By Anna Chernova and Karen Smith, CNN Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been transferred from the penal colony where he was serving his term to a higher security prison facility. The jailed politician was relocated to a maximum-security prison in Melekhovo in the Vladimir Region, according to Russia’s state media outlet TASS citing Sergey
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A synagogue claims in a lawsuit that a new Florida law prohibiting abortion after 15 weeks violates religious freedom rights of Jews in addition to the state constitution’s privacy protections. The lawsuit filed by the Congregation L’Dor Va-Dor of Boynton Beach contends the law that
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The government plans soon to release data on collisions involving vehicles with autonomous or partially automated driving system that will likely single out Teslas for a disproportionately high number of such crashes. In coming days, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to issue the figures,
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The government plans soon to release data on collisions involving vehicles with autonomous or partially automated driving system that will likely single out Teslas for a disproportionately high number of such crashes. In coming days, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to issue the figures,
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation is at a 40-year high. Stock prices are sinking. The Federal Reserve is making borrowing much costlier. And the economy actually shrank in the first three months of this year. Is the United States at risk of enduring another recession? For now, most economists don’t
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation is at a 40-year high. Stock prices are sinking. The Federal Reserve is making borrowing much costlier. And the economy actually shrank in the first three months of this year. Is the United States at risk of enduring another recession? For now, most economists don’t
Continue ReadingBy ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — No. 2 Stanford and No. 5 Texas A&M are the highest national seeds remaining in the NCAA baseball tournament heading into the College World Series. Stanford staved off elimination five times to earn a second straight trip to Omaha, Nebraska. The Cardinal has won 22
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– La famosísima banda de K-pop BTS se tomará una pausa para trabajar en proyectos en solitario, anunció el grupo este martes. BTS dio la noticia en video durante la celebración de su “Festa dinner” por el noveno aniversario de la banda. El grupo está formado por los artistas RM, Jin, V, J-Hope,
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — NCAA athletes saw their overall four-year Academic Progress Rate increase to 984, a one-point jump from the most recent data publicly released in May 2020. College sports’ largest governing body opted not to release last year’s numbers because of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Men’s basketball finished at 968, up two
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A long-term investigation of a drug-trafficking organization culminated Tuesday with Central Oregon drug agents, several law enforcement agencies and SWAT teams conducting six simultaneous raids across northern Jefferson County, making several arrests in the largest drug bust in county history, Sheriff Marc Heckathorn said.
Continue ReadingBy JOE HARRIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Jack Flaherty will make his first start of the season in the series finale against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday. Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol made the surprise announcement before the first game of a day-night doubleheader against the Pirates on Tuesday. Flaherty
Continue ReadingBy Sonia Moghe, CNN New York’s highest court ruled Tuesday that an elephant at the Bronx Zoo is not a “person” and that the civil rights group fighting for her release to a sanctuary is not entitled to do so on her behalf. The elephant, named Happy, has been in captivity since she was one year old and has
Continue ReadingBy The The Associated Press Global superstars BTS said they are taking time to focus on solo projects, but the company behind the groundbreaking K-pop group said they are not taking a hiatus. The seven-member group with hits like “Butter” and “Dynamite” talked about their future in a video posted Tuesday celebrating the nine year
Continue ReadingASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Washington Commanders coach Ron Rivera says defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio addressed the team to apologize for his comments about protests in the summer of 2020 and the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Rivera said Del Rio met individually with some players to discuss his remarks. The team fined
Continue ReadingBy David Goldman, CNN Business The stock market won’t be satisfied unless the Federal Reserve takes drastic action on inflation. Investors now overwhelmingly predict the Fed will raise rates by a remarkable three-quarters of a percentage point at the conclusion of its policy meeting Wednesday. That hasn’t happened since 1994, when Alan Greenspan ran the
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer The U.S. Open will allow tennis players from Russia and Belarus to compete this year despite the ongoing war in Ukraine. That war prompted Wimbledon to ban those athletes. U.S. Tennis Association CEO and Executive Director Lew Sherr tells The Associated Press that the USTA Board decided to let
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer The U.S. Open will allow tennis players from Russia and Belarus to compete this year despite the ongoing war in Ukraine. That war prompted Wimbledon to ban those athletes. U.S. Tennis Association CEO and Executive Director Lew Sherr tells The Associated Press that the USTA Board decided to let
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow, CNN Business Bears. Bulls. Two big, scary mammals that serve as Wall Street shorthand for the stock market’s general mood. Bear = pretty much everyone’s selling. Bull = pretty much everyone’s buying. This week, US stocks fell into a “bear” market, dropping more than 20% from their most recent peak in early
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas and Mitchell McCluskey and Alicia Lee, CNN BTS will be pressing pause to pursue solo projects, the K-Pop group announced Tuesday. The massively popular performers made the announcement in a video during their “Festa dinner,” celebrating the band’s ninth anniversary. The group consists of artists RM, Jin, V, J-Hope, Suga, Jimin and
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE and JOSH BOAK Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Joe Biden told the largest federation of labor unions on Tuesday that he’s working to rebuild the U.S. economy around workers, an attempt to draw a contrast with Republicans who have increasingly attracted blue-collar votes. “We should encourage unions,” Biden said. “I’m not
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