BRUGGE, Belgium (AP) — Veteran Tony Martin has ended his much-decorated career in style as Germany won the mixed relay race at cycling’s world championships. The German four-time time trial world champion announced last week that he would end his 14-year professional career after the world championships. The Dutch team that included world champion Ellen
Continue ReadingBy TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Closing arguments have begun in the sex trafficking trial of R&B singer R. Kelly. Prosecutor Elizabeth Geddes told jurors Wednesday afternoon that prosecutors had proved that Kelly for years got associates to help him target, groom and exploit girls, boys and young women for his own
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Search teams were back out at a Florida nature park to look for the boyfriend of Gabby Petito, the young woman who authorities say was killed while on a cross-country trip with him. North Port police spokesperson Joshua Taylor says the search resumed around 8
Continue ReadingBy Ellie Kaufman, CNN The US Space Force, the newest branch of the US military, on Tuesday unveiled a new uniform prototype for its members, known as Guardians. Gen. Jay Raymond, commander of the US Space Force, announced the new uniforms during his speech at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber conference. The
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister has partly blamed “incitement” against the government’s pandemic rules on social media for the killing of a gas station clerk by a man who refused to wear a face mask. A 49-year-old German man was arrested Sunday over the the fatal shooting a day
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister has partly blamed “incitement” against the government’s pandemic rules on social media for the killing of a gas station clerk by a man who refused to wear a face mask. A 49-year-old German man was arrested Sunday over the the fatal shooting a day
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Wednesday’s game between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park has been postponed because of rain. The game will be made up on Monday afternoon. The Tigers stalled the White Sox’s drive for the AL Central title with a 5-3 victory on Tuesday. Chicago’s magic number for clinching
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Supreme Court has ruled that women will be able to take the entrance examination for the national defense academy in November for the first time, opening the way for them to become full-time officers. The court turned down a government request that it be given
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN Español) — La presidencia de Argentina anunció este martes que flexibiliza varias medidas adoptadas por pandemia de covid-19. Esto entrará en vigor a partir del 1 de octubre. En un comunicado, las autoridades señalaron que se pone fin a la obligatoriedad del uso de la mascarilla al aire libre cuando se circula de
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A library devoted to Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami’s writings, scrapbooks and record collection opens next week in Tokyo for research, cultural exchange and a gathering spot for his fans. The Haruki Murakami Library, which opens Oct. 1 at Waseda University, his alma mater, features a replica of
Continue ReadingCNN By Rob Picheta, CNN Germans will file into polling stations to vote in an unpredictable federal election on Sunday — but for the first time in nearly two decades, their longtime leader won’t be in contention. Chancellor Angela Merkel has been a symbol of stability in Europe since she took on the role in
Continue ReadingIsabelle Jani-Friend, CNN A self-portrait by Frida Kahlo has become the most expensive work by a Latin American artist ever to sell at auction, fetching $34.9 million in New York on Tuesday. The price achieved by the painting “Diego y yo” (“Diego and I”) more than tripled the previous record of $9.8 million, set by
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Most TV dramas try to tell stories over a few years with maybe half a dozen central characters. The new series “Foundation” is a bit more ambitious — try 400 years and 25 million worlds. To say it’s sweeping doesn’t do it justice. World-building is
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan and Phil Mattingly, CNN The fight over raising the nation’s borrowing limit underscores a reality for Democrats as they are in the midst of their highest stakes moment for President Joe Biden’s sweeping legislative agenda: thrusting a potential default into the mix may have devastating consequences. A mild recession, according to analysts,
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GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… An invasion cold air will dominate our weather picture today. Under partly cloudy skies, our highs will be in the low 70’s and westerly winds will pick up to a gusty 5-15 mph for a bit this afternoon. Those winds will become light and variable this evening. We will see some
Continue ReadingBy John Garcia and Maher Kawash Click here for updates on this story KENOSHA, WI (WLS) — The Kyle Rittenhouse case returned to court Friday as a Kenosha judge held a key hearing. The Antioch teenager is accused of killing two men and wounding a third during a protest following the shooting of Jacob Blake
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Three new buildings in Seattle with studio apartments that were supposed to be rented at market rates will instead house people leaving homelessness and people at risk of becoming homeless. The Seattle Times reports the nonprofit Low Income Housing Institute will buy the buildings on Capitol Hill for about $50 million, with
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The most significant rift in decades between the United States and France seems on the mend after French President Emmanuel Macron and President Joe Biden got on the phone to smooth things over. In a half-hour call that the White House described as “friendly,” the two leaders
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE, LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press The U.S. has moved a step closer to offering booster doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to seniors and others at high risk from the virus. The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday signed off on such shots as a way to shore up protection in
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Los talibanes han solicitado representación en la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas de esta semana, una medida que se espera que inicie una batalla diplomática con el enviado afgano preexistente. Afganistán está actualmente representado en la ONU por Ghulam Isaczai, designado por el antiguo gobierno democrático del país, que se
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