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SUTTER CREEK, Calif. — The stadium lights blazed onto the brand new turf and the varsity football players braced themselves for the struggles and triumphs of the game ahead.
Then, just moments before the match between Amador High, a mostly white school perched in the foothills southeast of Sacramento, and Rosemont High, a largely Black and Latino school tucked into the city's industrial eastern fringe, Amador officials abruptly called it off. Everyone would have to leave. And to make sure they departed safely, the police department in the bucolic tourist town of Sutter Creek had called in reinforcements from the Amador County sheriff's department and other agencies.
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President Joe Biden’s executive action pardoning Americans with federal convictions for simple marijuana possession will benefit thousands of people by making it easier for them to find housing, get a job or apply to college. However, it does nothing to help the hundreds of thousands of mostly Black and Hispanic Americans still burdened by state convictions for marijuana-related offenses. That's why advocates for reforming the nation’s drug laws are hopeful that Biden’s pardons lead state lawmakers to pardon and expunge minor drug offenses from people’s records. After all, they say, dozens of states have already decriminalized cannabis and legalized it for a multibillion-dollar recreational and medicinal use industry that is predominantly white-owned.
An Oregon man known as the “jogger rapist” is set to be released from prison in mid-December after serving nearly 36 years behind bars, almost all of his sentence. Richard Gillmore admitted to raping nine girls in the Portland area in the 1970s and 80s but was only convicted in one case because of the statute of limitations. Gillmore was called the “jogger rapist” because he staked out victims as he ran by their homes. KOIN, which first reported his release, said he will remain under supervision until 2034. The Oregonian reports that he will be released as a low-level sex offender, angering some of his victims, who believe he should receive a higher level sex offender classification.
Dimitri Payet’s milestone goal couldn’t stop Marseille losing its unbeaten record in the French league to lowly Ajaccio by 2-1. The French playmaker notched his 100th league goal with the opener from the penalty spot in the 15th minute after Ajaccio defender Cedric Avinel handled the ball. Payet has found the net in Ligue 1 previously with Nantes, Saint-Etienne and Lille. He's also the first current player to have at least 100 goals and 100 assists in the league. But Ajaccio ruined Payet’s party.
Jason Bean took over at quarterback to start the second half for Kansas after Jalon Daniels left the 19th-ranked Jayhawks’ game against No. 17 TCU with an apparent injury to his right shoulder. Daniels was hurt as Jamoi Hodge sacked him with 41 seconds left in the first half. He went to the locker room for treatment on his throwing shoulder. He was on the sideline in street clothes in the second half with his right arm in a sling. Bean threw touchdown passes on two of the Jayhawks' first two series of the second half to take a 17-10 lead.
A fire that ripped through significant parts of Chile's Easter Island this week has caused what authorities say is permanent damage to some of its iconic carved stone figures known as moai. The high temperature of the forest fire accelerated the process through which the stone carvings will eventually turn into sand, according to the mayor of the island locally known as Rapa Nui. Mayor Pedro Edmunds Paoa says the damage is “irreparable and immeasurable as well.” The Chilean island that lies in the middle of the Pacific Ocean has some 800 moais, half of which are inside the Rano Raraku volcano.
Brahim Díaz scored a stunning solo goal to help defending champion AC Milan beat Juventus 2-0 in Serie A. Díaz made his mark nine minutes after the break when he netted after racing forward from inside his own half. Fikayo Tomori had given Milan the lead on the stroke of halftime with only his second league goal for the club. Milan moved level on points at the top of the table with Atalanta and Napoli. They play on Sunday. Juventus slipped to eighth after Inter Milan beat Sassuolo 2-1. Edin Džeko scored twice in that game to take his tally to 101 Serie A goals.
Victims of a quick series of stabbings on the Las Vegas Strip are describing the shock and horror of the unexpected attack on a group of showgirls and others outside a casino that left two people dead and six injured. Police arrested 32-year-old Yoni Barrios after a short chase blocks from where they say he attacked four showgirls Thursday and ended up stabbing eight people. Prosecutors say he’ll be charged with two counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder. One of the showgirls who's been released from the hospital told KLAS-TV she couldn't believe what was happening. She says she started running and yelling, “He has a knife!"
LOS ANGELES — The omicron subvariant BA.2.75.2 — a newer coronavirus strain some scientists fear could be problematic — has arrived in Los Angeles County.
South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters, the latest in a barrage of weapons tests in recent days. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says the launch was made early Sunday but gave no further details like how far the weapon flew. The Japanese government also says North Korea has fired a possible ballistic missile. The launch is the North’s sixth round of weapons tests in two weeks and came hours after the United States and South Korea wrapped a new round of naval drills off the Korean Peninsula’s east coast.
Abortion bans in Arizona and Ohio were temporarily put on hold by judges, allowing procedures in the states to continue while the nonprofit Planned Parenthood challenges the new restrictions in court.
