PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins have hired two-time NHL All-Star Jason Spezza as assistant general manager. Spezza comes to Pittsburgh from Toronto, where he spent the 2022-23 season working as a special assistant to new Penguins director of hockey operations Kyle Dubas. The 40-year-old Spezza scored 363 goals during a 19-year NHL career with
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press A coalition of activist groups and researchers has released a report it hopes will increase pressure on agribusiness giant Cargill to do more to fight deforestation and human rights abuse. The document released Wednesday accuses the family-owned company of not following through on commitments to help end such practices. It
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The head count of every U.S. resident in 2020 helped guide the distribution of $2.8 trillion in annual federal spending, underscoring the importance of participating in the once-a-decade census. That’s according to a new report released Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. There were 353 federal assistance programs that used
Continue ReadingBy PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas court has ruled that embattled Attorney General Ken Paxton’s long-delayed trial on securities fraud charges from 2015 will take place in Houston. The decision Wednesday deals the Republican another setback as he awaits a separate impeachment trial. It remains unclear when Paxton might
Continue ReadingBy TAMMY MUTASA Click here for updates on this story HUDSON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Danny Thomas of Hudson beat the odds playing the lottery, but he barely beat the clock when it came to collecting his prize. Last week, the Massachusetts State Lottery issued a reminder about expiring lottery prizes. One was a $50,000 Powerball
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer U.S. officials said Wednesday they will require new airline planes to have a second barrier to make it harder for passengers to break into the cockpit when the main door is open. The Federal Aviation Administration rule will apply to commercial planes made after mid-2025. The rule will affect
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly and inaccurately compared his federal indictment to the Hillary Clinton email investigation that ended without charges, claiming unfair treatment. Trump most recently invoked Clinton on Tuesday night during a lie-filled fundraiser at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, hours after his
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Police and villagers have rescued more survivors of a boat that capsized in the Niger River in northern Nigeria killing more than 100 people as they returned from a wedding. A police spokesman said Wednesday at least 144 people have been rescued since the overcrowded boat
Continue ReadingCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Regulated betting on sports and horse racing is expected to begin across North Carolina in the first half of next year. Gov. Roy Cooper signed legislation Wednesday that greatly expands gambling within the state’s borders. The Democratic governor held a bill-signing ceremony Wednesday at Spectrum Center, home to the NBA’s Charlotte
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Gambling giant MGM Resorts International says it did nothing wrong in its dealings with a New York City man who accuses it of preying on his gambling addiction with repeated cash bonuses intended to keep him gambling. In court papers, MGM says Sam Antar, a
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. migration agency says Sudan’s conflict has displaced more than 2 million people as the tally of civilians killed in the fighting climbed to at least 959 people. Sudan has plunged into chaos since mid-April when monthslong tensions between the military and its rival, the paramilitary
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — Organizers estimate 4,000 people turned out for the first-ever Pride festival in a small Michigan city to enjoy the celebration’s drag show, dance party and vendor-filled streets. The massive turnout over the weekend in Grand Haven, with a population of 11,000 people, was a shock
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Based on who you talk to, artificial intelligence (AI) is either going to save the world or destroy it. While Hollywood is in the midst of a writers’ strike, in part due to concern over AI, we have put together a list of some of the films you
Continue ReadingCNN By Jack Bantock and Dan Moriarty, CNN (CNN) — In various households across the Palm Springs area this week, some Californians will have seen the face of a previous Uber driver staring back at them on sports broadcasts and online articles. While many of the passengers Berry Henson has taxied during some 3,000 rides
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Kelly (CNN) — Google wants to make it easier for online shoppers to know how clothing will look on them before making a purchase. The company on Wednesday announced a new virtual try-on feature that uses generative AI, the same technology underpinning a new crop of chatbots and image creation tools, to show
Continue ReadingCNN By Samantha Kelly (CNN) — Google wants to make it easier for online shoppers to know how clothing will look on them before making a purchase. The company on Wednesday announced a new virtual try-on feature that uses generative AI, the same technology underpinning a new crop of chatbots and image creation tools, to
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer NFL Vice President Troy Vincent and his wife Tommi are helping launch a domestic abuse study at Niagara University that will focus on male student-athletes. The year-long study is part of Vincent’s vision to uncover fresh data and find new ways to approach an issue that particularly affects college
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — FIFA secretary general Fatma Samoura is leaving after seven years as the highest profile woman working in world soccer. FIFA says Samoura will stay in the job she has held since 2016 through this year’s Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand and leave at
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace (CNN) — New airliners will soon be required to have a second barrier between the passenger cabin and cockpit. The Federal Aviation Administration says it has finalized a rule requiring extra security for cockpits of newly-manufactured commercial aircraft. The secondary cockpit barrier rule will apply to passenger planes manufactured starting in the
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — A number of the UK’s most prominent LGBTQ+ actors, musicians, politicians and athletes have opened up about their experiences with gender identity and sexuality for the latest issue of British Vogue. In celebration of Pride month, which runs from June 1 until June 30 in the UK, the magazine
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