By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A new state report says fatal drug overdoses rose nearly 15% in Kentucky last year. The report says the increased use of fentanyl was a common contributor to the record death toll. Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid that was identified in nearly 73% of 2021
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN South Texas returns to the polls on Tuesday for a special election to replace a Democratic House member who resigned earlier this year, setting up a surprisingly expensive race to fill out the remaining months of his term. Former Democratic Rep. Filemon Vela‘s decision to leave office at the end of
Continue ReadingBy MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — In a televised debate, four Republican candidates for New York governor pledged to undo years of one-party rule by Democrats and focus on battling crime. The field includes U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, former Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, businessman Harry Wilson and Andrew Giuliani, the son
Continue ReadingMore than 100 million Americans are being warned to stay indoors if possible as a heat wave settles over states stretching through parts of the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes and east to the Carolinas. The National Weather Service Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland, said Monday that a combination of heat advisories, excessive
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — La selección de Perú perdió por penaltis en el repechaje ante Australia y quedó por fuera de la Copa Mundial de fútbol. Australia consiguió un cupo en Qatar 2022 tras vencer en un repechaje de infarto. El partido se fue a penales extra tras el empate sin goles en los
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — Perú perdió el repechaje ante Australia y no pudo clasificar al Mundial de Qatar 2022. Desde 1930 —año en que se celebró el primer Mundial— hasta ahora, Perú logró entrar en la competencia solo cinco veces. Aquí, un repaso a su desempeño mundialista. Perú participó en la primera Copa del
Continue ReadingBURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department says a Vermont compounding pharmacy has agreed to stop producing adulterated and misbranded drugs. The Justice Department announced on Monday that Edge Pharma of Colchester and its owners and operators had signed a consent decree on Friday. The civil agreement requires Edge Pharma to take specific remedial
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX has cleared a key hurdle for its plan to launch a gigantic, futuristic rocketship into orbit from Texas. The Federal Aviation Administration concluded an environmental review Monday of Elon Musk’s Starship base. The agency saw no significant environmental concerns, but is requiring more
Continue ReadingMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis Grizzlies are keeping coach Taylor Jenkins around after he led them to their highest playoff seed in franchise history. The Grizzlies announced Monday they signed Jenkins to a multiyear contract extension. Terms weren’t disclosed. General manager Zach Kleiman says Jenkins has done an outstanding job leading the Grizzlies and
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Biden administration is “prepared to make both short and longer-term adjustments to our military posture” to respond to provocations from North Korea, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday. Blinken’s comments, made alongside his South Korean counterpart at a news conference at the State Department, come as North Korea has
Continue ReadingBy ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Denver Broncos coach Nathaniel Hackett admits he worried at first when he saw Russell Wilson jetting off seemingly every weekend to one locale after another. There’s the team’s new quarterback on the red carpet in Times Square for the launch party of the SI
Continue ReadingAL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — Australia has qualified for a fifth straight World Cup after a 5-4 penalty shootout win over Peru in their intercontinental playoff in Qatar. The teams failed to score in regulation and extra time at Ahmad bin Ali Stadium. Substitute goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne went on in the dying seconds of extra
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia prosecutors asked a judge on Monday to hold a Virginia man in contempt of court over video that shows him meeting with top leaders of two-far right extremist groups in Washington D.C. the day before the Jan. 6 riot. The request from Philadelphia District Attorney
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed a bill creating a commission to study establishing a national museum on the history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States. The eight-member commission that will be created by the new law will also study whether such a museum
Continue ReadingFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge has again delayed the murder trial of an ex-police officer who fatally shot a Black woman through a window of her Fort Worth home in 2019. State administrative Judge George Gallagher delayed Aaron Dean’s trial until another judge decides on a defense motion to recuse state District
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press It has been 50 years since Title IX was signed into law by President Nixon. The measure barred discrimination against women when it came to the vast majority of educational programs that receive federal assistance. It has a broad and extraordinary impact on everything from the safety of college campuses to
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN Several months after older children became eligible to get vaccinated against Covid-19, the United States might be just days away from offering vaccines to those younger than 5. The US Food and Drug Administration’s independent Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee is set to meet Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss
Continue ReadingBy JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Defending champion France lost its Nations League title and faces the dim prospect of relegation after losing at home to Croatia 1-0. Group leader Denmark beat Austria 2-0 to boost its Final Four bid. Denmark has nine points and is two points ahead of second-place Croatia
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Detroit Tigers left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez has been placed on the restricted list. Tigers general manager Al Avila announced that Rodriguez will not rejoin the team due to personal matters. The Tigers signed Rodriguez to a $77 million, five-year contract last November, banking on him to boost a turnaround. He and the team
Continue ReadingGREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers wide receiver Allen Lazard has signed his restricted free agent tender. Lazard hadn’t signed the tender as of last week, when he was the only Packer not to report for the team’s mandatory minicamp. Lazard will make $3.986 million this year and will be eligible for unrestricted
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