Justin Verlander will start Game 1 of the American League Division Series for the Houston Astros. It was a forgone conclusion that the AL Cy Young Award frontrunner would start that game, but manager Dusty Baker made it official Saturday. The Astros worked out Saturday at Minute Maid Park with an extended break as they wait to play the winner of the wild-card series between Toronto and Seattle. He said they hadn’t yet set their rotation past their playoff opener because they don’t yet know the opponent.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Julia is expected to become a hurricane later Saturday, according to the National Hurricane Center.
President Vladimir Putin’s flagship bridge to Crimea was severely damaged in a blast that hit a fuel train and caused the partial collapse of the only road link running from the Russian mainland to the Black Sea peninsula that Moscow annexed in 2014.
South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters.
NASCAR says it had a productive test of its new car and promised drivers that solutions to some of their safety concerns should be implemented by next season. NASCAR’s top leadership held a 75-minute meeting ahead of Saturday’s practice at Charlotte Motor Speedway. They say they expect a new rear clip, rear bumper structure and center section on next year’s Next Gen car. Drivers have complained all season they feel the force from routine crashes more than before.
Florida documents show officials began planning to transport migrants to other states in July and told potential contractors their task would be to relocate them on a voluntary basis. The documents released Friday night to The Associated Press and other news organizations provide new details about the program that culminated in the Sept. 14 flight of 48 mostly Venezuelan migrants from San Antonio, Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. The flight has spawned an investigation by a Texas sheriff and two lawsuits amid criticism that the program was a political stunt by Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to appeal to his conservative base.
MADRID (AP) - Results from Spanish football:
Ángel Correa has scored twice and Jan Oblak has made a pair of big saves to lead Atlético Madrid’s 2-1 home win over Girona in the Spanish league. Atlético next faces a rematch in the Champions League with Club Brugge after the Belgian side stunned it 2-0 this week. Correa scored in the fifth and 48th minutes before Rodrigo Riquelme pulled one back for Girona in the 66th. Oblak then made two diving saves to keep long-range shots by Aleix García out of his net. Almería also struck three times in the first half to ease to a 3-1 win over Rayo Vallecano.
Michigan running game coordinator Mike Hart was carted off the field on a backboard during the first quarter of Saturday's game at Indiana. It was unclear what happened to Hart, who wound up on the ground after Indiana made the extra point to tie the score at 7 with 4:57 to go in the quarter. Michigan's players cleared the bench and many dropped to one knee as trainers worked on Hart. Hoosiers coach Tom Allen walked across the field to see Hart, who previously served on Indiana's coaching staff.
Bournemouth’s prospective new owner Bill Foley watched from the stands as the club mounted a second-half comeback to beat struggling Leicester 2-1 in the English Premier League. The American businessman is reportedly close to completing a 120 million pound takeover from owner Maxim Denim and was on hand at Vitality Stadium to watch quickfire goals from Philip Billing and Ryan Christie seal the win. Leicester forward Patson Daka looked set to spoil the occasion for the south-coast side by giving the Foxes a 10th-minute lead. But Brendan Rodgers’ team paid a heavy price for a string of defensive errors as it missed a chance to move out of the relegation zone.
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND (AP) - Results from Scotch football:
Two-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar has edged Enric Mas to successfully defend his title at Il Lombardia. Pogačar outsprinted Mas at the end of the 253-kilometer route from Bergamo to Como to claim victory in the final one-day classic of the season. It was his 16th victory of the season and 46th in his career. Mikel Landa was third. It was also the final race for Grand Tour champions Alejandro Valverde and Vincenzo Nibali. Nibali is one of only seven cyclists to have won all three Grand Tours and the Italian was loudly cheered throughout the race.
Joe Haden has a formal NFL retirement date. The three-time Pro Bowl cornerback tells The Associated Press he is planning to sign a one-day contract with Cleveland on October 30 so he can retire as a member of the team that drafted him in 2007. The Browns will honor Haden a day later during their game against Cincinnati. Haden headlined the University of Florida’s 2022 Hall of Fame class that includes Olympic sprinter Jeff Demps, swimmer Conor Dwyer, softball player Michelle Moultrie, basketball forward Chandler Parsons, triple jumper Christian Taylor, catcher Mike Zunino, tennis coach Steve Beeland and AD Jeremy Foley.
Christian Pulisic made the most of a rare start by scoring in a 3-0 win for Chelsea over Wolverhampton to cap a good week for new manager Graham Potter. The American forward was handed just his second English Premier League start this season and made it 2-0 with a delicate chip in the 49th minute at Stamford Bridge. Kai Havertz headed home a cross from Mason Mount on the stroke of halftime after Chelsea dominated the opening period. Armando Broja added the third in the 89th for his first Chelsea goal. Wolves are without a manager after Bruno Lage’s sacking and fell to a third straight loss.
