Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Estados Unidos anunciará nuevas sanciones contra Rusia este miércoles en coordinación con el G7 naciones y la Unión Europea, según un funcionario del gobierno Biden. El funcionario señaló que el amplio paquete “impondrá costos significativos a Rusia y la empujará aún más por el camino del aislamiento económico, financiero y
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — TriMet is facing a $10 million lawsuit from the city of Portland for alleged deeply flawed work on a streetcar track, leaving it with major structural defects that could cost the city millions in repairs. Oregon Public Broadcasting reporrts the suit alleges that the transit agency failed to properly manage the
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — America’s commercial casinos are off to their best two-month start ever, the latest indication the industry is recovering in the third year of the coronavirus pandemic. The American Gaming Association says revenue from in-person casino games, sports betting and internet gambling reached nearly $9 billion
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Twitter said Tuesday it will no longer amplify or recommend Russian government accounts on its platform, bringing its stance on Kremlin-linked accounts closer in line with its approach to Russian state media. Twitter accounts operated by the Russian government will no longer “be amplified or recommended to people on Twitter, including
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Londres (CNN Business) — Europa está planeando un golpe más a la economÃa de Rusia con una nueva ronda de sanciones que incluyen una prohibición a las importaciones de carbón. Europa también está trabajando en nuevas sanciones sobre el petróleo de Rusia. Las medidas se anunciaron este martes por la presidenta de la
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — The man accused of killing former Saints player Will Smith and wounding his wife during an argument in New Orleans will go on trial again in August. Cardell Hayes was convicted in December 2016 of manslaughter and attempted manslaughter. But the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the convictions in July after finding
Continue ReadingTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The New York Yankees plan to carry 16 pitchers on their opening-day roster Thursday against the Boston Red Sox. Manager Aaron Boone says switch-hitting utilityman Marwin González will play a key role off the shortened bench. Teams are allowed to carry 28 players on the roster during April due to the
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Are you a sucker for large, liquid “puppy-dog” eyes gazing soulfully up at you, begging for, well, just about anything? Of course you are, but don’t blame your pup. A new study finds that humans are the culprit behind those irresistibly sweet peepers — in fact, we bred those doleful eyes
Continue ReadingBy Tara John, Vasco Cotovio, Sandi Sidhu and Oleksandr Fylyppov, CNN The Russian column of tanks and armored personnel carriers sped along a residential street in Bucha, a tree-lined suburb of the capital Kyiv. That was February 27th. A short time later, that same line of vehicles lay in ruins, the wreckage smoldering, after being
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal appeals court says U.S. officials improperly downplayed the climate change effects from burning coal when they approved a large expansion at an underground Montana mine that would release an estimated 190 million tons of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Herb Turetzky, who was the Nets’ official scorer for 54 years, has died. He was 76. The Nets said Turetzky, who retired before this season, died Monday. They did not provide a cause of death. Turetzky was a senior at Long Island University when he scored the first game in franchise
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Digital-rights researchers have concluded that the mobile phones of four Jordanian human rights activists were hacked with software made by the Israeli spyware company NSO Group. Tuesday’s findings by Front Line Defenders and the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab said at least some of the attacks appear
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The 2022 session of the Georgia General assembly saw some bright moments of bipartisan cooperating, including a mental health overhaul. But there were many more memorable votes aimed squarely at Republican primary voters. That dynamic was driven by Gov. Brian Kemp’s need to shore up his conservative
Continue ReadingBy GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press The U.S. Department of Justice is warning employers, healthcare providers and others not to discriminate against people who are using prescribed medication to treat opioid addiction. The department’s Civil Rights Division released guidelines on the issue Tuesday. Building acceptance of using drugs such as methadone to treat addiction is seen
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina raised more than $1 million in the first quarter of this year. The Republican told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the bulk of that haul came in the weeks after former President Donald Trump threw his backing behind one of her GOP
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police say an 18-year-old man arrested in a home-invasion robbery in which a woman was killed left his high school homework in the getaway car. A newly released police report said math homework bearing Kamari Oliver’s name was found in a backpack in the vehicle after the victim’s boyfriend
Continue ReadingBy PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — There are times when Rory McIlroy sounds like an old man. He reminisces about his first Masters — just 13 years ago — like it was ancient history. He concedes that golf is no longer the be-all and end-all in his life. His voice rises
Continue ReadingBy JAVIER CÓRDOBA Associated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — The election of conservative economist Rodrigo Chaves to be Costa Rica’s next president has worried many women because of sexual harassment allegations against him. The World Bank found that Chaves sexually harassed various women while he was employed there. Ultimately, he was sanctioned for
Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly and Katie Lobosco, CNN The Biden administration is extending a pause on federal student loan repayments through August 31. The repayment freeze, which has been in place since the beginning of the pandemic, had been scheduled to expire on May 1. In a statement Wednesday, President Joe Biden acknowledged that the economy
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Three Republican senators are breaking from their party to support Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic nomination to the Supreme Court. Senators Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah are marking the historical moment by building legacies of their own. The
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