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By LISA MASCARO, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ALAN FRAM Associated Press SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — The White House is floating new plans for ways to pay for President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion proposal for expanding social services and tackling climate change. The ideas include shelving a proposed big increase in corporate tax rates though also adding
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A company headed by Tesla chief Elon Musk passed a hurdle in its plan to drill an underground motorway beneath the Las Vegas Strip that could one day also link the city’s busy international airport and downtown casino mall. Clark County lawmakers on Wednesday unanimously approved letting Musk’s Boring Co. submit
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Pelicans center Jonas Valanciunas has agreed to a two-year extension worth a reported $30.1 million. The extension was announced by the Pelicans shortly before Valanciunas made his New Orleans debut against Philadelphia on Wednesday night. The 29-year-old Valanciunas is a nine-year veteran from Lithuania. New Orleans acquired him in
Continue Reading EDMONTON. Alberta (AP) — The Edmonton Oilers placed goalie Mike Smith on injured reserve Wednesday because of a lower-body injury. The Oilers recalled goalie Stuart Skinner from the Bakersfield Condors in the American Hockey League. The 39-year-old Smith was hurt in the second period of Edmonton’s 6-5 home victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s richest man has reached an agreement with Mexico City authorities to rebuild or reinforce an elevated subway line that collapsed in May, killing 26 people. Telecom and construction magnate Carlos Slim said his Grupo Carso’s construction subsidiary would pay the cost of rebuilding the span that collapsed, and reinforcing other
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its preliminary report on a fatal midair collision involving a helicopter and a small plane outside a suburban Phoenix airport earlier this month. The flight instructor and student pilot aboard the helicopter both died in the Oct. 1 crash while the flight instructor and student
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A judge in Northern California has denied bail for a former Silicon Valley mother accused of hosting alcohol-fueled parties for her teenage son and his friends where she encouraged them to drink and have sex with intoxicated underage girls. The San Jose Mercury News says Shannon O’Connor appeared Wednesday in a
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A judge in Northern California has denied bail for a former Silicon Valley mother accused of hosting alcohol-fueled parties for her teenage son and his friends where she encouraged them to drink and have sex with intoxicated underage girls. The San Jose Mercury News says Shannon O’Connor appeared Wednesday in a
Continue Reading GLENDALE, Colorado (AP) — USA Rugby has launched its bid to host the Rugby World Cup in 2027 or 2031, aiming to become the first country in North or South America to stage the men’s tournament. The announcement puts USA Rugby in direct competition with Australia for hosting duties in 2027. Russia was also expected
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La adicción puede “pasarle a cualquiera de nosotros”, advirtió Kate, duquesa de Cambridge, durante el lanzamiento de una campaña de concienciación este martes en Londres. La duquesa pronunció un discurso en el lanzamiento de la campaña “Taking Action on Addiction” de Forward Trust, una organización benéfica británica de la que es
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday signed into law a new congressional map that is expected to bolster the GOP’s majority in the quickly diversifying state. The maps were approved by the state legislature last week, under the once-a-decade redistricting process, days before Senate Republicans in Washington, DC, blocked yet another
Continue Reading By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The NFL has agreed to end race-based adjustments in dementia testing in the $1 billion settlement of concussion claims. That’s according to a proposed settlement filed in federal court in Philadelphia on Wednesday. Critics say the use of “race-norming” in the testing has made it difficult for
Continue Reading By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The NFL has agreed to end race-based adjustments in dementia testing in the $1 billion settlement of concussion claims. That’s according to a proposed settlement filed in federal court in Philadelphia on Wednesday. Critics say the use of “race-norming” in the testing has made it difficult for
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and several European countries are condemning North Korea’s recent missile tests and say Pyongyang’s technical advances demonstrate the urgent need to ramp up implementation of U.N. sanctions on its nuclear and missile programs and its economic activities. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield urged
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s popular In-N-Out hamburger chain is in trouble with yet another San Francisco Bay Area county over its failure to verify the vaccination cards of people choosing to dine-in with their double-doubles, shakes and fries. A spokesperson for Contra Costa County’s environmental health division said that the department received repeated complaints
Continue Reading BOB FERRANTE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — As Leonard Hamilton begins his 20th season at Florida State, he has elevated the men’s basketball program from one of the worst in the Atlantic Coast Conference to one annually among the league’s top teams. Florida State is one of just three teams, joining Gonzaga and Michigan,
Continue Reading By BROOKE LEFFERTS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Gwyneth Paltrow, the Oscar-winning actor and entrepreneur behind the goop beauty and wellness brand, has helped develop a new unscripted Netflix series “Sex, Love & goop,” aimed at improving the relationships and sex lives of six couples. The pairs include people of varying ages, races, and
Continue Reading By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Maricopa County officials have approved a $3.1 million settlement with a restaurant owner in metro Phoenix who claimed in a lawsuit that then-Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office defamed him and violated his rights about seven years ago when investigating whether employees at his restaurants used fraudulent IDs to
Continue Reading By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Maricopa County officials have approved a $3.1 million settlement with a restaurant owner in metro Phoenix who claimed in a lawsuit that then-Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office defamed him and violated his rights about seven years ago when investigating whether employees at his restaurants used fraudulent IDs to
Continue Reading SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s congress has voted yet again to uphold the country’s total ban on abortions. Women’s rights groups had petitioned congress to approve at least exceptions in the case of rape, risk to a woman’s health or life-threatening deformities. But the body voted 73 to 11 to maintain the
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