JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — The final round of The Northern Trust has been pushed back to Monday because of approaching Hurricane Henri along the northeastern shores. The PGA Tour decided to shut down Liberty National on Sunday about an hour before the leaders began the third round. Saturday’s third round is proceeding as scheduled.
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — Tras su rápido avance, los talibanes se preparan para gobernar nuevamente Afganistán. A continuación, un repaso de 10 conceptos clave para comprender a este grupo islamista, formado mayoritariamente por integrantes de la etnia pastún, cuyo objetivo es aplicar en el país una interpretación particular de la sharía. Talibán: la palabra proviene del
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer Australia’s Tom Slingsby beat rivals Sir Ben Ainslie of Britain and Nathan Outteridge of Team Japan in the podium race to win the Denmark Sail Grand Prix on Aarhus Bay. The second consecutive regatta victory gives defending champion Australia a 32-30 lead over Britain in the Season 2 standings
Continue ReadingLA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin shrine founded by a high-ranking Roman Catholic cardinal who has COVID-19 says he has been taken off a ventilator. Cardinal Raymond Burke had previously been sedated at an undisclosed hospital after tweeting Aug. 10 that he had contracted the coronavirus. Burke founded the Shrine of Our Lady of
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky governor’s efforts to aggressively combat COVID-19 have suffered a landmark legal defeat. The state’s high court on Saturday cleared the way for laws reining in his emergency powers to take effect. The state Supreme Court ordered a lower court to dissolve an injunction blocking
Continue ReadingCARNOUSTIE, Scotland (AP) — Scandinavian golfers Anna Nordqvist and Nanna Koerstz Madsen share the lead heading into the final round of the Women’s British Open. A bunched-up chasing pack featuring Nelly Korda and Lexi Thompson promises to make it a Sunday to remember at Carnoustie. Two-time major champion Nordqvist shot her lowest round in one
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian health officials say Israeli gunfire has wounded 24 Palestinians, including a 13-year-old boy who was shot in the head, during a protest along Gaza’s border with Israel. In Israel, meanwhile, officials say a policeman has been critically wounded by Palestinian gunfire. The violence
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN Khaled Hosseini’s novels show readers around the world a side of Afghanistan that goes beyond war and terror. His debut best-seller “The Kite Runner” was published in 2003, two years after the 9/11 attacks and the subsequent US operation in Afghanistan. Millions of people were captivated by the tale of Amir
Continue ReadingLEEDS, England (AP) — Raphinha’s superb second-half finish clinched Leeds a 2-2 draw in its first home Premier League game of the season against Everton. The Brazilian winger crashed home a second-half equalizer as Leeds twice hit back to earn its first point of the new campaign. Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s first-half penalty was canceled
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Luego de estar 13 años detenido, Eduardo Arellano Félix salió este miércoles de una cárcel federal de Pensilvania, según confirmó la Oficina Federal de Prisiones de Estados Unidos. “El Doctor”, tal como se lo conoce, cumplió la mayor parte de una condena de 15 años dictada en 2013 por
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Crystal Palace and Brentford have played out an entertaining 0-0 draw at Selhurst Park to give Palace coach Patrick Vieira his first managerial point in the Premier League. Both teams hit the woodwork during the first half. Conor Gallagher went closest for the hosts before Bryan Mbeumo also hit the crossbar for
Continue ReadingCZESTOCHOWA, Poland (AP) — A heavy police presence has guarded two marches for LGBT rights in Poland. One was held Saturday at the foot of Catholic Poland’s most revered monastery in Czestochowa, in the south, and the other was held in Gdansk, on the Baltic coast. The presence of the police, some of whom were
Continue ReadingBy Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business After years of working to build their audiences on OnlyFans, a number of sex workers and adult content creators are now grappling with the sudden blow of potentially losing their incomes and access to the fans who have paid their bills. OnlyFans, a subscription-based website that enables creators to
Continue ReadingBy ALEXANDER VERSHININ Associated Press ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan has lauded its first Olympic medal winner at a lavish ceremony where the weightlifter was showered with gifts. The 21-year-old Polina Guryeva lifted a total 217 kilograms in the 59-kilogram category to win silver at the Tokyo Games. It was the first Olympic medal for
Continue ReadingBy ALEXANDER VERSHININ Associated Press ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan has lauded its first Olympic medal winner at a lavish ceremony where the weightlifter was showered with gifts. The 21-year-old Polina Guryeva lifted a total 217 kilograms in the 59-kilogram category to win silver at the Tokyo Games. It was the first Olympic medal for
Continue ReadingBy John Sinnott, CNN Diogo Jota and Sadio Mane scored Liverpool’s goals in the 2-0 Premier League win over Burnley, but it was the performance of teenager Harvey Elliott that really caught the eye on Saturday. The 18-year-old midfielder was making his first Premier League start for Liverpool and he didn’t look out of place
Continue ReadingBy Atika Shubert and Sheena McKenzie, CNN A little girl in a gold sequined dress and sneakers can’t hide the huge smile on her face, as her temperature is checked upon arrival at the Ramstein US Air Base in southwestern Germany on Saturday. She is one of more than 5,000 evacuees to arrive at the
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian police have detained several journalists who protested authorities’ decision to label a top independent TV channel as a “foreign agent.” The journalists held individual pickets Saturday outside the main headquarters of the country’s top domestic security agency, the FSB, on Moscow’s Lubyanka Square. They held placards such as “Journalism is not
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian police have detained several journalists who protested authorities’ decision to label a top independent TV channel as a “foreign agent.” The journalists held individual pickets Saturday outside the main headquarters of the country’s top domestic security agency, the FSB, on Moscow’s Lubyanka Square. They held placards such as “Journalism is not
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER, TERRY TANG and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Across the country, more anti-vaccine and anti-mask demonstrations are taking scary and violent turns. People have been stabbed, punched or harassed at their homes for being in favor of vaccine and mask mandates. Often the assailants are parents. Educators, medical
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