By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Hawaii state senator and a state representative took bribes including cash, hotel rooms and casino chips in exchange for shaping legislation that would benefit a company involved in publicly financed cesspool conversion projects. Prosecutors say J. Kalani English, who
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — European scientists have taken a significant step closer to mastering a technology that could allow them to one day harness nuclear fusion, providing a clean and almost limitless source of energy. British officials said Wednesday that researchers at the Joint European Torus experiment near Oxford managed to produce a record amount of
Continue ReadingBy ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Top lawmakers say Democrats and Republicans have finally agreed on a framework for overall defense and domestic spending for this year. Their accord opens the door to work on detailed bills deciding how the government will spend well above $1 trillion on everything from Army tanks to
Continue ReadingBy TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has taken the witness stand in her defamation lawsuit against The New York Times. She testified for only about 20 minutes at the end of the day Wednesday at a civil trial in federal court in Manhattan. It was only enough
Continue ReadingBy DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Jury selection is moving swiftly in the trial of a former Kentucky police officer involved in the botched drug raid that left Breonna Taylor dead. Brett Hankison’s attorney had expressed concerns that intense publicity would make it hard to seat a jury in Taylor’s hometown of
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Uber’s ride-hailing service edged closer to returning to its pre-pandemic levels during the final three months of last year. But prospects for the San Francisco-based company remain clouded by the future direction of the novel coronavirus that has plagued its business. Its fourth-quarter results
Continue ReadingMANCHESTER, England (AP) — Riyad Mahrez scored for the seventh straight game for Manchester City in its 2-0 win over Brentford that moved the Premier League champions into a 12-point lead. Kevin De Bruyne also netted for the fourth home game in succession in the league as City extended its unbeaten run to 14 matches
Continue ReadingHARRISON, N.J. (AP) — Caden Clark’s switch to RB Leipzig is being delayed. The 18-year-old American midfielder was loaned to the New York Red Bulls for the 2022 Major League Soccer season by sister club RB Leipzig. The deal includes an option to extend. Clark signed with the German club in June, agreeing to a
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection has subpoenaed former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, seeking to question an ally of former President Donald Trump who promoted false claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election. The committee is demanding information and testimony from Navarro,
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection issued a subpoena Wednesday to Peter Navarro, former President Donald Trump’s one-time trade adviser who following the US Capitol riot has consistently defended efforts to overturn the election. Navarro is just the latest former Trump official to
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A new task force will look into how to improve the safety at large Houston-area events in the hopes of avoiding another tragedy like last year’s deadly Astroworld music festival. Mayor Sylvester Turner said Wednesday that the task force will review possible safety upgrades, look at
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Tower Coffee, a next-generation craft coffee roasting industry pioneer, and Shepherd’s House Ministries, a 501(c)3 nonprofit serving Central Oregon and beyond by fostering lasting life-change for men and women impacted by trauma, addiction and homeless, announced a partnership Wednesday to provide a sustainable perennial development campaign.
Continue ReadingBy TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer A theme-park comeback continued to help Disney’s results recover in the most recent quarter. The company also added more subscribers to its Disney+ streaming service than analysts expected. Disney had closed or limited capacity at its theme parks and suspended cruises earlier in the pandemic. Domestic parks have reopened,
Continue ReadingBy ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer Zac Taylor texted Sean McVay after the Los Angeles Rams acquired Von Miller from the Denver Broncos in a midseason trade. Not to congratulate him. To thank him. The Bengals had a trip to Denver coming up in December and Cincinnati’s head coach was grateful he wouldn’t have
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In the men’s 20km individual medal ceremony, France’s Quentin Fillon Maillet takes gold, Belarus’s Anton Smolski of Belarus receives silver, and Norway’s Johanne Thingnes Boe brings home bronze.
Continue ReadingBy WJZ Staff Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday presented a citation to Cpl. Annette Goodyear, the North East police officer who was working as a crossing guard when she saved a child from an oncoming car and was hit herself. Cecil County Executive Danielle Hornberger
Continue ReadingBy Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Disney+ regained some of its magic on Wednesday with subscriber totals that exceeded Wall Street’s expectations. The streaming service now has 129.8 million subscribers, a gain of nearly 12 million in the company’s fiscal first quarter. Those results beat expectations and were a rebound for the media company after a
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La Casa Blanca aprobó un plan del Pentágono para que los casi 2.000 soldados de EE.UU. en Polonia ayuden a los estadounidenses que puedan tratar de evacuar Ucrania si Rusia invade, según dos funcionarios estadounidenses familiarizados con el asunto. Las fuerzas estadounidenses actualmente no están autorizadas a ingresar a Ucrania si
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks closed broadly higher on Wall Street Wednesday, putting the market further into the green for the week after a solid gain a day earlier. Technology and communications stocks led the way higher. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note held steady at 1.95%, the highest it’s been since before the pandemic
Continue ReadingStocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Chipotle, Paycom rise; CVS, New Relic fall.
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