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BERLIN (AP) — A town in central Germany has voted in favor of letting all swimmers bathe topless at its four municipal pools.
German news agency dpa reported Friday that officials in Goettingen had initially permitted topless bathing on weekends after a person who identified as neither male nor female objected to being told to cover up last year.
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After two years of virtual and hybrid summits, the world will once again convene in New York this week for the U.N. General Assembly. The opening of the 77th session comes as the world — two years into the pandemic — is beset with crises on nearly every front. Among them: Russia’s war in Ukraine, inflation and economic instability, terrorism and ideological extremism, environmental degradation and devastating floods, droughts and fires. The high-level meeting opens Monday with a summit on education. Speeches from the scores of attending leaders will begin Tuesday and run through Monday, Sept. 26.
Former White House press secretary and Arkansas GOP gubernatorial candidate Sarah Sanders has been released from a hospital following surgery for thyroid cancer. Sanders spokesperson Judd Deere said Sanders was released Saturday and will recover at home. Sanders announced Friday that she underwent surgery to remove her thyroid and surrounding lymph nodes and planned to return to the campaign trail soon. Sanders served as former President Donald Trump’s chief spokeswoman until 2019. She faces Democratic nominee Chris Jones for governor in the solidly Republican state. Her father is former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Tropical Storm Fiona is expected to generate hurricane conditions in portions of Puerto Rico on Sunday, and possibly across the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Stillman College’s first female president, Cynthia Warrick, has announced plans to retire after leading the Tuscaloosa, Alabama-based historically Black college for five years. Stillman’s Board of Trustees has launched a national search for Warrick’s replacement and hopes to find her successor by the June 30, 2023, end of Warrick’s contract. The Tuscaloosa News reports Warrick was named Stillman’s seventh president in April 2017. Warrick was originally appointed as an interim president, but said the role began to feel like a mission she was called to fulfill. According to a news release, Warrick is leaving Stillman debt-free after $40 million in debt has been either paid off or forgiven. She says she's choosing to retire because she wants to spend more time with family.
Robert Lewandowski has shaken off his disappointing return to Bayern Munich by scoring twice to lead Barcelona to a 4-0 victory at home over 10-man Elche in the Spanish league. They were Lewandowski’s seventh and eighth goals in a five-round scoring streak and took his overall tally to 11 in eight games since he transferred to Barcelona from Bayern this summer. Elche defender Gonzalo Verdu earned a red card in the 15th minute for fouling Lewandowski with only the goalkeeper to beat. The easy win came after Xavi Hernández’s side suffered its only loss of the season when it fell at Bayern 2-0 in the Champions League this week.
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FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. (AP) — Holly Fussell’s face lights up when she talks about outdoor adventures available in and around Fayetteville and the New River Gorge.
Real Madrid forward Vinícius Júnior has called out the haters of his goal celebrations as racist and insists he will keep on dancing. Spanish sports talk shows have been discussing the appropriateness of his celebrations, and a commentator on television said he should stop “doing the monkey.” The Brazilian says in a video reply that dancing is part of his cultural expression and has cited other soccer players, Black and white, who enjoy doing so after scoring. It also comes after an Atlético Madrid player said “there will be trouble” if Vinícius dances after scoring in Sunday's Madrid derby. Vinícius says, “I am not going to stop dancing.”
The Oregon Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from 13 counties in a long-running $1 billion timber revenue lawsuit. The denial ends a six-year legal battle over forest management on 700,000 acres and is a victory for the state Department of Forestry and environmental groups. The counties gave forestland to the state decades ago and Oregon manages the land and funnels timber revenue to the counties. But 13 counties took Oregon to court, alleging the state was not maximizing logging on the forests. An appeals court this year overturned a $1.1 billion jury verdict against the state.
Clemson defensive tackle Bryan Bresee will miss Saturday night's game vs. Louisiana Tech after his sister Ella's death this past Thursday. Ella Bresee, 15, died of brain cancer. Bryan Bresee left after last Saturday's 35-12 win over Furman to be with his family and will remain with them at least through Ella's funeral service Tuesday in Maryland. Clemson's players wore T-shirts with the phrase, “Ella Strong” last week. Ella was to be honored at the game, but a setback in her condition led to her going to a hospital near her family's Maryland home.
