By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — The stage at St. Andrews was all set for Rory McIlroy. The show belonged to Cameron Smith, and so did that silver claret jug he won in a Sunday stunner at the British Open with the best closing round the Old Course had ever
Continue Reading By LUIS RUIZ AP Sports Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — She changed her life with a message on social media to a Latin American athletics legend. Now she is a star herself, known for dances that go viral on social media, as a judge in beauty pageants, and for being a voice of the LGBTQ
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By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The tech industry’s latest artificial intelligence constructs can be pretty convincing if you ask them what it feels like to be a sentient computer, or maybe just a dinosaur or squirrel. But they’re not so good — and sometimes dangerously bad — at handling other seemingly straightforward tasks. Take,
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CNN By Aaron Pellish, Daniella Diaz, Katelyn Polantz and Devan Cole, CNN Two members of the House select committee investigating the Capitol insurrection said Sunday that they expected the panel to receive US Secret Service text messages from January 5 and 6, 2021, by Tuesday, following a subpoena issued last week for the records. “We
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EL PASO, Texas- With temperatures already in the triple digits, AT&T General Manager of the El Paso and Las Cruces area Liz Archuleta has some tips for the people of the Borderland. “There are a few different ways the heat can hurt your mobile phone. The first is battery drain. So if your phone is
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Quince minutos después de una misa dominical reciente, un hombre con un elegante traje a rayas, cabello blanco peinado y una mascarilla desechable azul caminó hasta la primera fila de la iglesia The Fountain y comenzó a asentir con la cabeza al ritmo de una banda de gospel contemporánea en vivo
Continue Reading By Daniella Diaz, CNN Sen. Ted Cruz believes the US Supreme Court was “clearly wrong” in its landmark 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling that legalized same-sex marriage, the Texas Republican said Saturday. “Obergefell, like Roe v. Wade, ignored two centuries of our nation’s history,” Cruz said in a clip posted on his YouTube channel for
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HOUSTON (AP) — Four people were killed when gunfire erupted during an argument at an apartment complex in Houston, officials said. The Harris County sheriff’s office said that when deputies arrived, they found four males who had been shot late Saturday night. Three of them were confirmed dead at the scene and the fourth was
Continue Reading SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man says in a class-action lawsuit against Bass Pro that the outdoor outfitter is refusing to honor its lifetime warranty on its socks. Kent Slaughter of Springfield said that after years of exchanging his “Redhead Lifetime Guarantee All-Purpose Wool Socks” every time they wore out, the Springfield-based company changed
Continue Reading By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Alex Morgan and the U.S. women’s national soccer team are in Mexico preparing for a showdown with rival Canada on Monday night in the title game of the CONCACAF W Championship. The United States and Canada have already qualified for next summer’s World Cup
Continue Reading CLEVELAND (AP) — The finale of the four-game series between the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Guardians on Sunday has been postponed by rain. The Guardians have had nine home games postponed by inclement weather and have played seven doubleheaders at Progressive Field. The scheduled 1:40 p.m. game was called off about two hours before the
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Story by Reuters Authorities across southern Europe battled on Sunday to control huge wildfires in countries including Spain, Greece and France, with hundreds of deaths blamed on soaring temperatures that scientists say are consistent with climate change. In Spain, helicopters dropped water on the flames as heat above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) and
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Marvel sequel “Thor: Love & Thunder” dropped a hefty 68% in its second weekend of release but still held the top spot at the box office, according to studio estimates Sunday, while the bestseller adaptation “Where the Crawdads Sing” debuted with a better-than-expected $17
Continue Reading By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — Miroku Suto of Japan looks like a professional golfer, with the logos of her 11 sponsors splashed across her polo shirt, cap, bag and even her belt. Her parents say the deals are worth in the mid-six figures per year, with some contracts for
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — Several hundred flights were canceled in Italy on a peak vacation travel day because of a four-hour strikes involving low-cost airlines and air traffic controllers. A union official said about 500 flights were scrapped Sunday when pilots, cabin and ground crew walked off the job to press for better pay and working
