ROME (AP) — The Italian soccer federation is considering asking the government to make it mandatory for top-level players to get vaccinated for the coronavirus. The Italian government has cracked down on unvaccinated people and a new decree this week also made vaccinations mandatory for law enforcement, military and all school employees, among others. FIGC
Continue ReadingLUQUE, Paraguay (AP) — South America has followed Europe by scrapping the away-goals rule for its club competitions, including the prestigious Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana. South American soccer body CONMEBOL announced the decision on Thursday. UEFA made a similar ruling in June. This year the away-goals rule was key for Brazil’s Palmeiras to
Continue ReadingBy WCVB Staff Click here for updates on this story PLYMPTON, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A 5-year-old is being honored as a hero for his role in evacuating his mother and siblings from their Massachusetts home when the family’s carbon monoxide alarms sounded during October’s nor’easter. The family was using a generator to power their Plympton
Continue ReadingBy Ray Brewer Click here for updates on this story EXETER, New Hampshire (WMUR) — An Exeter High School student is suing his school district and an assistant principal, claiming they violated his religious rights and freedom of speech because he refuses to recognize some other students’ gender identities. The school district said its policy
Continue ReadingBy Marlei Martinez Click here for updates on this story ORLANDO (WESH) — Two people were stabbed at a home in Orlando early Wednesday morning. It happened just before 3 a.m. along San Juan Boulevard, near Lake Underhill Road. Police say a man and a woman were stabbed and taken to the hospital in stable
Continue ReadingBy WXII12.com Web Staff Click here for updates on this story ALAMANCE COUNTY, North Carolina (WXII) — Suspect assaults detention officers Wednesday morning in Alamance County. Alamance County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Glen Todd Smith Jr. for burglary and larceny of a motor vehicle. After being arrested, Smith was taken to the Alamance County Detention
Continue ReadingBy Amy Lu Click here for updates on this story FREDERICK, Maryland (WBAL) — The switch to van life among many people has increased demand for a Maryland business that makes custom mobile homes. You may have heard about another pandemic side effect called the great resignation. Since April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A team of archaeologists from the University of Leicester in central England certainly appear to have the golden touch. Nearly a decade on from uncovering the remains of King Richard III under a car park near Leicester Cathedral, the university’s archaeological team have unearthed a Roman mosaic
Continue ReadingASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan’s autocratic president has put his only son in charge of the Central Asian nation’s energy sector. The move further expands his clout in a move seen as laying the foundations for a political dynasty. According to a report Thursday by the official daily Neutral Turkmenistan, President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov told his
Continue ReadingASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan’s autocratic president has put his only son in charge of the Central Asian nation’s energy sector. The move further expands his clout in a move seen as laying the foundations for a political dynasty. According to a report Thursday by the official daily Neutral Turkmenistan, President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov told his
Continue ReadingCNN, BLOUNT COUNTY SD, LYNETTE KLEISNER, CZS-BROOKFIELD ZOO, 2 BUFFOONS, DREAMWORKS, Lynette Kleisner/CZS-Brookfield Zoo By Gregory Lemos Hundreds of FedEx packages were discovered discarded in a ravine Wednesday in Blount County, Alabama, some 40 miles northeast of Birmingham, according to the local sheriff’s office. Deputies responded Wednesday afternoon to a ravine on private property, where
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Muñiz Click here for updates on this story FORT WINGATE, New Mexico (KOAT) — It’s rare to hear there’s a whole town for sale but that’s what’s happening at Fort Wingate, about 15 miles East of Gallup. Over the years, Fort Wingate has seen people come and go. The Bear Springs Plaza there
Continue ReadingCNN By Dalal Mawad and Duarte Mendonça, CNN French fishermen have said they will block access to the Eurotunnel and English Channel ports in northern France on Friday in protest over post-Brexit fishing rights. A post on Thursday from a fishermen’s group on Facebook said they would block ferries in Saint-Malo, Calais and Ouistreham “to
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Ahmaud Arbery fue la víctima. Pero durante semanas fue pintado como una bestia y un matón a juicio de los tres hombres blancos que lo mataron. Esta táctica no es nueva, sino el último ejemplo en una larga historia de casos judiciales que criminalizan y deshumanizan a las víctimas negras.
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Nearly three out of every 20 track and field athletes whose social media feeds were monitored in a study at the Tokyo Olympics were subject to abusive posts, and women were targeted in more than 85% of those posts. That’s according to results released Thursday by the sport’s global
Continue ReadingBy RODRIQUE NGOWI and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Ahmaud Arbery’s mother says she is thankful for justice, but says the murder convictions of the men who cornered and killed her son won’t bring him back. Wanda Cooper-Jones told The Associated Press that she plans a quiet Thanksgiving just with immediate family
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — International Criminal Court appeals judges have cut by two years the sentence of an Islamic radical who pleaded guilty to overseeing the destruction of historic mausoleums in the Malian desert city of Timbuktu. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, a former teacher, was sentenced to nine years in 2016 for the
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff is active against the Chicago Bears. Goff was listed as questionable to play Thursday after missing Sunday’s three-point loss at Cleveland with a oblique injury. Detroit left third-string quarterback David Blough inactive, leaving the team with Tim Boyle as Goff’s backup. Chicago Bears wide receiver Allen Robinson
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona and Chandelis Duster, CNN Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of Donald Trump’s staunchest allies in Congress, on Thursday laid out demands for a GOP leader to earn her vote for House Speaker if Republicans are able to retake the majority after the 2022 elections and cast doubt on House Minority Leader
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Watts, CNN Bart the Bear II, a famed grizzly bear who had appeared in countless movies and TV series such as “We Bought a Zoo” and “Game of Thrones,” has died, according to his family, Lynne and Doug Seus. In a post on The Vital Ground Foundation, which was co-founded by the Seus,
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