By KATHLEEN FOODY and KIMBERLEE KRUESI The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) โ Officials are continuing to decline to reveal new details surrounding an apparent cyberattack on one of the largest health systems in the U.S. It’s a situation that security experts say often takes time to learn the full scope of the attack. Earlier this
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) โ Interim manager Tony Beasley is the first candidate to be interviewed in the Texas Rangersโ managerial search. General manager Chris Young said he hopes to wrap up the process in three to four weeks. Beasley will be the only internal candidate for the job, but
Continue ReadingCOSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) โ Los Angeles Chargers receiver Keenan Allen will miss his fourth straight game with a hamstring injury. Allen was ruled out on Friday for Sundayโs game at Cleveland after he didnโt practice all week. Allen was injured during the first half of the Sept. 11 opener against the Las Vegas Raiders.
Continue ReadingSonia Moghe, CNN Anthony Rapp fought back tears in court on Friday as he testified in a civil trial against actor Kevin Spacey. Rapp, best known for his role in “Star Trek: Discovery,” has sued Spacey for assault, battery and intentionally inflicting emotional distress over an alleged incident that Rapp has said took place in
Continue ReadingBy Athena Jones, CNN A Pennsylvania school district is under fire for allegedly discriminating against LGBTQ students. After a months-long investigation, the Pennsylvania American Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint Thursday with the US Department of Education Office for Civil Rights and the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division on behalf of seven transgender and non-binary
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) โ Seven people including a retired teacher have been identified after their bodies were recovered in the aftermath of a floatplane crash that killed 10 people last month in Washington’s Puget Sound, authorities said Friday. The Clallam County Coronerโs Office said remains that washed ashore about two weeks after the Sept. 4 crash
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) โ Seven people including a retired teacher have been identified after their bodies were recovered in the aftermath of a floatplane crash that killed 10 people last month in Washington’s Puget Sound, authorities said Friday. The Clallam County Coronerโs Office said remains that washed ashore about two weeks after the Sept. 4 crash
Continue ReadingCNNEspaรฑol sjv (CNN) — El Distrito Escolar Independiente Consolidado de Uvalde (CISD, por sus siglas en inglรฉs) dijo el viernes que habรญa suspendido su fuerza policial escolar, menos de cinco meses despuรฉs del ataque que dejรณ 19 niรฑos y dos maestros muertos. โEl Distrito ha tomado la decisiรณn de suspender todas las actividades del Departamento
Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly, CNN Top officials from 30 countries are scheduled to meet next week with senior US sanctions and intelligence officials as the Biden administration continues to escalate its efforts to strangle Russia’s military industrial complex. The meeting will serve as a critical opportunity for senior officials from across the Western sanctions coalition to
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Some campgrounds west of highway remain closed; 121,000-acre fire now 38% contained BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The forest closure for the Cedar Creek Fire on the Deschutes National Forest will be reduced Saturday, opening up the Cascade Lakes Highway. The forest closure will be adjusted at 12:01 a.m., opening up recreation areas on the eastern
Continue ReadingCNN’s Aliza Kassim and Niamh Kennedy France has urged all French nationals to leave Iran “as soon as possible,” warning that they risk “arrest, arbitrary detentions and unfair trial.” The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in an update on its website Friday warned that “all French visitors, including dual nationals, are exposed to a high
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The ridge of high pressure responsible for these calmย days does not budge an inch over the weekend, so it looks like similar conditionsย to stretch into next week. Some cooler air will be introduced beginning Monday,ย but we will not sacrifice any sunshine. Highs will be in the 70s through the middle of next week. Lows will
Continue ReadingBy FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press TEPOZTLAN, Mexico (AP) โ Indigenous symbols found painted next to Roman Catholic motifs at a 1550s-era convent near Mexico City suggest Spanish priests negotiated with Indigenous leaders in the first years after the 1521 conquest. The popular belief has long been that the Spanish simply imposed their religion and government
Continue ReadingDan Heching, CNN The Beatles’ hometown of Liverpool, UK will be stepping in to host the festivities at the Eurovision 2023 Song Contest next May, the competition announced Friday. Liverpool beat out close competitor Glasgow, Scotland for hosting duties for the 67th edition of the popular music contest, in which various countries in Europe and
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) โ Officials at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have announced that they are pausing gender affirming surgeries for minors in order to review their practices. The news comes amid mounting political pressure from Tennesseeโs Republican leaders โ many of whom are running for reelection โ who demanded an
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) โ The Georgia prosecutor investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to interfere in the 2020 election filed paperwork Friday seeking to compel testimony from a new batch of Trump allies, including former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Fulton
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar, CNN Elevated seismic activity has caused Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park to close the Mauna Loa summit backcountry until further notice, the park announced this week. Covering half of the Island of Hawaiสปi, Mauna Loa is considered the largest active volcano on the planet, according to the US Geological Survey. The Hawaii Volcano
Continue ReadingBy BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer METAIRIE, La. (AP) โ Andy Dalton is expected to start at quarterback for New Orleans when the Saints host the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, while receiver Michael Thomas has been ruled out for a second straight game because of his foot injury. โI think itโs going to be Andy,”
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer ST. LOUIS (AP) โ The Philadelphia Phillies showcased plenty of plucky resilience all season, bouncing back from a poor start and the firing of their manager to qualify for the postseason for the first time in more than a decade. It was going to take more than a two-run
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press A Texas police officer who shot and wounded a teenager who had been sitting in his car eating a hamburger has been fired, police said. San Antonio Officer James Brennand was fired after shooting Erik Cantu, 17, on Oct. 2 in a fast food restaurant parking lot, police training commander
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