Augsburg has stunned defending champion Bayern Munich in their Bavarian derby 1-0 in the Bundesliga. Bayern ended its three-game run without a win by losing for the first time this season. Borussia Dortmund’s 1-0 Ruhr derby win over Schalke has been overshadowed by a serious-looking injury to captain Marco Reus. Reus was taken off on a stretcher in tears after sustaining what looks like a bad ankle injury two months before the World Cup begins in Qatar. Bayer Leverkusen’s frustrating start to the season continued as Werder Bremen fought back to draw 1-1. Eintracht Frankfurt enjoyed a 3-1 win at Stuttgart with Japan midfielder Daichi Kamada setting up all three goals.
A riverboat casino in Louisiana’s capital city has been given approval to move onto land. News outlets report the Louisiana Gaming Control Board this week unanimously approved the casino’s request to move off of its aging gambling boat and into the casino’s atrium. There will be a 16,500-square-foot gaming floor in the atrium along the riverfront in downtown Baton Rouge as well as an oyster bar/bistro that will feature a pizza station, wine bar and bowling lanes. There will also be a 2,500-square-foot sportsbook and lounge. The $35 million project will create 200 new jobs. It is expected to start construction in April and be finished by May 2024.
Bills defensive tackles Ed Oliver and Tim Settle missed their third consecutive practice, leaving Buffalo potentially thin in the middle against running back Derrick Henry and the Tennessee Titans on Monday night. Coach Sean McDermott didn't rule out either of the players. Oliver hurt his ankle in a season-opening 31-10 win over the Los Angeles Rams on Sept. 8. Settle hasn't practiced this week due to a calf injury. Starting cornerback Dane Jackson returned to practice after missing the past two sessions with a knee injury.
Thiago Motta’s first match in charge of Bologna has ended in disappointment as his team hit the woodwork twice in a 1-0 defeat at home to fellow struggler Empoli in Serie A. Filippo Bandinelli’s second goal in as many matches was enough to give Empoli its first win of the season. Motta replaced the fired Siniša Mihajlović last week. Sampdoria is still seeking its first win of the Serie A season and visits Spezia later. Torino coach Ivan Juric returns after missing two matches with pneumonia as his squad hosts Sassuolo.
A court hearing has been set for Monday in Baltimore to consider a request from prosecutors to vacate the 2000 murder conviction of Adnan Syed, whose case was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.” The Baltimore Sun reports the matter will be heard at 2 p.m. in Baltimore Circuit Court. The development comes after Baltimore prosecutors filed a motion Wednesday saying a lengthy investigation had uncovered new evidence that could undermine the conviction of Syed. Syed was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee but has maintained his innocence for decades. "Serial” focused on the case and raised doubts about some of the evidence.
A court hearing has been set for Monday in Baltimore to consider a request from prosecutors to vacate the 2000 murder conviction of Adnan Syed, whose case was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.” The Baltimore Sun reports the matter will be heard at 2 p.m. in Baltimore Circuit Court. The development comes after Baltimore prosecutors filed a motion Wednesday saying a lengthy investigation had uncovered new evidence that could undermine the conviction of Syed. Syed was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee but has maintained his innocence for decades. "Serial” focused on the case and raised doubts about some of the evidence.
Yeshiva University has abruptly suspended student club activity in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision earlier this week that ordered the school to recognize for now an LGBTQ student group. In an email to students, university officials on Friday said that it “hold off on all undergraduate club activities while it immediately takes steps to follow the roadmap provided by the U.S. Supreme Court to protect YU’s religious freedom.” On Wednesday, the high court cleared the way for the LGBTQ group, YU Pride Alliance, to gain official recognition from the Jewish university in New York.
President Joe Biden heads to the United Kingdom to pay his respects to Queen Elizabeth II at a time of transition in US-UK relations, as both a new royal and a new prime minister are settling in. The rise of Prime Minister Liz Truss, who once called the US-UK relationship “special but not exclusive,” could mark a decidedly new chapter in the trans-Atlantic partnership on trade and more. Of high concern for Biden officials in the early going of Truss’s premiership is her backing of legislation that would shred parts of the post-Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland.
The long good-bye for Queen Elizabeth II is a reminder of a broader truth playing out with little fanfare across Britain: The nation is bidding farewell to the men and women who fought the country’s battles during World War II. The queen, who served as a mechanic and truck driver in the last months of the war, was a tangible link to the sailors, soldiers, airmen and others who signed up to do their bit in a conflict that killed 384,000 service personnel and 70,000 British civilians. But like the queen, even the youngest veterans of the war are now nearing their 100th birthdays. A steady stream of obituaries tells the story of a disappearing generation.
