CHESTER, Penn. (AP) — Rose Lavelle and Catarina Macario each scored a pair of first-half goals, and the U.S. women’s national team beat Uzbekistan 9-0 to extend the team’s unbeaten streak to 67 games on American soil. Trinity Rodman, who came in as a second-half substitute, scored her first international goal for the United States.
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Multnomah County in partnership with the City of Portland, Oregon, is opening three shelters Tuesday night because of wintery weather. Portland officials say the shelters will be open from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. Wednesday. Officials say the shelters are at the Salvation Army located at 5325 N. Williams Ave., the
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — Pilots at Southwest Airlines say fatigue from poor scheduling is a growing problem and is raising safety concerns. Leaders of the pilots’ union at Southwest said Tuesday that problems started last summer as Dallas-based Southwest began ramping up for the recovery in air travel, and they have gotten worse since then. The
Continue ReadingCNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN Glibert Gottfried’s last Instagram post invited people to weigh in on “the slap.” The comic, whose family announced Tuesday that he died at the age of 67 after a long illness, shared a photo of him and fellow comedian Chris Rock. Rock was slapped by Will Smith while presenting
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A former energy executive in California who took part in $1 billion solar power fraud that bilked Warren Buffett’s company and many others has been sentenced to six years in federal prison. Robert Karmann also was ordered Tuesday to pay $624 million in restitution. Karmann was the chief financial officer for
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A former energy executive in California who took part in $1 billion solar power fraud that bilked Warren Buffett’s company and many others has been sentenced to six years in federal prison. Robert Karmann also was ordered Tuesday to pay $624 million in restitution. Karmann was the chief financial officer for
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has denied the government’s request to detain two men accused of posing as federal Homeland Security agents, tricking actual U.S. Secret Service officers and offering them free gifts and apartments at a luxury apartment building in Washington. Federal prosecutors have argued Arian Taherzadeh and
Continue ReadingBy Hal Scheurich Click here for updates on this story TIBBIE, Alabama (WALA) — Warrants have now been issued for the arrest of a man Washington County investigators said buried his truck but reported it stolen to collect insurance. The truck was dug up Thursday, April 7, 2022 but deputies still don’t know where the
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Members of a Texas House committee repeatedly pressed a prosecutor to stop the April 27 execution of a woman whose conviction is being questioned amid growing doubts about whether she fatally beat her 2-year-old daughter. But during a sometimes contentious hearing Tuesday, Cameron County District Attorney
Continue ReadingBy MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says that if he wins the October presidential election, he will revoke decisions by incumbent Jair Bolsonaro affecting Indigenous peoples, including promoting mining on their lands. The leftist leader also pledged Tuesday to name an Indigenous person as
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press FERNLEY, Nev. (AP) — A Navy veteran who served as an engineer on a nuclear submarine is on a more important mission now. Casey Valley says he’s seeking a way to help others in the name of his 18-year-old sister who was kidnapped, killed and buried last month in northern
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The battle over who represents Oregon’s new congressional district has become heated as six Democratic candidates jointly denounced almost $1 million in support for a rival party member by a super PAC that focuses on electing Democrats to the U.S. House of Representatives. The candidates in
Continue ReadingCNN By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist and Steve Almasy, CNN A storm system stretching up the midsection of the United States had people in several states — including southern Minnesota — bracing Tuesday for the possibility of tornadoes. By Tuesday evening there were tornado watches or warnings covering parts of Texas, Iowa and Minnesota. One
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist and Steve Almasy, CNN A storm system stretching up the midsection of the United States had people in several states — including southern Minnesota — bracing Tuesday for the possibility of tornadoes. By Tuesday evening there were tornado watches or warnings covering parts of Texas, Iowa and Minnesota. One apparent
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. report says the pandemic plunged 77 million more people into extreme poverty last year and many developing countries can’t recover because of the crippling cost of debt repayments. And it says that was before the added impact of the war in Ukraine. The
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Detroit Tigers lefty Eduardo Rodríguez gets a look at his former teammates when he pitches against Boston at Comerica Park. Rodriguez was 64-39 in six seasons with Rafael Devers, Xander Bogaerts and the Red Sox before signing a $77 million, five-year contract with Detroit as a free agent. The 29-year-old Rodriguez
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) – El gobierno de Ecuador informó este martes que “no puede garantizar” que el exvicepresidente Jorge Glas no se fugue del país tras haber salido de prisión el domingo luego de que un juez aceptara un recurso de habeas corpus por razones médicas y de seguridad. Glas salió de prisión tras
Continue ReadingBy JEFF WALLNER Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — José Ramírez hit a grand slam and drove in six runs, remarkable rookie Steven Kwan reached base three more times and the Cleveland Guardians spoiled Cincinnati’s home opener by beating the Reds 10-5. Andrés Giménez hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the ninth inning off Hunter Strickland.
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Luis Robert hit his first home run of the season, a tiebreaking drive in the sixth inning that led the White Sox over the Seattle Mariners 3-2 in their home opener and extended their winning streak to three. Robert homered off Matt Brash (0-1), a 23-year-old right-hander making his major league debut.
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk’s huge Twitter investment took a new twist Tuesday with the filing of a lawsuit alleging that the colorful billionaire illegally delayed disclosing his big stake in the social media company so he could buy more shares at lower prices. The complaint accuses Musk
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