A capsule look at the Dodgers-Braves playoff series
By The Associated Press A capsule look at the best-of-seven National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta…
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Soccer laws panel to discuss 25-minute halftime for shows
ZURICH (AP) — A request to increase halftime breaks in soccer to 25 minutes for Super Bowl-style entertainment shows will be discussed this month.…
Continue ReadingIndivisible launches project to protect Democratic incumbents in 2022
By Gregory Krieg, CNN Indivisible, one of the country’s largest and most influential progressive groups, announced on Friday a new program…
Continue ReadingICE doesn’t adequately track solitary confinement in detention facilities, watchdog finds
By Geneva Sands, CNN US Immigration and Customs Enforcement does not adequately monitor and track its use of solitary confinement inside immigration…
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France pays tribute to teacher beheaded by radical Islamist
PARIS (AP) — French schools are paying tribute to a teacher beheaded by a radical Islamist last year after he showed caricatures of the prophet of…
Continue Reading Lava flow from Spanish island volcano likened to a tsunami
MADRID (AP) — A second 4.5-magnitude earthquake in two days has rattled the Spanish island of La Palma. The two quakes were the strongest to hit…
Continue ReadingActress Lili Bernard files lawsuit against Bill Cosby alleging he drugged and raped her
WPVI By Laura Ly, CNN Actress Lili Bernard filed a lawsuit against Bill Cosby on Thursday, alleging he drugged and raped her in Atlantic City in or…
Continue Reading Kenya child killer beaten to death by mob after jail escape
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya say a man who had confessed to killing a dozen children and escaped from detention this week has been killed…
Continue Reading With latest mission, China renews space cooperation vow
BEIJING (AP) — Shortly ahead of sending a new three-person crew to its space station, China has renewed its commitment to international cooperation…
Continue Reading Protests greet debut of Italy’s workplace COVID pass rule
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Protests have erupted in Italy as a new anti-coronavirus regulation took effect requiring all…
Continue Reading Suicide attack on Shiite mosque in Afghanistan kills 47
By SAMYA KULLAB and TAMEEM AKHGAR Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque packed with worshippers…
Continue ReadingQueen Elizabeth says lack of action on climate change is ‘irritating’
By Radina Gigova, CNN Queen Elizabeth II has said the lack of action on tackling the climate crisis is “irritating.” The British monarch…
Continue Reading White House targeting economic risks from climate change
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is taking steps to address the economic risks from climate change. It…
Continue ReadingNorway bow-and-arrow attack suspect charged with 5 counts of murder
By Sebastian Shukla and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN The suspect in a deadly bow-and-arrow attack in Norway has been charged with five counts of murder,…
Continue Reading Police: 5 juveniles escape Louisiana jail; 4 captured
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Police in Louisiana say five juveniles overpowered two guards at a detention center and escaped Thursday night. A spokesman…
Continue Reading Spanish PM urges former king to speak about financial probes
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s prime minister is urging former King Juan Carlos I to offer a public explanation of his suspected financial wrongdoings.…
Continue Reading Hong Kong seizes smuggled Australian lobsters amid China ban
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong and mainland authorities have seized about $540,000 worth of smuggled Australian lobsters…
Continue ReadingMan sentenced to death in China for setting his ex-wife on fire during a livestream
By Jessie Yeung, CNN A Chinese man who set his ex-wife on fire as she livestreamed to her online followers was sentenced to death on Thursday,…
Continue Reading Husband arrested in killing of Olympic runner Agnes Tirop
By MUTWIRI MUTUOTA and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The husband of Olympic runner Agnes Tirop has been arrested and will be…
Continue Reading UK: 43,000 may have received false negative COVID results
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British health officials say an estimated 43,000 people may have been wrongly told they don’t have…
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