By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Transfers moving from one Atlantic Coast Conference women’s basketball program to another could have an impact on the league title race. Louisville, Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech each added two players from other ACC schools. North Carolina State and Virginia also added intra-conference transfers. Hokies
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — TikTok appears to be deepening its foray into e-commerce with plans to operate its own U.S. warehouses, the kind of packing and shipping facilities more associated with Amazon or Walmart than the social media platform best known for addictive short videos. In the past two
Continue ReadingDORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Jude Bellingham scored for the fourth Champions League game in a row as Borussia Dortmund drew 1-1 with Sevilla. Young players took center stage as Sevilla took the lead with a header from 20-year-old defender Tanguy Nianzou before Bellingham knocked in Thomas Meunier’s low cross. The 19-year-old Bellingham has scored in
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — El aluvión de ataques rusos que llovieron sobre Ucrania el lunes hizo que todas las ciudades del país se sintieran mucho más cerca de la guerra de lo que habían estado durante meses. Al menos 19 personas murieron y decenas resultaron heridas en los ataques con misiles, respaldados por drones de
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS, por sus siglas en inglés) confirmó el miércoles el reporte de CNN de que lanzará un nuevo programa dirigido a los inmigrantes venezolanos que buscan venir a Estados Unidos y devolverá a México a aquellos que cruzan la frontera ilegalmente. CNN reportó por primera vez que
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has begun questioning a few of the hundreds of prospective jurors summoned for the trial of a man charged with killing eight people on a New York City bike path in a terror attack five years ago. Sayfullo Saipov has pleaded not guilty to
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The prosecutor and defense attorney for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz agreed Tuesday that his 2018 attack that killed 17 people was horrible, but disagreed in their closing arguments on whether it was an act of evil worthy of execution or one of a broken
Continue ReadingSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A former manager for a Silicon Valley security business that worked with Facebook has testified at a sheriff’s civil corruption trial that he and the company’s CEO agreed to provide political donations in exchange for concealed-weapons permits. The Mercury News reported that Martin Nielsen testified publicly for the first time
Continue ReadingSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A former manager for a Silicon Valley security business has testified at a sheriff’s civil corruption trial that he and the company’s CEO agreed to provide political donations in exchange for concealed-weapons permits. The Mercury News reported that Martin Nielsen testified publicly for the first time Monday and detailed how
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden said in an exclusive CNN interview Tuesday he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin is a “rational actor” who nonetheless badly misjudged his ability to invade Ukraine and suppress its people. “I think he is a rational actor who has miscalculated significantly,” Biden told Jake Tapper as Russian
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Angela Lansbury, the scene-stealing British actor who kicked up her heels in the Broadway musicals “Mame” and “Gypsy” and solved endless murders as crime novelist Jessica Fletcher in the long-running TV series “Murder, She Wrote,” has died. She was 96. Lansbury died Tuesday at her
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, Ashley Killough and Chuck Johnston, CNN The former Los Angeles Angels employee who provided the drugs that resulted in the 2019 overdose death of Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs was sentenced to 22 years in prison on Tuesday on drug charges. Eric Prescott Kay, the former communications director of the Angels, faced between
Continue ReadingRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The president of a historically Black university is accusing South Carolina law enforcement officers of racially profiling a busload of students from her school by stopping the vehicle for a minor traffic violation and using drug-sniffing dogs to search their luggage. Shaw University President Paulette Dillard said that the traffic stop
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is urging the Supreme Court to steer clear of a legal fight over classified documents seized during an FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate. The high court is weighing an emergency appeal from Trump asking it to overturn a lower court ruling and permit an independent
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Tuesday there will be “consequences” for Saudi Arabia as the Riyadh-led OPEC+ alliance moves to cut oil production and Democratic lawmakers call for a freeze on cooperation with the Saudis. Biden suggested he would soon take action, as aides announced that the administration
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN Generations of Californians have never known a time without Art Laboe — spinning records on air, dedicating songs to dedicated listeners and turning younger audiophiles onto “oldies but goodies.” But after nearly 80 years on the air, Laboe, a legendary DJ and beloved Los Angeles personality, has hung up his microphone
Continue ReadingLiam Reilly and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN The public can once again enter the crown portion of the Statue of Liberty — the first time since it closed its doors in March 2020 because the Covid-19 pandemic, a spokesperson told CNN. While portions of the Statue of Liberty gradually reopened throughout the pandemic, the crown was
Continue ReadingBy Hal Scheurich Click here for updates on this story ROBERTSDALE, Alabama (WALA) — In a disturbing story which spans both sides of Mobile Bay, a Baldwin County woman found cremated human remains and a fetus in a jar after purchasing a storage unit in an online auction. It wasn’t until she got the boxes
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The former mayor of Beaverton, Oregon, has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of possessing child pornography. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon said Dennis “Denny” Doyle, 74, entered the plea Tuesday as part of a plea agreement in which a sentence of one year and one day
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks ended mostly lower after an afternoon hiccup on Wall Street as trading remains unsettled ahead of key reports on inflation and corporate earnings. The S&P 500 fell 0.7% after wavering down, up, then back down again. The Nasdaq fell 1.1% and the Dow ended just barely in the green. The S&P
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