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Sat, 09 Aug 2025 06:58:13 GMTGunman kills police officer near Atlanta CDC headquarters
No other people were killed or physically wounded in the shooting, during which multiple rounds were fired in the CDC campus, police said.
"Officers arrived -- found a critically injured DeKalb County police officer that was down," Atlanta Police C...
Sat, 09 Aug 2025 06:56:11 GMTMexico discounts risk of 'invasion' after Trump order to target cartels
"There will be no invasion of Mexico," Sheinbaum said after The New York Times reported that Trump had secretly signed a directive to use military force against cartels that his administration has declared terrorist organizations.
"We were informed...
Sat, 09 Aug 2025 02:56:10 GMTNawaz sparks Pakistan to five-wicket ODI win over West Indies
Nawaz and Hussain Talat formed a sixth-wicket partnership of 104 not out to rally the visitors in the day-night affair, with game two on Sunday and the concluder on Tuesday.
West Indies went 280 all out with Evin Lewis leading the way on 60 from 62...
Sat, 09 Aug 2025 02:54:10 GMTLions' Norris hospitalized after scary injury, NFL pre-season game suspended
"Morice Norris is in stable condition and has feeling and movement in all his extremities," the Lions said in a statement after the scary scenes unfolded at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
"He will remain at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta over...
Sat, 09 Aug 2025 02:48:10 GMTRestored Nagasaki bell rings in 80 years since A-bomb
On August 9, 1945, at 11:02 am, three days after a nuclear attack on Hiroshima, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
After heavy downpours Saturday morning, the rain stopped shortly before a moment of silence and ceremony in which ...
Sat, 09 Aug 2025 01:58:12 GMTAustralia settle on Marsh and Head as T20 openers
Australia have had a series of different openers in the game's shortest format since David Warner retired last year, including Matt Short, Glenn Maxwell and Jake Fraser-McGurk.
Marsh will partner Head for the first time in three T20s against South ...
Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:44:11 GMTPatriots unveil statue honoring iconic quarterback Tom Brady
The ceremony revealed a towering bronze image of Brady with one arm aloft in triumph, the likeness mounted on a six-sided base in a nod to his championship seasons with the Pats.
The total 17-foot height marks the 17 AFC East division titles that B...
Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:42:15 GMTSlot's new-look Liverpool under the spotlight in Community Shield
Despite storming to a record-equalling 20th English top-flight title last season with four games to spare, the Reds have splashed out, spending nearly £300 million ($402 million) in the transfer market.
New forwards Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike,...
Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:30:17 GMTFive astronauts leave space station for trip back to Earth
US astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan's Takuya Onishi and Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov are expected to spend more than 17 hours in the capsule before splashing down off California's coast at 1533 GMT on Saturday.
Their return will ...
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 23:40:15 GMTNBA to open season with blockbuster showdowns: report
The season will tip off on October 21 and the opening night games will be aired by NBC, marking the league's return to the broadcaster for the first time in 23 years.
The 2025-26 season is the first of an 11-year media rights deal for the NBA worth...
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 23:00:34 GMTToronto champion Shelton to start Cincy against Argentine outsider
World number seven Shelton arrived in the American Midwest on a private jet after winning his first Masters 1000 title in Toronto on Thursday night and will make his start after a first-round bye in the final major tune-up before the US Open begins ...
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 22:50:13 GMTUS astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13, dead at 97
The former Navy pilot, who was portrayed by actor Tom Hanks in the 1995 movie "Apollo 13," died in a Chicago suburb on Thursday, the US space agency said in a statement.
The astronaut's "life and work inspired millions of people across the decades...
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 22:30:15 GMTFire extinguished, historic mosque-cathedral in southern Spain 'saved'
Widely shared videos had shown flames and smoke billowing from inside the major tourist attraction, visited by two million people per year.
"The monument is saved. There will be no spread, it will not be a catastrophe, let's put it that way," Mayor...
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 21:16:11 GMTFleetwood leads St. Jude in search of first US PGA Tour title
Fleetwood used birdie bursts early and late on TPC Southwind to build a 36-hole total of 13-under 127.
He had a four-shot lead over overnight leader Akshay Bhatia, Collin Morikawa and Justin Rose when play was suspended for the day because of thund...
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 20:22:10 GMTEngland's injured Woakes still has Ashes hopes
Woakes bravely came out to bat at number 11 with his arm in a sling on Monday in a desperate attempt to help England secure victory in the fifth and deciding Test against India at the Oval after dislocating his left shoulder while diving in the fiel...