LONDON (AP) — Tennis players Nastja Kolar and Alexandra Riley have been banned from the sport for life and fined as part of a match-fixing case. The International Tennis Integrity Agency says the 28-year-old Kolar committed 25 offenses from 2015-20 and was fined $175,000. Riley committed 15 offenses in the same period and was fined
Continue ReadingKELLOGG, Idaho (AP) — Idaho police say man killed neighboring family of 4 after neighbor’s teen son exposed himself to the man’s daughters.
Continue ReadingKELLOGG, Idaho (AP) — Idaho police say man killed neighboring family of 4 after neighbor’s teen son exposed himself to the man’s daughters.
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles had to wait 75 years for the U.S. Open to return and now it feels like a regular stop. Riviera Country Club off Sunset Boulevard will hold the 2031 U.S. Open. Riviera hosted the first U.S. Open in California when Ben Hogan won
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Comedian Whitney Cummings is celebrating some happy news. Cummings took to Instagram reveal that she is expecting her first child, sharing photos with her dog, along with an ultrasound image. “In these pix I am with child,” she captioned it. “And there’s a baby in me too. Human pup
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, Manu Raju, Haley Talbot and Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy urged House Republicans to vote against the resolution brought forward by GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado forcing a vote to impeach President Joe Biden this week, arguing now is not the right time, multiple sources in the closed
Continue ReadingBy Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Washington (CNN) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein has grown isolated over the years from most members of her California delegation and other Democrats in her home state, feeding a discontent among allies who tell CNN they now wish for a more engaged and energetic senior senator. Dozens of elected California Democrats who
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — The United States Food and Drug Administration will test out labels on the front of food packages in the hope of giving shoppers better access to nutrition information, the agency said. The goal is to address diet-related chronic disease by “empowering consumers with nutrition information to help them more
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Robert Downey Jr. hasn’t always been an “Iron Man.” There was a time in the 1990s when the actor was struggling with addiction and in a great deal of legal trouble. During a recent conversation for Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast, Downey talked about being incarcerated in 1999,
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse and Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — The NFL has reminded players of its gambling policy, as it pointed to the league’s six ‘key rules’ after a recent spate of violations. The NFL told reporters on a conference call Tuesday that the six rules are: 1. Don’t bet on the NFL; 2. Don’t gamble at
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET and ANGELA CHARLTON PARIS (AP) — A strong explosion hit a building in Paris’ Left Bank on Wednesday, leaving at least 16 injured and igniting a fire that sent smoke soaring over city monuments and prompted the evacuation of surrounding buildings, police said. The cause of the blast was not immediately known.
Continue ReadingLianne Kolirin and Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Emma Watson likely wasn’t expecting to be at the center of the latest viral dress discourse when she posted an Instagram photo of herself wearing a sky-blue Loewe number on Monday, but many Internet commenters seemed nearly as confused by the gravity-defying silhouette as they were by
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Eighteen-year-old Alyssa Thompson was selected Wednesday alongside veteran Megan Rapinoe and 21 others for the U.S. roster that will vie next month to do what no country has done before — raise a third straight trophy at the Women’s World Cup. Thompson, who has been impressive this season
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina’s preparations for the grass-court Grand Slam hit a snag when she lost to Donna Vekic 6-7 (1), 6-3, 6-4 in the second round of the Berlin Open. Vekic faced only two break points and saved them both. Caroline Garcia will play former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova in the
Continue ReadingTALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian authorities on Wednesday declared the World Wide Fund for Nature to be an undesirable organization, effectively banning it from operating in the country, in the latest move to stifle dissent. The global organization, which promotes wildlife preservation and works to reduce human impact on the environment, encourages activities that are
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — The European Union’s migration chief says the shipwreck last week off Greece that is feared to have killed hundreds of people may be the “worst ever tragedy” of its kind. It comes as migrant crossings from eastern Libya to Europe have surged. As many as 750 people may have been on board
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — For Southern Baptists, the last week has been one to remember. The Southern Baptist Convention — the largest Protestant Christian denomination in the country — voted last week at its annual meeting to uphold the expulsion of two churches led by women pastors: Fern Creek in Louisville, Kentucky, which
Continue ReadingBy NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network has agreed to pay the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles around $100 million each following a protracted dispute over the value of the Nationals’ television rights from 2012 to 2016, a person familiar with the matter said. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because
Continue ReadingBy NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network has agreed to pay the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles around $100 million each following a protracted dispute over the value of the Nationals’ television rights from 2012 to 2016, a person familiar with the matter said. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy and Eric Cheung, CNN (CNN) — Parents of children allegedly given sedatives by staff at a preschool in Taiwan have been protesting the government’s slow response to the incident. On Sunday, hundreds of people gathered in New Taipei City to criticize the fact that it took weeks for local authorities to carry
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