By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — The Associated Press takes a look at some of the men considered contenders at the 2023 French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament. Play begins on the red clay courts of Roland Garros on Sunday. The field is led by top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz, 22-time major champion Novak
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN Business) — After months of cat and mouse, lawyers for a group of FTX investors have served Shaquille O’Neal. Again. Plaintiffs’ attorneys say O’Neal has repeatedly dodged process servers who have been trying to hand-deliver legal complaints related to his role as a celebrity spokesperson for the cryptocurrency
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Khloé Kardashian’s has revealed her baby boy’s name. During the premiere of the new season of “The Kardashians,” she shared that her son’s name is Tatum. In a scene at Kendall Jenner’s 818 Tequila event, James Corden asks Kardashian about her life. “Naming a human is really hard,” she
Continue ReadingBy Sydney Kashiwagi and Rebekah Riess, CNN Washington (CNN) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster on Thursday signed a bill into law that will limit most abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. South Carolina now joins a list of Republican-led states that have championed sweeping abortion restrictions in the wake of last
Continue ReadingBarbie Latza Nadeau and Amarachi Orie, CNN Rome, Italy (CNN) — Thousands of artifacts of historical and financial value, including items taken from graves and archaeological digs, have been recovered in Italy following a huge operation, authorities have said. Italian police have arrested 21 out of 51 suspects in an operation which included hundreds of
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — After more than two years and an investment of nearly $1.2 billion, researchers say they’ve come up with a list of 12 symptoms that can reliably classify someone as having long Covid, a working definition that should accelerate research into the disabling condition. The study, which was published Thursday
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — People who develop prediabetes when they’re younger are likely to have a higher risk for dementia in later life, a new study has found. Prediabetes exists when blood sugar levels are higher than optimal but not yet high enough for the patient to be medically diagnosed with diabetes. Unfortunately,
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — Digital World Acquisition Corp., the blank-check firm seeking to merge with former President Donald Trump’s media venture that owns the Truth Social app, has received a delisting notice from the Nasdaq. In a press release Wednesday, Digital World said it “received an expected letter” from the
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — The Associated Press takes a look at some of the women considered contenders at the 2023 French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament. Play begins on the red clay courts of Roland Garros on Sunday. The field is led by top-ranked Iga Swiatek. She is the defending
Continue ReadingBy KATC Staff Click here for updates on this story RAYNE, Louisiana (KATC) — The Rayne Police Department has released an update in its investigation into the series of discoveries of human remains at St. Joseph Church. On Tuesday, May 23, 2023, St. Joseph Church staff reported another human bone left on the steps of
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lopez Click here for updates on this story LOUISIANA (KATC) — At 15, Kennan was your typical teenager and then one day things started to change. She started to experience headaches, fatigue–all bad enough to raise concerns. Her parents took her to the doctor. “I was in class, and I felt like I
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — IndyCar driver Stefan Wilson had surgery to repair a fractured vertebrae that he sustained in practice for the Indianapolis 500. His car owner Don Cusick said Thursday that Wilson was “in great spirits and feeling better.” He was injured during practice on Monday when his car
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday gave a 94-year-old Minneapolis woman a new chance to recoup some money after the county kept the entire $40,000 when it sold her condominium over a small unpaid tax bill. The justices ruled that Hennepin County, Minnesota violated the constitutional rights
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison reveals in a new book how worried prosecutors were that a judge would move the trial of former officer Derek Chauvin out of the city where he killed George Floyd. So they conducted a mock trial in a deep red
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Bannon, the conservative strategist and longtime ally of Donald Trump, will stand trial next May on charges that he duped donors who gave money to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Judge Juan Manuel Merchan said Thursday during a brief hearing in New
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — When Life at Sea Cruises announced the upcoming launch of its 130,000-mile voyage it was billed as the “world’s first – and only – three-year cruise.” Demand for cabins was said to be “unprecedented,” with some travel enthusiasts apparently selling their homes in preparation for the trip of a
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer STRESA, Italy (AP) — Incessant rain failed to put a damper on Nicolas Ghesquiere’s ambitions for his Louis Vuitton 2024 Cruise collection, unveiled to an A-list crowd including Oprah Winfrey, Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Connelly and Emma Stone. Originally envisioned against a golden sunset on Italy’s Lake Maggiorie, it instead
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GOOD THURSDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… We are in for a stretch of sunny, warm weather with a couple places anticipating some pop-up thunderstorms. Today, today we will see sunny skies with highs in the mid 70’s. Some areas south of bend will also have a slight chance of seeing some pop-up thunderstorms in the afternoon. Northerly breezes
Continue ReadingJACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars have signed Brandon McManus in hopes of upgrading their special teams. The move came two days after Denver dropped the veteran kicker and former team captain. The Jaguars waived kicker Riley Patterson to make room on the 90-man roster for McManus. McManus had been scheduled to count nearly
Continue ReadingBy TRAVIS LOLLER and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has ruled that a group parents can have their say in a lawsuit over the writings of a shooter who killed six people at their children’s school. The judge says the Covenant School parents have a right to intervene against
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