By ACACIA CORONADO and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Minority rights groups are suing Texas over proposed new voting maps that they say thwart the political strength of the state’s booming Latino population. The lawsuit filed Monday in federal court comes even before the Texas Legislature has given final passage to
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By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer English Premier League clubs have moved to prevent Newcastle immediately striking lucrative sponsorship deals with companies linked to its new Saudi ownership. Clubs held an emergency meeting to impose a freeze on any of them agreeing to commercial arrangements with businesses their owners are associated with. That’s according
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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden have recognized the 2021 and 2020 national teachers of the year and all teachers for the work they do. President Biden was a surprise guest at Monday’s White House ceremony. He says teachers are the “single most consequential people
Continue Reading By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden have recognized the 2021 and 2020 national teachers of the year and all teachers for the work they do. President Biden was a surprise guest at Monday’s White House ceremony. He says teachers are the “single most consequential people
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Germán Padinger (CNN) — Este es un vistazo a la vida de Colin Powell, el exsecretario de Estado de EE.UU. que ayudó a dar forma a la política exterior estadounidense en los últimos años del siglo XX y los primeros años del XXI, quien murió a los 84 años. Datos personales Fecha de nacimiento: 5
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — England will enter the November rugby internationals without four of its biggest names after an improvement in club form failed to earn Mako and Billy Vunipola, Jamie George and George Ford recalls to the squad. The four players were left out of Eddie Jones’ extended training squad last month ahead of test
Continue Reading By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh is hoping its appearance in the AP college football poll is more than a cameo. The Panthers climbed into the rankings at No. 23 after improving to 5-1 with a blowout win on the road at Virginia Tech. This is the fifth time in coach
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MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — Contract talks between Deere & Co. and its 10,000 striking workers have resumed, but it wasn’t immediately clear how far apart the two sides remain. The strike began last Thursday after union members overwhelmingly rejected a proposed contract that would have delivered 5% raises to some workers and 6% raises to
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — France defender Lucas Hernández has showed up in a Madrid court and been issued a voluntary prison order for violating a restraining order. The Bayern Munich player will have 10 days to voluntarily turn himself in to authorities to start serving a six-month prison sentence. His lawyers have appealed and hope to
Continue Reading By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit to block the release of documents to the Jan. 6 select committee of Congress, challenging President Joe Biden’s decision. Trump claims in the lawsuit that the request “is almost limitless in scope,” and seeks records with no reasonable connection
Continue Reading TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s president says the United States should lift the sanctions on his country to prove it is serious about restarting stalled nuclear talks in Vienna. In an interview Monday with state TV, Ebrahim Raisi said Iran is after “goal-oriented” talks with the West and said Iran “never left” the negotiation table.
Continue Reading By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A businessman who prosecutors say was a major conduit for corruption by Nicolás Maduro’s inner circle has appeared for the first time in Miami federal court after an extradition that has further strained relations between the U.S. and Venezuela’s socialist government. Only hours after Saab was placed
Continue Reading By FRANK GRIFFITHS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Arsenal substitute Alexandre Lacazette has scored a dramatic late equalizer against Crystal Palace to finish 2-2 in the English Premier League. The return of Patrick Vieira to Arsenal as Palace manager nearly haunted the home crowd at Emirates Stadium with the visitors leading deep into injury time
Continue Reading By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department says that the economic and financial sanctions the United States has employed over the past two decades to battle global terrorism, nuclear proliferation, drug cartels and other threats need to adapt to a rapidly changing financial world. The department issued a report Monday
Continue Reading By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department says that the economic and financial sanctions the United States has employed over the past two decades to battle global terrorism, nuclear proliferation, drug cartels and other threats need to adapt to a rapidly changing financial world. The department issued a report Monday
Continue Reading By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Last week, police in southern Oregon raided a site that had roughly two tons of processed marijuana and 17,500 pot plants. Jackson County Commissioners say the surge in industrial-scale illegal marijuana growing operations is so serious that they asked Gov. Kate Brown to send in the
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Espanyol has followed up its shock win against Spanish league leader Real Madrid with a 2-0 victory over Cádiz. Raúl de Tomás and Nico Melamed scored in each half to give Espanyol its third win in four matches. The home victory moved the Barcelona club to 11th place. Cádiz’s winless streak was
Continue ReadingCNN By Matt Rivers, Etant Dupain, Natalie Gallón, Kylie Atwood and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN One of Haiti’s most powerful gangs is believed to be behind the kidnapping of 17 American and Canadian missionaries over the weekend, a source in the Caribbean country’s security forces told CNN. Authorities believe the “400 Mawozo” gang abducted the group,
Continue ReadingBy David Shortell, CNN Joel Greenberg, the former Florida official whose crimes in the state ensnared Rep. Matt Gaetz in a federal sex trafficking investigation, has been providing the Justice Department with new information as he continues to cooperate with authorities following a guilty plea earlier this year. At a brief hearing in Orlando federal
Continue ReadingFormer President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection and the National Archives in an effort to keep records from his presidency secret. Read the lawsuit here: The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights reserved.
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