By TRÂN NGUYỄN and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California officials say the state of Florida has twice picked up asylum-seekers on the Texas border and flown them by private jet to California’s capital. The latest flight arrived Monday with about 20 migrants. It follows the arrival Friday of 16 others
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — When Kevin-Prince Boateng walked off the field to protest being racially abused by an opposing team’s fans a decade ago, he set soccer authorities on a path toward tougher sanctions in cases of discrimination. His teammates at Italian club AC Milan had his back when Boateng,
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — When Kevin-Prince Boateng walked off the field to protest being racially abused by an opposing team’s fans a decade ago, he set soccer authorities on a path toward tougher sanctions in cases of discrimination. His teammates at Italian club AC Milan had his back when Boateng,
Continue ReadingBy JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Among the thousands of fans in the stands at Europe’s biggest soccer games are a few people operating undercover. Trained volunteer observers listen for racist chants and watch for extremist symbols on banners. Their findings often form the basis for investigations by European soccer governing
Continue ReadingBy JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Blend in. Stay alert. Feign excitement if you must. Among the thousands of fans in the stands at Europe’s biggest soccer games are a few people operating undercover. Trained volunteer observers listen for racist chants and watch for extremist symbols on banners. “You have to
Continue ReadingBy JAMES ROBSON and JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writers MANCHESTER, England (AP) — When racism was rife in English soccer and hooliganism was on the rise, Black players were only just beginning to integrate into some of the league’s biggest teams. Liverpool, arguably the most famous soccer club in the world at the time, fielded
Continue ReadingBy JAMES ROBSON and JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writers MANCHESTER, England (AP) — When racism was rife in English soccer and hooliganism was on the rise, Black players were only just beginning to integrate into some of the league’s biggest teams. Liverpool, arguably the most famous soccer club in the world at the time, fielded
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Singapore (CNN) — Singapore has long billed itself as a “garden city,” a term coined in the 1960s by the country’s founding father and former prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew. In the decades since, the island has embarked on extensive tree-planting programs and embraced so-called “biophilic” architecture, with greenery often seen creeping up urban facades
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Australia plans to triple the size of an ecologically important marine park and close off an area larger than Germany to fishing and mining, the government announced Monday, protecting millions of vulnerable seabirds and animals. The remote Macquarie Island Marine Park, located off Australia’s southeastern coast between Tasmania and
Continue ReadingCNN By CNN Staff (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley participated in a CNN town hall in Iowa on Sunday. Though the former South Carolina governor correctly cited a variety of facts and figures, not everything she said was accurate. Haley falsely claimed, as she has before, that crime is at an all-time high.
Continue ReadingBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Brayden Jobert hit a leadoff home run in the eighth inning, lifting LSU to a 6-5 victory over Oregon State on Sunday in a weather-delayed game at the Baton Rouge Regional. The home run answered a two-run home run by Oregon State’s Gavin Turley that tied the game at 5
Continue ReadingBy CNN Staff (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley participated in a CNN town hall in Iowa on Sunday. Though the former South Carolina governor correctly cited a variety of facts and figures, not everything she said was accurate. Haley falsely claimed, as she has before, that crime is at an all-time high. While
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — An award-winning Hong Kong journalist has won an appeal quashing a conviction related to research for an investigative documentary in a rare court ruling upholding media freedom in the Chinese territory. Bao Choy was found guilty in 2021 of deceiving the government by getting vehicle ownership
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Las autoridades peruanas le dijeron a CNN que Joran van der Sloot será entregado a las autoridades estadounidenses el 8 de junio. Javier Llaque Moya, presidente del Instituto Nacional Penitenciario (INPE) de Perú, dijo que “ya se acordó que la autoridad estadounidense venga el día 8 a llevárselo”.
Continue ReadingTERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Simon Gregersen struck out six of the 10 outs he recorded to close out Indiana State’s 11-8 win over Iowa to win the Terre Haute Regional championship and earn a berth in the super regionals. Indiana State (44-15) knocked Iowa into the elimination round with a 7-4 win Saturday night
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer DENVER (AP) — Staring down a 2-0 deficit in the NBA Finals, as the visitors in a hostile arena where no road team had prevailed in more than two months, the Miami Heat decided to do what they’ve done throughout the postseason. They found a way. Against all odds.
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer DENVER (AP) — Staring down a 2-0 deficit in the NBA Finals, as the visitors in a hostile arena where no road team had prevailed in more than two months, the Miami Heat decided to do what they’ve done throughout the postseason. They found a way. Against all odds.
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anthony Rizzo scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning on a grounder and the New York Yankees edged the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-1 in what was a pitchers’ duel for six innings between Domingo Germán and Bobby Miller. Anthony Volpe provided some insurance with
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Al menos 11.750 personas se han visto afectadas por las inundaciones en la provincia de Esmeraldas, en el noroeste de Ecuador, debido al desbordamiento de seis ríos de la región, según informaron este domingo las autoridades locales. Las fuertes lluvias, que comenzaron a última hora de este sábado
Continue ReadingCNN By Gregory Krieg and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and 2024 Republican presidential contender, sharply criticized the party’s top-polling candidates in a CNN town hall in Iowa on Sunday. Former President Donald Trump, Haley’s former boss when she served as ambassador to the United Nations, was wrong,
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