By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer The leading boat in The Ocean Race has dropped out of the last leg of the around-the-world sailing competition and asked the sport’s overseers for compensation in the standings to make up for the collision that punctured its carbon fiber hull. 11th Hour Racing was T-boned by Guyot environnement
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN ANDREWS Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — A South Bay artist has been centering his work around the joy of culture and community, while not forgetting the enduring legacy of slavery in the U.S. “One of the things that I feel ultimately is freedom,” said Rasheid Lattimore. “I
Continue ReadingBy David Close, CNN (CNN) — Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant has been suspended for 25 games without pay by the NBA for “conduct detrimental to the league,” the NBA announced Friday. In May, Morant was suspended from team activities after an Instagram Live video appearing to show him flashing a gun while in a
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Swiss cyclist Gino Mäder died Friday, one day after crashing and falling down a ravine during a descent at the Tour de Suisse. The 26-year-old Mäder crashed after a left-hand turn on a fast downhill road approaching the end of the mountainous fifth stage into La
Continue ReadingGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The general manager of a television news station in western Michigan has apologized after staff received a memo telling reporters to cover fewer LGBTQ+ events during Pride Month because coverage could be “polarizing.” The Detroit Free Press first reported on the WOOD-TV memo asking workers to “do some work to
Continue ReadingBy ASHLEY SHARP Click here for updates on this story RIO VISTA, California (KOVR) — Turkey troubles are growing at a quiet, Rio Vista retirement community, now prompting local police and the Department of Fish and Wildlife to step in. Turkeys that often wander the Trilogy at Rio Vista’s large neighborhood, golf course and park
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Nusrat Chowdhury, a civil rights lawyer, has been confirmed by the Senate as the first Muslim female federal judge in U.S. history. She will assume her lifetime appointment in Brooklyn federal court in New York after a 50-49 vote on Thursday along party lines. The confirmation drew praise from the American Civil
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Gregg Berhalter was rehired as U.S. men’s national team coach through the 2026 World Cup, returning to the job after he led the Americans to the second round of last year’s tournament and then was dropped amid a feud with a famous soccer family and
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany has handed over to Colombia two masks made by the Indigenous Kogi people that had been in a Berlin museum’s collection for more than a century. It is another step in the country’s restitution of cultural artifacts as European nations reappraise their colonial-era past. The wooden
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell and Carma Hassan (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday said it has recommended that Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers make single-strain booster shots for this fall that would target the currently circulating Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5. “Based on the totality of the evidence, FDA has advised manufacturers who will be updating
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Abortion providers in North Carolina have filed a federal lawsuit that challenges several provisions of a state law banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. The new restrictions are set to take effect July 1. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic and Dr. Beverly Gray,
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Former college football player Ray Lewis III, the son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Ray Lewis, has died at the age of 28, according to a social media post from his younger brother. Rahsaan Lewis posted about his brother’s death on Instagram on Thursday. “Really can’t believe I’m
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story NAPERVILLE, Illinois (WBBM) — A taxi driver will spend 25 years in prison after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a female passenger in his cab. Sandeep Arora was convicted on six counts for the assault in Naperville in July 2017. Prosecutors say the
Continue ReadingBy Shawna Mizelle, CNN Washington (CNN) — A group of Democratic lawmakers has reintroduced a joint resolution to negate a clause in the 13th Amendment of the Constitution that permits slavery or involuntary servitude “as a punishment for crime.” The “Abolition Amendment” was introduced on Wednesday ahead of Juneteenth – the national holiday commemorating the
Continue ReadingBy CNN staff (CNN) — Former President Barack Obama will sit down with CNN’s Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour for an exclusive in-depth conversation about the state of democracy that will air June 22 at 10 p.m. ET. Amanpour and Obama will speak in Athens – a symbolic setting of democracy – during the former
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story SCITUATE, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A “magnificent giant” on the South Shore is up for adoption. The Scituate Animal Shelter is looking for a loving home for George, a 160-pound mastiff. The shelter says this “huge lug” is the largest dog they’ve had in the past
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Dean, Olga Voitovych, Nimi Princewill, and Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — An African delegation on a peace mission to Ukraine headed by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was greeted with explosions and forced to shelter in bunkers amid air strikes on the capital Kyiv. Ukrainian officials said the attack was repelled by air
Continue ReadingJack Guy and Nadine Schmidt, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists have found an octagonal sword dating from more than 3,000 years ago at a burial site in the state of Bavaria, southern Germany. The sword is so well preserved that it still gleams, according to a statement from the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — After nearly a week of mass protests on Reddit directed at its management, the company’s strategy appears to be simple: power through. That approach was reflected Thursday in a series of media interviews conducted by Reddit CEO and co-founder Steve Huffman. In the interviews, Huffman defended the company’s initial
Continue ReadingCNN By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — After staging a widespread blackout to protest Reddit’s plans for a controversial new pricing policy, some users are now trying a different tactic: flooding the social network with John Oliver pictures. Several of Reddit’s largest self-moderated communities, including r/pics and r/aww, have turned spaces that were once devoted
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