STARKVILLE, Mississippi (AP) — Three-time all-Southeastern Conference linebacker and longtime NFL player Johnie Cooks died Thursday. He was 64. Cooks starred at Mississippi State from 1977-81. The school announced his death. There was no cause given. Cooks led the team in tackles in 1978 and 1981 and had a career best 24 tackles against Auburn
Continue ReadingAMSTERDAM (AP) — Ajax says former Netherlands and Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar is in intensive care in a hospital after suffering a bleed around his brain. The Amsterdam club says Van der Sar is in a stable condition. It did not elaborate. Dutch media reported the 52-year-old Van der Sar was on
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Making her major and LPGA Tour debut at one of the world’s most iconic venues, Irish amateur golfer Áine Donegan probably anticipated a hectic week at the US Women’s Open. But even she couldn’t have predicted just how much drama was in store for her at California’s Pebble Beach
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police say no charges will be filed following a brief investigation of the altercation involving pop star Britney Spears, San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama and a member of the player’s security team. Spears said she was struck by a security guard as she tried
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift is using rerecording her music as an opportunity to make some changes. The singer dropped her album “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” on Friday and addressed something that has not aged well. In the original version of her 2010 single “Better Than Revenge,” Swift sings, “She’s better
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Here are NewsChannel 21’s Sunrise Birthdays for Friday, July 7th. You can see more recent entries and submit an upcoming birthday to air at: https://ktvz.com/share/sunrise-birthdays/.
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Tse, CNN Paris (CNN) — In the week leading up to the fall-winter haute couture shows in Paris, there was national unrest over a police killing of 17-year-old teenager Nahel Merzouk in a suburb of the city. People were protesting and getting arrested, stores were being looted and fires being started — how
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It’ll be a toasty weekend out on the rivers and lakes around the High Desert, which can be a great time for anglers, as NewsChannel 21’s Noah Chast reports.
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — “Let’s just say if you do bad things, then bad things will happen to you.” Thus declares a voice-over in the trailer for “The Ashley Madison Affair,” an ABC News/Hulu documentary that tells the tale of the now famous website used by those seeking to have extramarital affairs.
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, sending a strong sign of Democratic unity from one of the party’s most liberal members. “I think he’s done quite well, given the limitations that we have,” Ocasio-Cortez said on the “Pod Save America” podcast
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji and Michelle Krupa, CNN (CNN) — The toddler and her little brother had been home with their mom when the attack happened. The girl’s young mother and her ex-boyfriend were fighting over money, a federal criminal complaint says. The argument escalated, according to the court filing, and the mother stabbed him in
Continue ReadingBy JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer SILVERSTONE, England (AP) — Brad Pitt is joining the Formula One paddock for his new movie. He might stand as much chance as anyone else of beating Max Verstappen. Verstappen will be aiming for his eighth win in 10 races this year on Sunday as he surges toward winning
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Meet Taffeta, a 1-year-old calico kitty brought to Redmond’s BrightSide Animal Center after a good Samaritan found her with kittens under their porch.
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Republican attorney general of Kansas sued in state court Friday to block transgender residents from changing their sex on their driver’s licenses and to rebuke the Democratic governor for defying his interpretation of a new law. Attorney General Kris Kobach is seeking an order
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Al menos dos personas murieron y una está desaparecida luego de que se produjera un incendio este viernes en la plataforma petrolera Nohoch Alfa, en la Bahía de Campeche en el Golfo de México, dijo la estatal Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) en un tuit. En un comunicado en video publicado
Continue ReadingBy Kristina Sgueglia, CNN (CNN) — A 17-year-old has been arrested in connection with the Baltimore block party shooting over the weekend that claimed two lives. Detectives believe the male teen “was involved in the mass shooting,” a news release from the Baltimore Police Department stated without elaborating. He has been charged with possession of
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — Apple Original Films has unveiled details of Oscar winner Brad Pitt’s eagerly awaited Formula 1 feature film, as crews begin filming scenes with the actor at Silverstone, where Sunday’s British Grand Prix is being staged. The movie is being made in collaboration with F1, and stars Pitt as a
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Two-time Olympic gold-medalist and former Tennessee star Nikki McCray-Penson has died. She was 51. McCray-Penson was an assistant women’s basketball coach at Rutgers last season and the school confirmed her death. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013. McCray-Penson joined Dawn Staley as an assistant coach at South
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Andy Murray didn’t know. As he was asked to dissect his loss to Stefanos Tsitsipas in the second round of Wimbledon — a rollicking five-setter that lasted more than 4 1/2 hours spread over two days before a packed Centre Court filled with thousands of
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — London police say an 8-year-old girl is in a life-threatening condition in a hospital following a car crash at an elementary school in Wimbledon that claimed the life of another girl of the same age. The Metropolitan Police also said a woman in her 40s is in
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