By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — A group of lawmakers say proposed British rules aimed at cracking down on harmful online content should be beefed up with tougher measures. They include making it illegal to send unsolicited graphic images, requiring porn sites to ensure children can’t gain access and moving faster to
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business MGM Resorts International announced Monday that it’s selling the operations of The Mirage Hotel & Casino to Hard Rock International for $1.075 billion. The sale should provide $815 million in net cash proceeds, MGM said. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2022. “This announcement marks
Continue ReadingFRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Stars have placed goalie Anton Khudobin on waivers. The move could allow the club to send its 2020 Stanley Cup Final starter to the minors. Teams have until Tuesday afternoon to claim Khudobin. The 35-year-old is in the second year of a three-year contract that has an annual salary
Continue ReadingBy Christina Carrega, CNN A Texas businessman and three others accused of conspiring in a murder-for-hire kidnapping plot were arrested last week, the Justice Department said. Erik Charles Maund began emailing a woman in February 2020 with whom he’d had a prior relationship and made plans to see her when he’d visit Nashville later that
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Ya empezó el maratón Guadalupe-Reyes, ese periodo de días festivos que inicia el 12 de diciembre y termina el 6 de enero. Son días en que los mexicanos aprovechan las fiestas de fin de año, las posadas, los intercambios, las cenas de Navidad y Año Nuevo para entregarse a la
Continue ReadingBy NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer Roland Hemond, whose 70-year career in baseball included three Executive of the Year awards as general manager of the Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles, has died. He was 92. The Arizona Diamondbacks announced Hemond’s death Monday. Hemond was Chicago’s GM from 1970-85 and served in the same role
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Oregon has introduced Dan Lanning as its new head football coach. The Ducks hired Lanning from Georgia, where he had been the defensive coordinator. He replaces Mario Cristobal, who went last week to Miami. The 35-year-old will be a first-time head coach after spending the last four years
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Oregon has introduced Dan Lanning as its new head football coach. The Ducks hired Lanning from Georgia, where he had been the defensive coordinator. He replaces Mario Cristobal, who went last week to Miami. The 35-year-old will be a first-time head coach after spending the last four years
Continue ReadingSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The head of a teachers union says a fundraising event that featured teachers on their hands and knees fetching dollar bills between periods of a junior hockey league game in South Dakota should not have happened. The so-called “Dash For Cash” event in Sioux Falls Saturday night was a competition
Continue ReadingSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The head of a teachers union says a fundraising event that featured teachers on their hands and knees fetching dollar bills between periods of a junior hockey league game in South Dakota should not have happened. The so-called “Dash For Cash” event in Sioux Falls Saturday night was a competition
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — Aquí hay un vistazo a los tiroteos de la escuela primaria Sandy Hook en Newtown, Connecticut. El 14 de diciembre de 2012, seis adultos y 20 niños murieron por los disparos que hizo Adam Lanza, quien antes había matado a su madre, Nancy Lanza, en su casa. El atacante de Sandy Hook
Continue ReadingBy Ed Lavandera, Ashley Killough and Theresa Waldrop, CNN That Breeana Glisson and her two children are still alive after a tornado tore through Dawson Springs, Kentucky, on Friday night seems like a miracle. With tornado sirens wailing, Glisson wrapped her daughter, 2, and son, 4, in her arms in her bed — the most
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Happy snowy Monday, Central Oregon! The clouds will start to break up overnight Monday. Southerly winds will reduce to 5-10 mph. Lows will range from the single digits to the low’s 20s. Despite sunshine Tuesday, we will stay cold, with highs in the upper 20s to mid-30s. Clouds will thicken Tuesday night and bring snow
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN “I’ve been praying for somebody to save me, no one’s heroic … And my life don’t even matter, I know it, I know it … They say every life precious but nobody care about mine …” When American hip hop artist Logic sang his hit song “1-800-273-8255” on MTV’s Video Music
Continue ReadingBy WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Devin Bush says he’s still the same player he was before a knee injury cut short his 2020 season. Bush has struggled at times this fall for the Steelers, but says he’s made tremendous strides in his third NFL season. Bush had one
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The Deschutes National Forest said Monday it will close three Forest Service roads this week due to recent and expected snowfall.
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A New York state judge has been convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and making a false statement to a federal agent. The verdict against State Supreme Court Justice Sylvia Ash was returned Monday in Manhattan federal court. Ash was accused of taking steps over multiple months to obstruct an investigation
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A New York state judge has been convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and making a false statement to a federal agent. The verdict against State Supreme Court Justice Sylvia Ash was returned Monday in Manhattan federal court. Ash was accused of taking steps over multiple months to obstruct an investigation
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN As they swung from the skies, knocked out intergalactic super-villains and strutted away from an explosion with the perfect quip, we all probably thought the same thing: How would the Marvel superheroes fare in their old age? No? Well, a team of researchers in Australia did. An article published Monday in
Continue ReadingBy Ryan Nobles, Holmes Lybrand and Zachary Cohen, CNN William Walker, who was the top commander for Washington, DC’s National Guard and responsible for troop deployment in support of law enforcement overwhelmed on January 6, met Monday with the House select committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol, a source familiar with his appearance
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