By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida man has pleaded no contest to charges related to trying to get $5,000 from a state senator after threatening to release what he said were sexually explicit photos of her. Court records show 20-year-old Jeremy Kamperveen entered an open plea in Broward County circuit
Continue ReadingBy DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida man has pleaded no contest to charges related to trying to get $5,000 from a state senator after threatening to release what he said were sexually explicit photos of her. Court records show 20-year-old Jeremy Kamperveen entered an open plea in Broward County circuit
Continue ReadingRUNNEMEDE, N.J. (AP) — LeBron James might be on the cusp of setting another record. And someone will have to pay a lot of money to make it happen. A one-of-a-kind James trading card — called the “Triple Logoman” — is up for auction this month, with some believing that it wind up as the
Continue ReadingRUNNEMEDE, N.J. (AP) — LeBron James might be on the cusp of setting another record. And someone will have to pay a lot of money to make it happen. A one-of-a-kind James trading card — called the “Triple Logoman” — is up for auction this month, with some believing that it wind up as the
Continue ReadingRUNNEMEDE, N.J. (AP) — LeBron James might be on the cusp of setting another record. And someone will have to pay a lot of money to make it happen. A one-of-a-kind James trading card called the “Triple Logoman” is up for auction this month. Some believe it may end up as the most expensive card
Continue ReadingCNN By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business Hao Jia was so convinced in the potential of cryptocurrencies that he passed up a job at a large tech firm, Oracle, to take another offer he received in early April to be a software engineer at one of the buzziest crypto startups, Coinbase. But last week, Jia was
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MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Mosaic Medical and Jefferson County Public Health invite the community to join them at a ribbon-cutting event on Friday, June 24 at 2:30 p.m. The event will celebrate the opening of the Jefferson County Health and Wellness Center, a partnership between Mosaic and JCPH. Guests will be able to tour the
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — No hay país que pueda escapar al costo económico de los dos acontecimientos que han modelado el mundo tal como lo conocemos en 2022: la pandemia de covid-19 y la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania. Desde una inflación que bate récords a una desaceleración prevista del crecimiento económico cuando el
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A government report says the Pentagon and the State Department failed to investigate whether a Saudi-led coalition used arms bought from U.S. suppliers in attacks alleged to have killed civilians in Yemen. The General Accounting Office released the report Wednesday. The findings may undermine the reliability of
Continue ReadingBy JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Two U.S. veterans from Alabama who were in Ukraine assisting in the war against Russia haven’t been heard from in days and are missing. Members of the state’s congressional delegation say relatives of 27-year-old Andy Tai Ngoc Huynh of Trinity and 39-year-old Alexander Drueke of Tuscaloosa
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Three misconduct complaints against former Seattle police Chief Carmen Best from the summer of 2020 went unaddressed and are still pending. Mayor Bruce Harrell’s office this year sent the cases to an investigator outside the city, The Seattle Times reported. Police watchdogs and Harrell’s office say the cases sat because former Mayor
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CANTON, Ohio (AP) — The Cleveland Browns went on a field trip to dig deep into their rich football roots, including some deep ones nearly forgotten. Hoping to connect his team to its storied past, Cleveland coach Kevin Stefanski took minicamp on the road with a trip south to
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La republicana Mayra Flores ganará la elección especial para el Distrito 34 del Congreso de Texas, proyecta CNN, dando a los republicanos un escaño adicional en la Cámara. Flores será la mejor de cuatro candidatos, dos republicanos y dos demócratas en el concurso de todos los partidos para suceder al exrepresentante
Continue ReadingBy KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Stephen Curry and the Warriors have been within a game of clinching a championship in three of Golden State’s previous five trips to the NBA Finals during his 13-year NBA career. Curry says he’ll lean on that experience when he takes the court at Boston’s TD
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” film won’t hit theaters for another year and change. Thank goodness, then, for a snippet from the film that Warner Bros. released Wednesday on an unprepared public — a photo of one Ryan Gosling as Barbie’s tanned, toned and plastic boyfriend, Ken. (CNN and Warner Bros. Pictures share
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Former Wimbledon runner-up Marin Cilic kept his focus to beat Alexander Bublik 7-6 (6), 7-5 and advance to the quarterfinals of the Queen’s Club. Tommy Paul upset the sixth-seeded Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in a first-round match at the grass-court tournament, and Botic van de Zandschulp reached the quarterfinals by beating
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Astros starter Luis Garcia and reliever Phil Maton each threw an immaculate inning — nine pitches, three strikeouts — and Martín Maldonado keyed a six-run first inning that sent Houston over the Texas Rangers 9-2. Garcia had a span of five consecutive strikeouts that began
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A Republican Oklahoma state representative who is a self-described death-penalty supporter said a report by a Houston law firm into the conviction of death row inmate Richard Glossip proves his innocence. Rep. Kevin McDugle said Wednesday he believes in the death penalty, but will fight to
Continue ReadingCatherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Apple workers at a retail outpost in Towson, Maryland, are set to begin voting on Wednesday in a union election, with the potential to form the first labor union in one of the tech giant’s US stores. Voting will take place in person at a vacant store in the Towson Town
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez When Aaron Bernstein became a pediatrician 15 years ago, it didn’t occur to him that the climate crisis would grow into a critical health problem for his young patients. But over the years he started to notice more children visiting emergency rooms for heat-related illnesses, and some even suffered from climate-induced mental
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