By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Tennis has not always allowed coaches to coach. But it will now. At least on a trial basis. Once Wimbledon ends, the ATP men’s tour will follow the lead of the WTA women’s tour and let coaches offer some words and hand signals to players
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Central Oregon Community College earlier this year was named a Tree Campus USA — and now it’s been designated a Bee Campus USA as well.
Continue ReadingBy BERNARD CONDON and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press Illinois’ “red-flag” law could have stopped, or at least slowed down, the suspect in the Independence Day parade shooting from being able to buy the gun he is accused of using to kill seven people and wound dozens more. Police in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park
Continue ReadingBy Stephen Moody Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A letter sent out by the Mobile Area Water and Sewer System warns customers of a group of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS chemicals found in their water, some of them above advised limits. They said the water
Continue ReadingBy Jasmina Alston Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WGCL) — A man is thankful for an Atlanta 9-1-1 dispatcher who walked him through how to safely get out of his car after heavy rains caused flash flooding. Tobreshia Horn answered the call during which the driver said his car was quickly
Continue ReadingBARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona’s president says the Spanish club has made an offer to Bayern Munich for star striker Robert Lewandowski. Joan Laporta says that “we are waiting for a response” from the Germany club. Lewandowski has said that he wants to leave after contract extension talks with Bayern broke down. The 33-year-old Poland
Continue ReadingBy CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer The European Union’s plan to include natural gas in a list of activities considered sustainable could derail progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The decision from the EU comes despite the region’s history addressing global warming and despite climate scientists calling for dramatic reductions to climate-warming emissions. It allows
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Una exdirectora de una funeraria de Colorado se declaró culpable de robar y luego vender cientos de cuerpos humanos y restos humanos a personas que los adquirieron para fines científicos, médicos o educativos, según los fiscales. Megan Hess, de 45 años, admitió el martes un cargo de fraude postal y de
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Una empleada del acuario agita una caballa cerca de un pingüino, pero no hay reacción. Cuando acerca el pescado a su pico, el pingüino se aparta arrogantemente. Una nutria olfatea el pescado y sale corriendo. Para los pingüinos y las nutrias del Acuario Hakone-en, a una hora en auto al suroeste
Continue ReadingSPIELBERG, Austria (AP) — Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu is back with other Formula One drivers after his terrifying crash a week ago in Britain. His car skidded and then went airborne, becoming wedged between a fence and a tire barrier. He was stuck upside down and felt something leaking. It raised concerns he might become
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. dollar has been surging so much that it’s nearly equal in value to the euro for the first time in 20 years. That trend, though, threatens to hurt American companies because their goods become more expensive for foreign buyers. If U.S. exports were to
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. dollar has been surging so much that it’s nearly equal in value to the euro for the first time in 20 years. That trend, though, threatens to hurt American companies because their goods become more expensive for foreign buyers. If U.S. exports were to
Continue ReadingBy Al Goodman, CNN Half a dozen people, including a 30-year-old man from the US city of Atlanta, were taken to hospital after the first running of the bulls in three years kicked off in Spain’s Pamplona. None of the six was gored by a bull during the run, the Navarra regional government press office
Continue ReadingBy Sawyer Buccy Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WGCL) — Interstate tranquility! A harpist caught on camera serenading drivers in the middle of Interstate 85. Her songs bringing a moment of peace to hundreds of metro Atlanta drivers. Many are now calling her the “Interstate Angel.” It looks staged. It looks
Continue ReadingBy WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story FOND DU LAC COUNTY (WDJT) — An alligator is currently in the care of an aquatic animal rescue in Menasha, Wisconsin after it was found swimming in a Fond du Lac County lake. The animal was surrendered to J&R Aquatic Animal Rescue by the Wisconsin
Continue ReadingBy Hayden Elliott Click here for updates on this story TUSCOLA COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — Michigan State Police are investigating a deadly crash involving a pedestrian in the parking lot of a local church. Police say an 82-year-old Cass City man was leaving a parking space in the parking lot of Our Lady Consolata Parish
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — Si te encuentras con Brad Pitt, lo más probable es que no te reconozca aunque ya te conozca. Eso se debe a que el galardonado actor dijo en una nueva entrevista con GQ que sufre de ceguera facial, también conocida como prosopagnosia, lo que le dificulta recordar los rostros de las personas.
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — The Italian Foreign Ministry says it is working to quickly bring back an Italian family from Egypt whose 6-year-old son died suddenly in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh and the parents ended up hospitalized. The ministry said Egyptian law enforcement and medical authorities had already opened an investigation into the
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Fendi’s ultra-white, sanitized runway for once put the couture, not the decor, in the spotlight to cap Paris Fashion Week Thursday. That allowed guests, including Bond star Lashana Lynch and Korean actress Song Hye-kyo, to take in every bead, paillette and spliced paneling that went behind
Continue ReadingSMITHSBURG, Md. (AP) — A grand jury has indicted the West Virginia man accused of shooting and killing three coworkers at a Maryland machine shop and then shooting and wounding a state trooper who was responding to the incident. Assistant State’s Attorney Christine Remsburg says 23-year-old Joe Louis Esquivel of Hedgesville, West Virginia, was indicted
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