Olympic sprinter Knighton allowed to run at US trials after contamination case
By EDDIE PELLS and PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Sprinter Erriyon Knighton tested positive for a banned substance that an…
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Police credit New Yorkers for suspect’s arrest in the rape of a 13-year-old girl
NEW YORK (AP) — Police officials say residents of a New York City community enabled the arrest of a 25-year-old Ecuadorian man in the rape of a…
Continue ReadingMassive computer outage at car dealerships could last for days, company says
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — US and Canadian auto dealerships remained at a near-standstill on Thursday because of a second cyber…
Continue ReadingOilers fever overtakes Edmonton as fans dream of a Stanley Cup comeback against Florida
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Edmonton Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch got his up-close look at how crazed the city is…
Continue ReadingLouisiana classrooms now required by law to display the Ten Commandments
By Stephanie Gallman and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — Louisiana public schools are now required to display the Ten Commandments in all…
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‘It’s time to wrestle again’: Bend-La Pine Schools plans fall changes, work group to tackle addictive tech in the classroom
Technology moves fast, in general, and government bodies don’t, also in general. But the concerns voiced by 135 health care professionals in a…
Continue ReadingDetroit Pistons fire coach Monty Williams after one season that ended with NBA’s worst record
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The Detroit Pistons fired coach Monty Williams on Wednesday after just one season that ended with an NBA-worst…
Continue ReadingIowa man pleads not guilty to killing four people with a metal pipe earlier this month
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa man accused of killing four people with a metal pipe earlier this month has filed a written plea of not guilty…
Continue ReadingFormer CBP officer pleads guilty to stealing more than $18,000 in cash from arriving passengers at Naples, Florida, airport
By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A former Naples Airport US Customs and Border Protection officer pleaded guilty on Tuesday to stealing more…
Continue ReadingLionel Messi could be playing in his final tournament with Argentina at Copa America
By DEBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — It’s sad but true, Copa America could mark Lionel Messi’s final chapter…
Continue ReadingA Missouri mayor says a fight over jobs is back on. Things to know about Kansas wooing the Chiefs
By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, says an economic ‘border war’ between his state and…
Continue ReadingMassachusetts 911 outage was caused by computer firewall, not a cyberattack, officials say
By Sydney Bishop and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — An outage that shut down the 911 system in Massachusetts for two hours on Tuesday was…
Continue ReadingNew law requires all Louisiana public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in…
Continue ReadingSurvivors of New Hampshire motorcycle crash that killed 7 urge a judge to keep trucker off the road
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press Relatives and friends of seven motorcyclists who died in a 2019 crash urged New Hampshire officials not to allow…
Continue ReadingThe Senate just passed a critical clean energy bill to pave the way for more nuclear
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Democrats and Republicans in a bitterly divided Congress can agree on one thing: the US needs more nuclear to…
Continue ReadingOne of Rishi Sunak’s bodyguards arrested over alleged bets on UK election date
LONDON (AP) — One of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s police bodyguards has been arrested over alleged bets on the date of Britain’s national…
Continue ReadingBoeing committed ‘the deadliest corporate crime in US history’ and should be fined $24 billion, victims’ families say
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Families that lost loved ones in two Boeing 737 Max crashes said on Wednesday that the company…
Continue ReadingThe leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group warns archenemy Israel against wider war
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group says it has new weapons and…
Continue ReadingMan, 72, killed and his wife wounded in knife attack at Nebraska highway rest area
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say an attempted robbery at a highway rest area in eastern Nebraska left a 72-year-old man dead and his…
Continue ReadingAstronomers watch a supermassive black hole awaken in real time
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers are witnessing a never-before-seen spectacle in the cosmos: the awakening of a supermassive black…
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