By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Spanish golfer Jon Rahm appealed against outstanding fines to the DP World Tour on Thursday which had thrown his hopes of competing at next year’s Ryder Cup into jeopardy. The two-time major winner originally insisted Wednesday that he had no intention of paying the penalty fees incurred due to
Continue ReadingBy David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — Emily Wiprud, the first officer piloting Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on January 5, says she initially thought people had been killed when the plane’s door plug blew off shortly after takeoff, according to an interview with CBS News Wednesday. “I opened the flight deck door. And I saw quiet.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Three Red Cross staff members have been killed by artillery strikes in eastern Ukraine. The deadly strikes, which left two others wounded, hit a Red Cross truck that was delivering firewood in the war-divided Donetsk region Thursday. The news came as the World Health Organization issued a warning about
Continue ReadingBy Stephy Chung, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift was among the many stars to channel ’90s fashion at the MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday, wearing a chic taffeta bustier and skirt by Dior. The yellow tartan was a familiar, evoking one of the decade’s most iconic looks: The preppy Dolce and Gabbana blazer and
Continue ReadingAP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “60 Minutes” has scheduled its quadrennial interview special with presidential candidates, and it won’t be on a Sunday night. CBS plans to air an hour-long special on Monday, Oct. 7 that features back-to-back interviews with Democrat Kamala Harris, Republican Donald Trump and their vice presidential candidate. Neither campaign
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AP College Football Writer After being poached almost into oblivion, the Pac-12 is fighting off extinction by plucking schools from the Mountain West. The Pac-12 announced Thursday that it in 2026 it will add Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State and San Diego State alongside Oregon State and Washington State in a rebuilt Conference of
Continue ReadingSAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Pac-12 is adding Boise State, Fresno State, Colorado State and San Diego State from the Mountain West, starting in 2026.
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Brilliant Detroit, the early childhood education nonprofit that supports children in underserved communities “from belly to 8,” plans to expand its unique neighborhood-based holistic model beyond The Motor City. Cindy Eggleton, Brilliant Detroit CEO, told The Associated Press that her group will branch out to three additional cities – Philadelphia, Chicago and
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — A drug currently used to treat HIV has also been found to dramatically reduce the risk of infection, significantly more than the primary option available for pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP. In a Phase 3 clinical trial, 99.9% of participants who took a twice-a-year injection of lenacapavir for HIV prevention
Continue ReadingAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has proposed a new rule that would require the largest U.S. companies to pay at least 15% of their profits in taxes. Treasury Department officials estimate that about 100 of the biggest corporations with at least $1 billion in annual profits would be forced to pay
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Slightly more Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, but layoffs remain at historically low levels despite two years of elevated interest rates. Jobless claims rose by 2,000 to 230,000 for the week of Sept. 7, the Labor Department reported Thursday. It matched the number of new filings that analysts were projecting.
Continue ReadingAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale price increases mostly slowed last month, the latest evidence that inflation pressures are cooling enough for the Federal Reserve to begin cutting interest rates next week. The Labor Department said Thursday that its producer price index — which tracks inflation before it reaches consumers — rose 0.2%
Continue ReadingBy Blane Bachelor, CNN Margraten, Netherlands (CNN) — On a cold, wet March day, about 20 river cruise passengers, many from the United States, follow their Dutch tour guide through rows of rain-soaked gravestones at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial. Located on 65.5 acres in the country’s southernmost province near the town of Margraten,
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Another day, another encouraging inflation report — but one with enough hint of concern to keep the victory parades at bay and keep the Federal Reserve from going big on its impending rate cut. The Producer Price Index, which measures average price changes seen by producers and manufacturers, markedly
Continue ReadingCNN By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A four-person crew of civilians on board SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission unlocked the hatch of their capsule and made history as the first group of non-government astronauts to conduct a spacewalk. SpaceX hosted a live webcast of the event — also known as an extravehicular
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland says he won’t allow the Justice Department “to be used as a political weapon.” And he’s denouncing what he calls “conspiracy theories and “dangerous falsehoods” that are targeting federal law enforcement. Garland spoke to U.S. attorneys and other department employees who gathered at the department’s headquarters
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The European Central Bank cut interest rates Thursday, lowering borrowing costs for the second time in recent months as inflation slows and Europe’s economy stumbles. The widely anticipated decision, which was unanimously agreed by the ECB’s 26 rate-setters, takes the benchmark rate in the 20 countries that use
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A $10,000 literary award named for the late author and editor Gabe Hudson has been established by the publisher McSweeney’s, where Hudson once worked. The inaugural winner of Ayana Mathis’ “The Unsettled” was announced Thursday on what would have been Hudson’s 53rd birthday. He died last year from
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the country’s much-loved but overstretched health system is in critical condition and must “reform or die.” Starmer spoke after a government-commissioned report claimed years of neglect and botched reforms had made the U.K. an increasingly unhealthy nation. Starmer promised a 10-year plan to fix
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A bag of Cheetos gets dropped and left on the floor. Seems inconsequential, right? Hardly. Rangers at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in southern New Mexico describe it as a “world-changing” event for the tiny microbes and insects that call this specialized subterranean environment home. The bag could have been
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