South African photojournalist John Parkin dies at age 63
By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African photographer John Parkin has died at the age of 63. During his years as a…
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Paralympics cycling medalist tests positive for doping
TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Paralympics medalist Marcin Polak of Poland has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for doping. The…
Continue Reading UK lawyer accused of injecting blood into supermarket foods
LONDON (AP) — A 37-year-old lawyer accused of injecting food items with syringes of blood at three London supermarkets has made a court appearance.…
Continue Reading Bulgaria’s presidents invites 3rd party to form government
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s president has handed a mandate to form a government to the third-largest political party in parliament…
Continue Reading Polish art show defies ‘cancel culture’ but some see racism
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A new exhibition at a Polish state museum features the works of provocative artists in what…
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Tim Cook gets $750 million bonus on 10th anniversary as Apple CEO
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Apple CEO Tim Cook just celebrated 10 years on the job. He also marked the occasion this week by collecting — and…
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Montenegro police report finding 1 ton of cocaine in bananas
PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Police in Montenegro say they have seized over 1 ton (2,000 pounds) of cocaine hidden in a shipment of bananas.…
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China blasts ‘996’ excessive work culture
By Jill Disis and CNN’s Beijing bureau, CNN Business China is putting companies that overwork their employees on notice. The country’s…
Continue Reading Paralympic Classes: A confusing maze in search of fairness
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — There are 4,403 Paralympic athletes competing in Tokyo and each one has unique differences that have…
Continue Reading Paralympic Classes: A confusing maze in search of fairness
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — There are 4,403 Paralympic athletes competing in Tokyo and each one has unique differences that have…
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La ‘mancha caliente del sur’ en el océano Pacífico está causando una megasequía a miles de kilómetros en Chile
Mariana Toro (CNN) — En el suroeste del océano Pacífico, hay una enorme región de agua inusualmente cálida que cubre un área del tamaño…
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‘Southern Blob’ of hot ocean is causing a megadrought thousands of miles away in Chile
By Jessie Yeung, CNN In the southwest Pacific Ocean, there’s a huge region of unusually warm water covering an area about the size of…
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A woman who walked on thermal features at Yellowstone National Park was sentenced to 7 days in jail
By Andy Rose, CNN A Connecticut woman who walked directly on thermal features at Yellowstone National Park in July was sentenced to seven days in…
Continue Reading UN asks N Korea to clarify alleged shoot-on-sight orders
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.N. human rights investigators have asked North Korea to clarify whether it has…
Continue Reading Este es el tráiler de la renovada ‘The Wonder Years’ (Los años maravillosos)
olivertapia (CNN) — El nuevo tráiler del relanzamiento de la serie de ABC “The Wonder Years” (conocida en Latinoamérica como Los…
Continue Reading Albania gets 1st Afghan evacuees after deadly Kabul blasts
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Abania (AP) — Albania is housing its first group of Afghan evacuees who made it out of their country…
Continue Reading Pick Six Plus: A dream road trip to see the whole AP Top 25
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer What does your dream college football road trip look like? Would you travel the whole country or stick to one…
Continue Reading Coastal chasing Sun Belt title after breakthrough season
By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Coastal Carolina has a new challenge ahead after its breakthrough season a year ago in…
Continue Reading Niño de 9 años sufre infarto comiendo un hot dog
CNNEE (CNN) — Tomó un gran mordisco y sufrió un paro cardiaco. Un niño de 9 años que disfrutaba comiendo un hot dog tuvo un gran susto.…
Continue Reading LEADING OFF: ChiSox seek 1st Windy City series win since ’14
By The Associated Press The White Sox open a three-game home series against the crosstown rival Cubs three weeks after sweeping a set at Wrigley…
Continue Reading Bobsledder Kaillie Humphries seeks path to Beijing Olympics
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer Kaillie Humphries is the reigning women’s bobsled world champion and would be the gold-medal favorite in two…
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Bobsledder Kaillie Humphries seeks path to Beijing Olympics
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer Kaillie Humphries is the reigning women’s bobsled world champion and would be the gold-medal favorite in two…
Continue ReadingChina’s newest boy band, the youngest member 7 years old, disbands three days after debut
By Jessie Yeung and Zixu Wang, CNN They sing, they dance, they’re impeccably dressed — and they’re all children, mostly under 10.…
Continue ReadingThree Salinas High students suspended over Black doll incident
SALINAS, Calif. (KION) KION is learning that three students have been suspended for their involvement in the Black baby doll incident at Salinas High…
