By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer New quarterbacks are leading last year’s College Football Playoff teams. They range from Alabama’s prized recruit Bryce Young to Clemson’s DJ Uiagalelei, who was a super sub for No. 1 NFL draft pick Trevor Lawrence last season. Second-year freshman C.J. Stroud won the starting job for Ohio State. Wisconsin
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By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer New quarterbacks are leading last year’s College Football Playoff teams. They range from Alabama’s prized recruit Bryce Young to Clemson’s DJ Uiagalelei, who was a super sub for No. 1 NFL draft pick Trevor Lawrence last season. Second-year freshman C.J. Stroud won the starting job for Ohio State. Wisconsin
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By ANGELA CHARLTON and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The speed limit for most of Paris is now 30 kilometers per hour (less than 19 miles per hour). The new rule takes effect Monday almost everywhere in the city except for a few wide avenues like the Champs-Elysees and the bypass circling the
Continue Reading By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business We now know when Jon Stewart is heading back to the airwaves. Well, the streaming airwaves, that is. “The Problem with Jon Stewart,” the comedian’s new current affairs series, debuts on Apple TV+ on September 30, the company said Monday. The series will premiere globally in biweekly installments rather than
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Officials in Poland say three Afghan children staying at a refugee center fell ill after eating poisonous mushrooms picked in a forest, with two of them in intensive care. The children and their families recently arrived in Poland after fleeing the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. They were staying in a center
Continue Reading PITTSBURGH (AP) — The last-place Pittsburgh Pirates have fired hitting coach Rick Eckstein. The Pirates have struggled to produce offense all season. Pittsburgh is dead last in the majors in runs scored, home runs, slugging percentage and on-base plus slugging. The Pirates are also 27th in the majors in batting average and are on their
Continue Reading PITTSBURGH (AP) — The last-place Pittsburgh Pirates have fired hitting coach Rick Eckstein. The Pirates have struggled to produce offense all season. Pittsburgh is dead last in the majors in runs scored, home runs, slugging percentage and on-base plus slugging. The Pirates are also 27th in the majors in batting average and are on their
Continue Reading By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A top-ranking Roman Catholic cardinal says he will soon begin rehabilitation after contracting COVID-19. Cardinal Raymond Burke is one of the church’s most outspoken conservatives and a COVID-19 vaccine skeptic. He tweeted Aug. 10 that he had contracted the virus. He was sedated and placed on
Continue ReadingBy Stephen Borowy Click here for updates on this story ISABELLA COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — A woman from Isabella County won a $300,000 prize after playing Michigan Lottery’s Bonus Ball Bingo game. The lucky player, who chose to remain anonymous, bought her winning ticket at Pump ‘N Shop, located at 5538 W. Isabella Road in
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — Se reavivó la tensión entre Argentina y Chile por un tema de límites marítimos entre ambos países. Este nuevo diferendo comenzó este viernes con un decreto publicado por el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile en el que actualiza la Carta Náutica N°8, que establece las áreas jurídicas marítimas nacionales.
Continue Reading By DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Bank robbers armed with explosives and high-powered rifles plunged a city in Sao Paulo state’s interior into terror, taking civilians hostage and even putting some on their cars while making their escape. Video shared on social media showed a booming shootout on Monday and men
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By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Nearly a century of leaded gasoline use on roads around the world has come to an end, the UN Environment Programme announced Monday, after Algerian service stations stopped selling the fuel last month. Leaded gasoline — which contains the compound tetraethyllead and is linked to serious health problems — was first
Continue ReadingBy Cameron Taylor Click here for updates on this story LEBANON, Tennessee (WSMV) — A camping trip along the Piney River in Hickman County became a rescue mission for two high school students from Wilson County. 17-year-olds Jacob Armistead and Alec Jakalski were with friends and family. It quickly turned into chaos. “We opened the
Continue Reading PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The European Union’s mission in Kosovo said Monday it has assisted the country’s police in developing a database to help investigate war crimes. The EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo reconfigured its mandate in 2018 and handed over all its files, including around 400 war crime cases, to the government.
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Shares of Affirm Holdings, the recently public fintech firm, soared more than 40% Monday morning following news that it is partnering with Amazon to roll out its buy-now-pay-later function for some purchases over $50. “By partnering with Amazon we’re bringing the transparency, predictability and affordability that Affirm provides
Continue Reading MIAMI (AP) — A depression far offshore in the Atlantic has strengthened into a tropical storm but poses no threat to land. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami reported Monday that Tropical Storm Kate has maximum sustained winds of 45 mph and is located a little less than 800 miles northeast of the Leeward
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — La depresión tropical Diez se fortaleció según el Centro Nacional de Huracanes de EE.UU. y se le ha dado el nombre de tormenta tropical Kate. Se estima que los vientos máximos sostenidos son de 72 kilómetros por hora con ráfagas mayores. Kate se encuentra en el Atlántico central y se prevé
Continue Reading NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Forward Tim Weah is hurt and will miss the United States’ opening three World Cup qualifiers. Weah was injured during training with Lille in France on Saturday. The U.S. Soccer Federation said Weah will not report to Nashville, Tennessee, ahead on Thursday’s opener at El Salvador. Meanwhile, Christian Pulisic started training
Continue Reading NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Forward Tim Weah is hurt and will miss the United States’ opening three World Cup qualifiers. Weah was injured during training with Lille in France on Saturday. The U.S. Soccer Federation said Weah will not report to Nashville, Tennessee, ahead on Thursday’s opener at El Salvador. Meanwhile, Christian Pulisic started training
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s police oversight agency is investigating a white officer’s struggle with a Black woman who was walking her dog in a lakefront park, an encounter the woman’s attorneys are calling “an obvious case of racial profiling.” A video widely shared on social media shows Nikkita Brown and her dog apparently walking away
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