Offbeat | Police: High school coach lifted $40 from player’s wallet

A New Mexico football coach has been fired and faces criminal charges after authorities said a student used a cellphone video to capture the coach on video taking money from

The Buzz | Tokarczuk is first woman to be honored this year

Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk is the first woman this year to be awarded a Nobel Prize — although strictly speaking her prize is for 2018. The nine winners of this

Turkey presses Syrian assault as thousands flee the fighting

Turkey pressed its assault against U.S.-allied Kurdish forces in northern Syria yesterday for a second day, pounding the region with airstrikes and an artillery bombardment that raised columns of black

World Briefs

  CHINA-US President Donald Trump said he would meet at the White House today with the leader of the Chinese negotiating team now in Washington for the latest round of talks

Trump | White House and Democrats fight over rules for impeachment

The U.S. Constitution gives the House “the sole power of impeachment” — but it confers that authority without an instruction manual. Now comes the battle royal over exactly what it means. In

Kurds mobilize in Syria as Turkey poised for imminent attack

Warning of a “humanitarian catastrophe,” Syrian Kurdish forces who are allied with the United States issued a “general mobilization” call yesterday in northeastern Syria, along the border with Turkey, as

This Day in History | 1999 Millennium Wheel edges upwards

Thousands have assembled to watch a giant Ferris wheel move into position as the new landmark on the London skyline. The engineering feat has taken all weekend. The wheel now stands

Offbeat | Alec Baldwin falls for Statue of Liberty tour ‘scam’

Alec Baldwin says he fell for a “scam” Statue of Liberty tour. The actor shared his experience on Instagram Sunday. He says he bought $40 tickets for a boat tour of

Clint Eastwood’s ‘Richard Jewell’ gets AFI Fest premiere

Clint Eastwood’s film “Richard Jewell” is having its world premiere at the AFI Fest in Los Angeles in November. The American Film Institute announced this week that the film had been

‘Big Bang Theory’ gets shout out to Nobel Prize announcement

Life imitated when “The Big Bang Theory” — the American TV sitcom, not the scientific explanation for how the universe began — entered the annals of Nobel Prize history. The announcement

The Buzz | China demands US lift tech curbs, will ‘safeguard’ interests

China demanded Washington lift sanctions on Chinese tech companies and warned yesterday it will “resolutely safeguard” the country’s interests. The Ministry of Commerce criticized curbs imposed on sales of U.S. technology

Three win Nobel in Chemistry for work on lithium-ion batteries

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry yesterday for their work developing lithium-ion batteries, which have reshaped energy storage and transformed cars, mobile phones and many other devices —

World Briefs

THAILAND A court commuted a Taiwanese man’s sentence for smuggling heroin to life imprisonment after sentencing him to death. The Bangkok Criminal Court official confirmed that 38-year-old Chen Kuan Lin

UK says chances of Brexit deal slim; EU chides ‘blame game’

Britain and the European Union traded bad-tempered barbs yesterday, as the chances of a Brexit deal appeared to fade, with just over three weeks until the U.K.’s scheduled departure from

3 win Nobel Prize in Physics for work to understand cosmos

A Canadian-American cosmologist and two Swiss scientists won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics yesterday for their work in understanding how the universe has evolved from the Big Bang and

This Day in History | 1967 – Che Guevara ‘shot dead’

Marxist revolutionary Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara has reportedly been killed during a battle between army troops and guerillas in the Bolivian jungle. A statement issued by the commander of the Eighth Bolivian

Offbeat | Police: Power tool used to vandalize ‘America’s Stonehenge’

Police in New Hampshire say it appears someone used a power tool to vandalize a stone at group of rock configurations called America’s Stonehenge. The vandalism was reported to the Salem

Mike Tyson is ready to talk your ears off about MMA

The former heavyweight champion is set to join the Professional Fighters League as host of the new series “Mike Tyson’s New Fight Game: The PFL,” which will debut this week

The Buzz | Macau to launch first scientific satellite project

The Macau University of Science and Technology, together with the Macau SAR Government, the Liaison Office of the Central Government in Macau and the China National Space Administration (CNSA), will

Portugal’s Socialists win election, now eye alliances

Portugal’s Socialist Party had little time to savor its general election victory, as tough negotiations for parliamentary support loomed and the economy braces for leaner times. The center-left Socialists won Sunday’s

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