MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Republican Gov. Phil Scott has signed a bill into law legalizing online sports betting in Vermont. Sports betting is currently legal in nearly three dozen states. Scott said Wednesday that he first proposed Vermont legalize sports betting several years ago. He says many Vermonters already participate in the marketplace and bringing
Continue ReadingMONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Republican Gov. Phil Scott has signed a bill into law legalizing online sports betting in Vermont. Sports betting is currently legal in nearly three dozen states. Scott said Wednesday that he first proposed Vermont legalize sports betting several years ago. He says many Vermonters already participate in the marketplace and bringing
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has rejected an effort to censure California Rep. Adam Schiff, turning aside a Republican attempt to fine the Democrat over his comments about former President Donald Trump and investigations into his ties to Russia. Schiff, the former Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– El alcalde de Miami, Francis Suarez, presentó la documentación para sumarse a la contienda por la candidatura republicana para las elecciones de 2024, según nuevos registros de la Comisión Federal de Elecciones, lo que marca su entrada formal a la carrera. Suarez dará un discurso este jueves en la Biblioteca Reagan en
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen and Sean Lyngaas, CNN Washington (CNN) — Georgia election officials have been aware of existing vulnerabilities in the state’s voting software for more than two years but continue to insist the system is safe and won’t be updated until after 2024, according to a report that was unsealed this week as part
Continue ReadingIvana Zlotogwiazda (CNN Español) — Argentina tiene 19 feriados, entre inamovibles (12), trasladables (4) y turísticos (3). En junio hay un feriado inamovible el día 20, que conmemora el fallecimiento de Manuel Belgrano, creador de la bandera nacional y general de la guerra de la independencia, además de promotor de la educación pública. Este año,
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Wednesday in a newspaper report that he won’t sign the state budget if Republican lawmakers follow through on their plan to cut funding for the state university system’s diversity officers, escalating a bitter fight over dollars for the state campuses. Assembly
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — ¡Qué calor! Es la frase que se escucha con más frecuencia por estos días en México. No se trata solo de una sensación, en los últimos días los termómetros han superado los 40 grados en al menos 22 de los 32 estados, según la Comisión Nacional del Agua (Conagua). La
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — In 1978, a garment bag containing a woman’s heavily decayed remains was discovered in a remote area of northern Nevada. The case soon went cold — and the victim remained nameless for 45 years. But on Wednesday, Nevada State Police announced that advancements in DNA testing
Continue ReadingBy John Miller, CNN (CNN) — A Manhattan grand jury has indicted Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran who held the homeless Black man and street artist Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold on the New York City subway, a Manhattan District Attorney’s spokesperson told CNN. Penny, 24, was indicted on second-degree manslaughter charges. An arraignment is
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By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — There was an optimistic mood in the Oregon state Capitol that a boycott by Republican senators, which has been underway for six weeks, could end soon as GOP and Democratic leaders met to negotiate compromises over bills on abortion, transgender health care and gun safety. The
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — There was an optimistic mood in the Oregon state Capitol that a boycott by Republican senators, which has been underway for six weeks, could end soon as GOP and Democratic leaders met to negotiate compromises over bills on abortion, transgender health care and gun safety. The
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — The House and Senate are careening toward a major spending standoff that could consume Congress this fall, raise the threat of a government shutdown and once again test House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s ability to keep his narrow Republican majority behind him. It’s a showdown that was likely always going
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN) — La cerveza más vendida en Estados Unidos ya no es estadounidense: Bud Light perdió su título de décadas ante un competidor mexicano. Modelo Especial, la lager mexicana elaborada cerca de la Ciudad de México por Constellation Brands, se impuso como la cerveza más vendida en mayo, desbancando a Bud
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is expected to be released from the hospital “in the coming days,” as he recovers well and without complications from abdominal surgery last week, the Vatican said Wednesday. In his daily medical update, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Francis again rested well overnight, was at
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — As Juneteenth approaches, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, New Jersey’s U.S. Senator Cory Booker, and U.S. Representative Nikema Williams (D-GA-05) teamed up to introduce the Abolition Amendment, a bicameral resolution which would strike the ‘Slavery Clause’ of the 13th Amendment, a constitutional loophole which allows slavery “as a punishment for crime” in the United
Continue ReadingST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A man involved in a shootout at a bar in St. Paul, Minnesota, bar that left one person dead and more than a dozen people wounded has been convicted of second-degree murder and four counts of attempted second-degree murder. Terry Brown was found guilty Wednesday for his role in the
Continue ReadingBy LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Eddie Rosario hit a tiebreaking homer in the sixth inning and the Atlanta Braves held on to beat the Detroit Tigers 6-5 Wednesday night and sweep a doubleheader. Ozzie Albies and Ronald Acuna Jr. had solo homers earlier in the second game for the NL-East leading
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — American novelist Barbara Kingsolver has won the prestigious Women’s Prize for Fiction for a second time with “Demon Copperhead.” Inspired by Charles Dickens’ “David Copperfield,” the novel is a coming-of-age story set in an Appalachia scarred by poverty and opioid addiction. Kingsolver was awarded the $38,000 prize
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. Army soldier from Stow, Ohio, has pleaded guilty to trying to aid terrorists in a plot to ambush Army soldiers in the Middle East. Cole Bridges, incarcerated since his January 2021 arrest, entered the plea Wednesday in Manhattan federal court. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams
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