By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Maury Wills, who intimidated pitchers with his base-stealing prowess as a shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers on three World Series championship teams, has died. He was 89. Wills died Monday night at home in Sedona, Arizona, the team said Tuesday after being informed by
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran is facing international criticism over the death of a woman held by its morality police, which ignited three days of protests across the country. An Iranian official said Tuesday that three people had been killed by unnamed armed groups in the Kurdish region of
Continue ReadingTBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Police in the country of Georgia said Tuesday that 12 people who were held hostage for hours in a bank by a gunman have been freed and hostage-taker has been arrested. Georgian media reported that the gunman at the bank in the city of Kutaisi had demanded $2 million, a helicopter
Continue ReadingBy MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press A federal judge has thrown out three of four charges against a researcher who was convicted of concealing work he did for China while employed by the University of Kansas. In a ruling released Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson said federal prosecutors did not provide sufficient evidence to convict
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — Adam Levine rompió el silencio tras las acusaciones de que engañó a su esposa Behati Prinsloo y de que quería ponerle a su hijo el mismo nombre de su supuesta amante. “Se hablan muchas cosas de mí en este momento y quiero aclararlas”, escribió el líder de Maroon 5 en un comunicado que
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday renewed his push for Congress to approve a bill aimed at targeting dark money in political campaigns, though the legislation is expected to fail this week due to Republican opposition. “There’s much too much money that flows in the
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN A prequel to a prequel, “Andor” brings a gritty tone and look to the “Star Wars” universe, as much the washed-out landscape of “Blade Runner” as George Lucas’ far-away galaxy. Yet whatever promise that entails is mostly lost in flabby storytelling, essentially stretching what would have been a 10-minute movie
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — The committee governing Paris’ Champs-Elysees says it is switching off shop lights on the famed avenue hours earlier each night to help save energy as the war in Ukraine squeezes the electricity market in Europe. The plan announced Tuesday means that shop lights on the avenue will go dark at 10 p.m.
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The Defense Ministry in Berlin says Germany and Slovenia have agreed upon a deal that will see Slovenia send 28 tanks of Soviet-era design to Ukraine and get 40 modern military trucks from Germany. It said Tuesday the two countries’ defense ministers agreed to sign a letter of intent on the deal,
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday told a federal appeals court that it should not lift the hold a lower court judge put on the Justice Department using Mar-a-Lago documents identified as classified in its criminal probe — and continued to try to cast doubt on whether the 100 or so
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Los peligros de un huracán no terminan una vez que completó su paso: la destrucción que dejan los vientos, las lluvias y las inundaciones puede causar lesiones y muertes, y a esto se suma la pérdida de la energía eléctrica y del acceso al agua. Aquí, una guía sobre
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, Ellie Kaufman and Barbara Starr, CNN US and Canadian warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday following weekend remarks from President Joe Biden that the US would defend Taiwan in the event it is attacked by China. A US Navy ship, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins, conducted a “routine
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Ivan Toney has timed his run to the England squad to perfection. The Brentford striker got a call-up by his country last week for the first time in any age group as a reward for scoring five goals in seven games for Brentford this season. This is England’s final
Continue ReadingCNN By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business Hackers have stolen around $160 million worth of cryptocurrency from crypto market maker Wintermute, the company said Tuesday. The incident marks the latest in a growing list of large crypto thefts this year. The hack is said to have targeted Wintermute’s decentralized finance (DeFi) operations, according to a series
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn, CNN Business Hackers have stolen around $160 million worth of cryptocurrency from crypto market maker Wintermute, the company said Tuesday. The incident marks the latest in a growing list of large crypto thefts this year. The hack is said to have targeted Wintermute’s decentralized finance (DeFi) operations, according to a series of
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, CNN A federal judge has granted an order prohibiting Alabama from executing a death row inmate by lethal injection this week after he asserted he chose to die by nitrogen hypoxia — an untested and unproven execution method Alabama officials say they’re not ready to use. Without the injunction, the inmate, Alan
Continue ReadingLEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky coach Kyra Elzy says freshman Tionna Herron is recovering from open-heart surgery to correct a structural abnormality. The 6-foot-4 post player learned of her condition after arriving at school in June and received other opinions before surgery was recommended. Herron underwent surgery Aug. 24 in Houston and is recovering at
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business Federal regulators accused Morgan Stanley on Tuesday of “astonishing” failures that led to the mishandling of sensitive data on some 15 million customers. Morgan Stanley was slapped with a $35 million fine from the Securities and Exchange Commission for extensive failures to safeguard personal identifying information on its clients. Since
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer St. Louis Blues defenseman Marco Scandella is expected to miss a majority of the coming NHL season after undergoing surgery on his right hip. The team says Scandella got injured during offseason training in late August and will be re-evaluated in six months. General manager Doug Armstrong announced the
Continue ReadingBy ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer The Big Ten’s tradition of producing elite running backs is alive and well. The conference features the nation’s top two rushers in Illinois’ Chase Brown and Minnesota’s Mohamed Ibrahim. Four others are running for better than 100 yards per game. No other league has more than three. The
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