By ANDREW DALTON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police on Friday presented to prosecutors their investigation of Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer in the case of a woman who said he choked her into unconsciousness, punched her repeatedly and had anal sex with her without her consent during two sexual encounters. The Pasadena
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By ANDREW DALTON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police on Friday presented to prosecutors their investigation of Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer in the case of a woman who said he choked her into unconsciousness, punched her repeatedly and had anal sex with her without her consent during two sexual encounters. The Pasadena
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN The veteran US Capitol Police officer who killed pro-Trump rioter Ashli Babbitt went public Thursday, revealing his identity and defending his actions on January 6. “I know that day I saved countless lives,” Lt. Michael Byrd said in an interview with “NBC Nightly News.” “I know members of Congress, as well
Continue ReadingCNN By Marshall Cohen, CNN The veteran US Capitol Police officer who killed pro-Trump rioter Ashli Babbitt went public Thursday, revealing his identity and defending his actions on January 6. “I know that day I saved countless lives,” Lt. Michael Byrd said in an interview with “NBC Nightly News.” “I know members of Congress, as
Continue Reading NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals-New Orleans Saints preseason game set for Saturday has been canceled because of Hurricane Ida.
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The recent deadly events unfolding in the Afghan capital are prompting local Gold Star families and veterans to react. Isaac Wyant, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2014 to 2018 and was stationed at Twentynine Palms, is reflecting on the United State’s 20-year war. While he was never deployed to Afghanistan, Wyant was
Continue Reading VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Vancouver Whitecaps fired head coach Marc Dos Santos on Friday along with his brother, assistant coach Phil Dos Santos. Whitecaps director of methodology Vanni Sartini will serve as acting head coach. Assistant coach Ricardo Clark and goalkeeper coach Youssef Dahha will remain with the team. The firings came a
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. Past coverage of the 2020 and 2019 hurricane season and the latest weather news can also be found on CNN. Follow the storm tracker for the path and forecasts of the latest storm. Facts The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season runs from June
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By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is forecasting that this year’s budget deficit will be $555 billion lower than it estimated back in May, helped by an economy that is rebounding more quickly than had been expected. But even with the improvement, the administration said Friday that it is
Continue Reading MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Bob Huggins has agreed to a two-year contract extension that includes the option for him to step aside or continue coaching after the 2023-24 season. Under the agreement announced Friday, Huggins will earn $4.15 million in each of the next three seasons. Starting with the 2024-25 season, Huggins can
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina-based Bojangles chain of restaurants says it will close all of its company-owned establishments on two upcoming days, portraying it as a chance to provide its thousands of employees a “well-deserved break.” But Bojangles’ employees will not get paid for those days off. In a statement, the chicken and
Continue ReadingBy Morgan Rimmer, CNN The requests for help evacuating Americans and Afghans have come from every direction for the military veterans serving in Congress: from friends, from former platoonmates, from constituents and from Afghans they served alongside on the front lines. Congressional offices this month turned into around-the-clock operations to help get people out of
Continue ReadingCNN By Morgan Rimmer, CNN The requests for help evacuating Americans and Afghans have come from every direction for the military veterans serving in Congress: from friends, from former platoonmates, from constituents and from Afghans they served alongside on the front lines. Congressional offices this month turned into around-the-clock operations to help get people out
Continue Reading VERONA, Italy (AP) — Joaquín Correa has enjoyed a dream debut for Inter Milan. He came on as a substitute and scored twice as the defending champion beat Hellas Verona 3-1 in Serie A on Friday. It was 1-1 in Verona when visiting coach Simone Inzaghi brought on Correa for fellow Argentine Lautaro Martínez with
Continue Reading FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — Tony Dandeo became the oldest driver to win a harness race in New Jersey when the 86-year-old guided Stick That Lip Out to a two-length victory at Freehold Raceway on Friday. Dandeo broke the mark set by George McCandless, who drove Kehms Scooter to victory at Freehold on Oct. 20, 1994,
Continue Reading By FARNOUSH AMIRI Report for America/Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s correctional agency has terminated seven employees after officials say prison guards used excessive and unjustified force against a Black inmate before he died in custody in February. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction sent a notice of removal to five corrections officers,
Continue Reading SPRING CREEK, Nev. (AP) — High-speed fiber-optic internet is finally making its way to a remote northeast Nevada community — brought by a company that delivered telegraph service to the area in 1889 and telephone seven years later. The Elko Daily Free Press reports that CC Communications started the project July 28 to supply broadband
Continue Reading By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hundreds of parents in Mexico have resorted to filing for court injunctions to get coronavirus vaccines for their children after the government refused to consider vaccinating those under 18. In the U.S. and other countries, childhood vaccinations are already underway, but Mexican officials have downplayed the
Continue Reading By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Olympic tennis gold medalist Alexander Zverev again denied abuse allegations made by a former girlfriend and says he would support the introduction of a domestic violence policy by the men’s pro tour. Zverev — a 24-year-old German who was the runner-up last year at the
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By Alaa Elassar, Miguel Marquez and Bonney Kapp, CNN Dolly Monceaux was unvaccinated when she found herself fighting the coronavirus last week from a hospital bed in a Mississippi ICU, unable to see family and struggling to breathe or sleep. “You don’t know you’re gonna get it, and then you get it and you’re sick,”
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