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By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Hard Rock International says it wants to see how a guitar-shaped hotel will play at the heart of the Las Vegas Strip. MGM Resorts’ sale of The Mirage marks the end of an era for a property credited for helping to transform Las Vegas from a
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By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Hard Rock International says it wants to see how a guitar-shaped hotel will play at the heart of the Las Vegas Strip. MGM Resorts’ sale of The Mirage marks the end of an era for a property credited for helping to transform Las Vegas from a
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By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Hard Rock International says it wants to see how a guitar-shaped hotel will play at the heart of the Las Vegas Strip. MGM Resorts’ sale of The Mirage marks the end of an era for a property credited for helping to transform Las Vegas from a
Continue Reading By DIARLEI RODRIGUES and MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Kids at Rio de Janeiro’s City of God favela are learning how to play golf at a new training ground. A project led by caddie Marcelo Modesto is hoping to develop children who may want to become professional golfers. They will continue
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PRINCETON, N.J. — Jaelin Llewellyn scored 24 points, tying his season high, as Princeton topped Maryland-Baltimore County 89-77. Ethan Wright added 20 points for the Tigers. L.J. Owens led the Retrievers on Monday night with 14 points.
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Ángela Reyes (CNN) — La Comisión Selecta de la Cámara de Representantes que investiga la insurrección del 6 de enero en el Capitolio votó a favor de recomendar que el ex secretario general de la Casa Blanca Mark Meadows sea declarado en desacato al Congreso por su negativa a cooperar con la comisión o aparecer para
Continue Reading By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — It’s been 10 years since Kim Jong Un took power in North Korea after his father suddenly died of a heart attack. Initially considered a political novice, Kim stunned the region by having his powerful uncle and other potential rivals executed or purged. His torrid
Continue Reading RENO, Nev. (AP) — One of Reno’s top defense attorneys who represented celebrities as well defendants in high-profile murder cases has died. David Houston was 69. Houston practiced law in Reno for more than 30 years. His friend and law partner Ken Lyon says he died on Saturday following complications from a surgery. Houston’s clients
Continue Reading By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The NFL is requiring players, coaches and other team personnel to receive a COVID-19 booster by Dec. 27. In a memo sent to teams on Monday and obtained by The Associated Press, the league said: “Given the increased prevalence of the virus in our communities, our experts have
Continue Reading By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The NFL is requiring players, coaches and other team personnel to receive a COVID-19 booster by Dec. 27. In a memo sent to teams on Monday and obtained by The Associated Press, the league said: “Given the increased prevalence of the virus in our communities, our experts have
Continue ReadingBy Stefano Pozzebon, CNN A UN-backed investigation has found that Colombian police were directly responsible for the deaths of 11 people protesting police brutality in September 2020. Announcing the results of the report on Monday, Chief investigator Carlos Negret accused Colombian National Police (PNC) of committing a “massacre.” “The PNC openly dismissed any principle of
Continue ReadingBy Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business A group of employees at the controversial real-time crime alert startup, Citizen, voted in favor of forming a union. The Communications Workers of America confirmed that “a strong majority” of roughly 70 eligible workers voted to join its union in a National Labor Relations Board election, according to its
Continue Reading WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Monday reported 19 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s total to 40,519 cases since the pandemic began. The known death toll remains at 1,562. Tribal health officials reported 23 cases Sunday plus one death. Based on cases from
Continue ReadingCNN By Daniel Dale, CNN Several news outlets inaccurately reported a key detail of a story told by former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in the book he released last week, “The Chief’s Chief.” These news outlets got much of the story right: Meadows wrote that then-President Donald Trump had told him one
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN The season finale to the Formula One season has gotten a lot of people talking. Some congratulated Max Verstappen following his first drivers’ championship, while others complained about the ending to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. For the man himself, the controversial last few laps to Sunday’s race haven’t dampened the
Continue ReadingCNN, GETTY IMAGES By Ben Morse, CNN The season finale to the Formula One season has gotten a lot of people talking. Some congratulated Max Verstappen following his first drivers’ championship, while others complained about the ending to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. For the man himself, the controversial last few laps to Sunday’s race
Continue Reading By MARY CLARE JALONICK and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has voted to pursue contempt charges against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. Lawmakers have also revealed a series of frantic texts he received as the attack was underway. The texts reveal
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former financial advisor who conned elderly people out of their retirement savings in a real estate investment scam was sentenced Monday to 14 years in federal prison and ordered to pay nearly $12.6 million in restitution to the victims. Paul Ricky Mata of Oceanside was sentenced Monday. Federal prosecutors say
Continue Reading By DIARLEI RODRIGUES and MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Kids at Rio de Janeiro’s City of God favela are learning how to play golf at a new training ground. A project led by caddie Marcelo Modesto is hoping to develop children who may want to become professional golfers. They will continue
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By Steve Almasy and Raja Razek, CNN The Chicago City Council is set to vote Wednesday on a proposed $2.9 million settlement for Anjanette Young, who was found naked and distraught during a mistaken police raid in 2019, according to Mayor Lori Lightfoot. “The Finance Committee today voted unanimously to advance this to the full
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