By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Alabama is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 preseason college football poll for fourth time in the past six seasons. The Crimson Tide are the defending national champions. Alabama received 47 of 63 first-place votes from sports writers and broadcasters who vote in the poll
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Edgar Villanueva is on a mission to change philanthropy. The 44-year-old racial justice activist argues institutionalized philanthropy in America perpetuates practices that marginalize minority communities. Villanueva says he came to that conclusion after his many years of working in philanthropies from Washington state to North Carolina. Through his book,
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Edgar Villanueva is on a mission to change philanthropy. The 44-year-old racial justice activist argues institutionalized philanthropy in America perpetuates practices that marginalize minority communities. Villanueva says he came to that conclusion after his many years of working in philanthropies from Washington state to North Carolina. Through his book,
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — Las denuncias de acoso sexual contra el exgobernador de Nueva York Andrew Cuomo, que derivaron en su renuncia, pusieron nuevamente en agenda un problema que afecta a muchas mujeres. Millones de mujeres son víctimas de acoso sexual en todo el mundo en distintos ámbitos de sus vidas. Cuomo ha rechazado
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN Can you count on anyone to listen to you when you need to talk? If so, your brain might be more resilient in the face of any future age- or disease-related changes, according to a study published Monday in the journal JAMA Network Open. Among senior adults, prior studies have associated
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Hyatt Hotels is buying Apple Leisure Group, which manages resorts and operates charter air tours. The purchase price is $2.7 billion. Apple Leisure manages about 100 resorts with more than 33,000 rooms spread over 10 countries. Hyatt says the acquisition will double its presence in the resort business. Apple is owned by
Continue ReadingBy KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Ten.. (AP) — R&B legend Ray Charles, who helped redefine country music in the Civil Rights era, and Grammy-winning duo The Judds will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. The Country Music Association on Monday announced the new class of Hall of Fame members,
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Five years after Barack Obama chose a Chicago site for his presidential center, construction has officially begun in the historic lakefront park. The Obama Presidential Center says roadway improvements and construction start Monday on a 19 acre site near the family’s home and the University of Chicago
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GOOD MONDAY MORNING EVERYONE… Brisker winds this afternoon will help to clear some of the smoke from our area. Under sunny skies, today’s highs will be in the mid to upper 80’s and NW winds will pick up to a gusty 5-15 mph. Skies will stay mostly clear tonight. Gusty NW winds in the evening
Continue ReadingBy DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — An Afghan military plane crashed in Uzbekistan over the weekend and Uzbek authorities issued conflicting reports on the cause. That came as dozens of Afghan military aircraft carrying hundreds of servicemen reportedly reached Uzbekistan, among the thousands fleeing after the Taliban recaptured Kabul. The plane crash in
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI and LORNE COOK Associated Press LONDON (AP) — European leaders say they will press for a unified international approach to dealing with a Taliban government in Afghanistan, as they looked on with dismay at the rapid collapse of two decades of a U.S.-led Western campaign in the country. British Prime Minister Boris
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s government says its ambassador to Israel will remain in Poland until further notice. The move comes after Israel downgraded diplomatic ties with Warsaw and strongly criticized a new Polish law that restricts the rights of Holocaust survivors and others to reclaim property seized by the
Continue ReadingBy SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press A young Afghan woman stands between two worlds at Kabul’s airport, engulfed in panic as thousands of Afghans scramble desperate to get out following the Taliban takeover of the country. In one world, Massouma Tajik would board a flight to a country she does not know, destined to become a
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Hiring continues at the Bend Park and Recreation District as preparations are underway for the busy fall season, with new full-time positions and increased pay rates for many positions.
Continue ReadingBy Brooke Taylor, T.J. Parker Click here for updates on this story LA PORTE, Texas (KTRK) — Residents across southeast Harris County reported a strange odor overnight after a reported vapor release at a rail yard. There were reports of the strong odor from Pasadena, Deer Park, La Porte, Clear Lake and Seabrook. Some people
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN A rippling detected within the rings around Saturn has helped scientists determine that the giant planet may be “fuzzy” at its core. Previously, researchers believed Saturn’s core was rocky. But data gathered by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which orbited the ringed planet for 13 years before intentionally plunging into its atmosphere in
Continue ReadingPRAGUE (AP) — Sparta Prague says it will host its opening group-stage game in the Europa League behind closed doors due to racial abuse of a player by fans. The punishment has been issued by UEFA. The incidents took place during the first leg of the Champions League third qualifying round match at home to
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Debra Winger has shared why she says Geena Davis replaced her in the 1992 film “A League of Their Own.” In an interview with The Telegraph, Winger says she left the Penny Marshall directed film about a pioneering group of women baseball players following the addition of Madonna to the
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (Reuters) — Naomi Osaka se ha comprometido a donar sus ganancias del Western & Southern Open de la próxima semana para apoyar a Haití, la nación caribeña de donde proviene su padre, tras el terremoto. La cuatro veces campeona de Grand Slam anunció su promesa en respuesta al terremoto de magnitud 7,2 que
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say a 7-year-old girl was fatally shot and her 6-year-old sister was seriously wounded when someone opened fire as the siblings sat in a parked car. The 7-year-old was pronounced dead at a hospital after being shot Sunday afternoon and the Cook County medical examiner’s office identified her as Serenity
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