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Continue ReadingMonth: October 2021
Mercury mission flies by closest planet to the sun for the first time
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Smile, Mercury! The smallest planet in our solar system was getting photographed Friday by a European-Japanese space probe making its closest trip past the sphere on its seven-year mission. The BepiColombo mission made its first flyby of Mercury around 7:34 p.m. ET on Friday, passing within 124 miles (200 kilometers) of
Continue ReadingBears waiting until game time to announce QB against Lions
By GENE CHAMBERLAIN Associated Press LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears will wait until game time to announce their starting quarterback for Sunday’s game against Detroit, choosing between Andy Dalton and rookie Justin Fields. Both quarterbacks are dealing with injuries, but Fields has been able to go through full practices the entire week
Continue ReadingAlabama lawmakers OK plan to build prisons with virus cash
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Amid a national debate over the use of pandemic relief funds, Alabama lawmakers swiftly approved a plan to tap $400 million to help build two super-size prisons. In a bipartisan vote that brought little dissent, senators approved the $1.3 billion construction plan that will use $400
Continue ReadingMedical student reunites with Raiders fan she helped save
By Kim Passoth Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — It was a first date at a Las Vegas Raiders game one fan will never forget. While she on her way to Allegiant Stadium, just a few blocks away, she stopped to save a man’s life. On Aug. 14, Liz Groesbeck,
Continue ReadingRunning wild: Browns’ Hunt a ‘devil’ when he has the ball
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Kareem Hunt runs as if every carry could be his last. The running back has a running style that’s unique and unorthodox but works for him and the Cleveland Browns. Hunt had 155 combined yards last week in a 26-6 rout of Chicago. His 29-yard
Continue ReadingCar sales plunge as chip shortages choke off supply
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business New car sales plunged over the last three months in the United States despite strong demand, as the shortage of computer chips and other supply chain issues caused shutdowns at auto factories and choked off the supply of vehicles. General Motors reported sales fell a third from a year-ago last
Continue ReadingFBI joins search for Miya Marcano, who has been missing in Florida for nearly a week
By Rebekah Riess and Steve Almasy, CNN The FBI is assisting in the search for a 19-year-old woman who went missing last Friday from an Orlando apartment complex, the Orange County sheriff said Thursday. Sheriff John Mina said the bureau is lending technology to the search for Miya Marcano, who was last seen at about
Continue ReadingLawyer who fought Chevron gets 6-month sentence for contempt
By KAREN MATTHEWS and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An environmental lawyer who waged a years-long campaign against Chevron over pollution in Ecuador has been sentenced to six months in jail for violating a federal judge’s orders. U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska said Friday that Steven Donziger’s commitment to his Ecuadorian
Continue ReadingLawyer who fought Chevron gets 6-month sentence for contempt
By KAREN MATTHEWS and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An environmental lawyer who waged a years-long campaign against Chevron over pollution in Ecuador has been sentenced to six months in jail for violating a federal judge’s orders. U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska said Friday that Steven Donziger’s commitment to his Ecuadorian
Continue ReadingTribe accepting bets on games involving WNBA team it owns
By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer On the first legal sports wager in Connecticut, Gov. Ned Lamont showed a potential area of concern for the state. Lamont placed the first bet at the Mohegan Sun, putting $50 on the Connecticut Sun to win its playoff game with the Chicago Sky. The wager captured the attention
Continue ReadingHatton leads Alfred Dunhill Links by 1 after 2nd round
ST ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Tyrrell Hatton has produced a brilliant display of links golf in Scotland to keep himself on track for a third victory at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. The Englishman seems unfazed after the Ryder Cup hammering from the United States. He played the famously difficult Carnoustie in a sparkling 64
Continue ReadingWhite House explored whether administration could make payments after debt ceiling breached
By Phil Mattingly, CNN Senior White House officials explored whether the US could unilaterally continue payments should the debt ceiling be breached in mid-October but ultimately concluded it would not be possible to avoid default and economic catastrophe, a person with direct knowledge of the matter tells CNN. The conclusion came as part of a
Continue ReadingBills rule out Poyer, Feliciano for game against Texans
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills will be without safety Jordan Poyer and left guard Jon Feliciano for their game against the Houston Texans on Sunday. Poyer is sidelined by a left ankle injury, and Feliciano is out due to a concussion. Jaquan Johnson or rookie Damar Hamlin could step in at safety,
Continue ReadingNXIVM doctor who branded women loses medical license
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York health officials have revoked the medical license of a doctor with the cult-like group NXIVM who branded 17 women with the initials of the group’s leader, Keith Raniere. A health department hearing committee sustained multiple of counts of professional misconduct against Danielle Roberts, who belonged to a secret women’s
Continue ReadingAmy Klobuchar Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Amy Klobuchar, US senator from Minnesota and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: May 25, 1960 Birth place: Plymouth, Minnesota Birth name: Amy Jean Klobuchar Father: Jim Klobuchar, Star Tribune columnist Mother: Rose (Heuberger) Klobuchar, teacher Marriage: John Bessler (1993-present) Children: Abigail Education:
Continue ReadingUS hits 700,000 COVID deaths just as cases begin to fall
By AMY FORLITI and CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The United States has reached its latest heartbreaking pandemic milestone, eclipsing 700,000 deaths from COVID-19 just as the surge from the delta variant is starting to slow down and give overwhelmed hospitals some relief. It took 3 ½ months for the U.S. to
Continue ReadingUS hits 700,000 COVID deaths just as cases begin to fall
By AMY FORLITI and CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The United States has reached its latest heartbreaking pandemic milestone, eclipsing 700,000 deaths from COVID-19 just as the surge from the delta variant is starting to slow down and give overwhelmed hospitals some relief. It took 3 ½ months for the U.S. to
Continue ReadingAnchorage mayor apologizes after saying protesters’ use of Star of David to oppose mask mandate is ‘credit’ to Jews
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, apologized this week after he said that some residents’ decisions to wear the Star of David — à la Jews who suffered under Nazi-occupied Europe — to protest a proposed city mask mandate is a “credit” to Jewish people. Mayor Dave Bronson, a self-identified “center-right” conservative
Continue Reading4th year since Las Vegas massacre: ‘Be there for each other’
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — People who are healing and some still struggling are gathering to remember those who died and were injured during the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history four years ago on the Las Vegas Strip. At a sunrise ceremony Friday, speaker Dee Ann Hyatt told several
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