By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — California lawyer Michael Avenatti has been convicted by a jury on charges that he cheated porn actor Stormy Daniels out of nearly $300,000 she was supposed to get for writing a book about an alleged tryst with former President Donald Trump. The verdict
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN In a rare public rebuke,Kim Kardashian has pushed back on estranged husband Kanye West’s posting about their daughter North being on TikTok. On Friday the rap mogul, who now goes by “Ye,” posted a screen grab on his verified Instagram account of their eight-year-old on TikTok. “Since this is my
Continue ReadingBy Diane Pathieu Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — A man has been charged after a grandmother was killed by a stray bullet in a shootout in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood, police said. On Tuesday afternoon, Chicago police said there was a verbal altercation between Victor Brown, 34, a security guard at
Continue ReadingBy NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The first day of medals at the Beijing Olympics could be the start of another Norwegian gold rush. Aleksander Aamodt Kilde is among the favorites in the men’s downhill, which is one of the marquee events of NBC’s prime-time coverage Saturday. Fellow Norwegian Terese Johaug looks
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo only needed one album to earn her the title of Billboard’s 2022 Woman of the Year, landing her in the same company as Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga. The former teen actor turned pop star will be honored as the 2022 Woman of the
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Forget mystery meat or cheese pizza. Instead, chickpea wraps and veggie tacos will be on the menu for New York City public school students as the nation’s largest school district shifts to “Vegan Fridays” in school cafeterias. The move was pushed by the city’s new
Continue ReadingIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss the Hawkeyes’ home game against Minnesota on Sunday. Assistant Billy Taylor will be serve as the acting head coach in McCaffery’s absence. Iowa has lost three of its last four games. The Hawkeyes’ game at Ohio
Continue ReadingLIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane won’t have much time to celebrate, lament or rest after the African Cup of Nations final. The Liverpool teammates are due back in time for the team’s next English Premier League game on Thursday when the squad renews its pursuit of league-leading Manchester City. Liverpool manager
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El Gobierno de Colombia presentó este jueves una estrategia contra los laboratorios de droga que será incluida en la nueva iniciativa antinarcóticos, denominada “Esmeralda”. Entre las acciones, el ministro de Defensa, Diego Molano, destacó la intervención al “cibernarcotráfico”. Explicó que en los laboratorios se concentra la productividad y donde “más
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La película “Moonfall” sigue una órbita familiar hacia el ridículo, ya que la última epopeya de desastres del director Roland Emmerich es ruidosa, apresurada y sin ataduras a la lógica, así como a la gravedad. Aunque algunos pueden divertirse sucumbiendo a las tonterías, esta luna mala no llega ni siquiera al
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY and KEN SWEET Associated Press Propelled in part by the wildly contagious omicron variant, the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has hit 900,000, less than two months after eclipsing 800,000. The number of deaths, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is more than the populations of Indianapolis, San Francisco, or Charlotte, North
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer A handful of states and schools with powerhouse football programs are already considering changing the rules around college athlete endorsements to make sure they don’t lose out on elite talent. They aren’t trying to tighten the rules. They’re instead starting to strip them away in the sprint to keep
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Republican inquiry into Pennsylvania’s 2020 presidential election spurred on by former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud has spawned several court cases as it expands, grows in cost and shows signs it will drag well into 2022. The state Supreme Court has, for
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Business) — Rotterdam evalúa una solicitud para desmantelar parte de un puente histórico y así permitir que un superyate, que supuestamente pertenece al fundador de Amazon Jeff Bezos, salga el astillero donde se está construyendo. La ciudad holandesa recibió la solicitud de un constructor naval local para eliminar la sección central
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock and Coy Wire, CNN At just 10 years old, Nathan Chen predicted in a national TV interview that he would make the 2018 US Winter Olympic figure skating team. So began a relentless pursuit of victories an a laser focus that culminated in the realization of his own forecast in PyeongChang. Yet
Continue ReadingCNN By Ben Morse, CNN There were four gold medals up for grabs on Monday at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Here’s a breakdown of who is taking home gold for their delegations on Day 10 of the Games. Bobsled Women’s monobob: Kaillie Humphries, USA Figure Skating Ice dance: Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, France
Continue ReadingBy Shawna Mizelle, CNN Several establishment Republicans, including 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney, are publicly criticizing their party’s decision to censure GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger over their service on the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot at the US Capitol. The criticism underlines the ongoing intra-party feud between loyalists to
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN Español) — La historiadora y exguerrillera sandinista Dora María Téllez y el líder estudiantil Lesther Alemán fueron declarados culpables del supuesto delito de “conspiración para cometer actos en menoscabo de la integridad nacional”, durante juicios realizados este jueves a puerta cerrada en la Dirección de Auxilio judicial de Nicaragua. Así lo informaron la
Continue ReadingBy Michael Warren and Alex Rogers, CNN In the Pennsylvania Senate race, one candidate is accusing a rival of having “dual loyalties” to the US and a foreign country. In turn, that rival is charging his opponent with being too cozy with China. But these aren’t candidates from opposing parties. They are hedge-fund executive David
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