BOSTON (AP) — The chief executive of a California liquor distribution company who authorities say paid $500,000 to get her son into college as a bogus athletic recruit was sentenced to six weeks’ imprisonment on Thursday. Marci Palatella was sentenced in Boston federal court after pleading guilty to a charge of conspiracy to conspiracy to
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods is getting ready to return to some form of competition and the early reports are encouraging. The father of Justin Thomas says he played with Woods last week. Mike Thomas says it was crazy how well and how far Woods was hitting it
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British horse racing’s champion jockey has relinquished his riding licence with immediate effect to focus on “rehabilitation” after two positive tests for alcohol at racecourses this year. Oisin Murphy says he will engage “fully with medical support” following an investigation by the British Horseracing Authority after it was made aware of a
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 riot interviewed former Department of Homeland Security official Ken Cuccinelli last week, he told CNN on Thursday. Cuccinelli said his interview lasted roughly four-and-a-half hours. The committee spent about 30 minutes asking Cuccinelli about what occurred on January 6, he said, and another
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Technology companies led stocks lower on Wall Street Thursday as investors weighed the implications of higher interest rates as the Federal Reserve prepares to begin raising rates next year to fight inflation. Traders were also considering other moves by global central banks. The Bank of England became the first central bank among
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — Este jueves falleció a sus 99 años Lucía Hiriart, viuda de Augusto Pinochet, confirmó su nieta Karina Pinochet en su cuenta de Twitter. Karina Pinochet dijo que Hiriart murió rodeada de familiares y seres queridos. Lucía Hiriart era hija del exministro Osvaldo Hiriart y se casó con Augusto Pinochet en
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates have hired former Milwaukee assistant Andy Haines as hitting coach. Haines replaces Rick Eckstein, who was fired in August. Haines spent the last three seasons as the hitting coach in Milwaukee before being let go in October. Haines joins one of the worst offensive teams in the major leagues.
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Adobe, Lennar fall; Accenture, Valero rise.
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Former NFL offensive lineman Len Hauss has died. He was 79. Hauss was a five-time Pro Bowl selection at center during a 14-year football career with Washington. He started every game over the last 13 seasons he was in the league. His daughter, Lana Hauss Snyder,
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press One photo shows a man lying on the beach of a Spanish enclave in northern Africa after swimming there from Morocco. Another image shows a group of migrants just rescued in the Mediterranean. Their eyes are filled with tentative hope. Or take a glimpse from above at the long dirt road
Continue ReadingBy RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has released a nearly $62 billion supplemental state budget plan that looks to increase spending on efforts related to homelessness, climate change and salmon recovery. The Democratic governor spent most of the week unveiling his priorities, which include a plan to
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court in New Orleans has upheld a federal ban on “bump stocks” — devices attached to semiautomatic firearms to let a shooter fire multiple rounds with a single trigger pull. The ban was instituted in 2019 by the Trump administration after a sniper
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court in New Orleans has upheld a federal ban on “bump stocks” — devices attached to semiautomatic firearms to let a shooter fire multiple rounds with a single trigger pull. The ban was instituted in 2019 by the Trump administration after a sniper
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA Board of Governors has agreed to accept the recommendations for a new constitution to govern college sports. The revised document will be voted on by the association’s full membership in January. Revising the constitution is the first phase in transferring governing power in college sports from the NCAA to its
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press U.S. health officials say most Americans should get the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines instead of the Johnson & Johnson shot. Thursday’s decision came after government advisers reviewed new safety data about rare but potentially life-threatening blood clots linked to J&J’s shot. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines don’t
Continue ReadingBy BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A congressional report says the federal agency overseeing the lease of the luxury hotel that Donald Trump’s family company runs in the nation’s capital failed to carry out its basic responsibilities. The report by a Democratic-run House committee says the General Services Administration never tracked the
Continue ReadingBy BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A congressional report says the federal agency overseeing the lease of the luxury hotel that Donald Trump’s family company runs in the nation’s capital failed to carry out its basic responsibilities. The report by a Democratic-run House committee says the General Services Administration never tracked the
Continue ReadingBy Maggie Fox, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its recommendations for Covid-19 vaccines Thursday to make clear that shots made by Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech are preferred over Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine. The new recommendation: “mRNA vaccines are preferred over the Janssen Covid-19 vaccine for the prevention of Covid-19 for those
Continue ReadingCNN, PFIZER, MODERNA, J&J By Maggie Fox, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its recommendations for Covid-19 vaccines Thursday to make clear that shots made by Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech are preferred over Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine. The new recommendation: “mRNA vaccines are preferred over the Janssen Covid-19 vaccine for the prevention
Continue ReadingBy Nick Valencia, Jaide Timm-Garcia and Melissa Alonso, CNN A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Mayfield Consumer Products on behalf of candle factory workers alleging they were told they would be fired if they left work ahead of last week’s deadly tornadoes. One of the tornadoes ripped into the Mayfield factory, killing at least
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