By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Dustin Johnson already is assured of a $30 million year with Saudi-funded LIV Golf. Johnson finished out of the top 10 for the first time in six events last week in Bangkok. But because Branden Grace had to withdraw because of injury, Johnson is assured of claiming the points
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Iker Casillas, exarquero del Real Madrid y de España, dice que su cuenta de Twitter fue hackeada después de recibir críticas generalizadas por publicar un tuit en el que afirmaba que era gay. En una publicación ahora eliminada en su cuenta oficial de Twitter, Casillas escribió el domingo: “Espero que me
Continue ReadingBy GENE CHAMBERLAIN Associated Press LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — After struggling through the first four games with inconsistency, Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields set a few career highs and led his team back from a 21-3 deficit to lead before suffering a 29-22 defeat to Minnesota. The Bears offense has been mired in last
Continue ReadingBy Steve Almasy Lizete Dos Santos, CNN Dustin Johnson has enough points to secure the inaugural season-long LIV Golf individual championship and the series’ $18 million prize, LIV officials announced Monday. The two-time major winner secured five top-10 finishes in the opening six events and was the winner last month of the LIV Golf Invitational
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army plans to increase its investment in marketing and is expected to expand a new program for struggling recruits. But leaders are offering few new details on how they’ll fill the ranks after falling far short of recruiting goals this year. Army
Continue ReadingUVALDE, Texas (AP) — Uvalde’s school district superintendent announced Monday he plans to resign by the end of the academic year, following months of community outrage over the handling of the United States’ deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade. “My heart was broken on May 24th,” Hal Harrell said in a statement. The Uvalde
Continue ReadingBy NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Former French President François Hollande has told a special terrorism court in Paris that the man who drove a truck into a crowded boardwalk in Nice on Bastille Day six years ago was responsible for “a terrorist act.” The attack in 2016 killed 86
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Books about Britain’s imperial past and the human face of the present-day refugee crisis are among the finalists for Britain’s leading nonfiction book award, the Baillie Gifford Prize. The shortlist announced Monday includes Harvard professor Caroline Elkins’ hard-hitting “Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire” and Irish journalist Sally Hayden’s
Continue ReadingSTUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Stuttgart has fired American coach Pellegrino Matarazzo with the club in next-to-last place in the Bundesliga. The team hasn’t won any of its nine games in the league and is on a three-match losing streak. The most recent came at home to leader Union Berlin on Sunday. The 44-year-old Matarazzo joined
Continue ReadingBy Keenan Willard Click here for updates on this story ROCKY MOUNT, North Carolina (WRAL) — A husband and wife are recovering side-by-side after they were attacked by a dog over the weekend, according to family members. Police on Sunday responded to a home in the 600 block of Nelson Street in Rocky Mount. When
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Hal Harrell, superintendente del Distrito Escolar Independiente Consolidado de Uvalde, anunció su retiro este lunes, según una publicación de Facebook de su esposa, Donna Goates Harrell. “Estoy realmente agradecido por su apoyo y buenos deseos. Mi decisión de retirarme no se tomó a la ligera y se tomó después de mucha
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante has suffered a fresh setback in his fight to shake off his latest hamstring injury. The France midfielder did not travel to Italy on Monday ahead of Chelsea’s match against AC Milan in the Champions League after having what manager Graham Potter said was a “reaction in training.”
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for November delivery fell $1.51 to $91.13 a barrel Monday. Brent crude for December delivery fell $1.73 to $96.19 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for November delivery fell 11 cents to $2.62 a gallon. November heating oil fell 11 cents to $3.91 a gallon. November natural gas fell 31
Continue ReadingCNN By Eoin McSweeney, CNN Four-time NBA champion and 2000 NBA MVP Shaquille O’Neal has sent out a cryptic message reiterating his wish to invest in an NBA team, after rebuffing reports earlier this month that he wanted to buy the Phoenix Suns. “I don’t know if I’m allowed to say,” the eight-time All-NBA First
Continue ReadingBy Eoin McSweeney, CNN Four-time NBA champion and 2000 NBA MVP Shaquille O’Neal has sent out a cryptic message reiterating his wish to invest in an NBA team, after rebuffing reports earlier this month that he wanted to buy the Phoenix Suns. “I don’t know if I’m allowed to say,” the eight-time All-NBA First Teamer
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Continued warm, dry fall weather helped push the nearly 2 1/2-month-old Cedar Creek Fire past containment lines on the southern end on Sunday, prompting an aerial attack by water-dropping helicopters and planes dropping air retardant, officials said.
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN The Milky Way galaxy has a graveyard of dead stars that stretches three times the height of the galaxy, according to new research. Astronomers found the ancient stellar remnants when they mapped this “galactic underworld” for the first time. Our galaxy, which formed about 13 billion years ago, has been the
Continue ReadingBy MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals have followed a familiar pattern in their third loss of the season. The reigning AFC champs sputtered in the first half against the Ravens, looked better in the second half, squandered opportunities and ended up losing 19-17 because of a late field goal.
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy and Brian Fung, CNN Business Spam and fake accounts are more prevalent on Twitter than on comparable social platforms, according to a data analysis firm hired by Elon Musk as part of his legal battle with Twitter. The claim by Cyabra — in the company’s first public interview since conducting a study
Continue ReadingBy PAUL J. WEBER and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) — Just weeks before Election Day in Texas, once again there is big money, new signs of shifting voters and bold predictions of an upset that will turn heads across the U.S. But this time, it’s coming from Republicans. “We are going to
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