By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer Conference realignment in college sports has been going on since 1984, when the Supreme Court invalidated the NCAA’s national television contract for football. The conference juggling has gone through ebbs and flows through the years since, from small schools bumping up to bigger leagues to power programs switching to
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AUSTIN, Texas — This fall, Texas public schools will be subjected to random inspections to detect weak access points in the wake of the Uvalde school shooting — but a state school safety leader says these reviews will not resemble potentially traumatizing intruder simulations. Texas School Safety Center plans to start randomly checking school buildings
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By Kiely Westhoff, Samantha Beech and Shawna Mizelle, CNN New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday signed two bills into law that protect out-of-state residents seeking reproductive services and reproductive health care providers. The bills, A3974 and A3975, shield health care providers from other state’s inquiries and prohibit the extradition of any person who comes
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The largest electric provider in New Mexico on Friday outlined the savings that customers will see from the closure of a coal-fired power plant as part of a filing mandated by state utility regulators. The document was required to be submitted by July 1 as part of a financing order related
Continue Reading By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — José Berríos pitched five innings to snap a three-start winless streak, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drove in three runs, and the Toronto Blue Jays celebrated Canada Day by beating the Tampa Bay Rays 9-2. Playing at home on Canada’s national holiday for the first time since 2019, and
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By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The USFL accomplished what the last two attempts at spring football failed to do — make it through its first season. As the league prepares for Sunday night’s championship game between the Birmingham Stallions and Philadelphia Stars at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, where it
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The USFL accomplished what the last two attempts at spring football failed to do — make it through its first season. As the league prepares for Sunday night’s championship game between the Birmingham Stallions and Philadelphia Stars at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, where it
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By Jen Christensen, CNN Matt Ford edits videos for a living, so it wasn’t a stretch for him to put one together for TikTok. But his latest post wasn’t a crazy dance or a video about how to peel a banana the right way. It’s based on his own experience with monkeypox. His video has
Continue Reading By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Rookie Christopher Morel homered in his third consecutive game, and the Chicago Cubs rallied to beat the Boston Red Sox 6-5. The Red Sox looked like they were ready to roll to an easy win, with an early 4-0 lead, after going 20-6 in June. Jarren
Continue Reading WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Inspired by her sister’s comeback, Venus Williams made one of her own at Wimbledon. She and partner Jamie Murray won a mixed doubles that was the first in any tennis discipline for the seven-time Grand Slam singles champion in more than 10 months. They defeated Alicja Rosolska and Michael Venus 6-3,
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By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas inmate who is set to be put to death in less than two weeks asked that his execution be delayed so he can donate a kidney. Ramiro Gonzales is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on July 13 for fatally shooting 18-year-old Bridget Townsend,
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — Gustavo Petro, presidente electo de Colombia, anunció este sábado en su cuenta de Twitter que Álvaro Leyva Durán será el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de su gobierno. “Será una cancillería de la Paz”, indicó Petro en su mensaje y agregó “Colombia aportará al mundo todo su esfuerzo para superar al
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By Jamiel Lynch, CNN The Florida Highway Patrol arrested two people this week for smuggling others into the state, according to incident reports from the agency. A trooper in Sumter County on Wednesday pulled over a Ford Explorer with an expired temporary Texas tag and a crack on the windshield obstructing the driver’s view, according
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By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Amazon is barring off-duty warehouse workers from the company’s facilities, a move organizers say can hamper union drives. Under the policy shared with workers on Amazon’s internal app, employees are barred from accessing buildings or other working areas on their scheduled days off, and before or after their shifts.
