BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Brittany Force made the quickest run in Bristol Dragway history Friday, powering to the provisional No. 1 spot in Top Fuel qualifying at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals. Force blistered the track record at Thunder Valley with a 3.682-second run at 328.94 mph. She’s in position for her 10th No. 1
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Beginning Monday, closures will be in place temporarily on portions of trails within the Phil’s Trail area. The closures are to protect the public’s safety as mastication of brush and small trees occurs in the area, which can cause debris to fling up to 300 feet.
Continue ReadingSTORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn held its first “First Night” celebration in two years Friday, filling Gampel Pavilion with students for the annual unofficial start to the basketball season after having to cancel the event last year because of the pandemic. COVID-19 also prevented all but family and a few friends from attending home games
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Los muertos tras un atentado suicida contra una mezquita chiita en Kandahar ascendieron al menos a 32, mientras que 68 son los heridos, según la agencia de noticias gubernamental Bakhtar. ISIS-K se atribuyó la responsabilidad del atentado. “Funcionarios del Emirato Islámico de Afganistán en Kandahar han dicho que 32 personas perdieron
Continue ReadingBy Ben Westcott and Eric Cheung, CNN Taiwan’s Defense Minister, former general Chiu Kuo-cheng, stood in front of the island’s legislature last week and made a dire prediction — by 2025, China will be able to mount a “full-scale” invasion of Taiwan. The dramatic statement came after China sent its highest number of warplanes yet
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten and Alex Rogers, CNN Democratic Senate contenders in some of the most competitive races announced big fundraising hauls this week — as they prepare for a costly battle to preserve their party’s razor-thin majority in next year’s midterm elections. Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock, considered one of the Democrats’ most vulnerable incumbents, raised
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Only the San Francisco Giants themselves envisioned a season with success quite like this. They were all but an afterthought given the defending World Series champion Dodgers and San Diego Padres had been heavy favorites to win the NL West. The Giants instead captured their
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El volcán de Cumbre Vieja, en la isla española de La Palma, redujo notablemente su actividad durante unas horas este lunes por la mañana. Así se demostró a través de las imágenes que llegaron en vivo desde el lugar, donde pudo observarse cómo desapareció la columna de humo que había
Continue ReadingCNN By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter As the Biden administration’s commission on the Supreme Court continues to meet, roll out pages of draft documents and engage in deep philosophical conversations about the past and future of the court, one thing is clear: No one is satisfied. Conservatives, who currently enjoy a 6-3
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter As the Biden administration’s commission on the Supreme Court continues to meet, roll out pages of draft documents and engage in deep philosophical conversations about the past and future of the court, one thing is clear: No one is satisfied. Conservatives, who currently enjoy a 6-3 majority
Continue ReadingGOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — A truck driver accused of causing a fiery pileup that killed four people and injured six others on a Colorado highway has been convicted of vehicular homicide and other charges. Rogel Lazaro Aguilera Mederos was convicted by a Jefferson County jury on Friday in connection with the April 2019 crash on
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An appellate court has ordered a federal judge to consider an Alabama’s inmate’s request to block his execution next week. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled a federal judge prematurely dismissed a lawsuit arguing that Willie B. Smith III was due help
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There are 20 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 4,161, the Oregon Health Authority reported Friday.
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — Nikolas Cruz tiene la intención de declararse culpable de los cargos derivados de los asesinatos de 2018 en la escuela secundaria Marjory Stoneman Douglas, reveló su abogado en un tribunal de Florida el viernes. Cruz está actualmente acusado de 17 cargos de asesinato premeditado y 17 cargos de intento de asesinato en
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A crowd of 100 people wreaked havoc in downtown Portland, Oregon, this week, smashing storefront windows, lighting dumpsters on fire and causing at least $500,000 in damage. But police officers didn’t stop them. Portland Police Bureau officials say that’s because legislation passed by Oregon lawmakers this
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A crowd of 100 people wreaked havoc in downtown Portland, Oregon, this week, smashing storefront windows, lighting dumpsters on fire and causing at least $500,000 in damage. But police officers didn’t stop them. Portland Police Bureau officials say that’s because legislation passed by Oregon lawmakers this
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A crowd of 100 people wreaked havoc in downtown Portland, Oregon, this week, smashing storefront windows, lighting dumpsters on fire and causing at least $500,000 in damage. But police officers didn’t stop them. Portland Police Bureau officials say that’s because legislation passed by Oregon lawmakers this
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A crowd of 100 people wreaked havoc in downtown Portland, Oregon, this week, smashing storefront windows, lighting dumpsters on fire and causing at least $500,000 in damage. But police officers didn’t stop them. Portland Police Bureau officials say that’s because legislation passed by Oregon lawmakers this
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — Los visitantes extranjeros que estén completamente vacunados contra el covid-19 podrán viajar a Estados Unidos a partir del 8 de noviembre, dijo este viernes la Casa Blanca. “La nueva política de viajes de Estados Unidos que requiere la vacunación de los viajeros extranjeros a Estados Unidos comenzará el 8 de noviembre”, dijo
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Keith Mitchell is not letting up in the CJ Cup at Summit. He started by matching his personal low with a 62. He followed that with a 64. That gives Mitchell a five-shot lead going into the weekend at The Summit Club. Mitchell says he
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