By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The National Football League’s 2023 regular season got underway with a shocking result as the Detroit Lions defeated the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs 21-20 at the Chiefs’ Arrowhead Stadium on Thursday night. Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown scored the first touchdown of the new NFL
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — The death of a Massachusetts teenager after his family said he ate an extremely spicy tortilla chip has led to an outpouring of concern about the social media challenge and prompted retailers to pull the product from their shelves at the manufacturer’s request.
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The founder of North Korea’s ruling dynasty, an isolationist totalitarian leader named Kim Il Sung, was still building some of the country’s first nuclear facilities when Syd Seiler arrived on the Korean Peninsula as a young U.S. military intelligence officer. Over the four decades since, Seiler has
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press A Utah mother of six who gave parenting advice via a once-popular YouTube channel called “8 Passengers” made her initial court appearance Friday on charges that she and the owner of a relationship counseling business abused and starved her two young children. The proceedings were delayed by about 45
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem endorsed former President Donald Trump at a party fundraiser in Rapid City Friday night that doubled as an opportunity for Noem to showcase herself as a potential vice presidential pick. As his rivals held town halls and meet-and-greets in
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The impeachment trial that could remove Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton from office over corruption allegations is near the halfway point. The historic proceedings began this week with testimony about an extramarital affair and the Republican’s former top aides testifying they felt compelled
Continue ReadingBy DAVID RISING Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — It’s never been easy for the leaders of the world’s largest economies to find common ground, but Russia’s war on Ukraine has made it even harder for the Group of 20 meeting to reach meaningful agreements this year. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, this year’s host,
Continue ReadingOLGA R. RODRIGUEZ SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Madison Bernard climbed into bed before dawn with her toddler, Charlotte, who was asleep next to a nightstand strewn with straws, burned tinfoil and a white powder. Hours later, the mother woke and found her daughter struggling to breathe, according to investigators who described the scene in
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian authorities are holding local elections this weekend in occupied parts of Ukraine in an effort to tighten their grip on territories Moscow illegally annexed a year ago and still does not fully control. The voting for Russian-installed legislatures in the Donetsk, Luhansk,
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The special grand jury that investigated efforts by Donald Trump and others to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results recommended indictments against twice as many people as the 19 ultimately charged by prosecutors, leaving South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham among those not indicted. The grand jurors’ report released
Continue ReadingBy GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Annie Lennox is not retiring. Though her partner in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Eurythmics Dave Stewart recently posted that Lennox “won’t be touring anymore” and would not be part of the “Sweet Dreams 40th Anniversary Tour” this fall, Lennox told The
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Lions walked into roaring Arrowhead Stadium on Thursday night, where the Kansas City Chiefs are nearly unbeatable and were trying to open their latest Super Bowl title defense with a win, and proved what Detroit coach Dan Campbell has come to know in
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals is allowing Texas’ floating barrier on the Rio Grande to stay in place for now. The order by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday comes a day after a judge called the river buoys a threat to the safety of migrants and relations between the
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Xing, CNN (CNN) — Veterans’ constitutional rights continue to be violated in two of New Jersey’s state-run veterans nursing homes after a lack of basic hygiene and infection control in the facilities allowed Covid-19 to spread “virtually unchecked” in the pandemic’s early days, according to a Justice Department report released Thursday. The Justice
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Xóchitl Gálvez, quien será la candidata de la oposición a la presidencia de México, aseguró en “Conclusiones” de CNN que a Claudia Sheinbaum, su contrincante por el partido oficialista Morena y aliados, “le va a costar mucho desmarcarse de los errores del presidente”. Según la senadora por el Partido Acción
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden is approving a disaster declaration for three Georgia counties following Hurricane Idalia’s sprint across the state. The storm made landfall on Aug. 30 with 125 mph winds in Florida’s remote Big Bend region before moving north into Georgia. Biden initially approved assistance to individuals and governments in three counties.
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El partido que disputaron Colombia y Venezuela este jueves en Barranquilla, por la primera fecha de las eliminatorias sudamericanas al Mundial de 2026, tuvo todos los ingredientes de las primeras citas: mucho nerviosismo, poca claridad (en el caso de Colombia, para encontrar la forma de plasmar en el terreno la idea
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. children’s agency says record numbers of children are making perilous journeys through Latin America and the Caribbean, often alone, and from countries as far away as Asia and Africa. UNICEF said in a Child Alert Thursday that in the past three years the
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The Daily Yonder unpacks why switching from using counties to census tracts in order to define persistent poverty may hurt rural communities and their chances when competing for federal dollars.
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When COVID struck, restaurants and bars were forced to curb operations. They’ve rallied, but Next Insurance finds they’re still facing a tight labor market.
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