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Joe the Plumber, who questioned Obama’s tax proposals during the 2008 campaign, dies at 49

TOLEDO, Ohio — Samuel “Joe” Wurzelbacher, who was thrust into the political spotlight as “Joe the Plumber” after questioning Barack Obama about his economic proposals during the 2008 presidential campaign, and who later forayed into politics himself, has died, his son said Monday. He was 49. His oldest son, Joey...
Cardinals release QB Colt McCoy, leaving position in flux as regular season approachesVideo

TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Cardinals have released their expected starting quarterback Colt McCoy less than two weeks before the team’s season opener against the Washington Commanders. The Cardinals announced the move on Monday. The 36-year-old McCoy had a 3-3 record in spot starts as the backup to Kyler Murray...
Spanish soccer federation leaders asks president Rubiales to resign after kissing player on the lipsVideo

GENEVA — Leading officials within the Spanish Football Federation asked suspended president Luis Rubiales to resign on Monday after kissing a player on the lips at the Women’s World Cup final. The heads of the regional bodies that make up the federation (RFEF) made the request in a collective statement....
Florida governor declares widespread state of emergency ahead of Idalia’s expected landfallVideo

TAMPA, Fla. — Florida residents loaded up on sandbags and evacuated from homes in low-lying areas along the Gulf Coast as Tropical Storm Idalia intensified Monday and forecasters predicted it would hit in days as a major hurricane with potentially life-threatening storm surges. As the state prepared, Idalia thrashed Cuba...
Commanders RB Brian Robinson feels ‘night and day’ better a year after being shotVideo

ASHBURN, Va. — Brian Robinson Jr.’s introduction to the NFL a year ago was humming along smoothly, with his training camp and preseason performances putting him on course to be the Washington Commanders’ top running back. Then, on a Sunday evening, that trajectory stopped in an instant. Robinson was shot...
U.S. eases past Greece at Basketball World Cup, advances to the 2nd roundVideo

MANILA, Philippines — The first required step at the Basketball World Cup for the Americans is complete. They’re going to the tournament’s second round. An achievement, technically — but one barely worth acknowledging. Winning gold is the only goal for the Americans on this end-of-summer trip to Manila, and Monday...
Faculty member shot and killed in a campus building, says University of North Carolina officialVideo

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A University of North Carolina faculty member was shot and killed in a campus building, officials said Monday. A suspect was arrested about an hour and a half after shots were reported, UNC Police Chief Brian James said at a news conference. Students and faculty at...
American Airlines fined $4.1 million for dozens of long tarmac delays that trapped passengers

DALLAS — The federal government is fining American Airlines $4.1 million for dozens of instances in which passengers were kept on board planes without a chance to exit during long ground delays. The U.S. Department of Transportation said Monday it is the largest such fine against an airline since rules...
Police in Ohio fatally shot a pregnant shoplifting suspect

BLENDON, Ohio — Police in a Columbus suburb fatally shot a pregnant woman in an Ohio supermarket parking lot after she accelerated her car toward an officer, police officials said. Ta’Kiya Young, 21, of Columbus, died Thursday evening in Blendon. A supermarket employee told officers who were at the store...
Trump and 18 others charged in Georgia election case scheduled to be arraigned Sept. 6

ATLANTA — Former President Donald Trump and the 18 people indicted along with him in Georgia are scheduled to be arraigned next week on charges they participated in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election. All 19 defendants, including former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani...
U.S. Open filled with players making comebacks from retirement, pregnancy, injury

NEW YORK — Comebacks are nothing new in tennis. There’s quite a history of that sort of thing, including by stars such as Martina Navratilova, John McEnroe, Martina Hingis, Bjorn Borg, Kim Clijsters and Andy Murray. Perhaps that’s why so many fans of Serena Williams hold out hope she’ll return...
Poll: Biden widely seen as too old for office, but Trump has other problems

WASHINGTON — Americans actually agree on something in this time of raw discord: Joe Biden is too old to be an effective president in a second term. Only a few years his junior, Donald Trump raises strikingly less concern about his age. But they have plenty of other problems with...
Jacksonville killings refocus attention on city’s racist past and the struggle to move on

By some measures, the city was making strides to emerge from its racist past. But the killing of three Black people Saturday by a young, white shooter was a painful and startling reminder that the remnants of racism continue to fester in Jacksonville, Florida. What happened in Jacksonville, said longtime...
Pope says ‘backward’ U.S. conservatives have replaced faith with ideology

ROME — Pope Francis has blasted the “backwardness” of some conservatives in the U.S. Catholic Church, saying they have replaced faith with ideology and that a correct understanding of Catholic doctrine allows for change over time. Francis’ comments were an acknowledgment of the divisions in the U.S. Catholic Church, which...
Evacuation order finds few followers in northeastern Ukraine despite Russia’s push in region

KUPIANSK, Ukraine — The thunder of mortar fire echoes in the distance as 5-year old David approaches his mother with an innocent request: Can he play with the baseball bat a relative gave him as a gift? Valeria Pototska rolls her eyes and tells her son no for the umpteenth...
A Marine Osprey crashes during drills in Australia, killing 3 and injuring 20, some critically

CANBERRA, Australia — A United States Marine Corps aircraft with 23 Marines aboard crashed on a north Australian island Sunday, killing at least three and critically injuring at least five during a multinational training exercise, officials said. Three had been confirmed dead on Melville Island and five were flown in...

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