By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press / Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A report by a law firm says former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo improperly used state employees and resources for a $5.1 million book deal in 2020. New York’s soon-to-be disbanded ethics commission moved Thursday to make the report public. It found
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY, TOM KRISHER and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press Elon Musk announced Friday that he will abandon his tumultuous $44 billion offer to buy Twitter after the company failed to provide enough information about the number of fake accounts. Twitter immediately fired back, saying it would sue the Tesla CEO to uphold the deal.
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY, TOM KRISHER and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press Elon Musk announced Friday that he will abandon his tumultuous $44 billion offer to buy Twitter after the company failed to provide enough information about the number of fake accounts. Twitter immediately fired back, saying it would sue the Tesla CEO to uphold the deal.
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(Update: Adding video) PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Health Authority just launched “Rethink the Drink,” which it calls “an innovative statewide campaign to build healthier communities by calling attention to the harms caused by excessive alcohol drinking.” Rethink the Drink asks people living in Oregon to consider the role of alcohol in their own lives
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Damian Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers have agreed on a $122 million, two-year extension that puts the Olympic gold medalist under contract through the 2026-27 season, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said Friday. Lillard will make about $59 million in 2025-26, then
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Damian Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers have agreed on a $122 million, two-year extension that puts the Olympic gold medalist under contract through the 2026-27 season, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said Friday. Lillard will make about $59 million in 2025-26, then
Continue ReadingBy Casey Tolan and Daniel A. Medina, CNN When Bob’s Pantry and Deli opened for business in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park in 2008, loyal customers lined up in the snow at 4 a.m. to support Bob Crimo, who was striking out on his own after years running a convenience store franchise. Photos from
Continue ReadingCNN By Casey Tolan and Daniel A. Medina, CNN When Bob’s Pantry and Deli opened for business in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park in 2008, loyal customers lined up in the snow at 4 a.m. to support Bob Crimo, who was striking out on his own after years running a convenience store franchise. Photos
Continue ReadingCNN By Casey Tolan and Daniel A. Medina, CNN When Bob’s Pantry and Deli opened for business in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park in 2008, loyal customers lined up in the snow at 4 a.m. to support Bob Crimo, who was striking out on his own after years running a convenience store franchise. Photos
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los abogados de Amber Heard pidieron al tribunal que declare la nulidad del juicio y ordene un nuevo juicio en el caso de difamación contra su exmarido Johnny Depp. En documentos judiciales fechados el 8 de julio en el tribunal de circuito del condado de Fairfax, Virginia, que complementan una presentación
Continue ReadingBALTIMORE (AP) — A stunned family is grieving after a man wielding a baseball bat was fatally shot during a confrontation with people cleaning windshields in Baltimore. Police say 48-year-old Timothy Reynolds was driving Thursday near Baltimore’s Inner Harbor when he had a heated interaction with so-called squeegee workers. Police say Reynolds parked his car,
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Tokio (CNN) — El ex primer ministro de Japón, Shinzo Abe, quien murió a los 67 años tras recibir un disparo durante un discurso de campaña el viernes 8 de julio de 2022, ocupó el cargo de líder del derechista Partido Liberal Democrático (PLD) durante dos mandatos distintos: el primero, de 2006 a
Continue ReadingMILWAUKEE (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates have acquired right-hander Yohan Ramirez from the Cleveland Guardians for cash and optioned him to Triple-A Indianapolis. The 27-year-old Ramirez has appeared in a combined eight games this season with the Seattle Mariners and Guardians. He is 1-0 with a 6.97 ERA with 11 strikeouts in 10 1/3 innings.
Continue ReadingBy BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An attorney with the Arizona attorney general’s office says a 2021 state “personhood” law that gives all legal rights to unborn children can’t be used to bring criminal charges against abortion providers. The comment from Assistant Solicitor General Kate Sawyer came during a hearing Friday on a
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Bradley Beal and the Wizards renewed their commitment to each other when he agreed to a five-year deal worth up to $251 million to stay in Washington. Whether that commitment will make the next five years any more successful than the last 10 is the big question. Beal said Friday that he
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government’s auto safety watchdog is sending investigators to another Tesla crash. This one was along Interstate 75 in Florida on Wednesday. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration confirmed Friday that it sent a Special Crash Investigations team to probe the crash into the back
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — La ‘Scaloneta’ ya tiene su traje con el que va a ir a triunfar en el Mundial de Qatar 2022: Adidas presentó la nueva camiseta de la Selección Argentina, con la que disputará la Copa del Mundo. “El sentimiento de un país se une en esta nueva camiseta”, publicó Adidas
Continue ReadingBy Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business In January, Elizabeth Holmes became the rare Silicon Valley founder convicted of fraud stemming from her time as CEO of her failed blood-testing startup, Theranos. On Thursday, her ex-boyfriend and former second-in-command, Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, was also found guilty of fraud by a separate jury. Their back-to-back trials spanned
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN and PAUL WEBER WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to allow it to put in place guidance that prioritizes deportation of people in the country illegally who pose the greatest public safety risk. The emergency request to the court follows conflicting decisions by federal appeals courts
Continue ReadingBy Artemis Moshtaghian and Zenebou Sylla, CNN Attorneys representing a Connecticut man who suffered a serious injury to his neck and spine while in police custody last month say the family wants a federal civil rights investigation into the incident. Family Attorney Ben Crump said he is meeting with the Department of Justice Friday to
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