By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer Eight months after finishing behind the Russians at the Winter Olympics, the U.S. team has yet to receive its medals. They do not even know whether they will be silver or gold. That’s because the Russian Anti-Doping Agency only recently finished its investigation into Kamila Valieva. Her positive doping
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By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press In 2018, Democrat Katie Hobbs spent $1 million in campaign funds running to become Arizona’s secretary of state, narrowly besting Republican Steve Gaynor, who spent $3.2 million in what was the most expensive race in state history for the post that oversees elections. The record stood
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By JOSH BOAK and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is telling voters that he hasn’t given up on lowering gasoline prices. Biden says he has ordered the release of 15 million barrels from the U.S. strategic reserve and will consider additional withdrawals this winter. It’s a message with clear political
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By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A United Nations official is urging tech companies to do everything possible to stop the onslaught of hate speech fueling the war in Ethiopia’s north, where a violent war pits federal troops and their allies against Tigray’s rebellious leaders. Inflammatory language by political leaders and armed
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Bundesliga leader Union Berlin have all safely advanced to the third round of the German Cup. Canadian wing-back Alphonso Davies sealed Bayern’s progress in an ultimately comfortable 5-2 come-from-behind win at Augsburg. Dortmund had to work hard for a 2-0 win
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By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN A US Food and Drug Administration advisory committee voted Wednesday that a drug approved more than a decade ago to reduce the risk of preterm birth should not be allowed to remain on the market after a larger study failed to show that it was effective. It’s now up to FDA
Continue Reading By DORIAN COLBERT RosterWatch The picks this week are a combination of the usual scoring suspects and new entrants to the ranks of the most likely to cross the end zone in Week 7. These are the best bets to score at the WR and RB positions.
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The only 17-0 team in NFL history was the 1972 Miami Dolphins. The perfect season. Except that team actually knew what it was like to lose games. The Dolphins lost three games in the preseason. They fell to Detroit and Green Bay in the
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Economic factors, not just lockdown-induced forced proximity, played a key role in last year’s “baby bump,” according to the economists behind a new working paper released earlier this week. Economists from UCLA, Northwestern and Princeton universities found that pandemic trends, such as increased work flexibility, helped push up US birth
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By Katie Hunt, CNN Meet the Neanderthals of Chagyrskaya Cave. The riverside hunting camp in the foothills of the Altai mountains in Siberia was home to a tight community of about 20 inhabitants about 54,000 years ago, including a father and his teenage daughter, a young male who might have been a nephew or a
Continue Reading By Rosa Flores, CNN The bodies of migrants who died trying to cross the US-Mexico border are being kept in a refrigerated container near the Rio Grande because the local funeral home can longer store them, a Texas sheriff says. Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber has been working with consulate staff to identify five bodies
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope captured a highly detailed snapshot of the so-called Pillars of Creation, a vista of three looming towers made of interstellar dust and gas that’s speckled with newly formed stars. The area, which lies within the Eagle Nebula about 6,500 light-years from Earth, had previously been captured
Continue Reading By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders head into Thursday’s energy summit looking for joint measures to contain an energy crisis that has already dented their economy and threatens to spread more hardship this winter. But finding a common answer to the energy crisis fueled by Russia’s war in Ukraine is
Continue Reading By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa said he is glad to be back after a long process to clear concussion protocols. Tagovailoa is expected to start against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday night after missing the past two games. Tagovailoa last played in a Sept. 29
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By Joan Biskupic, CNN Lawyer William Consovoy, who has shepherded the challenges to race-based affirmative action at Harvard and the University of North Carolina since they were filed in 2014, will not be at the lectern for the culminating Supreme Court round on October 31. Consovoy is being treated for brain cancer, his law partner
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s conglomerate has completed its largest acquisition in years with its $11.6 billion purchase of the Alleghany insurance conglomerate. The purchase will further expand Berkshire’s sizeable insurance operations and add a few more companies to its stable, including a steel fabricator and toy company
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — A former Phoenix Suns ticket office executive has been sentenced to one year in jail and three years of supervised probation in connection with a fraud scheme. The Arizona Attorney General’s Office said Jeffrey Allen Marcussen used his position with the team to sell unused Suns tickets on a third-party vendor site
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By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball views expanded playoffs as the more the merrier. Not for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals. The National League’s four winningest teams failed to reach the League Championship Series, six months of accomplishment undone in
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball views expanded playoffs as the more the merrier. Not for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals. The National League’s four winningest teams failed to reach the League Championship Series, six months of accomplishment undone in
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Charlie Duffy’s left leg wobbles forward like a half-cooked noodle, her toe missing the mark before the sole shakily slides to the mat. Her brain tells the leg to move sideways next, but the message is garbled, so it starts back before correcting. Supported by a
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By Wayne Sterling, CNN A law firm has sent a letter to FIFA on behalf of a group of former and current Iranian sports figures urging football’s governing body to suspend the Iranian Football Federation (FFIRI) and ban it from participating at this year’s World Cup in Qatar. “Iran’s brutality and belligerence towards its own
Continue Reading By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer Pittsburgh running back Israel Abanikanda and North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye lead the nation in all-purpose yardage and total offense, respectively. They head a large group of ACC players among the national rankings in both categories. The group includes Syracuse quarterback Garrett Shrader and running back Sean Tucker,
Continue Reading By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A police report says Charlotte Hornets guard James Bouknight was found intoxicated and unconscious in a parking lot with his vehicle in drive when he was arrested for DWI. The report also says he was holding a handgun. The report says officers set up a
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns Pro Bowl right guard Wyatt Teller is expected to miss Sunday’s game in Baltimore with a left calf strain. Teller is a vital part of the NFL’s leading rushing attack. He got hurt in the first quarter of last week’s 38-15 loss to New England.
Continue Reading Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman has resigned seven weeks into the role over her use of a personal email address that breached ministerial rules. CNN Correspondent Bianca Nobilo has the details.
Continue Reading CNN, INSTITUTE OF POLITICS AT HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL, POOL By Betsy Klein, Shawna Mizelle and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday formally announced the sale of an additional 15 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in December as he looks to rein in gas prices ahead of the crucial midterm elections. “With
Continue Reading DENVER (AP) — Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog will be sidelined about 12 weeks after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery. Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said after morning skate Wednesday that Landeskog had the procedure performed in Minneapolis the day before. Landeskog missed the opening three games of this season with what the team described as a
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un pez luna gigante fue descubierto en el archipiélago de las Azores, Portugal,y se cree que es el pez óseo más pesado del mundo con unos impactantes 2.744 kilogramos (3 toneladas). Según los investigadores, el animal fue encontrado muerto, flotando cerca de la isla de Faial, en el Atlántico Norte central,
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso County Jail Magistrate is concerned about the lack of communication between the District Attorney’s Office and the Public Defender’s Office as hundreds of criminal cases are up for dismissal. Jail Magistrate Humberto Acosta spoke to both sides during a hearing in referral court on Tuesday night just before
Continue Reading By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — P.J. Walker will make his second straight start at quarterback for the Carolina Panthers on Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Interim head coach Steve Wilks said Jacob Eason will serve as the backup. Walker struggled last week, completing just 10 of 16 passes for
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