By Chloe Melas, CNN Miles Teller has a need for more speed! The actor says that he is totally up for reprising his role as Rooster in another “Top Gun” film as long as Tom Cruise gives the green light. “I’ve been having some conversations with him [Tom Cruise] about it. We’ll see.” Teller told
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations estimates that the world’s population will reach 8 billion on Nov. 15 and that India will replace China as the world’s most populous nation next year. In a report released Monday, the U.N. says global population growth fell below 1% in 2020
Continue ReadingBy JADE LE DELEY and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers have failed to pass a no-confidence motion requested by a leftist coalition to symbolically mark their opposition to President Emmanuel Macron’s government and economic policies. It came as Macron’s critics questioned his cozy relations with Uber after an international media investigation
Continue ReadingBy JADE LE DELEY and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers have failed to pass a no-confidence motion requested by a leftist coalition to symbolically mark their opposition to President Emmanuel Macron’s government and economic policies. It came as Macron’s critics questioned his cozy relations with Uber after an international media investigation
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Our view of the universe just expanded: The first image from NASA’s new space telescope unveiled Monday is brimming with galaxies and offers the deepest look of the cosmos ever captured. The first image from the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope is the farthest humanity has ever seen
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Derek King is staying with the Chicago Blackhawks as an assistant coach on Luke Richardson’s staff. King finished last season as Chicago’s interim coach after Jeremy Colliton was fired on Nov. 6. He was in the mix for the full-time job before Richardson was hired last month. Kevin Dean also was hired
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW and STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writers One Russian Stanley Cup winner is staying put. Another who has won it three times is looking around the NHL for other options. The Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche re-signed winger Valeri Nichushkin to an eight-year contract worth $49 million. A person with knowledge of the
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger Washington (CNN) — El FBI entrevistó al abogado de Donald Trump hace dos semanas, según revelaron los fiscales federales en una nueva presentación judicial este lunes, un acontecimiento hasta ahora desconocido que podría dar forma significativa a la extensa investigación del Departamento de Justicia sobre los disturbios del 6 de enero de 2021
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Frontier Airlines admits it’s still far short of the shareholder votes it needs to merge with Spirit Airlines, and it’s asking for another potential delay in the vote. Frontier CEO Barry Biffle said in a letter made public Monday that if the merger still lacks enough support from Spirit
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN The mayor of an Italian tourist town has moved to impose fines on under-dressed people citing concerns over “quality of life.” Massimo Coppola, mayor of Sorrento, announced fines ranging from 25 to 500 euros in a Facebook post published July 6. “No more with the indecent behaviour,” wrote Coppola. “That’s why
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN Often when Dr. Thomas Valley sees a new patient in the intensive care unit at Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor, he clamps a pulse oximeter on their finger — one of the many devices he uses to gauge their health and what course of care they might require, whether they are
Continue ReadingBy Lacey Beasley Click here for updates on this story NEAR BRANSON, Missouri (KCTV) — The Missouri State Water Patrol reports the driver of a pontoon hit a group of swimmers before the boat hit a rock bluff Sunday afternoon. The accident happened in an area known as Breezy Point, near State Park Marina. The
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Amanda Watts and Dakin Andone, CNN Fire crews are working to steer a growing wildfire away from Yosemite National Park’s legendary giant sequoias, taking protective measures like installing a sprinkler system to dampen the ground around one of the park’s most famous trees. While officials say the trees have avoided significant damage
Continue ReadingCNN, EPA.GOV, NWCG.GOV, YOSEMITE FIRE AND AVIATION, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, PARK SERVICE By Elizabeth Wolfe, Amanda Watts and Dakin Andone, CNN Fire crews are working to steer a growing wildfire away from Yosemite National Park’s legendary giant sequoias, taking protective measures like installing a sprinkler system to dampen the ground around one of the park’s
Continue ReadingYOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — California firefighters gained ground Monday in the battle against a wildfire that poses a threat to a grove of giant sequoias and a small community in Yosemite National Park. The Washburn Fire on the western flank of the Sierra Nevada had scorched about 4.2 square miles (10.9 square kilometers)
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business For the first time in 20 years, the exchange rate between the euro and the US dollar is nearly the same — the two currencies are less than one cent away from parity. The euro hovered around $1.004 on Monday afternoon, down about 12% since the start of the year.
Continue ReadingBy Lacey Beasley Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A man jumped off the Dog River Bridge Friday afternoon and died, and FOX10 heard from witnesses who helped pull him out of the water. Mobile police responded to a call concerning an unresponsive male found in the water, and it
Continue ReadingBy Lee Peck Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Judging by his basketball skills — you’d never know — 15-year-old Devin Smith has been living with kidney failure his entire life. Devin was diagnosed with hydronephrosis shortly after birth. “It’s been hard — I have to do a lot of
Continue ReadingGOOD MONDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… A strong high-pressure center over the Midwest will force a lot of hot air into the West Coast over the next couple of days. For Central Oregon, this will mean above-average temperatures throughout much of the week. Today, sunny skies will deliver highs in the low 90’s, with northerly breezes at
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — Europe’s highest court says Turkey has failed to comply with its ruling that a prominent Turkish philanthropist be immediately released from jail. The European Court of Human Rights, based in Strasbourg, ruled in 2019 that Turkey violated Osman Kavala’s right to liberty, saying his detention and trials against him were used to
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