Hafsa Khalil, CNN If you’ve ever wanted an extravagant pad with an Upper East Side zip code in which to ponder your feuding family’s business empire, then Kendall Roy‘s triplex apartment could be the place for you. You’ll just need a Roy-sized bank balance to buy it. The penthouse at 180 East 88th Street, which
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Oregon’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.4% in March, down from 4.7% in February. For the past 20 months since August 2021, Oregon’s unemployment rate has remained relatively steady and near historic lows, the state Employment Department reported Wednesday.
Continue ReadingSTUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Second-ranked Aryna Sabalenka has advanced to the quarterfinals at the Porsche Grand Prix by beating Barbora Krejcikova 6-2, 6-3. The Australian Open champion has reached the final in Stuttgart for two straight years but has yet to win the clay-court tournament. Krejcikova, the 2021 French Open champion, has beaten Sabalenka only
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Two former New Mexico State basketball players filed a lawsuit alleging they were sexually assaulted by teammates and that the coaching staff and other administrators did nothing when they reported the assaults. The lawsuit was filed by Deuce Benjamin and another player who said three teammates forced them to
Continue ReadingBy Michael Bell and Mike Allen Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — A man has been arrested in connection to a large fight that broke out near Dell H. Robison Middle School on Wednesday. The Clark County School District Police Department confirmed the arrest of Jose Montes, 39, who turned
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Spanish clubs have not been convinced by Barcelona’s explanation about its payments to a former official of the country’s refereeing committee. Spanish league president Javier Tebas said after the league’s general assembly on Wednesday that most clubs felt that Barcelona president Joan Laporta did not fully explain why his club paid more
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky, Oren Liebermann and Jeremy Diamond, CNN The US government’s Afghanistan watchdog told lawmakers Wednesday that he cannot say with certainty that US aid to the country is “not currently funding the Taliban.” “While I agree, and we all agree Afghanistan faces a dire humanitarian and economic situation, it is critical that our
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis added more wins to his agenda targeting the LGBTQ+ community as a state board approved an expansion of what critics call the “Don’t Say Gay” law Wednesday, and the House passed bills on gender-transition treatments, bathroom use and
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A proposed change to next year’s Montana U.S. Senate primary that could have hurt Democratic Sen. Jon Tester’s reelection chances is likely dead. A legislative committee shelved the GOP-backed measure Wednesday. Some Republican lawmakers urged on by a GOP lobbyist wanted to alter the 2024 Senate
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) — Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has launched his longshot bid to challenge President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination next year. Kennedy is a member of one of the country’s most famous political families who has recent years he has been linked to some far-right figures. He kicked off
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A county commissioner in far southeast Oklahoma who was identified by a local newspaper as one of several officials caught on tape discussing killing reporters and lynching Black people has resigned from office, Gov. Kevin Stitt’s office confirmed Wednesday. Stitt spokesperson Carly Atchison said the
Continue ReadingBy GISELA SALOMON and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge in Miami handed down a 15-year prison sentence Wednesday to the former nurse of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez for taking bribes from a billionaire media mogul to green-light lucrative currency transactions when she served as Venezuela’s national treasurer. Claudia Diaz
Continue ReadingBy Li-Lian Ahlskog Hou, Allegra Goodwin, Anna Chernova and Vasco Cotovio, CNN Russia has a fleet of suspected spy ships operating in Nordic waters as part of a program for the potential sabotage of underwater cables and wind farms in the region, according to a joint investigation by the public broadcasters of Sweden, Denmark, Norway
Continue ReadingCNN By Sana Noor Haq, Luke McGee, Alex Hardie, Zahid Mahmood and Victoria Butenko, CNN NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday “Ukraine’s future is in NATO,” in his strongest remarks reaffirming ties with Kyiv since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022. In his first visit to Ukraine since the invasion began, Stoltenberg
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The family of Tyre Nichols, who died after a brutal beating by five Memphis police officers, sued the officers and the city of Memphis, blaming them for his death and accusing officials of allowing a special unit’s aggressive tactics to go unchecked despite
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Fox News will pay more than $787 million to Dominion Voting Systems after the two sides reached a last-minute settlement Tuesday in the explosive defamation case tied to the news network’s lies about the 2020 US election. It is the largest publicly known defamation settlement involving a media company in US
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Julia Horowitz, CNN Fox News will pay more than $787 million to Dominion Voting Systems after the two sides reached a last-minute settlement Tuesday in the explosive defamation case tied to the news network’s lies about the 2020 US election. It is the largest publicly known defamation settlement involving a media
Continue ReadingBy Greg Wallace, CNN The US airline industry is about to be hit with a “tsunami of pilot retirements” that will further the nation’s pilot shortage, limiting flight availability for passengers and putting upward pressure on fares, an industry group told Congress Wednesday. “The pilot shortage has resulted in a collapse in air service,” Faye
Continue ReadingBy Kim Passoth Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — A rollover crash on US 95 Wednesday morning resulted in the arrest of Metro Officer Benjamin Coreas, who was off duty. Coreas is accused of driving under the influence. No one was hurt when Coreas hit the back of a
Continue ReadingMUNICH (AP) — Rain washed out the day’s play part-way through the first match at the BMW Open. Alexander Zverev and several other players were left waiting to hear when they will play. Play was interrupted two-and-a-half hours into the match between qualifier Aslan Karatsev and German wild card Daniel Altmaier. Karatsev was leading 4-6,
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