Chase Budinger/Miles Evans of the United States fell to Dutch duo Stefan Boermans/Yorick de Groot in straight sets during their second Olympic beach volleyball match at Eiffel Tower Stadium.
Continue Reading Chase Budinger/Miles Evans of the United States fell to Dutch duo Stefan Boermans/Yorick de Groot in straight sets during their second Olympic beach volleyball match at Eiffel Tower Stadium.
Continue ReadingBy Jarvis Robertson Click here for updates on this story BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (WVTM) — A Birmingham teacher is trying to reach middle school students through a digital youth sports magazine. Tonia Hernandez Frierson teaches Spanish at W.J. Christian School. She started P.L.A.Y.S. (Promoting Literacy Among Youth Sport), a digital youth sports magazine to not only
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The director of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 vision for a complete overhaul of the federal government stepped down Tuesday after blowback from Donald Trump’s campaign, which has tried to disavow the program created by many of the former president’s allies and former aides. Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of illegal marijuana shops have flourished in New York under lax enforcement, but new rules are allowing officials to quickly padlock doors. The state legalized recreational use of the drug in 2021, but for several years law enforcement couldn’t close illegal pot shops without a protracted legal battle.
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Workers at Amazon’s only unionized warehouse in the U.S. have elected new union leaders. Results from a vote count completed on Tuesday showed that a slate of candidates headed up by a former Amazon worker and union organizer named Connor Spence won the election. Spence led a dissident group that sued the
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold, CNN New York (CNN) — Norah O’Donnell will step down as anchor and managing editor of CBS Evening News following the November election, the veteran journalist told colleagues Tuesday in a memo. O’Donnell, who has helmed the venerable evening news program for nearly five years, will transition to a new role as
Continue ReadingAssociated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Advocates for Texas prisoners are asking a federal judge to declare the state’s lack of air conditioning in most facilities as unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment. Attorneys at a multi-day hearing are seeking to force the state to provide more AC. On Tuesday, a person formerly incarcerated in the
Continue ReadingBy Evan Perez, Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Federal investigators are looking into a YouTube account possibly connected to the would-be Donald Trump assassin in which the user espoused political violence as well as antisemitic and anti-immigration themes, a source familiar with the investigation told CNN. FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate said at
Continue ReadingAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. will pay for flu shots for farmworkers to try to prevent bird flu from getting worse. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday announced it will spend $5 million to buy seasonal flu shots for livestock workers. Another $5 million will go towards promoting
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The owners of twelve Pennsylvania casinos are asking the state’s highest court to declare that a tax on slot machine revenue is unconstitutional because the state doesn’t impose it broadly on cash-paying electronic game terminals known as skill games that can be found in many bars and stores. The
Continue ReadingBy Mike Valente Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (WTAE) — New video obtained exclusively by Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 has shed more light on the alleged actions of a man facing a slew of charges — including impersonating a public servant and false imprisonment — deriving from his presence inside a Mount
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China battled for a hard-fought win over France in basketball 3×3, walking it off with a deep shot in overtime.
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See the best family moments from the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Continue Reading See the best family moments from the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Continue Reading See the best family moments from the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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Coco Gauff’s run in the women’s singles tournament in Paris came to a crashing halt Tuesday in the aftermath of a late call reversal in her match against Croatia’s Donna Vekic. Here’s a breakdown of what happened.
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Spirit Airlines, the ultra-low cost carrier known for charging bargain-hunting passengers for anything and everything, is introducing business class seating – of a sort. The airline said it will allow customers to pay extra for what it’s calling “Go Big” class of tickets, for those passengers in
Continue ReadingBy Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — Bill Ackman, billionaire hedge fund manager and chief executive of Pershing Square Capital Management, is seeking $2 billion to take the company’s investment fund public. That’s significantly less than what Ackman said he had hoped to raise for his new fund — a rare opportunity for the
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN) — Mientras que la inflación en Estados Unidos se ha ido enfriando desde que alcanzó un máximo de cuatro décadas, la temperatura exterior sigue subiendo. Ha sido uno de los veranos más calurosos jamás registrados en gran parte del país y del planeta, que la semana pasada vivió el día más
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