By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors are expected to start deliberating Thursday in the criminal trial of three men accused of trying to scare a former Chinese official into returning to his homeland. U.S. prosecutors say the scheme was orchestrated by Beijing and reflects China’s “Operation Fox Hunt” effort to repatriate
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — The University of Delaware has agreed to pay $6.3 million to settle a lawsuit over its campus shutdown and the halting of in-person classes amid the coronavirus pandemic. Court papers filed this month indicate that some 21,000 current and former students who paid tuition in the
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — El Ejército de Estados Unidos desplegó esta semana aviones de combate F-22 en Medio Oriente debido a la preocupación por el “comportamiento inseguro y poco profesional” de las aeronaves rusas, anunció la entidad este miércoles en un comunicado. “El comportamiento inseguro y poco profesional de las fuerzas rusas no es lo
Continue ReadingGREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — A southwestern Montana man has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison after being convicted of a hate crime and firearms charges for threatening a woman with violent, homophobic slurs and shooting at her house with an AK-style rifle as part of a self-described “mission” to rid a small
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brooks Koepka says he enjoys chaos. He’s come to the right place at this U.S. Open. Players have been trying to digest the news of the PGA Tour’s shock partnership with LIV Golf’s Saudi Arabian backers. And then PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan had to
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — La Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA, por sus siglas en inglés) confirmó este miércoles que el Gobierno de Puerto Rico solicitó recientemente la activación de generadores de electricidad provisionales en la central generatriz de Palo Seco, en San Juan, con el propósito de apoyar la red eléctrica
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man charged with manslaughter for putting an agitated New York City subway rider in a fatal chokehold has been indicted by a grand jury, an expected procedural step that will allow the criminal case to continue. Daniel Penny was charged by Manhattan prosecutors last
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The word of the week at the U.S. Open is barranca. It stems from the Spanish word meaning cliff, precipice, gully or ravine. Merriam-Webster defines it as “a deep gully or arroyo with steep sides.” At Los Angeles Country Club, the barranca, lined with sand
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Pope Francis and a leading Sunni imam have made calls for peace as the U.N. Security Council met to discuss the importance of human fraternity. The pope sent a statement calling for an end to war. Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, grand imam of Al-Azhar in Cairo,
Continue ReadingBy IAN NICHOLAS QUILLEN Associated Press OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — For all the talk of Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson learning new offensive coordinator Todd Monken’s scheme, it’s the different coaching style that has jumped out so far at minicamp. Monken has been one of the most consistently loud, instructive voices through the first
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The modern era for Las Vegas sports began when the NHL awarded the city an expansion franchise in 2016. The Golden Knights began playing in the 2017-18 season. They won their first Stanley Cup on Tuesday. Since the Knights came onboard, Las Vegas acquired an
Continue ReadingBy Nadia Kounang, CNN (CNN) — In a statement Wednesday, the Concussion in Sport Group, a panel of the world’s leading experts on concussion and head trauma, stopped short of definitively linking the brain disease CTE with repeated head trauma. CTE, a brain disease diagnosed after death through autopsy, has gained notoriety for its prominence
Continue ReadingBy TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee quarterback Ryan Tannehill met DeAndre Hopkins for the first time during the three-time All-Pro’s free agent visit with the Titans. The quarterback who turns 35 in July and is going into the final season of his contract spent some time with Hopkins
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La armera de la película “Rust” probablemente tenía resaca cuando cargó una pistola de utilería que, en manos del actor Alec Baldwin, se disparó con una bala real durante un ensayo, impactando mortalmente a la directora de fotografía Halyna Hutchins, señalaron los fiscales en una presentación judicial. Los testigos dijeron a
Continue ReadingBy Laura Ly, CNN (CNN) — A former morgue manager at Harvard Medical School is facing federal charges for allegedly stealing, selling and shipping human body parts, according to an indictment. Cedric Lodge, 55, who worked at the medical school’s morgue in Boston, “stole dissected portions of donated cadavers, including…heads, brains, skin, bones, and other
Continue ReadingBy ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Unlike fellow ex-Broncos head coach Vic Fangio, Vance Joseph had no qualms about returning to Denver as an assistant. Joseph, who went 11-21 as Broncos head coach from 2017-18, said Wednesday in his first comments since rejoining the franchise that fired him that he
Continue ReadingBy Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — A Mississippi civil rights attorney alleges she was wrongfully arrested over the weekend and believes it may have been in retaliation for her advocacy work in the city of Lexington highlighting claims of discrimination by police against its Black residents. Civil rights attorney Jill Jefferson was arrested Saturday by
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Facts and figures for the 123rd U.S. Open that starts Thursday at Los Angeles Country Club.
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scottie Scheffler comes into the U.S. Open ranked first in the world but 148th in putting. With the U.S. Open at LA Country Club on tap, Scheffler finds himself experimenting with different putters and also trying to take a more positive mindset to the greens.
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — For decades, audiences have been used to seeing Harrison Ford star in blockbuster action films, zipping through space in “Star Wars,” or taking viewers along on his heroic “Indiana Jones” adventures. So when “Ted Lasso” writer and star Brett Goldstein had his eye on casting Ford in his AppleTV+
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