By KERI BLAKINGER The Marshall Project/Associated Press In California, lawyers accused staff at the Los Angeles County jail of chaining mentally ill detainees to chairs for days at a time. In West Virginia, people held in the Southern Regional Jail sued the state, saying they found urine and semen in their food. In Missouri, detainees
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — JR Motorsports has three of the four cars in the Xfinity finale, an impressive accomplishment that gives Dale Earnhardt Jr,’s team strong odds to take home a championship. The fourth driver, Ty Gibbs, is a bit of a wildcard. If Gibbs is willing to wreck
Continue ReadingBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference plans to review policies on postgame field and court storming by fans. It wants to explore ways schools can make the celebrations safer. The move comes after Tennessee and LSU were fined last month for fans rushing the field after football games. Commissioner Greg Sankey says the group
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Adidas could snap up the boss of crosstown rival Puma to succeed outgoing CEO Kasper Rorsted. The sportswear company said Friday that it’s in talks with Puma CEO Bjørn Gulden to step in as successor to Rorsted, who is due to depart some time in 2023. Gulden, meanwhile, is set
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Nick Cannon is adding to his family, and Ryan Reynolds is having some fun with it. Model Alyssa Scott on Thursday shared some maternity photos on her Instagram account. Scott and Cannon are featured in a bathtub in the images, where he both touches and kisses her pregnant belly. Reynolds
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess and David Close, CNN A sports psychologist, who was under contract with the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs, has filed a civil lawsuit against the organization and 19-year-old former Spurs player Joshua Primo. The psychologist alleges the player exposed himself to her during therapy sessions and claimed the organization’s leadership failed to act
Continue ReadingBy JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson’s NASCAR retirement and IndyCar experiment lasted all of two seasons. The seven-time NASCAR champion is returning in 2023 to the series that made him a global motorsports star as part-owner of Petty GMS. He will also enter about five Cup races. Johnson
Continue ReadingBy Sophia Saifi, CNN Tensions escalated in Pakistan on Friday as former Prime Minister Imran Khan blamed establishment figures for a plot to kill him — a claim strenuously denied by governing and security officials. A day after after he survived a shooting at a political rally outside the town of Gujranwala, Punjab province, Khan
Continue ReadingBy Jessica DuLong, CNN The last thing I need as a parent is another expert making me feel bad. Thankfully, clinical psychologist Dr. Becky Kennedy proclaims parents are, and have always been, good inside — and so are kids. (She has three.) In her new book, “Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Elon Musk dijo este viernes que Twitter sufrió una “caída considerable en los ingresos”, por la que culpó a los “grupos de activistas que presionan a los anunciantes”. Musk, el nuevo propietario de la plataforma de redes sociales, no se refirió a los despidos masivos en la empresa que tuvieron lugar
Continue ReadingBy TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s inaugural committee chair, Tom Barrack, was acquitted of all counts Friday at a federal trial in which he was accused of using his personal access to the former president to secretly promote the interests of the United Arab Emirates. The jury in Brooklyn deliberated
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on two Haitian politicians accused of involvement in drug trafficking. The US Treasury Department levied financial sanctions against Joseph Lambert, “the sitting President of the Haitian Senate (who) has held political positions in Haiti for 20 years” and Youri Latortue, “a former Haitian Senator
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Haitian politicians are facing U.S. sanctions over allegations they abused their positions to traffic drugs in collaboration with gang networks and directed others to engage in violence. The Treasury Department said Friday it was imposing sanctions on Haitian Senate President Joseph Lambert and former Sen. Youri
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Haitian politicians are facing U.S. sanctions over allegations they abused their positions to traffic drugs in collaboration with gang networks and directed others to engage in violence. The Treasury Department said Friday it was imposing sanctions on Haitian Senate President Joseph Lambert and former Sen. Youri
Continue ReadingBy NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Kevin Durant says the Brooklyn Nets could have handled this tumultuous week differently. Brooklyn suspended guard Kyrie Irving for at least five games Thursday after he posted a link on Twitter to an antisemitic movie and didn’t issue an apology sought by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver.
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Mr. Grey is a 5-year-old boy waiting at Redmond’s BrightSide Animal Center who loves to snuggle and explore, but has a compromised immune system, so he needs to be the only cat in the home.
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips and Brenda Goodman, CNN Government health officials on Friday warned of an early and severe start to cold and flu season in the United States, saying they were closely monitoring hospital capacity and medical supplies and were ready to send help if needed. “We suspect that many children are being exposed to
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle, Kara Scannell and Sonia Moghe, CNN Tom Barrack, a longtime ally of Donald Trump, was acquitted on all federal foreign lobbying charges at a courthouse in Brooklyn on Friday. The acquittal is a defeat for the Justice Department, which in recent years has launched a crackdown on individuals for undisclosed contacts
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — El cambio climático se cobra cada vez más vidas, el mundo se encamina hacia un calentamiento global que pondría fin a la vida tal como la conocemos y los países han negociado y negociado. Ahora toca actuar. Y poner el dinero sobre la mesa. Este es —al menos en
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says the U.S. is sending Ukraine another $400 million in military aid and establishing a security assistance headquarters in Germany that will oversee all weapons transfers and military training for Ukraine. The new command post, announced Friday, signals a more permanent, long-term program to continue
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