Erling Haaland has scored his 20th goal in just 13 games this season as Manchester City routed Southampton 4-0 to lead the English Premier League. Haaland extended his scoring streak to 10 straight games in all competitions by netting the fourth goal in the 65th minute for City. Joao Cancelo, Phil Foden and Riyad Mahrez had already scored by the time the Norwegian finally found the net in the second half. Southampton has lost four straight games and manager Ralph Hasenhuttl is facing increasing pressure after another disappointing performance.
American forward Josh Sargent scored his seventh goal of the season for Norwich in a 3-2 loss at home to Preston North End in England’s second tier League Championship. American defender Auston Trusty scored his first two goals for Birmingham in a 3-0 win over visiting Bristol City. Sargent is second in the League Championship in scoring, one goal behind Luton’s Óscar Estupiñán. Sargent is competing for forward spots on the U.S. roster with Jesús Ferreira, Ricardo Pepi, Jordan Pefok and Brandon Vazquez. Trusty scored in the third and 43rd minutes for Birmingham.
Russian authorities on Friday declared a popular rapper and writer, as well as one of Russia's most prominent feminists, to be “foreign agents”, a legal designation widely seen as part of the Kremlin's efforts to stifle critical voices. Oxxxymiron, a dual Russian-British national whose real name is Miron Fyodorov, was added to the register alongside science-fiction author Dmitry Glukhovsky and Alyona Popova, who has headed the Russian campaign for legislation to protect victims of domestic violence. Both Fyodorov and Glyukhovsky have voiced strong opposition to Moscow's ongoing war in Ukraine, with a Moscow court in June ordering Glukhovsky's arrest in absentia on the charge of “discrediting the Russian army.”
The U.S. Soccer Federation has received three new reports of misconduct in women's soccer. The organization's president, Cindy Parlow Cone, told CNN of the new cases on Friday. The new cases came after an independent investigation final report this week by former acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Q. Yates detailed systemic emotional abuse and sexual misconduct in the National Women’s Soccer League. Parlow Cone didn't provide details of the new misconduct cases to CNN. She says the U.S. Center for SafeSport and other authorities have been made aware of the new reports.
Several hundred people have joined an LGBTQ pride march in Montenegro that was held amid strong opposition from the influential Serbian Orthodox Church in the small conservative Balkan country. Montenegro’s 10th ever pride event on Saturday was dubbed “No more ’buts,” reflecting demands that more be done to stem hate speech and harassment of LGBTQ community despite huge steps that have been made in the past years. Montenegro is highly a conservative and male-dominated society and initial pride marches here were marred with violence. As the country seeks European Union membership, authorities have backed pride events in recent years and approved same-sex partnerships in 2020.
Erling Haaland scored again as Manchester City routed Southampton 4-0 to provisionally go top of the Premier League. Haaland netted his 15th league goal of the season in the 65th minute to take his remarkable scoring streak to 10 straight games in all competitions. Chelsea kept up its recent momentum under Graham Potter by beating manager-less Wolverhampton 3-0 at Stamford Bridge. Newcastle climbed provisionally up to fifth place with a 5-1 win over Brentford and Bournemouth came from behind to beat Leicester 2-1 at home.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league is prepared "to make a change or two” to its concussion protocol amid questions about the handling of Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s recent injuries. Goodell spoke at a fan forum in London on Saturday. He did not cite Tagovailoa by name and did not speak to the media. The NFL did not elaborate on what the potential protocol changes are or when they could take effect. The NFL Players Association urged the league Friday to implement changes in time to protect players in this weekend’s games.
Novak Djokovic survived a second-set tiebreaker in the Astana Open semifinals and shortly after his opponent Daniil Medvedev retired with a leg injury. Djokovic advanced at 4-6, 7-6 (6). Djokovic says Medvedev told him he “pulled an adductor muscle in his leg.” The Serb will play third-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas in Sunday’s final. Tsitsipas rallied to beat fifth-seeded Andrey Rublev 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
A day after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize with fellow human rights campaigners from Belarus and Russia, the head of the Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties praised the work of her fellow laureates but cautioned against lumping the three together in a Cold War-like narrative. Oleksandra Matviychuk at a press conference on Saturday in Kyiv said she does not see the Nobel prize “as a Soviet narrative about brotherhood nations.” She said it is "about fighting against a common enemy.” Matviychuk’s comments came a day after many in Ukraine voiced mixed reactions to the Nobel Committee’s decision to award the prize to her organization along with imprisoned Belarus activist Ales Bialiatski and Russian group, Memorial.
Xabi Alonso has steered Bayer Leverkusen to just its second Bundesliga win of the season by 4-0 against visiting Schalke in his top-level coaching debut. Moussa Diaby scored one goal and set up two more for Leverkusen to move out of the relegation zone. It was their first league win since the end of August. Former midfielder Alonso was appointed on Wednesday when Leverkusen fired Gerardo Seoane. Bochum has won its first game of the season by 3-0 at home over Eintracht Frankfurt. Mainz held Leipzig to 1-1 and Wolfsburg drew at Augsburg 1-1.