August 2021 Archives

Casino owner donating site for Las Vegas shooting memorial

August 3, 2021 Ken Ritter, Associated Press

LAS VEGAS — The casino company that owns the former Las Vegas Strip concert venue that in 2017 became the site of the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history said Monday it is donating […]

Chris Paul re-signs with Suns on 4-year deal

August 2, 2021 The Associated Press

PHOENIX — Chris Paul proved to be an ageless wonder in his first season with the Phoenix Suns, leading the franchise to the NBA Finals for the first time in nearly three decades. Now he’ll […]

Robotic police dogs: Useful hounds or dehumanizing machines?

August 2, 2021 The Associated Press

HONOLULU — If you’re homeless and looking for temporary shelter in Hawaii’s capital, expect a visit from a robotic police dog that will scan your eye to make sure you don’t have a fever. That’s […]

Graham 1st vaccinated senator to test positive for COVID-19

August 2, 2021 Meg Kinnard, Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham has tested positive for the coronavirus, the first senator to disclose a breakthrough infection after being vaccinated. In a statement issued Monday afternoon, the South Carolina Republican said […]

Census: 1 in 5 dorms, prisons had no data at end of US count

August 2, 2021 Mike Schneider, Associated Press

By the end of the U.S. head count last year, the Census Bureau had no data for almost a fifth of the nation’s occupied college dorms, nursing homes and prisons, requiring the statistical agency to […]

Justice Department says Russians hacked federal prosecutors

August 2, 2021 Alan Suderman and Eric Tucker, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Russian hackers behind the massive SolarWinds cyberespionage campaign broke into the email accounts of some of the most prominent federal prosecutors’ offices around the country last year, the Justice Department said. […]

Tokyo Olympics Day 10: A silver lining to Keni Harrison’s Olympic story

August 2, 2021 Brett Friedlander

It took several minutes for the photo finish to determine second and third place in the women’s Olympic 110 meter hurdles in Tokyo on Monday. But Keni Harrison wasn’t waiting for the outcome to be […]

I-40 bridge linking Arkansas, Tennessee re-opened

August 2, 2021 Associated Press

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Authorities on Saturday night reopened the Interstate 40 bridge linking Arkansas and Tennessee that had been closed ever since a crack was discovered in the span in May. The Hernando DeSoto Bridge, […]

US, UK and Israel blame Iran for ship attack; Tehran denies

August 2, 2021 Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United States and the United Kingdom joined Israel on Sunday in alleging Iran carried out a fatal drone strike on an oil tanker off the coast of Oman in […]

BARONE: Speech suppression is habit-forming

August 2, 2021 Michael Barone

Speech suppression is a habit that the Biden administration and its liberal supporters can’t seem to break. Many staffers may have picked up the habit in their student years: Colleges and universities have been routinely […]

Month: August 2021