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by Alex Veiga Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook is asking a U.S. appeals court to reject the Trump administration’s latest bid to remove her from her post ahead of the central bank’s next vote on interest rates. In a filing with the court Saturday, attorneys on behalf of Cook asked the court to refuse an emergency request by the Trump administration for a stay of a lower court ruling that would clear the way for President Donald Trump to remove Cook from the Federal Reserve’s board of governors. Lawyers for Cook argue that the Trump administration has not shown sufficient…

by Christine Fernando and Rebecca Santana CHICAGO  — A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a suspect who tried to evade arrest Friday in a Chicago suburb by driving his car at officers and dragging one of them, officials said. The shooting outside the city follows days of threats by the Trump administration to surge immigration enforcement in the nation’s third-largest city and less than a week into an operation labeled “Midway Blitz” by federal officials targeting the so-called sanctuary policies in Chicago and Illinois. The Department of Homeland Security said in a news release that the officer…

by Emeka Obasi Memories of Peter Rufai remain with Cameroonians after the late goalkeeper stunned president Ahmadou Ahidjo right inside the national stadium named after their leader in Mfandena, Yaounde, in a 1981 African Winners Cup game. In the first leg of the finals, Dodo Mayana, in goal for Stationery Stores, Lagos remained unbeaten and shocked the crowd when he saved  Union Douala skipper, Francois Doumbe Lea’s penalty kick. The game ended goalless. That was the first time the hosts failed to score at home in that year’s competition which they eventually won. Multilinguist and Veteran Journalist, Tunde Ogunnoiki who…

by Alan Suderman President Donald Trump’s administration renewed its request Sunday for a federal appeals court to let him fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s board of governors, a move the president is seeking ahead of the central bank’s vote on interest rates. The Trump administration filed a response just ahead of a 3 p.m. Eastern deadline Sunday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, arguing that Cook’s legal arguments for why she should stay on the job were meritless. Lawyers for Cook argued in a Saturday filing that the Trump administration has not shown…

by Larry Lage DETROIT  — Jared Goff threw for 334 yards and matched a career high with five touchdown passes, including a career-high three scores to Amon-Ra St. Brown, to help the Detroit Lions bounce back with a 52-21 win over the Chicago Bears on Sunday. The Lions (1-1) dropped the opener at Green Bay and responded as they have consistently under coach Dan Campbell, avoiding consecutive losses in the regular season over the last 2 1/2 years. The Bears (0-2) turned the ball over twice in the first half, leading to a 28-14 deficit that was too large to…

by Nicholas Riccardi A federal judge on Saturday said it appeared the Trump administration was making an “end run” around U.S. court orders prohibiting five African immigrants to be deported to their home countries by sending them first to Ghana, which was poised to then relocate them to countries where they could face torture or death. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan ordered the government to detail Saturday night how it was trying to ensure Ghana would not send the immigrants elsewhere in violation of domestic court orders. One of the plaintiffs has already been shipped from Ghana to his native…

by Eddie Pells TOKYO  — Steeplechaser Tim Van de Velde looked behind him and saw a fellow competitor gingerly crawling over the last barrier on a 3,000-meter journey that went terribly wrong for both. The Belgian’s hopes for a top finish already long crushed, he turned around, put an arm around stumbling Carlos San Martin and helped him limp in to the finish. That show of sportsmanship Saturday between the 10th- and 11th-place finishers in an otherwise routine qualifying race might very well have been the highlight of a busy opening night at track and field world championships, even on…

by Larry Lage DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions, favorites to win the last Super Bowl before flopping in the playoffs, are suddenly on shaky ground in the eyes of some NFL observers. Dan Campbell gets it. “That’s where the standards are at now,” said Campbell, who is in his fifth season as Detroit’s coach. “That’s the nature of what we’re in right now. That’s a good thing. That means we’ve risen above what we were at one time. “That’s our world, but I know that if we felt that way and acted that way, we’d be in trouble.” Detroit…

by Misper Apawu ACCRA, Ghana — While fantasy coffins have been common among the Ga people of Accra, Ghana, they are becoming a widespread practice offering a colorful alternative to simple wooden boxes. Each piece is crafted not just to bury the deceased, but to embody the essence of their life. They can be so colorful that they can make dying seem attractive. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

by Sara Cline BATON ROUGE, La.— A series of reported threats toward historically Black colleges and universities across the U.S. on Thursday led to lockdown orders, canceled classes and heightened security. Authorities did not elaborate on the type of threats that were made and no injuries have been reported. The FBI told The Associated Press that they are taking the “hoax threat calls“ seriously and that there is “no information to indicate a credible threat.” Although lockdowns have since been lifted, schools that received the threats continue to act with an abundance of caution. In an era of mass shootings…