By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A person with direct knowledge of Ben Simmons’ plans tells The Associated Press the All-Star guard won’t report to training camp next week. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because discussions of Simmons’ plans with the franchise have been private. The 25-year-old guard from Australia
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN In the last year, the supply chain has become less of a chain, and more of a fraying thread. Almost every industry has experienced issues, and even some of the world’s biggest companies have not been immune — with experts warning that disruptions, especially around holiday shopping, are inevitable. In all
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter In advance of the new term set to begin in October, the Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it is revising its oral argument format, importing a system it employed when it held arguments over the phone after the courthouse doors were shut because of Covid. While the
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press Progressive lawmakers have introduced a bill that would reimpose a nationwide eviction moratorium that lapsed last month. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri say their bill would direct the secretary of Health and Human Services to implement a ban on evictions in response to COVID-19.
Continue ReadingBy JOHN FINERAN Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Jack Coan admits it’s going to be a little strange this Saturday when No. 12 Notre Dame takes on his old team No. 18 Wisconsin at Chicago’s Soldier Field. “It’s definitely going to be weird,” the 22-year-old grad transfer quarterback admitted as the 3-0 Irish
Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly and Matt Egan, CNN Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen had a clear and dire message for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell: The US economy, still emerging from a pandemic-driven economic collapse, can’t afford a self-inflicted catastrophe. The message about the repercussions of the first US default in history wasn’t framed through a political
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN The Air Force inspector general will lead the review of the erroneous drone strike on August 29 that killed 10 civilians, including seven children, in Kabul, the Pentagon announced Tuesday. Lt. Gen. Sami Said will “investigate the facts and circumstances relating to the civilian casualty event” and report directly to Air
Continue ReadingCNN By Oren Liebermann, CNN The Air Force inspector general will lead the review of the erroneous drone strike on August 29 that killed 10 civilians, including seven children, in Kabul, the Pentagon announced Tuesday. Lt. Gen. Sami Said will “investigate the facts and circumstances relating to the civilian casualty event” and report directly to
Continue ReadingTAWAS CITY, Mich. (AP) — Authorities have charged a Michigan woman with murder days after her 3-year-old daughter’s body was found with multiple stab wounds inside a garbage bag. Twenty-two-year-old Justine Johnson was arraigned Monday in 81st District Court in Tawas City on one count each of felony murder and first-degree child abuse. She pleaded
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This week, the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment focuses on building a digital defense against coin cons.
Continue ReadingBy JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer Anthony Joshua has never fought a challenger like Oleksandr Usyk. The unbeaten Ukrainian matches slick footwork with a quirky sense of humor. He is notoriously hard to hit. Usyk is fighting Joshua in London on Saturday as the mandatory challenger for the British fighter’s WBO belt. No Ukrainian has
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The Democratic speaker of the Oregon House on Monday rescinded a deal she made with Republicans to share power as lawmakers redraw political boundaries and add an additional U.S. House seat for the state.
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two United Nations agencies have requested access to asylum-seekers stranded at Belarus’s border with Poland and Lithuania after four migrants were found dead in the area. The International Organization for Migration and the U.N. Refugee Agency called Tuesday for an investigation of the four deaths and asked for “immediate access” to
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A sheriff says no charges will be filed against a South Carolina father whose 20-month-old boys died from heat after he forgot to drop them off at daycare. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott says the father was under intense pressure as a professional at his manufacturing
Continue ReadingBy Hande Atay Alam, CNN At least 235 people were arrested and 10 police officers injured following a large anti-lockdown protest on Saturday in Melbourne, Australia. There were 2,000 police officers in the Melbourne central business district to prevent large protest groups from coming together, Victoria Police Commander Mark Galliott said. “What we saw today
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s failing national airline Alitalia is telling passengers to just bring a single piece of hand luggage when travelling. That’s because intensifying strikes and labor protests are disrupting services ahead of the airline’s planned Oct. 14 demise. In a series of tweets Tuesday, Alitalia apologized to its
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Tam Click here for updates on this story HAWAII, USA (KITV) — A flood of eviction notices was expected across the state when a moratorium ended last month and landlords were legally allowed to file to remove tenants. Dan O’Meara, an attorney with Legal Aid Society of Hawaii says he’s pleasantly surprised not
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN “Dancing with the Stars” 30th season premiered on Monday night, with a same-sex dancing team and one contestant who upset some viewers just by being there. Contestant Olivia Jade Giannulli (Olivia Jade) is under scrutiny because her parents, Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli, served time in prison for the college admissions
Continue ReadingBy KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Rookie Davis Mills will start at quarterback for the Houston Texans on Thursday night against the Carolina Panthers with Tyrod Taylor out with a hamstring injury. Coach David Culley announced the decision Tuesday and said Taylor would be inactive. Later Tuesday the Texans placed Taylor on
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Workers have reinstalled two statues on the Wisconsin Capitol grounds that protesters damaged during a demonstration last year following George Floyd’s death. Protesters in June broke off a leg and tore the head off a statue of abolitionist Hans Christian Heg. They also dented and broke
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