By Nicole Gaouette, Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Oren Liebermann, CNN Chaotic scenes played out at Kabul airport again on Friday as thousands desperate to leave Afghanistan sought to reach evacuation flights, a backlog developed as the US briefly ran out of places to fly them and President Joe Biden pledged to Americans trapped in
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A day after facing allegations that he emotionally mistreated a former fiancee, Republican Larry Elder scheduled two weekend rallies and showed no outward signs of altering the course of his campaign in the California recall election that could remove Democratic Gov. Gavin
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– Neighborhood complaints about suspicious activity at a southwest Redmond home led to the arrest of a 51-year-old resident on several drug and other charges, the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team reported Friday.
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press Writer MIAMI (AP) — A former Miami congressman who was once roommates with Sen. Marco Rubio has countersued a U.S. affiliate of Venezuela’s state oil company in a politically charged dispute over a $50 million consulting contract he had with Nicolas Maduro’s government. David Rivera’s Interamerican Consulting filed the counterclaim
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press Writer MIAMI (AP) — A former Miami congressman who was once roommates with Sen. Marco Rubio has countersued a U.S. affiliate of Venezuela’s state oil company in a politically charged dispute over a $50 million consulting contract he had with Nicolas Maduro’s government. David Rivera’s Interamerican Consulting filed the counterclaim
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Demonstrations are expected between opposing groups in downtown Portland, Oregon, on Sunday. City leaders on Friday denounced violence and urged demonstrators to “choose to act peacefully.” Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell says that all available personnel will be reporting for duty and that officers
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Sha’Carri Richardson is set to compete again after missing the Tokyo Olympics because of a positive marijuana test. Richardson is scheduled to run the 100 meters Saturday at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon. The Diamond League meet is at Hayward Field, the same
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Sha’Carri Richardson is set to compete again after missing the Tokyo Olympics because of a positive marijuana test. Richardson is scheduled to run the 100 meters Saturday at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon. The Diamond League meet is at Hayward Field, the same
Continue ReadingBy Nick Paton Walsh, CNN A former senior official of Afghanistan’s ousted President Ashraf Ghani has detailed a vivid picture of the last weeks of Ghani’s government, including how the President and his advisers were stunned by the speed of the Taliban’s advance on the capital of Kabul. Ghani was far from prepared for the
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN A plan to offer booster doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Americans starting in September adds yet another item to the already full list of pandemic duties in front of the US Food and Drug Administration. But boosters are unlikely to slow the agency’s work in considering full approval for Covid-19 vaccines
Continue ReadingBy Dan Simon and Christina Maxouris, CNN Vesuvio Cafe in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood has been asking customers to provide proof of Covid-19 vaccination for the last month. “For the most part, people have literally gone out of their way to thank us for enacting the policy,” bartender Zak Pavitt told CNN. Businesses across
Continue ReadingLauren del Valle, CNN During hours-long testimony in a Purdue Pharma federal bankruptcy proceeding on Wednesday, former company president Richard Sackler said he believes his family and the OxyContin manufacturer bear no responsibility for the opioid crisis in the United States. An attorney for Washington state asked him repeatedly whether he, his family or the
Continue ReadingCOLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M basketball coach Buzz Williams has been suspended two games and the team has been placed on two years of probation for multiple NCAA rules violations, the NCAA announced Friday. The NCAA and Texas A&M worked together through the negotiated resolution process to come to a resolution in the
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN Español) — A partir del 20 de septiembre, Estados Unidos empezaría a ofrecer una dosis de refuerzo de la vacuna contra el covid-19 para las vacunas Pfizer/BioNTech y Moderna. Los funcionarios aún están recopilando datos para la vacuna de una sola inyección de Johnson & Johnson. Funcionarios de salud pública y
Continue ReadingBy BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey toured a small community southwest of Phoenix where flooding inundated homes and led to two deaths last weekend. The governor praised the resiliency of the people of Gila Bend on Friday and residents of other areas of the state who have endured flooding
Continue ReadingBy BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey toured a small community southwest of Phoenix where flooding inundated homes and led to two deaths last weekend. The governor praised the resiliency of the people of Gila Bend on Friday and residents of other areas of the state who have endured flooding
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The Culver School District superintendent informed families Friday that the district will reluctantly implement the state mask mandate for students and staff, and also will delay the start of school by nine days to prepare for the state’s vaccine mandate.
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins and Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Full US Food and Drug Administration approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is “imminent,” a senior federal official told CNN on Friday — but said no date has been mentioned. A person familiar with plan told CNN the decision is expected early next week, and a
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Jon Rahm made it through another bogey-free round and has a one-shot lead in The Northern Trust. He shot 67 to lead over Tony Finau. Justin Thomas, Xander Schauffele and Keith Mitchell are two behind. Schauffele and Jordan Spieth tied the course record at
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