By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Water molecules have been detected on the surface of asteroids for the first time, proving that these remnants from the formation of our solar system aren’t just dried-up space rocks. Astronomers believe that the impact of asteroids crashing into our planet may have helped deliver water and other elements
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump suffered a big blow Friday as a New York judge ordered the former president and his companies to pay $355 million in penalties for what the judge described as a scheme to deceive banks and insurers by exaggerating his wealth
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A Venezuelan businessman who helped hide almost $17 million in bribe payments by an ally of President Nicolas Maduro was sentenced to six months in prison Friday by a federal judge who expressed frustration that his cooperation with law enforcement was undone by President Joe Biden’s recent
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev and Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — Tiger Woods withdrew from The Genesis Invitational during the second round after suffering from “flu-like symptoms” and being “treated with an IV bag,” his longtime business partner Rob McNamara told reporters on Friday. The PGA Tour had announced Woods’ withdrawal from the tournament earlier on Friday.
Continue ReadingBy Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — The House Ethics Committee investigating Rep. Matt Gaetz has subpoenaed his ex-girlfriend who was a key witness in the federal investigation into the Florida lawmaker, according to her lawyer Tim Jansen. She is scheduled to testify, via a video call, on February 29, and Jansen said she will invoke the Fifth
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — To file under the fantasy music collaborations category, Billy Joel has been toying with the idea of joining forces with some contemporary music greats. The “Piano Man” crooner – who recently performed his first new music in decades at the Grammys – appeared on the “Howard Stern Show” this
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ – Virtual semifinals held this week identified the 12 Oregon high school students who will compete in Oregon’s 2024 Poetry Out Loud State Contest on Saturday, March 9, including two from Redmond High School. The State Contest, which will feature a presentation by former Oregon Poet Laureate Kim Stafford, is scheduled from
Continue ReadingPaulina Nares (CNN) — Dos adolescentes se encuentran detenidos en relación con el tiroteo del miércoles tras mitin de celebración del Super Bowl de los Chiefs de Kansas City, —que dejó una mujer muerta y más de 20 heridos— fueron acusados el jueves, de acuerdo con funcionarios judiciales de Missouri. La Oficina de Justicia Juvenil
Continue ReadingBy MARK LONG AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Actor Frankie Muniz will try to make his Xfinity Series debut in the No. 35 Ford for Joey Gase Racing at Daytona International Speedway. Muniz finished fourth in the entry-level ARCA Series last year and gained enough confidence and respect to start climbing the
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada is suing the county that includes Las Vegas over its new ban on standing or stopping while crossing pedestrian bridges on the Strip. The lawsuit was filed Friday in federal court on behalf of a woman who uses a
Continue ReadingWINSLOW TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A southern New Jersey school district will pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit brought by two students who claim they were sexually assaulted for years by a former high school teacher. The male students had filed separate lawsuits weeks apart alleging they were assaulted by Nicholas Zaccaria, a social
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Personas de todo el mundo buscan comprar encantadoras casas antiguas en pueblos aislados de Italia. Todos tienen objetivos distintos, pero algo en común: buscan un retiro, un lugar al que escaparse y vivir una experiencia rural idílica. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel El saxofonista de Chicago Joshua Shapiro, de 48 años,
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Judge Arthur Engoron hit Donald Trump with his biggest punishment to date on Friday, in a ruling that fined the former president $355 million for fraudulently inflating the values of his properties. Combined with the $83 million judgment issued against Trump for
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley, a Republican presidential candidate; Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pa. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.; Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Sens. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C.
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A naturalized U.S. citizen from Minnesota is charged with providing material support to a terrorist organization. Federal prosecutors in New York City say 41-year-old Harafa Hussein Abdi of Minneapolis trained with ISIS in his native Somalia and rapped about flying to “shoot New York up.” Abdi was arrested in East Africa
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Judge Arthur Engoron hit Donald Trump with his biggest punishment to date on Friday, in a ruling that fined the former president $355 million for fraudulently inflating the values of his properties. Combined with the $83 million judgment issued against Trump for defaming
Continue ReadingBy Jay Croft and Deanna Hackney, CNN (CNN) — A policeman near Boston was fatally shot with his own service weapon Sunday morning by a man who used the same gun to kill a female bystander in her home, authorities said. Weymouth Officer Michael Chesna, 42, responded to an “erratic driver” call about 7:30 a.m.,
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By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Amazon is arguing in a legal filing that the 88-year-old National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional, echoing similar arguments made this year by Elon Musk’s SpaceX and the grocery store chain Trader Joe’s in disputes about workers’ rights and organizing. The Amazon filing, made Thursday, came in response to
Continue ReadingGALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) — Officials say a science experiment gone wrong at a Tennessee elementary school sent 18 students and a teacher to the hospital. Sumner County Schools said in a statement that third-graders at Vena Stuart Elementary in Gallatin were conducting science experiments Friday with an outside presenter. Several said they began feeling sick
Continue ReadingSCOTTVILLE, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a 21-year-old Tennessee man traveled to Michigan and tried to enroll at a high school after meeting a minor online. A suspicious staff member at Mason County Central alerted a sheriff’s deputy who interviewed the young man Tuesday and learned that he wasn’t a teenager. The man from Fort
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