By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — When you build a powerhouse program, it’s inevitable that others will try to copy your success. That means hiring people who work for you. Georgia coach Kirby Smart will see another familiar face on the opposing sideline Saturday when the reigning national champion Bulldogs open
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By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s highest court is breathing new life into a $1 billion transmission line project aimed at serving as a conduit for Canadian hydropower. The Supreme Judicial Court ruled Tuesday that there was merit in developers’ claims that a referendum rebuking the project was unconstitutional. Now it
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN Meghan, Duchess of Sussex returned with the second episode of her “Archetypes” podcast this week, this time featuring a conversation with Mariah Carey. The two women discussed their biracial identities. Carey opened up to Meghan about moving often as a young girl and feeling caught between the Black and White sides
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Unvaccinated NBA players and team personnel must submit to weekly COVID-19 testing this season. The league told its clubs of that plan in a memo Tuesday. There will be certain exceptions to that mandate. That includes when the unvaccinated person is considered to have been “recently recovered” from COVID-19.
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By Stella Chan, CNN Police in central California say they are treating the early August disappearance of 22-year-old Jolissa Fuentes, last seen leaving a convenience store, as a criminal matter. On the night of August 6, Fuentes attended a family gathering and went home in the overnight hours to grab some belongings, said Selma Police
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN Construction workers breaking ground in 2004 on a shopping mall in Norwich, England, found 17 bodies at the bottom of a 800-year-old well. The identity of the remains of the six adults and 11 children and why they ended up in the medieval well had long vexed archaeologists. Unlike other mass
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By Martha C. White for CNN Business Lower gas prices helped consumer confidence bounce back in August, breaking a three-month stretch of worsening sentiment. However this improvement, while welcome, is tempered by ongoing worries that the US economy may be heading toward a recession. The Conference Board’s monthly snapshot of consumer attitudes improved, rising to
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Tuesday’s market rally was brief. Stocks opened higher but quickly gave up their gains. A more than 5% drop in oil prices, while welcome news to consumers, led to a big sell-off in energy stocks. The Dow tumbled nearly 310 points, or 1%. Shares of Chevron, a Dow
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration says a government review of prescription opioid medications, including their risks and contribution to the U.S. overdose epidemic, is still underway. Dr. Robert Califf said Tuesday that the FDA is still studying “what revisions are needed to support
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The auction of a high-tech portrait of Warren Buffett couldn’t come close to matching the $19 million someone paid earlier this year for a private lunch with the billionaire, but it still raised $75,100 for one of his favorite charities. The eBay auction wrapped up
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) — Un envío de toallitas húmedas para bebé en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México resultó ser algo muy distinto: un cargamento de cocaína valorado en US$ 11,8 millones, al precio de venta en la calle. Los agentes de la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de EE.UU. (CBP, por sus siglas
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Diana, Princess of Wales. Personal Birth date: July 1, 1961 Death date: August 31, 1997 Birth place: Norfolk, England Birth name: Diana Frances Spencer Father: Edward John, 8th Earl Spencer Mother: Frances (Ruth Burke-Roche) Spencer Marriage: Charles (Philip Arthur George), Prince of Wales (July 29,
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of US Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont and former 2020 presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: September 8, 1941 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Bernard Sanders Father: Eli Sanders, paint salesman Mother: Dorothy (Glassberg) Sanders Marriages: Jane (O’Meara) Sanders (1988-present); Deborah
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police have identified the man killed in a weekend crash on I-10 that led to a traffic backup. Police say the man was 58-year-old Martin Delgado Cisneros of Horizon. According to police, Cisneros was driving east on I-10 near Hawkins when he veered left, crashed into a concrete barrier,
Continue Reading By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — First-year Florida football coach Billy Napier plans, plots and perfects every minute of each day. He says “preparation is the key to confidence.” If so, the Gators should be feeling like 10-point favorites heading into their season opener against seventh-ranked Utah on Saturday night. But
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By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Facebook announced Tuesday that it is shutting down its standalone Gaming App this fall. The app for video gamers and live-streamers, which has long struggled to compete with rivals like Amazon-owned Twitch, will no longer work on Oct. 28, according to a notice posted in the app on Tuesday. Beginning
Continue Reading By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Any federal student loans used to attend the for-profit Westwood College from 2002 through 2015 will be canceled after federal officials found that the school greatly exaggerated the job prospects of its graduates, the Biden administration announced Tuesday. The action will automatically erase $1.5 billion in
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN Business) –– Los empleadores de EE.UU. todavía no se están deshaciendo de sus ofertas de trabajo, según lo revelan los datos que publicó la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales este martes. El número de vacantes de trabajo aumentó inesperadamente en julio, con alrededor de 11,2 millones de empleos disponibles. Una cifra ligeramente más alta
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso and Zoe Sottile, CNN An 11-year-old boy died after he fell into the water and was swept into a storm drain during a flash flood in northwest Arkansas Monday evening, according to police. An adult who tried to save the boy also was swept into the drain and was rescued, officials said.
