Voting distrust likely to continue despite smooth election
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The first major election day following a year of relentless attacks on voting rights and…
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Easing of COVID travel restrictions lets loved ones reunite
By TRAVIS LOLLER Travel restrictions that have separated couples and relatives living in different countries are about to end. New rules go into…
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California law school, named for a man who funded the killing of Native Americans, moves to change its name
By Kaanita Iyer, CNN A San Francisco law school named for a man who orchestrated a massacre of Native Americans is moving to change its name. The…
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Top amateur Nakajima wins Asia-Pacific Amateur in playoff
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Keita Nakajima has lived up to his billing as the No. 1 amateur in golf. He won the Asia-Pacific Amateur on the…
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Profit plummets at Buffett’s company on investment gains
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s company reported a third-quarter profit that was roughly one-third the amount…
Continue Reading What is Astroworld? Who is Travis Scott? And other things to know about the incident
By Hannah Ryan, CNN At least eight people were killed and many others injured after a crowd surged forward while rapper Travis Scott was on stage at…
Continue Reading ‘He’s eating, he’s smiling’: Pete Buttigieg’s newborn son is home after hospital stay
By Donald Judd and Devan Cole, CNN Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Saturday his newly adopted son is doing well “after a…
Continue Reading What we learned this week in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business As the criminal trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes entered its third month this week, much of the focus…
Continue Reading The Elf was a lot harder to get on your Shelf this year
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business The Elf on the Shelf — a popular elf doll that parents place around their home in the runup to Christmas to…
Continue Reading Young mother and elderly priest among Tigrayans arrested in Addis Ababa, witnesses say
Journalist Tsedale Lemma, founder of The Addis Standard, digs into the crisis in Ethiopia and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s…
Continue Reading Ethiopia’s military calls on former members to rejoin army as rebels advance on capital
By David McKenzie, CNN Ethiopia’s military is calling on veterans to rejoin the army as two aligned rebel groups threaten the capital, marking…
Continue Reading Austria to bar unvaccinated from restaurants as cases rise
VIENNA (AP) — Unvaccinated people in Austria who also haven’t had COVID-19 will no longer be allowed to enter restaurants, hotels, hairdressers…
Continue Reading Answering kids’ (and parents’) questions about the Covid-19 vaccine for ages 5 to 11
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN It was a big day for Sesame Street’s 5-year-old Rosita, who recently got her first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.…
Continue Reading School mask mandates are starting to disappear. Is it too soon?
By Jen Christensen, CNN When Perrysburg School Superintendent Thomas Hosler sent a survey to parents in his Toledo-area district to see how many…
Continue Reading Camels escape from circus and venture out to explore Madrid
By Hannah Ryan, CNN Spanish police had an unusual encounter on Friday night when a number of camels and a llama escaped from a circus and wandered…
Continue Reading Kenenisa Bekele ready to ‘make more history’ as the New York City Marathon returns
By George Ramsay, CNN The New York City Marathon returns on Sunday following a two-year hiatus, and at the front of the field, legendary distance…
Continue Reading Former USC official pleads guilty to a fraud charge tied to college admissions scandal
By Aya Elamroussi and Liam Reilly, CNN A former athletics official at the University of Southern California pleaded guilty Friday in an admissions…
Continue Reading Barcelona appoints club legend Xavi as new coach
By Aleks Klosok and Kevin Dotson, CNN Barcelona has announced the appointment of club legend Xavi Hernández as the club’s new coach on a deal…
Continue Reading Watanabe re-elected as international gymnastics president
ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — Morinari Watanabe has been re-elected to a new three-year term as president of the International Gymnastics Federation after…
Continue Reading Mochi, the dog with the world’s longest tongue, has died
By Alaa Elassar, CNN Mochi “Mo” Rickert, holder of the record for the longest tongue on a living dog, has died, according to Guinness…
Continue Reading Police searching for missing swimmer after a shark attack in Western Australia
By Angus Watson, CNN A man is missing after a reported shark attack at a beach in North Fremantle, Western Australia according to police and the…
Continue Reading The NBA’s burgeoning tattoo culture has created a new type of influencer
Leah Asmelash, CNN On any given night, NBA games are a showdown between some of the best basketball professionals in the world. But increasingly, the…
Continue Reading At least 98 killed in Sierra Leone fuel tanker explosion
By Teele Rebane and Yong Xiong, CNN At least 98 people died on Friday after a fuel tanker exploded in a suburb of Sierra Leone‘s capital,…
Continue Reading This California woman has helped hundreds of refugee families. It all started with a Jumparoo
By Leah Asmelash, CNN Earlier this year, Miry Whitehill met a family of Afghan refugees who had just fled their homes following the US withdrawal…
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At least 8 dead in crowd surge during Travis Scott concert at Astroworld Festival in Houston, fire chief confirms
HOUSTON (AP) — At least 8 dead in crowd surge during Travis Scott concert at Astroworld Festival in Houston, fire chief…
Continue Reading Within minutes, the Astroworld Festival turned deadly. Here’s what we know about the show’s timeline
Video shows rapper Travis Scott pausing his performance as an ambulance approached the crowd. At least eight people died and many others were injured…
Continue Reading Within minutes, the Astroworld Festival turned deadly. Here’s what we know about the show’s timeline
At least eight people are dead and many others were injured after the crowd surged forward as rapper Travis Scott was on stage at the Astroworld…
Continue Reading At least 8 dead and many injured after crowd surge at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival in Houston, officials say
By Jason Hanna, Maya Brown and Rosa Flores, CNN Members of a densely packed crowd surged toward a stage and were crushed against each other at a…
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Borderland Blitz week 11: Highlights & scores
FRIDAY SCORES: Del Valle 10 Chapin 14 El Dorado 63 Bel Air 21 Pebble Hills 13 Franklin 35 Americas 8 Eastwood 72 Socorro 13 Montwood 41 El Paso 22…
Continue Reading Wife pesters husband to buy lottery ticket. It hits for $2.4 million
Nadeem Muaddi, CNN A Missouri couple is $2.4 million richer thanks to a persistent wife. “My wife forced me to pull over and buy a Lottery…
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