Continue Reading Return of Bosa, Ford puts 49ers DC Ryans in good mood
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator DeMeco Ryans was in a good mood after…
Continue Reading Return of Bosa, Ford puts 49ers DC Ryans in good mood
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator DeMeco Ryans was in a good mood after…
Continue Reading Stocks rally to records amid relief rates will remain low
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rallied to records Friday after the head of the Federal Reserve said it’s still far…
Continue Reading Stocks rally to records amid relief rates will remain low
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rallied to records Friday after the head of the Federal Reserve said it’s still far…
Continue Reading American forces keep up airlift under high threat warnings
By SAYED ZIARMAL HASHEMI, LOLITA C. BALDOR, KATHY GANNON and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — American forces working…
Continue Reading Afghans stuck in Bosnian camp aghast at Taliban takeover
By KEMAL SOFTIC Associated Press BIHAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Thousands of migrants, including many Afghans, are stranded in Bosnia and other…
Continue Reading Malaysia’s new leader keeps largely same Cabinet, no deputy
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The new Malaysian prime minister has retained mostly familiar faces in his Cabinet. But Ismail Sabri Yaakob vowed…
Continue Reading The Latest: Italy says its last flight from Kabul in hours
By The Associated Press Italy’s foreign minister has confirmed that the last Italian military flight evacuating people from Afghanistan will depart…
Continue Reading Perez hits 5th HR of road trip, Royals drop Mariners 6-4
By CHRIS TALBOTT Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Salvador Perez hit his fourth career grand slam and the Kansas City Royals beat the Seattle…
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Cada vez más niños están contrayendo covid-19
Mariana Toro (CNN) — Los temores sobre el incremento de las infecciones por covid-19 entre los niños aumentan a medida que Estados Unidos se…
Continue Reading ESPN retira a Rachel Nichols de la cobertura de la NBA y cancela ‘The Jump’
Juan Pablo Elverdin Nueva York (CNN Business) — Rachel Nichols, presentadora de la NBA de ESPN durante mucho tiempol ha sido retirada de la…
Continue Reading Wendy’s renueva sus papas fritas
Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — Pocas cosas en la vida son peores que una papa frita aguada. Wendy’s dice que tiene una…
Continue Reading Judge’s single sends Yankees past A’s for 12th straight win
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Aaron Judge hit a tiebreaking single with two outs in the ninth inning, Giancarlo…
Continue Reading Judge’s single sends Yankees past A’s for 12th straight win
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Aaron Judge hit a tiebreaking single with two outs in the ninth inning, Giancarlo…
Continue Reading Family, friends gather to remember slain New Orleans officer
Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Family and friends of a New Orleans police officer who was shot and killed while vacationing with friends in…
Continue Reading Afghanistan’s top high school graduate fears for her future
By TAMEEM AKHGAR and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press Salgy Baran got the highest score in all of Afghanistan on her university entrance exams this…
Continue Reading A struggle to prevent suicides at soaring NYC sculpture
By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Officials are evaluating the future of a 150-foot-tall piece of public art in New York City known…
Continue Reading A struggle to prevent suicides at soaring NYC sculpture
By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Officials are evaluating the future of a 150-foot-tall piece of public art in New York City known…
Continue Reading Alone in the sky, pilot and fiancee save 17 in Tenn. flood
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville helicopter pilot Joel Boyers had prayed for God to show him his life had…
Continue Reading Syndergaard makes rehab start, ‘can’t imagine’ leaving Mets
NEW YORK (AP) — Noah Syndergaard threw 16 pitches Thursday night in a rehab start for High-A Brooklyn, the first outing in months for the New York…
Continue Reading Couple hopeful for children’s future after escape from Kabul
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An Afghan couple who arrived in the United States this week navigated the streets of…
Continue Reading Biden tells Israeli PM he’ll try diplomacy first with Iran
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has told Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett that diplomacy was his…
Continue Reading Human remains located in northwestern Arizona
DOLAN SPRINGS, Ariz. (AP) — Mohave County Sheriff’s officials say human remains have been located north of Dolan Springs in northwestern Arizona.…
Continue Reading Ida aims to hit Louisiana on Hurricane Katrina anniversary
By KEVIN McGILL and JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has ordered a mandatory evacuation for…
Continue Reading COVID-19 surge pummels Hawaii and its native population
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A public service announcement campaign reminds Hawaiians that when Hawaii was a…
Continue Reading Supreme Court allows evictions to resume during pandemic
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing evictions to resume across the United States, blocking the Biden…
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