Canada says it will impose retaliatory tariffs on US imports

TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s deputy prime minister said Friday that the country plans to impose $3.6 billion Canadian (US$2.69 billion) tariffs on U.S. imports in response to President Donald Trump saying the U.S. is reinstating a 10% import tax on Canadian aluminum. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said the tariffs will match the U.S. ones…

Republicans push Kanye 2020. But will it really hurt Biden?

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kanye West’s unlikely White House bid is getting help qualifying for presidential ballots in key states from Republicans around the country, fueling suspicions he’s being pushed to run by allies of President Donald Trump hoping to siphon support away from Joe Biden. The rapper qualified for Colorado’s presidential ballot on Thursday, after…

Ex-officer’s lawyers say trip didn’t break bond conditions

ATLANTA (AP) — The former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks should not have his bond revoked for traveling to Florida because he was never ordered to stay at his home, his lawyers argued in a court filing Thursday. Garrett Rolfe, 27, faces 11 charges, including felony murder, in Brooks’ killing on June…

Captain astonished that his ship delivered Beirut explosive

MOSCOW (AP) — When Boris Prokoshev, a former sea captain spending his retirement years in a Russian village, woke up and found an email saying a ship he once commanded had carried the ammonium nitrate that blew up swathes of Beirut, he was astonished. “I didn’t understand anything,” he told The Associated Press on Thursday…

Ga. Tech begins most unusual season with 2-a-day practices

ATLANTA (AP) — For Georgia Tech, this most unusual of seasons — assuming there is a season — began with two-a-day practices. No, it wasn’t two practices in one day for the entire team. Coach Geoff Collins split his players into two groups and put each of them through a morning practice Wednesday, all in…

Bills CB Tre’Davious White unsure if he will opt in or out

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Bills cornerback Tre’Davious White is unsure if he will opt in or opt out of the upcoming NFL season. White has until 4 p.m. Thursday to decide on his status for the year. The 25-year-old has established himself as one of the best cornerbacks in the league in recent seasons. “Honestly,…

FBI raids California home of YouTube star Jake Paul

LOS ANGELES (AP) — FBI agents including a SWAT team served a search warrant at the home of YouTube star Jake Paul on Wednesday. The FBI executed the search warrant starting at 6 a.m. at the Calabasas, California mansion in connection with an ongoing investigation, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said in a statement. A judge…

Navy: Contributions to state

Re: “Washington state officials slam Navy’s changes to military testing program that would harm more orcas” [July 29, Northwest]: Navy training is not what is wrong with Washington state or orcas. Proposed naval training and testing represents standard expiration and renewal of compliance for operations conducted for many years. Navy actions should impact all large…

Keep John Lewis close and follow ‘the way of love and nonviolence’

May the last words of John Lewis be remembered by his faith and hope that we will fight for justice, and constrain our lesser fears and contempt for the other.  Top Featured Tags: – Washington News Press Release Distribution Service

Keep John Lewis close and follow ‘the way of love and nonviolence’

May the last words of John Lewis be remembered by his faith and hope that we will fight for justice, and constrain our lesser fears and contempt for the other.  Top Featured Tags: – Washington News Press Release Distribution Service

Wilma Rudolph turns in triple gold performance in Rome Games

Wilma Rudolph’s biggest challenge turned out not to be double pneumonia, scarlet fever or polio. Time wound up being the only obstacle the first American woman to win three gold medals at a single Olympics couldn’t beat. “I think Wilma Rudolph, even though her career was short, I think you can make a case for…

Keep John Lewis close and follow ‘the way of love and nonviolence’

May the last words of John Lewis be remembered by his faith and hope that we will fight for justice, and constrain our lesser fears and contempt for the other.  Top Featured Tags: – Washington News Press Release Distribution Service

Keep John Lewis close and follow ‘the way of love and nonviolence’

May the last words of John Lewis be remembered by his faith and hope that we will fight for justice, and constrain our lesser fears and contempt for the other.  Top Featured Tags: – Washington News Press Release Distribution Service

Wilma Rudolph turns in triple gold performance in Rome Games

Wilma Rudolph’s biggest challenge turned out not to be double pneumonia, scarlet fever or polio. Time wound up being the only obstacle the first American woman to win three gold medals at a single Olympics couldn’t beat. “I think Wilma Rudolph, even though her career was short, I think you can make a case for…

Feds open Rapid City office for missing Indigenous cases

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Federal investigators on Tuesday opened an office in Rapid City dedicated to cases of missing and murdered Native Americans, particularly women and girls. The office will be one of seven created by President Donald Trump as part of the Operation Lady Justice Task Force. The initiative aims to develop protocols…

Wilma Rudolph turns in triple gold performance in Rome Games

Wilma Rudolph’s biggest challenge turned out not to be double pneumonia, scarlet fever or polio. Time wound up being the only obstacle the first American woman to win three gold medals at a single Olympics couldn’t beat. “I think Wilma Rudolph, even though her career was short, I think you can make a case for…

Wilma Rudolph turns in triple gold performance in Rome Games

Wilma Rudolph’s biggest challenge turned out not to be double pneumonia, scarlet fever or polio. Time wound up being the only obstacle the first American woman to win three gold medals at a single Olympics couldn’t beat. “I think Wilma Rudolph, even though her career was short, I think you can make a case for…

Von Miller’s transformation driven by Kobe, MJ, COVID-19

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Von Miller’s body is buffer, his hair tinted orange on top. The real changes go a whole lot deeper. The Broncos star linebacker on Tuesday revealed four factors that led to his dramatic offseason transformation: his substandard 2019 season, his battle with COVID-19, Kobe Bryant’s death and Michael Jordan’s documentary. These…

Von Miller’s transformation driven by Kobe, MJ, COVID-19

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Von Miller’s body is buffer, his hair tinted orange on top. The real changes go a whole lot deeper. The Broncos star linebacker on Tuesday revealed four factors that led to his dramatic offseason transformation: his substandard 2019 season, his battle with COVID-19, Kobe Bryant’s death and Michael Jordan’s documentary. These…

Field of Dreams game in Iowa postponed to 2021 due to virus

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball’s Field of Dreams game in Iowa has been postponed until 2021 because of the novel coronavirus. The game at a newly constructed ballpark on the cornfield adjacent to the site of the 1989 movie had been scheduled for Aug. 13 in Dyersville. The Chicago White Sox originally had…

Police apologize after girls handcuffed in stolen car mixup

AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Police in suburban Denver have apologized after a group of Black girls was detained, and at least two handcuffed during a weekend investigation of a stolen car. Officers later determined that the vehicle they were seeking had the same license plate number but was from out-of-state. A video taken Sunday by…

Trump wants broader role for telehealth services in Medicare

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is taking steps to give telehealth a broader role under Medicare, with an executive order that serves as a call for Congress to make doctor visits via personal technology a permanent fixture of the program. The order President Donald Trump plans to sign Monday applies to one segment of…

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