By Kevin Liptak, Phil Mattingly, Kaitlan Collins and John Harwood, CNN President Joe Biden said Tuesday the US is on track to complete its hurried airlift in Afghanistan by August 31, acknowledging he does not plan to keep American troops in the country any longer even as questions remain over who will be able to
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak, Phil Mattingly, Kaitlan Collins and John Harwood, CNN President Joe Biden said Tuesday the US is on track to complete its hurried airlift in Afghanistan by August 31, acknowledging he does not plan to keep American troops in the country any longer even as questions remain over who will be able
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Northern Arizona built enough momentum two years ago to get the interim tag removed from coach Shane Burcar’s title. A pandemic-altered 2019-20 season set the Lumberjacks back, even if they did finish strong. Now that college basketball is headed toward what appears to be a
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN Progressives in the House are not backing down from their requirement that the final reconciliation package move at the same time as the Senate’s bipartisan infrastructure bill in order for their caucus to vote for both bills. Their continued demand comes after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a deal with moderates
Continue ReadingOAKRIDGE, Ore. (AP) — A firefighter who died while battling a wildfire southeast of Eugene, Oregon has been identified as Frumencio Ruiz Carapia. Lane County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Tom Speldrich said Tuesday that Ruiz Carapia was working along the eastern edge of the Gales fire Monday when he was struck by a falling tree. Investigation
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Three-time All-Pro receiver Cliff Branch and Super Bowl-winning coach Dick Vermeil are finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s class of 2022. Branch is the senior candidate and Vermeil is the nominee in the coaches category picked by a five-person committee of Hall of Fame voters. To
Continue ReadingBy Kerry Flynn, CNN Business Gawker’s vote to unionize in 2015 has often been cited as a bellwether event for labor organizing in digital media. A rush of digital media brands quickly followed suit. With the help of the Writers Guild of America, East — the influential labor union that represents film, TV, radio and
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A federal magistrate judge has decided that changes by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Phillie Phanatic mascot were sufficient to allow its continued use by the club. U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn sided with the creators of the Phanatic in deciding it had been registered as an artistic sculpture under copyright
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press LSU is requiring fans attending games at Tiger Stadium who are 12 or older to provide proof of vaccination for COVID-19 or a recent negative test. The university is the third Power 5 program to impose those restrictions. The policy will be in effect when LSU’s plays its home opener on
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press LSU is requiring fans attending games at Tiger Stadium who are 12 or older to provide proof of vaccination for COVID-19 or a recent negative test. The university is the third Power 5 program to impose those restrictions. The policy will be in effect when LSU’s plays its home opener on
Continue ReadingMÖNCHENGLADBACH, Germany (AP) — Borussia Mönchengladbach says forward Marcus Thuram faces “a spell on the sidelines” after he tore the medial collateral ligament in his right knee. The 24-year-old France international was injured in the first half of a 4-0 loss to Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday. The Bundesliga team did not specify how long Thuram
Continue ReadingFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A man stopped his capital murder trial with a guilty plea to the 1974 killing of a 17-year-old Texas girl. Glen McCurley was immediately sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole for the abduction, torture, rape and killing of Carla Walker. Prosecutors had said they would not seek the
Continue ReadingBy Anna Muckenfuss Click here for updates on this story SHEPHERD, Michigan (WNEM) — A Shepherd man was killed in a fatal industrial accident after being caught up underneath a bulldozer. At 7:35 a.m. on Tuesday, the Shepherd Police Department responded to reports of an industrial accident at WDS Enterprises on E. Blanchard Road in
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The air quality alert for Deschutes County is still in place until Wednesday at noon.
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has authorized the killing of two more wolves, several weeks after the state fatally shot two young wolves from the same pack. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the Lookout Mountain pack was suspected of injuring or killing five cows over two weeks in July, and the
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A landmark court decision has largely shifted responsibility for the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic from Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear to Republicans in control of the legislature. Now the lawmakers will have to own it, after watching from the sidelines as Beshear waged an aggressive
Continue ReadingBy Sara Sidner, Erica Orden and Cheri Mossburg, CNN A mistrial was declared Tuesday in the federal case against attorney Michael Avenatti, who is accused of embezzling millions of dollars from his clients for personal use and to pay creditors. US District Court Judge Michael V. Selna in Orange County, California, granted the motion for
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), international soccer’s governing body and organizer of global tournaments including the World Cup. Other Facts When FIFA was founded in 1904, there were seven member countries: France, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. The United States joined the Zurich,
Continue ReadingWAVERLY, Tenn. (AP) — Two 7-month-old twins were torn from their father’s arms during devastating Tennessee floods that also claimed the lives of 16 others. Ryan and Rileighana were pulled out of Matthew Rigney’s reach on Saturday just after he, the infants and his 19-month-old and 5-year-old daughters were pulled underwater and trapped beneath a
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Plans for a Rudy Giuliani associate to plead guilty in an illegal campaign contribution prosecution have been postponed. A Manhattan federal court filing Wednesday said Igor Fruman’s lawyer requested the delay until Sept. 10. The attorney declined comment. Fruman helped Giuliani seek damaging information about Joe Biden in Ukraine before Biden
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