By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid has extended Luka Modric’s contract for another year, which keeps intact the midfield that helped the club win a record-extending 14th European title this season. The 36-year-old Croatian is now signed through June 2023 and will return to play alongside Toni Kroos and Casemiro.
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A former governor of Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, has been nominated to be the ruling party’s presidential candidate in next year’s presidential election. Bola Tinubu is widely referred to as the “godfather” of Lagos because of his influence in the southwestern state that he governed from
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Most every Republican lawmaker expressed outrage in the days after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Some even blamed then-President Donald Trump. But the larger GOP narrative shifted in the weeks and months that followed. Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy, who had
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Gas prices that keep going up by the day have got a lot of people thinking about buying an electric vehicle. There is no question that electric vehicles cost much, much less to fuel than gasoline-powered models, especially with gas prices at around almost $5 a gallon on average, according
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Most basketball games at the Paris Olympics could end up being played a three-hour journey outside the French capital, a plan that is facing criticism from the sport’s governing body. Paris organizers are struggling to find a suitable basketball venue for games before the medal rounds
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Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Stagflation. It was the dreaded “S word” of the 1970s. For Americans of a certain age, it conjures memories of painfully long lines at gas stations and shuttered factories. Stagflation is the bitterest of pills: High inflation mixes with a weak job market to cause a
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Stagflation. It was the dreaded “S word” of the 1970s. For Americans of a certain age, it conjures memories of painfully long lines at gas stations and shuttered factories. Stagflation is the bitterest of pills: High inflation mixes with a weak job market to cause a
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Shirin Ebadi, the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Personal Birth date: June 21, 1947 Birth place: Hamadan, Iran Father: Muhammad Ali Ebadi, law professor and lawyer Mother: Minu Yamini Marriage: Javad Tavassolian (1975-divorce date unknown) Children: Nargess (female); Negar (female)
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British prosecutors said Wednesday they have authorized police to charge former film mogul Harvey Weinstein with two counts of indecent assault against a woman in London in 1996. The Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement that “charges have been authorized” against Weinstein, 70, following a review of evidence gathered by London’s
Continue ReadingBy James Paxson Click here for updates on this story ISABELLA CO., Michigan (WNEM) — The Isabella County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday night that it has exhausted all its fuel funds with multiple months to go before the budget resets. Sheriff Michael Main posted on Facebook that he has instructed deputies to manage whichever calls
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, CNN The White House issued a new warning to Congress Wednesday on the continued urgent need for Covid-19 funding, highlighting new “unacceptable tradeoffs” as it reallocates and reprioritizes remaining funding toward new vaccines in the absence of congressional action. “Due to a lack of additional funding,” a White House official told CNN
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than $10 billion in coronavirus relief funds is being diverted from orders of at-home rapid tests and other pandemic-related efforts. The White House on Wednesday blamed the move on a funding crunch and said it’s trying to come up with money to secure the next generation
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By Zoe Brown Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Kansas (KCTV) — The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department has now seized 15,000 fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills. Last week, KCTV5 News reported that the KCKPD had seized 6,000 such pills. In an update, the police department said they found 9,000 the following day. Narcotics
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN Business The growing trend of buying things now but paying for them later is creating a debt trap for many shoppers in the United Kingdom. More than 40% of people in the United Kingdom who opt for such offers — which allow buyers to pay for their purchases in installments, often
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By Marielle Mohs Click here for updates on this story PRINCETON, Minnesota (WCCO) — An 8-year-old boy says he’s scared to return to school this fall after his gym teacher threw a hockey stick at him, knocking his front tooth loose. The moment was captured on surveillance camera back in March, but Easton Johnson’s
Continue ReadingBy Angela Dewan, CNN Members of the European Parliament voted Wednesday to ban the sale of new combustion engine cars by 2035, in what would be one of the world’s strongest laws to phase out gasoline vehicles, if approved by the European Council. While the measure must still be debated by the Council and passed
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By Michele Fiore Click here for updates on this story WEST ALLIS, Wisconsin (WDJT) — The family of a West Allis homicide victim is speaking out after learning their son’s killer will be out of prison before his 50th birthday. We first talked to the family of Ryan Sorensen last year when there was hope
Continue ReadingBy BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press Chelsea Blackwell’s dachshund, Blue, disappeared Monday, and the distraught owner went in search. She drove for an hour before coming upon a line of squad cars and people with cameras near the Greyhound bus station in Albany, New York, and set aside her search to investigate. “I pulled over
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators have closed an investigation into sticky power steering on thousands of older General Motors SUVs without seeking a recall. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says GM in 2014 issued “special coverage” to fix the problem on the Chevrolet Equinox, GMC Terrain and other models. The coverage
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