By Marshall Cohen, CNN When it came to light in January 2017, just days before Donald Trump took office, the so-called Steele dossier landed like a bombshell and sent shockwaves around the world with its salacious allegations about Trump and his supposed ties to Russia. The central allegations, that Trump conspired with the Kremlin to
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CONWAY, S.C. — Teddy Allen had 22 points as New Mexico State topped Davidson 75-64 in the Myrtle Beach Invitational. Luka Brajkovic led the Wildcats on Thursday with 19 points and seven rebounds.
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By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Doug Ducey got a turn in the spotlight among some of the Republican Party’s top elected officials, donors and strategists this week as he oversaw the Republican Governors Association annual meeting in Phoenix. Ducey is barred by term limits from seeking a third term, and
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer The WNBA is changing its playoff format to a more traditional bracket. The postseason will consist of three rounds — best-of-three games for the first round and best-of-five games for subsequent ones — beginning this summer. The top eight teams overall will make the playoffs. The league adopted a
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer The WNBA is changing its playoff format to a more traditional bracket. The postseason will consist of three rounds — best-of-three games for the first round and best-of-five games for subsequent ones — beginning this summer. The top eight teams overall will make the playoffs. The league adopted a
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer The WNBA is changing its playoff format to a more traditional bracket. The postseason will consist of three rounds — best-of-three games for the first round and best-of-five games for subsequent ones — beginning this summer. The top eight teams overall will make the playoffs. The league adopted a
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer The WNBA is changing its playoff format to a more traditional bracket. The postseason will consist of three rounds — best-of-three games for the first round and best-of-five games for subsequent ones — beginning this summer. The top eight teams overall will make the playoffs. The league adopted a
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CNN By Sonia Moghe, Brynn Gingras, Ray Sanchez and Lauren del Valle, CNN Two men convicted of the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X were exonerated during a court hearing Thursday after a half-century effort to clear their names. New York County Supreme Court Administrative Judge Ellen Biben granted the motion to vacate the convictions of
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By RUSS BYNUM and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Defense attorneys for the three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery rested Thursday after calling a total of seven witnesses. The people who testified in the men’s defense included the man who fatally shot Arbery, Travis McMichael. Six neighbors testified about their concerns
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Helmerich & Payne, Cisco fall; Macy’s, Nvidia rise.
Continue Reading By EDGAR MORENO and EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — As Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador opens talks on immigration and other issues with his North American counterparts in Washington, a new migrant caravan has walked out of the southern Mexican city of Tapachula. The new group of migrants who headed
Continue ReadingBy Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Activision Blizzard’s longtime CEO Bobby Kotick is facing mounting pressure from employees to step down amid the company’s ongoing sexual harassment scandal. More than 800 Activision Blizzard workers so far have signed a petition calling for Kotick’s resignation. The petition, released on Thursday by a group of employees, says they
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Mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus were discovered in La Quinta, officials announced today. The infected mosquitoes were collected from traps near Fritz Burns Park, at the intersection of Avenue 52 and Avenida Bermudas, according to the Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District. This is the second time mosquitoes in La Quinta have been
Continue Reading By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Migrants whose children were taken from them under former President Donald Trump’s zero-tolerance border policy have not reached a settlement agreement with the U.S. government. That’s according to a lawyer for the families, who along with other advocates is pushing back at increasing criticism of a proposal
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Two challengers to the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for large employers are trying to ensure that their case is decided as quickly as possible by a majority of judges appointed by Republican presidents. They are asking that the challenges be heard by the full federal appeals court
Continue ReadingBy Joseph Wenzel, Digital Content Manager Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A former star running back for Vanderbilt University is in trouble with the law after a video surfaced of him assaulting his ex-girlfriend. In a video posted by TMZ sports, it shows Zac Stacy hitting his ex-girlfriend in
Continue ReadingBy Shain Bergan, Abby Dodge Click here for updates on this story SPRING HILL, Kansas (KCTV) — A dog that was slated to be put down is instead Spring Hill police’s newest officer. Loki, 2, was initially bought by the Olathe Police Department from a kennel in Pennsylvania. When a medical screening revealed that Loki
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks closed mixed on Wall Street Thursday as investors reviewed the latest earnings reports from retailers and an update on the employment market. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% to a new high, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.2% and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.5%,
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks closed mixed on Wall Street Thursday as investors reviewed the latest earnings reports from retailers and an update on the employment market. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% to a new high, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.2% and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.5%,
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A 53-year-old man who fatally beat another man with a baseball bat in Thermal was found today to have been legally insane at the time of the murder. After more than a week of deliberations at the Banning Justice Center, jurors found Saul Mayoral legally insane at the time of the March 23, 2018, killing
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