By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Russian and Chinese government-affiliated operatives and organizations are promoting misinformation about the integrity of American elections that originated in the US ahead of November’s midterms, senior FBI officials said Monday. The FBI assessment underscores how the explosion of voting conspiracy theories in the US has been fertile ground for foreign operatives
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Una investigación independiente reveló abusos sistemáticos y mala conducta en el fútbol femenino profesional de Estados Unidos. El informe, dirigido por la antigua secretaria de Justicia en funciones Sally Q. Yates y publicado este lunes, se basa en más de 200 entrevistas y revela que la Liga Nacional de Fútbol Femenino (NWSL),
Continue ReadingBy AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two of the four former Minneapolis police officers who were convicted of violating George Floyd’s civil rights are scheduled to begin serving their federal sentences Tuesday. J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao are scheduled to report to the U.S. Marshals Service on Tuesday morning. The Bureau of
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s long-litigated photo voter identification law is now being evaluated by the state Supreme Court. Justices heard arguments Monday on whether it was reasonable for trial judges to throw out the law last year. That lower court determined the 2018 voter ID law was
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Metz, CNN Business Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of failed blood testing startup Theranos who was convicted of fraud earlier this year, may not be sentenced until next year after the judge in the case decided to allow a hearing later this month to address defense concerns about a key witness’s testimony. During a
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is urging Yemen’s warring parties to refrain from any provocations that could escalate violence. The move follows the failure to extend a nationwide cease-fire, and to engage with each other to renew the truce. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Monday the
Continue ReadingBy WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — More than a hundred mental health workers with Allina Health are on the picket line Monday. The newly unionized group says they continue “to face anti-union tactics and deliberate delaying at the negotiation table.” The three-day unfair labor practices strike had been
Continue ReadingAUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn edge rusher Eku Leota could miss the rest of the season with a pectoral injury. Auburn coach Bryan Harsin says Leota will have surgery on Tuesday for the injury sustained early in last weekend’s loss to LSU. The Tigers are set to visit No. 1 Georgia on Saturday in their
Continue ReadingBy WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story WOODBURY, Minnesota (WCCO) — You might have seen a strange sight if you were driving near the Interstate 94, Interstate 494 and Interstate 694 interchange Sunday evening. And no, it wasn’t a pig-ment of your imagination. A group of pigs was spotted near the intersection
Continue ReadingBy Da Lin, Betty Yu Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND, California (KPIX) — Two Berkeley High School students were killed and two other revelers wounded when gunfire erupted at a birthday party in Oakland on Saturday night. Witnesses said the shooting happened on the second floor of a duplex located at 988
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIES — Lena Dunham adapts Karen Cushman’s young-adult novel in “Catherine Called Birdy,” a spirited medieval coming-of-age tale about a 14-year-old girl named Birdy (Bella Ramsey) in medieval England.
Continue ReadingATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Back-to-back unimpressive wins over Kent State and Missouri did more than knock Georgia from the top spot in the AP Top 25. Giving up 22 points in each of the two games also put at least a temporary end to talk that No. 2 Georgia’s defense can match the standard set
Continue ReadingCNN By Chris Boyette, CNN Two anglers accused of stuffing fish in an attempt to win thousands of dollars at an Ohio fishing tournament last month have been charged, authorities announced Wednesday. The would-be tournament winners, Jacob Runyan and Chase Cominsky, were indicted by a Cuyahoga County grand jury on one charge each of cheating,
Continue ReadingFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Gonzalo Higuaín says he will retire from soccer after Inter Miami’s Major League Soccer season ends. The 34-year-old striker joined Miami in September 2020. He has 14 league goals this season, including 12 in his last 15 matches, and 27 goals in 65 games with Miami, which is is contention
Continue ReadingBy IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk has become a “pain in the neck” in the middle of Toronto’s star-studded lineup, according to rival Yankees manager Aaron Boone. He means it as a compliment. In a loaded offensive lineup led by George Springer, Bo Bichette and Vladimir Guerrero Jr.,
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer maintain a country-by-country list of travel advisories related to Covid-19, the agency said Monday. “As fewer countries are testing or reporting Covid-19 cases, CDC’s ability to accurately assess the Covid-19 THN [Travel Health Notice] levels for most
Continue ReadingBy BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU coach Brian Kelly says starting quarterback Jayden Daniels is expected to be back this week against No. 8 Tennessee as Daniels recovers from a knee injury that forced him out of last Saturday’s victory at Auburn. The coach says Daniels was in pain
Continue ReadingBy Marie Saavedra Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A Chicago man has made it his life’s mission to share the joy of dance with children. He brings it to their neighborhoods so they can don’t have to go far to experience the joy of movement and all that it teaches.
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business Could Wall Street’s love affair with Elon Musk be over? Six months ago Tesla shares were flying high. The company was valued at $1.1 trillion — more than a dozen other top automakers combined — and announcing plans for a proposed stock split. Then Musk disclosed he had become the
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — A judge in Milan has acquitted five members of the Legion of Christ religious order and their lawyers of attempted extortion in a case in which they were accused of offering to pay the family of a sexual abuse victim to lie to prosecutors.Four of the five were also absolved of obstruction
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