Continue Reading MIAMI (AP) — Derek Jeter’s first significant hire when he was leading the Miami Marlins is no longer with the club. The Marlins said they parted ways with Gary Denbo, who had been the team’s vice president of player development and scouting. The move happened earlier this week. Jeter left the Marlins in February after
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s office says the new Gulf coast refinery is “a dream come true” for the country. On Friday, López Obrador “inaugurated” the partially finished Olmeca refinery in Dos Bocas, which is a city in his home state of Tabasco. The project, when finished, is expected to
Continue Reading By Gabby Orr, CNN A push by major US companies to help employees gain access to reproductive services following the US Supreme Court’s ending of federal abortion rights has rankled prominent Republicans and could deepen the GOP’s disaffection with corporate America as the party finds itself on the brink of winning back the US House
Continue Reading By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Max Scherzer is scheduled to return to the New York Mets’ rotation Tuesday in Cincinnati after missing over a month with a strained left oblique muscle. Scherzer, a three-time Cy Young Award winner, has been sidelined since straining his oblique while pitching against St. Louis on
Continue Reading By Daniel Dale, CNN A leading Republican candidate for governor of Arizona, Kari Lake, continues to put lies about the 2020 presidential election at the center of her campaign — this week calling it “disqualifying” and “sickening” for a rival candidate not to say that the election was stolen, though it wasn’t stolen. Lake’s strong
Continue Reading By JANET McCONNAUGHEY and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday proposed up to 10 oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and one off the Alaska coast over the next five years — going against the Democrat’s climate promises but scaling back a Trump-era
Continue Reading By JANET McCONNAUGHEY and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday proposed up to 10 oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and one off the Alaska coast over the next five years — going against the Democrat’s climate promises but scaling back a Trump-era
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — Cuatro ocupantes de un avión Learjet 35A fallecieron este viernes luego de que cayera a tierra durante las maniobras de despegue en el aeropuerto de Río Grande, en Tierra del Fuego, según reportó la agencia estatal Télam. Los fallecidos eran integrantes del Cuartel Central de Bomberos de la jurisdicción fueguina,
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso and Steve Almasy, CNN The suspect in an hourslong shooting that killed three law enforcement officers and injured several others in eastern Kentucky was charged Friday with several counts of murder, including murder of a police officer, and assault on a service animal, officials said. Lance Storz, 49, was arraigned in Floyd
Continue Reading By Adrienne Broaddus and Jason Kravarik, CNN Steps from an interstate and minutes from an airport sits a nondescript building with a tenant never more in demand. Whole Woman’s Health is one of the nation’s largest independent abortion providers, and the location of its Minnesota clinic is no accident. “Some patients may fly, some may
Continue Reading After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion clinics in Minnesota say they are bracing for an influx of out-of-state patients. CNN’s Adrienne Broaddus reports.
Continue Reading By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer The Los Angeles Police Department says Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges has been charged with felony domestic violence. Bridges was arrested Wednesday for “intimate partner violence with injury,” which is a felony. The incident occurred two days earlier in West Los Angeles. He was released on $130,000 bond. He
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Biden administration released a proposed plan on Friday for where the federal government intends to hold offshore oil and gas lease sales in federal waters for the next five years. The plan would mainly limit drilling to the Gulf of Mexico, with one proposed lease sale in waters off Alaska.
Continue Reading By Jonny Hallam, Josh Pennington and Arnaud Siad CNN Pro-Russian investigators in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) on Friday said they have charged another two British citizens with being “mercenaries,” according to the Donetsk News Agency. “An investigation is now underway against British mercenaries Dylan Healy and Andrew Hill. They are charged under the
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Boston Red Sox pitcher Rich Hill left Thursday’s start against the Chicago Cubs because of a sprained left knee. Hill was sailing along with a 4-0 lead through the first four innings before exiting the game during a three-run fifth. The 42-year-old left-hander walked P.J. Higgins leading off. Nelson Velázquez then tripled
Continue Reading By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Boston Celtics have improved their backcourt depth by trading for Indiana Pacers guard Malcolm Brogdon. The Associated Press has confirmed that the Celtics are sending five backup forwards and a 2023 first-round pick to Indiana in exchange. Brogdon became available after Indiana acquired Tyrese Haliburton
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