MONTREAL (AP) — Reaction is mixed throughout the Formula One paddock to a technical directive issued this week designed to address the dangerous bouncing of cars on the track. The effect known as porpoising has plagued some teams more than others, and none more than Mercedes. Both its drivers have complained about abuse to their
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. is adding $103 million this year for wildfire risk reduction and burned-area rehabilitation throughout the country as well as establishing an interagency wildland firefighter health and well-being program, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced Friday. Haaland made the announcement following a briefing on this year’s
Continue ReadingBy TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The chairman of the Nashville Predators has agreed to sell the majority of his stake in the NHL team to former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam. The Predators announced the agreement Friday. No details of the purchase price were disclosed for a franchise valued recently
Continue ReadingBy FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Federal police said Friday that human remains found in Brazil’s remote Amazon have been identified as belonging to British journalist Dom Phillips, who went missing almost two weeks ago along with a Brazilian Indigenous expert in a case that drew world attention. Additional remains found
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL PHILLIS, SETH BORENSTEIN and BRITTANY PETERSON RED LODGE, Montana (AP) — Just three months ago, the Yellowstone region like most of the West was dragging through an extended drought with little snow in the mountains and wildfire scars in Red Lodge from a year ago when the area was hit by 105-degree Fahrenheit
Continue ReadingEAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The NFL has suspended New York Giants linebacker Justin Hilliard without pay for the first two games of the regular season for violating the league’s policy on performance-enhancing substances. The league announced the decision on Friday. Hilliard will be eligible to participate in all preseason practices and games. He will
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court says the NAACP has no standing to sue a Mississippi prosecutor accused of routinely rejecting Black jurors in criminal cases. District Attorney Doug Evans has been accused of routinely rejecting Black jurors because of their race — including in a high-profile
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson San Francisco (CNN Business) — Los trabajadores estadounidenses han visto cómo sus salarios suben más rápido que en cualquier otro momento desde mediados de la década de 1980. Pero la inflación ha subido tan rápido que, en realidad, los trabajadores han recibido un recorte salarial. Cada vez que la inflación aumenta, se lleva
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer Sailing on Lake Michigan in front of home crowds on Chicago’s Navy Pier would provide the perfect backdrop for skipper Jimmy Spithill and Team USA to claim their first SailGP regatta victory. The T-Mobile United States Sail Grand Prix will be SailGP’s Chicago debut as well as the first
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — The storm clouds never arrived at the U.S. Open. Only the stars did. Collin Morikawa leads the way in his quest for a third straight year winning a major. He had a 66 to match the low score this week at The Country Club. That
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN In the roaring waters of the canal, first responders train for the worst: migrants who have been swept away while trying to cross the US-Mexico border. The canal, which runs for miles along the international border, is intended to get water to farmers during the summer months. But as migrants try
Continue ReadingBy KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An ambitious California proposal aims to reduce plastic production for single-use products like shampoo bottles and food wrappers by 25% starting next decade, part of an effort to rein in pollution from the ubiquitous material. A bill introduced late Thursday aims to bring environmental and business
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Canisius College basketball recruit Sarion McGee has been denied bail on gun charges. Police at the school in Buffalo, New York, arrested McGee on Sunday for having two handguns, a shotgun and numerous high-capacity magazines outside the school’s indoor athletic complex. Buffalo city court judge
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Un examen dental forense realizado en el Instituto Nacional de Criminalística en Brasilia este viernes confirmó que parte de los restos hallados el miércoles son los del periodista británico Dom Phillips, según fuentes de la Policía Federal citadas por CNN Brasil. Los restos de dos personas llegaron a Brasilia el jueves
Continue ReadingBy Joshua Robinson Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — A woman pleaded guilty to a felony bank fraud charge Friday. Porshia Thomas, 31, admitted that between April and September 2020, she attempted to fraudulently obtain a PPP loan, according to officials. The statement showed that she registered a company
Continue ReadingBy Ciara Cummings Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — The out-of-state family of a couple who died by suicide is accusing a metro Atlanta police department of failing to perform an effective welfare check. Jennifer and Jeffrey Ramsdell had been married more than 30 years but had been struggling over the
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Es posible que veas otra bandera roja, blanca y azul ondeando este fin de semana sobre los capitolios estatales y los edificios de la ciudad. Ese estandarte con una estrella explosiva en el medio es la bandera del Juneteenth, una representación simbólica del fin de la esclavitud en Estados Unidos. La
Continue ReadingBy ARNIE STAPLETON AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon has gone from “Why me?” to “Why not us?” After losing in the second round of the playoffs for the third consecutive year last season, the star-crossed superstar groused that he was eight years into his NHL career and he hadn’t won squat. An
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks ended another bumpy day mostly higher on Wall Street but still wound up with their biggest weekly losses since March 2020, when markets went into freefall at the onset of coronavirus lockdowns. The S&P 500, the benchmark for many index funds in 401(k) accounts, edged up 0.2% Friday. It still lost
Continue ReadingOregon Health Authority held its monthly media availability Friday, providing an update on COVID-19 in Oregon and the status of state and federal reviews taking place through this weekend for vaccines for children under 5 years of age. Dean Sidelinger, M.D. MSEd, health officer and state epidemiologist at OHA, highlighted the latest data trends, showing that
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