Bad food, slivers of sun: Life in Sydney’s hotel quarantine
By MARK BAKER Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Australia-based Associated Press photographer Mark Baker is spending 14 days in mandatory hotel…
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Rockets’ Brooks closes Summer League by making 9 3-pointers
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Armoni Brooks made nine 3-pointers and scored 30 points to help the Houston Rockets close out their NBA Summer League schedule…
Continue Reading Jones’ double-double helps Sun snap Lynx’s 8-game win streak
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Jasmine Thomas scored 19 points, Jonquel Jones had 17 points and 13 rebounds, and Connecticut beat Minnesota 72-60 to snap…
Continue Reading Arizona governor blocks cash from schools mandating masks
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is upping the pressure on the growing number of public school districts…
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Gov. Ducey announces $163 million in rewards for schools who maintain in-person learning
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey on Tuesday announced he has millions of dollars in additional funding available for schools that do not close because of…
Continue Reading A’s right-hander Chris Bassitt struck on head by line drive
By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAG0 (AP) — Oakland Athletics right-hander Chris Bassitt was carted off the field after he was struck on the…
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Correction: Family Found Dead story
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In a story published August 17, 2021, about a California family found dead, The Associated Press, relying on information from…
Continue Reading 1,150 flee Colombia village caught between 2 armed groups
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian officials say at least 1,150 people fled their homes in the country’s Choco province over the weekend to…
Continue Reading Amid dangerous California fire conditions, Pacific Gas & Electric says it has begun cutting power to 51,000 customers
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (AP) — Amid dangerous California fire conditions, Pacific Gas & Electric says it has begun cutting power to 51,000…
Continue Reading Cop’s murder charge dropped over concern about ex-prosecutor
HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped a murder charge against a Houston police officer for his role in a fraudulent drug raid that left two…
Continue Reading A’s right-hander Chris Bassitt struck on head by line drive
By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAG0 (AP) — Oakland Athletics right-hander Chris Bassitt was carted off the field after he was struck on the…
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Historic rainfall on Flagstaff area burn scar spurs flooding
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Officials in northern Arizona are reporting that historic levels of rainfall on the burn scar of a large wildfire two years…
Continue Reading ‘Heartbreaking’: Mississippi gets 2nd field hospital in days
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Missisippi, one of the nation’s least vaccinated states, has…
Continue Reading Condemned California killer dies of natural causes at 74
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) — A California inmate who was convicted of killing two people in 1983 has died of natural causes while awaiting execution.…
Continue ReadingFlorida state school board takes steps against two districts over mask mandates
By Leyla Santiago and Mallory Simon, CNN Florida’s State Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday at an emergency meeting to recommend…
Continue Reading MLB hires former Marriott, Disney exec to lead marketing
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has hired former Marriott International and Walt Disney Company marketing leader Karin Timpone as executive…
Continue Reading Ex-Nevada inmate gets life for 1984 Colorado hammer killings
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — A former Nevada prison inmate was sentenced Tuesday to three consecutive life sentences in the long-unsolved 1984 hammer…
Continue Reading Well-rested Barty’s match at Cincinnati delayed by rain
MASON, Ohio (AP) — Top-ranked Ash Barty is still waiting for her opening match in the Western & Southern Open at Cincinnati. Barty’s…
Continue Reading Treasury Department to release impounded religious tiles
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department is releasing a shipment of tiles that were intended for a northern Virginia mosque but were…
Continue Reading 84-year-old gets 21 years in prison for Arizona bank robbery
JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An 84-year-old man who spent most of his adult life behind bars for robbing banks was sentenced to…
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