A magical trove of Ricky Jay ephemera hits auction block
By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Conjurers and cheats, hustlers and hoaxsters. Those were some of the things that…
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Chelsea romps to 7-0 win over Norwich in Premier League
LONDON (AP) — Chelsea has coped just fine without its injured strikers. The Premier League leaders romped to a 7-0 win over last-place Norwich with…
Continue Reading Olympic vault champ Rebeca Andrade wins 2 medals at worlds
KITAKYUSHU, Japan (AP) — Rebeca Andrade of Brazil has added a world title to her Tokyo Olympic gold medal in vault and also won a silver medal in…
Continue Reading Olympic sprinter Alex Quiñónez fatally shot in Ecuador
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Police say Ecuadorian sprinter Alex Quiñónez was fatally shot in the port city of Guayaquil. He was 32. Quiñónez…
Continue Reading Harrison Ford reunited with lost credit card in Sicily
MILAN (AP) — Police in Sicily say that American actor Harrison Ford was reunited with his lost credit card while on a beach holiday thanks to a…
Continue Reading Is there a constitutional right to food? Mainers to decide
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Members of Maine’s farming community are divided over the possibility of a…
Continue Reading Obama sharply criticizes Youngkin in Va. governor’s race
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va (AP) — Former President Barack Obama has offered a sharp rebuke of the Republican candidate for…
Continue Reading Prince Charles warns of narrow window to face climate change
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Prince Charles says there is a “dangerously narrow” window to tackle global warning. The warning comes days…
Continue Reading Iran provincial governor slapped in a rare security breach
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The new governor of a northwestern Iranian province has been slapped in the…
Continue Reading Kontaveit faces Alexandrova in Moscow final, Sakkari retires
MOSCOW (AP) — Anett Kontaveit will face Ekaterina Alexandrova in the Kremlin Cup final after Maria Sakkari retired from her semifinal match with…
Continue Reading Libya FM: Security, stability necessary to usher in new govt
By ADEL OMRAN Associated Press TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya’s chief diplomat says the transitional government is working to hold long-awaited…
Continue Reading Roadside bombing targets Taliban, kills Afghan civilians
By SAMYA KULLAB and TAMEEM AKHGAR Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Officials say a roadside bombing targeting a Taliban vehicle in…
Continue Reading GOP uses voters to push election reforms in unlikely states
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republicans in at least four states where Democrats control the governor’s office, the…
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GOP uses voters to push election reforms in unlikely states
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republicans in at least four states where Democrats control the governor’s office, the…
Continue Reading Biden to meet Pope Francis amid some rifts with US bishops
By DAVID CRARY and HOLLY MEYER Associated Press There’s an intriguing subplot to President Joe Biden’s meeting with Pope Francis this coming…
Continue Reading Disruptions to schooling fall hardest on vulnerable students
By ANNIE MA Associated Press Complications wrought by the pandemic persist in schools and often fall hardest on those least able to weather them.…
Continue ReadingColin Powell’s love story started with an accidental date — and lasted six decades
By Faith Karimi, CNN From the streets of New York to the Vietnam battlefields and the power corridors of Washington, Colin Powell broke racial…
Continue ReadingBiden’s early-presidency getaways so far outpace Trump’s
By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden decamped to Wilmington on Friday, escaping the White House he’s likened to a “gilded cage”…
Continue Reading Prison chief: Mississippi preps for 1st execution since 2012
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Burl Cain says prison employees will do…
Continue Reading Ayala or Sears: Both would make history in Virginia election
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — As Election Day approaches in Virginia, one thing is certain: The state will elect its…
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