By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin running back Chez Mellusi isn’t complaining about his heavy workload and the physical toll it might take over the course of the season. The Clemson transfer left behind an annual College Football Playoff contender for the opportunity to be a feature back. Mellusi spent
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN The USA’s Ryder Cup team was finalized on Wednesday as Steve Stricker announced his six captain’s picks, which included three-time major champion Jordan Spieth and recently crowned Olympic gold medalist Xander Schauffele. The other four captain’s picks for golf’s biennial tournament, which gets underway at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin on September
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s education secretary says he had made a “genuine mistake” for mixing up two Black sportsmen who back giving more help to the nation’s poor children. Gavin Williamson, who has faced widespread criticism for his performance during the coronavirus pandemic over the past 18 months, had told
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Al menos 41 prisioneros murieron y otros ocho resultaron heridos después de que un incendio arrasara un bloque carcelario abarrotado en las afueras de la capital indonesia, Yakarta, dijo la policía. El incendio comenzó en las primeras horas de la mañana del miércoles, hora local, en el Bloque C de la prisión
Continue ReadingBy LAURIE KELLMAN and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Pressure is building around Israel’s prison system after fires broke out at several facilities and the government searched for six Palestinian escapees who have been on the run since they tunneled out two days earlier. Fires were reported at several prisons Wednesday
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Facebook has criticized U.K. competition watchdog’s provisional decision that it should sell off Giphy because it’s acquisition of the company stifled competition for animated images. The social network’s response Wednesday to last month’s decision by the Competition and Markets Authority sets the stage for a bitter battle over the future of the
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (Reuters) — El presidente de Filipinas, Rodrigo Duterte, anunció este martes que se postulará para la vicepresidencia en las elecciones del próximo año, confirmando un anuncio anterior del partido político gobernante del país que fue criticado por los opositores como una táctica para que Duterte mantenga su control del poder. El anuncio se
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet says it will launch a new task force that incorporates airborne, sailing and underwater drones after years of maritime attacks linked to ongoing tensions with Iran. Navy officials declined Wednesday to identify which systems they would introduce from
Continue ReadingBy Warren Trent Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KPHO) — It is a thrilling and fast paced sport. To ride, you certainly should be focused. And fearless… well that goes without saying. For the thousands of fans who gathered at the Arizona Black Rodeo, they witnessed something special, Cowgirls in the spotlight.
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Olaf has formed off Mexico’s Pacific coast and forecasters say it could bring rains to the Los Cabos resort area, though it’s unlikely to make a direct hit. The storm was centered about 315 miles south-southeast of Cabo San Lucas Wednesday with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. The
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco, CNN Democrats in Congress are pushing ahead with a sweeping $3.5 trillion, 10-year spending plan that marks the latest step in their drive to expand education, health care and childcare support, tackle the climate crisis and make further investments in infrastructure. Party leaders are hoping to use the annual
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Canada star Alphonso Davies will miss Wednesday night’s World Cup qualifier against El Salvador after getting hurt against the United States. Davies set up Cyle Larin’s tying goal in Sunday night’s 1-1 draw at Nashville, Tennessee. He then came out in the 76th minute while favoring a leg. The Canada Soccer
Continue ReadingBy David Caltabiano Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KPHO) — An accident last week caught on surveillance video shows a collision that changed a Phoenix family forever. Five members of a Phoenix family were struck by a car crash at 43rd Avenue near Indian School Road as they stood on a sidewalk.
Continue ReadingBy ZACH GILCHRIEST, CONTENT PRODUCER Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — Metro Council members passed a resolution asking Metro Health to implement an indoor mask mandate. The resolution does not mean masks are required right now, but rather it allows council to urge Metro Health to enact a mandate. The
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE and DEE-ANN DURBIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The summer that was supposed to mark America’s independence from COVID-19 is instead drawing to a close with the U.S. more firmly under the tyranny of the virus, with deaths per day back up to where they were in March. The delta variant is
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Se debe respetar la decisión unánime de la Corte Suprema de México del martes sobre la despenalización del aborto, dijo este miércoles el presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, en una conferencia de prensa. El presidente dijo que apoyaría el fallo de la corte en lugar de expresar su
Continue ReadingBy AMBER WILMARTH Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — A father is sharing his terrifying experience with a shooting outside his house in northeast Portland to try to inspire change. It happened Saturday afternoon, at around 3:30 p.m. near Northeast Highland Street and Northeast Rodney Avenue and it was all
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL, ONSCENE TV, TWITTER|@ALEKSANDERMILCH, NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY, WPVI: WTMJ, WDSU, WABC, SENATE TV, KMAX, KOVR, @CHRISQUINTANO, TWITTER By David Williams, CNN The Carnival Glory cruise ship will house hospital staff, first responders and other emergency workers in New Orleans to help with recovery efforts after Hurricane Ida. The cruise line announced Monday that
Continue ReadingBy David Williams, CNN The Carnival Glory cruise ship will house hospital staff, first responders and other emergency workers in New Orleans to help with recovery efforts after Hurricane Ida. The cruise line announced Monday that it had made an agreement with the city and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide the ship through
Continue ReadingBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s government has apologized for World War II legislation that stripped the country’s Jews of their human and civil rights. Marking the 80th anniversary of the “Jewish Code” adopted on Sept 9, 1941, the government said Wednesday it “feels a moral obligation today to publicly express sorrow over the crimes committed
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