Month: September 2023

By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer Spain is a strong contender to be the next international host of a regular-season NFL game and it could happen as soon as 2024. The league is holding five games in Europe this season — three in London and two in Germany — and has targeted Spain and France

By The Associated Press Canadian autoworkers have ratified a new labor agreement with Ford Motor Co., averting a threatened strike. The decision on Sunday potentially sets a precedent that could play out in the United Auto Workers’ strike at automaker facilities in the U.S. The Canadian autoworker union Unifor says the new agreement raises base

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed several bills aimed at bolstering the state’s protections for LGBTQ+ people. The signings came Saturday, a day after he issued a controversial veto that was criticized by advocates. The new laws include legislation that focuses on support for LGBTQ+ youth. One law sets timelines for

By ANGELA CHARLTON and DALATOU MAMANE Associated Press PARIS (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron says France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its ambassador out of the country now that its democratically elected president has been deposed in a coup. France has maintained some 1,500 troops in Niger since the July coup

SHEFFIELD, England (AP) — Newcastle has equaled its biggest win of the Premier League era by beating Sheffield United 8-0 away with eight different players netting a goal each at Bramall Lane. The chastening loss completed a difficult week for United, after the club announced Thursday that women’s player Maddy Cusack died at the age

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Colorado and Deion Sanders fell out of The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday after a resounding loss in one of the weekend’s showcase games, and the teams toward the top of the rankings were shuffled and tightened. A season-high six teams received first-place votes, the

MILAN (AP) — Giorgio Armani has closed Milan Fashion Week with good vibes and a front row that included frequent guests such as Cate Blanchett and Juliette Binoche. The collection mirrored a sky at dusk as it shifts colors and light. The 89-year-old designer employed translucent, diaphanous fabrics alongside silks and satin to create lightness

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer CASARES, Spain (AP) — Europe has retained the Solheim Cup after securing a first-ever tie with the United States. The U.S. needed a win to get the trophy back after two consecutive losses against the Europeans in the top team event in women’s golf. Home-crowd favorite Carlota Ciganda came

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A student and his parents are suing a University of Alabama fraternity, saying he suffered a traumatic brain injury while being hazed earlier this year. The lawsuit filed last week accuses Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and others associated with it of fraud, negligence and assault and battery. The lawsuit was filed

ARCADIA, La. (AP) — The FBI says a Louisiana man who fled his 1991 trial for attempted murder has been arrested more than three decades later after authorities found him hiding in Mexico. Greg Lawson, 63, was brought back to the United States on Thursday after being located in Mexico. Lawson was accused of shooting

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — An imprisoned Russian opposition figure has been transferred to a maximum security prison in Siberia and was placed in a tiny “punishment cell.” That’s according to the lawyer for 42-year-old Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. Kara-Murza earlier this year was convicted of treason for publicly denouncing Russia’s war

By JULIE WATSON Associated Press The Afghan man speaks only Farsi, but he wasn’t worried about representing himself in U.S. immigration court. He believed the details of his asylum claim spoke for themselves. Mohammad was a university professor, teaching human rights courses in Afghanistan before he fled for the United States. Mohammad is also Hazara,