MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — All-Pro Jalen Ramsey and the Miami Dolphins have agreed on a three-year, $72.3 million contract extension, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Friday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team had not announced the agreement. NFL Network first reported the deal
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Sergio Mendes, the Brazilian Grammy-winning musician whose hit “Mas Que Nada” made him a global legend, has died after months battling the effects of long COVID. He was 83. The death Thursday of the Brazilian pianist, songwriter, and arranger was confirmed in a statement by his family. “His wife and
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Foreign business chambers have been warning for weeks that a proposed overhaul of Mexico’s judiciary , that would make judges stand for election, will hurt foreign businesses and endanger investment in Mexico. And President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum has spent weeks trying to calm those fears , saying it’s simply a pro-democracy measure.
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization launched on Friday a continent-wide response plan to the outbreak of mpox, three weeks after WHO declared outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency . The estimated budget for the six-month plan is almost $600 million, with
A woman who was allegedly drugged by her now ex-husband so that she could be raped by other men while unconscious testified Thursday that her world collapsed when police uncovered the years of alleged abuse. A woman who was allegedly drugged by her now ex-husband so that she could be raped by other men while
There’s an army taking to Mexico City’s streets — The Tree Army. Founder, Arturo Hernández, cruises the city on his skateboard looking for acts of tree vandalism that can range from illegal cutting to people pouring concrete on a tree’s roots. (AP Video by Julián Trejo Bax) There’s an army taking to Mexico City’s streets
More than two months after Hurricane Beryl, the strongest July Atlantic hurricane on record, some farmers in Jamaica are still unable to restore their crops and repair their homes. It’s a particular burden on female farmers, who make up one-third of the country’s registered farmers and are often heads of household caring for multiple generations.
PARIS (AP) — The city of Paris wants to honor the late Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei by naming a sports venue after her. The proposal was announced by city mayor Anne Hidalgo on Friday and will be discussed by elected city officials in October. Cheptegei died on Thursday at a Kenyan hospital where she
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Vistara airline flight en route to Germany made a forced landing in Turkey on Friday following a bomb threat, a Turkish official said. Flight UK27 from Mumbai to Frankfurt, with 247 passengers and crew on board, landed at Erzurum airport, in eastern Turkey, Gov. Mustafa Ciftci told the state-run Anadolu
CROSS KEYS, Jamaica (AP) — Alance Wisdom got inside her home just in time to watch the ceiling of her front room collapse. As the rain rushed in, a violent wind ripped at the roof, piece by piece. “Everything just fell,” Wisdom, 79, said of the day Hurricane Beryl, the strongest July Atlantic hurricane on