U.S.-backed Syrian fighters say they have concluded a 24-day sweep at a sprawling camp in northeast Syria housing tens of thousands of women and children linked to the Islamic State group. They said on Saturday that dozens of extremists were detained and weapons were confiscated in the operation at al-Hol camp, which began on Aug. 25. The U.S.-backed forces say they also uncovered IS sleeper cells preparing a new generation of militants. The statement by the Internal Security Forces says the operation was assisted by the U.S.-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces as well as members of the U.S.-led coalition.
Borussia Dortmund captain Marco Reus is again in danger of missing a major tournament for Germany. The 33-year-old Reus has been stretchered off in the first half of Dortmund’s Ruhr derby against Schalke with what looks like a serious ankle injury. Reus was in tears after bending his right ankle unnaturally in a challenge for the ball with a Schalke player. Germany coach Hansi Flick had included Reus for the upcoming games against Hungary and England and was counting on the attacking midfielder as a key member of his World Cup squad. The tournament starts in Qatar on Nov. 20. Reus has been plagued by injuries at inopportune times throughout his career. He missed Germany’s World Cup win in 2014 with an ankle injury.
Marseille midfielder Jordan Veretout has been called up for France’s Nations League matches as a replacement for the injured Boubacar Kamara, the day after Kamara had replaced Adrien Rabiot. Veretout made the last of his five international appearances last November in a World Cup qualifier. Kamara came off just before halftime in Aston Villa’s 1-0 win over Southampton in the English Premier League on Friday night, having failed to shake off an injury he sustained in a challenge moments earlier. France plays Austria on Sept. 22 and travels to Copenhagen three days later to take on Denmark. France is in last place in Group 1 and is at risk of relegation to the second tier of the Nations League.
A 6.6 magnitude earthquake has struck southeastern Taiwan on Saturday evening. There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake was at a depth of 10 kilometers or 6.2 miles. The epicenter was near Guanshan township in Taitung County, a flat terrain and rice-growing area. It has a population of about 8,500 people.
Iranian police have fired tear gas to disperse a protest rally in the country’s west following the funeral ceremony for a young woman who died while in police custody in Tehran earlier this week. The semi-official Fars news agency says protesters gathered on Saturday after the funeral for 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was arrested when the so-called “morality police” found fault with her headscarf. After riot police showed up and fired tear gas, the protesters dispersed. There was no immediate information about any injuries. The police say Amini died of a heart attack and have released closed circuit footage from the police station showing the moment she collapsed. A relative has said she had no history of heart disease.
Workers at composting companies in Colorado say they're seeing more trash contaminating the organic material they collect and fear the problem will worsen as communities expand their composting programs. Colorado Public Radio reports A1 organics, the state's largest compost recycler, has diverted about 25 to 30 semi-truck loads to landfills due to contamination over the last six weeks. Common culprits include adhesive fruit stickers and plastic knives, but glass bottles are especially problematic because small shards could pass through screening machines. Denver, which is poised to bolster its composting program, recently launched a campaign to teach people about proper composting.
This Date in Baseball, Sept. 18: Roger Clemens strikes out 20 batters
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The president of Kazakhstan has signed constitutional amendments that extend the presidential term to seven years and bring back the old name of the country’s capital. The changes are among political and economic reforms that President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has called for after violent protests rocked the country in January, killing more than 200 people. The unrest reflected widespread dismay with the country’s politics, which for over 30 years had been dominated by former President Nursultan Nazarbayev and his party. The amendments signed Saturday extend the presidential term to seven years from the current five, but also bar any president from running for a second term. The changes also rename the country’s capital, Nur-Sultan, back to Astana.
British Prime Minister Liz Truss took office less than two weeks ago, impatient to set her stamp on government. But the death of 96-year-old Queen Elizabeth II has ripped up Truss’s carefully laid plans. The monarch’s demise has put everyday politics in the U.K. on hold, forcing Truss to pause her plans. After the queen's state funeral on Monday, politics will return with a vengeance. Truss will outline her economic plans to combat soaring inflation, a plummeting national currency and skyrocketing energy bills — and face sharp questions from the opposition. She will also launch herself onto the world stage, travelling to New York to attend the U.N. General Assembly and holding crucial first talks with other world leaders.
A dilapidated villa outside Malta’s capital where a young Princess Elizabeth and her husband lived before she became queen has become a focal point of Malta’s remembrance of the late monarch. Flowers and wreaths have crowded the door of Villa Guardamangia, where Elizabeth and Prince Philip spent months at a time between 1949 and 1951, since the death of the woman who would go on to serve for 70 years as Queen Elizabeth II. Philip, a Royal Navy officer, was assigned to Malta in the early years of the couple’s marriage. . Unlike citizens of some other former British colonies, Maltese generally remember the monarch with respect and warmth.