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By Melissa Alonso and Michelle Watson, CNN A 17-year-old who escaped with five other inmates from the Bridge City Center for Youth in Louisiana on Sunday is back in custody, officials said Louisiana State Police and New Orleans Police Department officers captured the inmate following a chase which ended near the New Orleans Superdome around
Continue Reading By JAKE BLEIBERG and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Nearly 400 law enforcement officials rushed to a mass shooting at a Uvalde elementary school, but “egregiously poor decision-making” resulted in more than an hour of chaos before the gunman who took 21 lives was finally confronted and killed, according to a
Continue Reading By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Tamirat Tola led a 1-2 finish by Ethiopia in the men’s marathon at the world championships after he opened a wide lead late and cruised through the finish line. Tola finished in a championship-record time of 2 hours, 5 minutes, 36 seconds on a fast
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout will miss the All-Star Game because of back spasms, joining Bryce Harper on the sidelines and depriving the showcase of two of baseball’s best-known players. Dodgers star first baseman Freddie Freeman was added Sunday as the 14th replacement player,
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout will miss the All-Star Game because of back spasms, joining Bryce Harper on the sidelines and depriving the showcase of two of baseball’s best-known players. Dodgers star first baseman Freddie Freeman was added Sunday as the 14th replacement player,
Continue Reading CARCASSONNE, France (AP) — Jasper Philipsen of Belgium braved a heat wave to win the 15th stage of the Tour de France in a sprint as Jonas Vingegaard kept the leader’s yellow jersey. Philipsen beat Wout van Aert and Mads Pedersen on the line. The 2020 runner-up Primož Roglič abandoned the race before the start
Continue Reading By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pleas were piling up Sunday in Italy aimed at persuading Premier Mario Draghi to stay in office instead of resigning as he tried to do last week after being let down by a populist coalition partner. Hundreds of mayors have signed an open letter. Union leaders and
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EL PASO, Texas – Netflix will be showcasing its second-quarter earnings Tuesday. The streaming service has had serious economic struggles over the past year. Netflix’s stocks are down nearly 70% after losing large amount of subscriber loss. Netflix recently announced a partnership with Microsoft to offer a cheaper subscription plan that includes advertisements. The streaming
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(CNN) – Meet Max, the dog that is credited with helping capture infamous drug lord, Rafael Caro Quintero. Authorities say the dog discovered the fugitive hiding in bushes in the Northwestern State of Sinaloa on Friday. Quintero was wanted for the kidnapping, torture and killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985. He was on
Continue Reading By Julia Kesaieva, Tim Lister, Darya Tarasova and Sana Noor Haq, CNN The Ukrainian military rebuffed Russian advances in Donetsk over the weekend, as the bloody battle for control in the eastern Donbas region grinds on. At least eight settlements in the eastern part of Donetsk came under fire Saturday through Sunday. Most of the
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LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — Four people have been killed in a crash of a Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office helicopter that was headed back to Albuquerque after assisting firefighters in another New Mexico city, authorities said Sunday. Sheriff’s officials said three people from the sheriff’s office and a county firefighter were aboard the helicopter when
Continue Reading MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United has reached an agreement with Ajax to buy defender Lisandro Martínez for nearly $58 million. The center back flew into England this weekend to finalize the move which will see him rejoin manager Erik ten Hag who moved to United from Ajax. The 24-year-old Martínez still has to pass
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El Paso Texas– Law N Paws rescue is a local nonprofit organization that was created back in 2017 when El Paso police detective Vanessa Acosta began investigating animal cruelty and neglect cases. “I would see a lot of these cases where a lot of these pets were seen as broken and un-adoptable and I wanted
Continue Reading CNN By Dana Bash and Abbie Sharpe, CNN Walking across the Edmund Pettus Bridge is a powerful experience for pretty much anyone who knows the history of Bloody Sunday, a 1965 march for voting rights in Selma, Alabama, that was stopped by violent, racist state troopers. The power of Selma is next-level for young Tybre
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — 4 dead after crash of a Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office helicopter near Las Vegas, New Mexico.
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