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN A shipment of baby wipes at the US-Mexico border turned out to be something quite different: $11.8 million worth of cocaine. US Customs and Border Protection officers seized the narcotics Friday at the Colombia-Solidarity Bridge, according to a Monday news release. The bridge connects Texas and the Mexican state of Nuevo
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By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday said the attacks on the FBI following the agency’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence are “sickening,” and offered scathing criticism of Republicans in Congress who have not condemned the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. “It’s sickening to see the new
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LIV Golf has made it official. British Open champion Cameron Smith and Joaquin Niemann are now part of the Saudi-funded rival league. They are among six additions announced Tuesday. The others are Marc Leishman, Cameron Tringale, Anirban Lahiri and Harold Varner III. They will be suspended by the PGA
Continue Reading By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — There is only so much farmland in the United States, so when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last spring prompted worries that people would go hungry as wheat remained stuck in blockaded ports, there was little U.S. farmers could do to meet the new demand. But
Continue Reading By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business US employers aren’t ditching their “help wanted” signs just yet, according to new data released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The number of open positions ticked up unexpectedly in July, with around 11.2 million jobs available, slightly higher than June’s revised total of 11 million openings, according to
Continue Reading By Kaitlan Collins, Gabby Orr and Kristen Holmes, CNN Former President Donald Trump has added former Florida solicitor general Chris Kise to his legal team to represent him in the Mar-a-Lago search case, multiple sources familiar with the hire confirm to CNN. Kise begins Tuesday and will represent Trump in court in Florida on Thursday
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The PGA Tour season is over and now Saudi-funded LIV Golf returns to the stage. That’s where to find the only players ranked inside the top 50 in the world. With a fresh batch of players, the LIV Golf Invitational goes to the International Golf Club west of Boston. It’s the
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) — Robert “Bob” LuPone, recordado por su papel en la serie “The Sopranos”, murió a los 76 años. El actor, quien recibió nominaciones al Tony y al Emmy, falleció el sábado después de luchar tres años contra un cáncer de páncreas, dijo el Teatro Manhattan Class Company (MCC), la influyente compañía de teatro
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN J.K. Rowling says she was invited to participate in the “Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts” reunion special earlier this year but declined. The “Harry Potter” author was on Graham Norton’s “Radio Show” podcast, where she said “no one said don’t come” to the reunion, she just decided she didn’t
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Artemis, el programa de la NASA para volver a llevar seres humanos a la Luna, es una de las misiones más esperadas por los entusiastas del espacio, pero está lejos de ser la única. En los próximos años, la tecnología también permitirá avanzar en la exploración de Venus, Marte
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Worries about the economy have suddenly put shares of pet supply retailers in Wall Street’s doghouse. Shares of online retailer Chewy are down more than 35% this year as investors wonder if surging inflation will take a bite out of sales and earnings. (We’ve got more pooch puns,
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