CNN A hog named Papa Pig kept York County, South Carolina, deputies busy one night last week. The sheriff’s office tweeted that two lanes of a road in the county were closed because of “a large pig blocking the road & causing onlooker delays” Thursday evening. Deputies stayed with the pig to
Continue Reading By AL LESAR Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Olivier Nkamhoua scored a career-high 23 points and Kennedy Chandler added 16 as No. 18 Tennessee beat East Tennessee State 94-62. Nkamhoua, a 6-foot-8 junior, shot 9 for 14 and also had eight rebounds as the Volunteers improved to 2-0. John Fulkerson, in his first action
Continue Reading CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Jacob Ognacevic had 20 points as Lipscomb held on to beat Loyola (MD) 70-65. Cam Spencer led the Greyhounds with 23 points.
Continue Reading FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Elizabeth Kitley scored 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and No. 24-ranked Virginia Tech established early control and beat George Mason 81-52. After Tamia Lawhorne’s basket pulled the Patriots within 11-10, Emily Lytle and Aisha Sheppard each made 3-pointers, Kitley made a jumper and Azana Baines added a layup for a
Continue Reading By Kay Jones and Alaa Elassar, CNN Four people were killed in an overnight shooting in Arizona. Multiple calls came in around 12:45 a.m. Sunday from a “rather large trailer park community” regarding shots fired, Tucson Police told CNN. Officers responded to the scene and found three people dead around the trailer where the shooting
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BEAVER ISLAND, Mich. (AP) — The victims of a deadly plane crash on Michigan’s Beaver Island include a real estate agent and a couple who were planning to open a winery and vineyard there. The plane crashed Saturday afternoon west of Mackinaw City, killing four of five people on board. Lt. William Church of the
Continue Reading YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Hansi Flick has extended his winning start as Germany coach to seven games in a 4-1 victory over Armenia in World Cup qualifying. Ilkay Gundogan scored twice in the win. Germany had already qualified for the World Cup and finishes top of Group J by nine points. North Macedonia reached the
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Alabama has jumped Cincinnati to No. 2 behind Georgia in The Associated Press college football poll and Oklahoma has dropped eight spots to No. 12 after losing for the first time this season. Georgia is a unanimous No. 1 in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors say three men face federal charges for running two fraudulent political action committees during the 2016 election and collecting $3.5 million from unwitting donors. The U.S. Justice Department says the defendants solicited donations to the Liberty Action Group PAC and Progressive Priorities PAC under the guise that the phony groups
Continue Reading CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s national research body says it will start clinical trials for a domestically made coronavirus vaccine. The country’s acting health minister told reporters on Sunday that researchers are starting human clinical trials for the shot, named COVI VAX, that will eventually include thousands of people. The Egyptian vaccine works by including proteins
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas TV station reports that troopers investigating a crash that killed five bicyclists on a stretch of Nevada highway didn’t suspect the driver of the box truck that hit them was impaired, even though a blood test later found he had a potentially lethal level of methamphetamine in his
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas TV station reports that troopers investigating a crash that killed five bicyclists on a stretch of Nevada highway didn’t suspect the driver of the box truck that hit them was impaired, even though a blood test later found he had a potentially lethal level of methamphetamine in his
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has ended a turbulent weekend with a stunning victory. He won the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday and gained momentum in his Formula One title fight with Red Bull driver Max Verstappen. Hamilton beat Verstappen despite starting from 10th position on
Continue Reading By Kaanita Iyer, CNN Imagine running 26 miles. Now imagine running 26 miles every day for 95 consecutive days. That’s what one Vermont ultra runner did last year while the world went into lockdown, and it has earned her the female world record for the most consecutive days spent running a marathon distance — 26.2
Continue Reading By Kay Jones and Amanda Jackson, CNN A Southwest Airlines employee was taken to a Dallas hospital Saturday after being assaulted by a passenger at Love Field Airport, according to the airline and the Dallas Police Department. The female passenger “verbally and physically” assaulted the female operations agent shortly after being asked to get off
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There has been another violent assault against an airline employee by an unruly passenger.
Continue Reading A Southwest Airlines employee was hospitalized in Dallas after being assaulted by a passenger, according to the airline and Dallas Police Department. Southwest tells CNN in an email that a female passenger “verbally and physically” assaulted a female operations agent shortly after she was asked to get off a Southwest flight departing from Dallas Love Field to New York’s La Guardia Airport. CNN has not been able to identify an attorney for Jackson at this time.
Continue Reading BALTIMORE (AP) — Police say an off-duty Baltimore police officer who was getting a haircut shot and killed a man who burst into a barber shop and fatally shot a barber. Police said they believe the same man was responsible for two earlier shootings, one of them fatal. One victim was in critical condition after
Continue Reading TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A 65-year-old man has died after he set himself on fire in central province of Markazi when a court issued a verdict against him in dispute with his employer. YJC.ir, a news website affiliated with Iran’s state TV, is reporting that the man set himself on fire in front of a
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Elon Musk can thank investors for his staggering net worth of nearly $300 billion. But taxpayers played a crucial role as well. Just how much — or how little — Musk pays in taxes has gotten a lot of attention lately, and even prompted his Twitter poll last weekend that
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urielblanco (CNN) — Casi 200 países adoptaron el sábado el Pacto Climático de Glasgow en las conversaciones conocidas como COP26, después de casi dos semanas de discusiones de todo tipo, desde cuánto limitar el calentamiento global, qué decir sobre los combustibles fósiles y hasta si los países más afectados por la crisis climática deben ser
Continue Reading HOUSTON (AP) — Brianna Rodriguez, who was killed as the crowd pushed toward the stage at Astroworld in Houston, was remembered by friends and family for her friendliness and love of dance. At 16, she was among the youngest of the 10 people who died at the music festival Nov. 5. The Houston Chronicle reports
Continue Reading HOUSTON (AP) — Brianna Rodriguez, who was killed as the crowd pushed toward the stage at Astroworld in Houston, was remembered by friends and family for her friendliness and love of dance. At 16, she was among the youngest of the 10 people who died at the music festival Nov. 5. The Houston Chronicle reports
Continue Reading By Amanda Jackson, CNN Actor Taylor Lautner and his girlfriend, Tay Dome, are engaged. The couple both shared images of a romantic marriage proposal on their Instagram pages on Saturday. They are surrounded by rose petals and candles. He is pictured wearing a suit while on one knee holding a ring box and looking up
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Personal Birth date: November 19, 1954 Birth place: Cairo, Egypt Birth name: Abdel Fattah Said Hussein Khalil el-Sisi Father: Said “Hassan” el-Sisi, bazaar shop owner Mother: Soad Mohamed Marriage: Entissar Amer (1977-present) Children: Mustafa, Mahmoud, Hassan and Aya Education:
Continue Reading By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Harris W. Fawell, a seven-term Illinois congressman and state senator, has died at age 92. His wife Ruth Fawell said Sunday that her husband died last week of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. The Republican from Naperville represented a Chicago-area district in Congress from 1985 to 1999 and
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, India, which took place November 26-29, 2008. Facts Ten Pakistani men associated with the terror group Lashkar-e-Tayyiba stormed buildings in Mumbai, killing 164 people. Nine of the gunmen were killed during the attacks, one survived. Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving gunman,
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Personal Birth date: November 23, 1962 Birth place: Caracas, Venezuela Birth name: Nicolás Maduro Moros Father: Nicolás Maduro García Mother: Teresa de Jesús Moros Marriage: Cilia Flores Children: Nicolás Jr. Other Facts Worked as a bus driver for Caracas Metro and
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