By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — The retirement of franchise sacks leader Ryan Kerrigan closes an era for Washington football. Kerrigan was the last of the star players when the team was known as the Redskins before the name was dropped in the summer of 2020 in favor of the temporary
Continue ReadingPRAGUE (AP) — Seventh-seeded Anastasia Potapova has marched to her second WTA final of the season at the Prague Open after defeating Qiang Wang 6-3, 6-0. The Russian who eliminated top-seeded Anett Kontaveit in the quarterfinals seeks her second WTA title after she won Istanbul in April. In the final of the hard-court tournament, Potapova
Continue ReadingNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President Joe Biden has nominated the former board chairman of the nation’s largest public utility to rejoin the panel. Huntsville, Alabama attorney Joe Ritch is Biden’s nominee to return to the board of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term that expires in May 2025. Ritch left the board in 2017
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A Virginia judge has entered a default judgment against a Libyan military commander after he repeatedly failed to show up for depositions in a federal lawsuit in which he is accused of war crimes. The exact amount of the judgment against Khalifa Hifter, who spent
Continue ReadingBy Marysabel Huston-Crespo, CNN For Backstreet Boys’ AJ McLean, pursuing a solo career doesn’t mean he has to step away from the band with which he’s performed for almost 30 years. “Each thing goes hand in hand. If I have a successful album, it only reflects on my success with the group, where I started
Continue ReadingBELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Novak Djokovic is holding out hope that he’ll be able to compete at the U.S. Open despite not being vaccinated against the coronavirus. The 21-time Grand Slam champion says on his social media accounts that he’s been training as if he’ll play at Flushing Meadows when the last major of the
Continue ReadingBy AMY FORLITI and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Now that Roe v. Wade has been toppled, abortion opponents are taking a multifaceted approach in their quest to end abortions nationwide, targeting their strategies to the dynamics of each state as they attempt to create new laws and defend bans in courts. One anti-abortion group has
Continue ReadingBy ELDAR EMRIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Spain’s prime minister has expressed support for Bosnia to become a candidate country for European Union membership amid fears that uncertainty caused by the war in Ukraine could fuel instability in the ethnically torn Balkan nation that went through a devastating conflict in the 1990s’. Pedro
Continue ReadingST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Sean Crocker’s chip-in eagle on the par-5 18th gave him a two-stroke lead headed into the final round at the Hero Open. The American is bidding for his first European tour title and finished at 3-under 69 to keep Jens Dantorp of Sweden two shots behind after three rounds at
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The Republican-led West Virginia Legislature on Friday did not come to a consensus on a bill that would ban abortions with some exceptions, leaving the procedure legal in the state for now. West Virginia is one of two states that have reconvened a special session to consider restrictions on abortion since
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — ¿Qué harías si ganas la lotería? El premio mayor de Mega Millions llega a US$ 565 millones: es el sexto más grande en la historia del juego El premio más grande de Mega Millions fue de US$ 1.537.000 millones y el boleto ganador se vendió en Carolina del Sur el
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Having fans at training camp is not an annoyance to Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel. It’s part of his story. He was one of those fans once. It worked out rather well for him, a tale that involves how a lost hat almost three
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities have released seven people, including a journalist and a researcher who were serving prison sentences on terror-related charges. The freeing of journalist Hisham Fouad and anthropology researcher Ahmed Samir on Saturday comes a day after President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi pardoned them, along with five others. It was the latest in
Continue ReadingKITZBÜHEL, Austria (AP) — Third-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut has cruised past wild card Filip Misolic 6-2, 6-2 in the final of the Generali Open to claim his 11th ATP title. Bautista Agut has lifted his second trophy this year after Doha. It is also his second title on clay after Stuttgart in 2014. The Spaniard
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Varios informes sobre lesiones por mordidas de tiburón y una oleada de avistamientos de estos depredadores marinos en la costa noreste de Estados Unidos han conmocionado a los nadadores este verano. Pero, ¿se trata de algo excepcional en Long Island, en Nueva York, y en Cape Cod, en la península de
Continue ReadingDORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund says striker Sébastien Haller needs chemotherapy treatment because his testicular tumor was found to be malignant. Sporting director Sebastian Kehl says “Sébastien will now receive the best possible treatment. The chances of recovery are very good.” The club says Haller will miss “several months” and that it will not
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press American midfielder Gianluca Busio has signed a contract extension with Venezia through 2024-25 season. The 20-year-old from Greensboro, North Carolina, was acquired from Sporting Kansas City a year ago. He made 29 appearances for Venezia, including three starts. He scored his only goal in second-half injury time at Cagliari on Oct.
Continue ReadingBy COURTNEY WALSH Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — New Zealand cyclist Ellesse Andrews has turned her fortunes around in stunning fashion at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham after being stripped of a silver medal and fined. Andrews shocked Olympic champion Kelsey Mitchell in the women’s sprint at the Lee Valley velodrome by reeling in
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Aspiring Republican candidates are jumping at two open Missouri U.S. congressional seats. Voters will pick from dozens of GOP candidates during a primary Tuesday that likely will determine Missouri’s next two U.S. representatives. Republican U.S. Reps. Vicky Hartzler and Billy Long are running for U.S. Senate.
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Bagdad, Iraq (CNN) — Más de 100 personas resultaron heridas en Bagdad el sábado después de que manifestantes que protestaban contra la nominación de un nuevo primer ministro lograron tomar la Zona Verde fuertemente fortificada de la capital iraquí por segunda vez esta semana. Multitudes de manifestantes enojados leales al poderoso clérigo Muqtada
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