Today: September 19, 2024
Today: September 19, 2024

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Food|News

New Hampshire governor helps save man choking on lobster roll at eating contest

A man says he's grateful New Hampshire’s governor came to his aid when he started choking during a lobster roll eating contest

New Hampshire governor helps save man choking on lobster roll at eating contest
Celebrity

Kate, the Princess of Wales, has finished chemotherapy and will return to limited public duties

Kate, the Princess of Wales, says she has completed chemotherapy and will return to some public duties in the coming months

Kate, the Princess of Wales, has finished chemotherapy and will return to limited public duties
Americas|News|World

Louisiana residents brace as Tropical Storm Francine is expected to hit their coast as a hurricane

Tropical Storm Francine has strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico and is forecast to make landfall as a hurricane at mid-week in Louisiana

Louisiana residents brace as Tropical Storm Francine is expected to hit their coast as a hurricane
Europe|News|World

Germany expands border controls to curb irregular migration and extremism risks

Germany’s interior minister has ordered temporary controls at all German land borders as a response to irregular migration and to protect the country from extremist threats

Germany expands border controls to curb irregular migration and extremism risks
Arts|Fashion and Beauty

Givenchy names Sarah Burton new creative director

The Paris luxury fashion house Givenchy has named Sarah Burton creative director for women’s and men’s collections, with immediate effect

Givenchy names Sarah Burton new creative director
Europe|News|Science

Police say a Russian 'spy whale' in Norway wasn't shot to death

Norwegian police say there's no evidence to suggest that gunshots caused the death of a tame beluga whale that lived off Norway's coast and whose harness ignited speculation it was a Russian spy

Police say a Russian 'spy whale' in Norway wasn't shot to death
Arts

Jessica Hagedorn, R.F. Kuang among winners of American Book Awards, which celebrate multiculturalism

Author-playwright Jessica Hagedorn, “Yellowface” novelist R

News|Technology|World

Poland's cybersecurity experts foil Russian and Belarussian attacks

Poland's security officials say they have foiled cyberattacks and online blackmail attempts by groups acting for Russian and Belarusian services

Crime|Health|News

A bomb hits a vehicle guarding an anti-polio drive in Pakistan and wounds 9

Officials say a roadside bomb has hit a vehicle carrying officers assigned to protect health workers conducting a polio immunization drive in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in northwestern Pakistan, wounding six officers and three civilians

A bomb hits a vehicle guarding an anti-polio drive in Pakistan and wounds 9
Asia|News|World

Pope cheers East Timor's recovery while acknowledging a bishop's abuse scandal

Pope Francis has indirectly acknowledged the abuse scandal in East Timor involving its bishop and Nobel Peace Prize-winning independence hero

Pope cheers East Timor's recovery while acknowledging a bishop's abuse scandal
Sports

Shohei Ohtani hits 46th homer to tie career high on sweltering day at Dodger Stadium

Shohei Ohtani hit his 46th home run of the season to tie his career high, a 450-foot solo shot down the right-field line in the fifth inning of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ game against the Cleveland Guardians on a sweltering Sunday

Shohei Ohtani hits 46th homer to tie career high on sweltering day at Dodger Stadium
Sports

Joy in Mud Bowl: Football tournament celebrates 50 years of messy fun

College football players aspire to play in bowl games

Joy in Mud Bowl: Football tournament celebrates 50 years of messy fun
Crime|News|Sports

Atlanta Falcons wear T-shirts honoring school shooting victims before season opener

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins and head coach Raheen Morris wore Apalachee High School T-shirts during warmups before the NFL team's season opener, honoring the victims of a fatal shooting

Atlanta Falcons wear T-shirts honoring school shooting victims before season opener
Business|Entertainment|Food|News

Waffle House CEO Walt Ehmer has died at age 58

Walt Ehmer, the president and CEO of Waffle House and a member of the board of trustees for the Atlanta Police Foundation, has died at age 58

Waffle House CEO Walt Ehmer has died at age 58
Americas|Crime|News

A reckless driver leads to an officer-involved shooting in Santa Fe and a parade is canceled

Authorities say a reckless driver has been arrested after a police-involved shooting Sunday in Santa Fe that canceled the Desfile de la Gente parade

Celebrity|Entertainment|Sports

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce attend the US Open men's final

Taylor Swift is at the U.S. Open to watch another Taylor perform

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce attend the US Open men's final
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment

Bass guitarist Herbie Flowers, who played with David Bowie, Lou Reed and others, dies at 86

Bass guitarist Herbie Flowers, who played with David Bowie, Elton John, Lou Reed and other music legends in a decades-long career, has died at 86

Bass guitarist Herbie Flowers, who played with David Bowie, Lou Reed and others, dies at 86
Americas|Sports

America's Cup races postponed to Monday because of bad weather in Barcelona

Switzerland’s Alinghi Red Bull Racing and France’s Orient Express Racing Team will have to wait another day to see who gets eliminated from the America’s Cup after races were postponed to Monday because of the weather

Africa|Election|News|World

Algeria's president joins opponents in claiming election irregularities after being named the winner

After being declared the winner of Algeria’s election, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has joined his two challengers in criticizing the country’s election authority for announcing results that contradicted earlier turnout figures and local tallies

Algeria's president joins opponents in claiming election irregularities after being named the winner
News|Sports

Tyreek Hill is detained by police before Dolphins game. Officer is subsequently placed on leave

Tyreek Hill of the Miami Dolphins was handcuffed and placed face down on a street outside the team’s stadium after he was stopped for speeding and reckless driving Sunday morning before the Dolphins’ first game of the season

Tyreek Hill is detained by police before Dolphins game. Officer is subsequently placed on leave
Crime|News

2 young sisters apparently drowned in a Long Island pond, police say

Authorities say two young sisters apparently drowned in a pond near their Long Island apartment complex

Europe|News|World

Two NATO members say Russian drones violated their airspace

Two NATO members say that Russian drones have violated their airspace

Two NATO members say Russian drones violated their airspace
News|World

Shooting attack at the West Bank-Jordan border crossing kills 3 Israelis

Israeli officials say three Israelis were fatally shot at the border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan

Shooting attack at the West Bank-Jordan border crossing kills 3 Israelis
Sports

Jannik Sinner beats Taylor Fritz in the US Open men's final just weeks after his doping exoneration

Jannik Sinner has defeated Taylor Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 with a relentless baseline game to win the U.S. Open men’s championship less than three weeks after being exonerated in a doping case

Jannik Sinner beats Taylor Fritz in the US Open men's final just weeks after his doping exoneration
Americas|News|World

Opposition presidential candidate González flees Venezuela for asylum in Spain

Former Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González has fled into exile after being granted asylum in Spain, delivering a major blow to millions who placed their hopes in his upstart campaign to end two decades of single-party rule

Opposition presidential candidate González flees Venezuela for asylum in Spain

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