By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Photographer Mick Rock, whose iconic portraits of rock stars saw him dubbed “the man who shot the 70s,” has died. He was 72. A statement posted Friday on Rock’s official social media accounts said: “It is with the heaviest of hearts that we share our beloved psychedelic
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration is considering new measures to protect a ground-dwelling bird species once found across much of the U.S. West. The bird called the greater sage grouse suffered drastic declines in recent decades because of oil and gas drilling, grazing and other human pressures. Friday’s
Continue ReadingBy TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thais flocked to rivers and lakes to release small floats adorned with flowers and candles in an annual festival honoring the goddess of water, with thousands of the tiny boats ending up clogging and polluting the country’s waterways. Within hours of the Loy Krathong festival on Friday
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Officials say an earthquake with magnitude 5.1 has jolted Erzurum province in eastern Turkey, demolishing a number of houses in some villages. At least two people were extracted alive from beneath fallen rubble but there were no immediate reports of deaths or other people being trapped. Turkey’s disaster management agency said
Continue ReadingLAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — An organization of more than 100 Olympic and non-Olympic sports bodies has told members it is preparing to shut itself down within months. The Global Association of International Sports Federations also organizes multi-sport events including the World Urban Games and World Combat Games. Those are outside the formal control of the
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — Después de vencer la leucemia cuando era adolescente y unirse al periódico de su universidad cuando el covid-19 cambió la vida en el campus, Raquel Coronell Uribe ahora está haciendo historia en Harvard. Coronell Uribe, de 23 años, será la primera presidenta hispana de Harvard Crimson, el periódico universitario diario más
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD, MATTHEW PERRONE and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is opening COVID-19 vaccine boosters to all adults, and urging them for anyone 50 and older. The decision Friday seeks to simplify what has been a confusing list of who’s eligible. Now for anyone 18 or older, the only requirement
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD, MATTHEW PERRONE and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is opening COVID-19 vaccine boosters to all adults, and urging them for anyone 50 and older. The decision Friday seeks to simplify what has been a confusing list of who’s eligible. Now for anyone 18 or older, the only requirement
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Chelsea’s striker crisis is starting to ease. Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner are back in training and expected to return soon though the English Premier League game at Leicester on Saturday is too soon. Lukaku, who was Chelsea’s record signing, and Werner have been out since sustaining injuries in the team’s 4-0
Continue ReadingBy ALBERTO ARCE Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities are trying to locate a group of Dutch tourists who left a hotel where they were quarantined after testing positive for coronavirus. Seven of nine of the infected tourists vanished, according to local authorities. Police are searching for them and airports are on full alert
Continue ReadingBy MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish authorities say there are no more migrants camping along the Belarus side of the European Union’s eastern border, but attempts at illegally crossing into the bloc’s territory are continuing and becoming more aggressive. Hundreds of Iraqis flew back home Thursday from Belarus after abandoning their
Continue ReadingBy Meghan Packer Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — The two children of a 66-year-old man killed in an ambulance crash are demanding answers about how it happened. Wilton Thomason, Jr. died Friday, Nov. 12 when the non-emergency ambulance in which he was being transported crashed in Fairburn. The driver is
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business In spring 2020, in the depths of coronavirus lockdowns, investors couldn’t dump Macy’s stock fast enough. Shares fell as low as $4.38 apiece. That was then. On Thursday, Macy’s stock jumped 21% after the company reported better-than-expected earnings. That brought gains so far this year to more than 230%. A
Continue ReadingCNN By Amanda Davies and Jack Bantock, CNN There are just three races to go in one of the hardest fought, most closely contested Formula One championships in recent history — and Valtteri Bottas believes he knows where the drivers’ title is headed. His Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton trails Red Bull’s Max Verstappen by 14
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Davies and Jack Bantock, CNN There are just three races to go in one of the hardest fought, most closely contested Formula One championships in recent history — and Valtteri Bottas believes he knows where the drivers’ title is headed. His Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton trails Red Bull’s Max Verstappen by 14 points
Continue ReadingROCHESTER, Wash. (AP) — A man who escaped from Cedar Creek Corrections Center near Rochester over the weekend was arrested in the Bellingham area. Garrett Stephen Young was arrested at 10 a.m. Thursday by the Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force. He was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped by law enforcement. Young
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The British government says it intends to ban the Palestinian militant group Hamas as a terrorist organization. The military wing of Hamas has been outlawed in the U.K. since 2001 but the organization as a whole is not proscribed. Home Secretary Priti Patel said Friday on Twitter that she had “acted to
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A lucky break has kept Collin Morikawa on course to become the first American to win the Race to Dubai. A sloppy finish has cost Rory McIlroy the chance of a second straight day in the outright lead at the DP World Tour Championship. The drama in the second
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Job candidates rarely know when hidden artificial intelligence tools are rejecting their resumes or analyzing their video interviews — but New York City residents could soon have more say over the computers making behind-the-scenes decisions about their careers. A bill passed by the city council in early November would
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Job candidates rarely know when hidden artificial intelligence tools are rejecting their resumes or analyzing their video interviews — but New York City residents could soon have more say over the computers making behind-the-scenes decisions about their careers. A bill passed by the city council in early November would
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