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PARIS (AP) — The prosecutor in the rape case of two-time Olympic swimming champion Yannick Agnel says the Frenchman has admitted to having a relationship with an underage girl but denied coercion. Prosecutor Edwige Roux-Morizot says Agnel “recognizes the materiality of the alleged facts” but she said he did not have “the feeling that there
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PARIS (AP) — The prosecutor in the rape case of two-time Olympic swimming champion Yannick Agnel says the Frenchman has admitted to having a relationship with an underage girl but denied coercion. Prosecutor Edwige Roux-Morizot says Agnel “recognizes the materiality of the alleged facts” but she said he did not have “the feeling that there
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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Snoop Dogg has read the nominations for the 79th Golden Globes. After nine months of widespread criticism forced the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to reform, the group tried its best Monday to keep its perch in awards season, spreading nominations around to the likes of
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned away a request by Johnson & Johnson to halt a Mississippi lawsuit over its talcum powder products. The case the justices turned away Monday dates to 2014, when Mississippi sued the New Brunswick, New Jersey-based company. Mississippi argues Johnson & Johnson violated state law by failing to
Continue Reading WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation is reporting 23 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and one new death. Tribal health officials released their latest figures Sunday evening, bringing the reservation’s pandemic totals to 1,562 deaths and 40,497 positive cases. Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez issued a reminder to get the vaccine or the booster
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Sports Writer Max Verstappen partied until daybreak in Abu Dhabi after winning the Formula One world championship. Verstappen said he only left the celebrations around 7 a.m. local time and that “I maybe regretted that final drink.” Mercedes could yet appeal the outcome of Sunday’s season-ending race that saw Verstappen overtake
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Germán Padinger (CNN) — El exsecretario general de la Casa Blanca Mark Meadows envió un correo electrónico diciendo que la Guardia Nacional estaría lista para “proteger a los simpatizantes de Trump” en los días previos a la insurrección del Capitolio de Estados Unidos, según un nuevo informe de desacato publicado del domingo por la noche
Continue Reading By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The World Health Organization and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital are working to provide cancer medicines at no cost to children in under-resourced countries. Their $200 million investment announced Monday addresses an imbalance of survival rates compared with richer nations. They’ve created a Global Platform for
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN Español) — Los nominados a los premios Golden Globes 2022 (los Globo de Oro) se dieron a conocer este lunes. Los premios Golden Globes, que celebrarán su 79 entrega el domingo 9 de enero, siempre generan gran expectativa, ya que “son una de las pocas galas de premios que incluyen reconocimientos tanto al
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Officials say the four parties negotiating to form the next Dutch coalition government have agreed on a policy blueprint. The officials announced the breakthrough in a tweet Monday that marked a major step toward the end of marathon talks that have turned into the longest
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Some brand new car companies are hitting huge home runs with groundbreaking new vehicles, according to the staff at MotorTrend. The Rivian R1T has just been awarded the 2022 MotorTrend Truck of the Year Award just a month after the Lucid Air won the Car of the Year award. In
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks are opening modestly lower on Wall Street Monday as the market gets the week off to a slow start following its best weekly gain since February. The S&P 500 index fell 0.3% in the early going. The tech-heavy Nasdaq gave up 0.2% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.4%. Energy
Continue Reading MILWAUKEE (AP) — Harley-Davidson will take its electric motorcycle division public through a blank-check company, valuing the enterprise that has been part of the Harley for 10 years at $1.77 billion. The news gave a jolt to long-suffering shares of Harley-Davidson, which are up 12% before the opening bell Monday. Under the agreement, the special
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, CNN The UK’s largest spy agency, GCHQ, has sent out its annual Christmas card — with a set of puzzles aimed at inspiring young would-be secret agents. Every year, the intelligence, cyber and security agency releases a card containing a festive brainteaser to national security colleagues and partners across the world. But
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN There is a new comet in town, and December is your only chance to see it before disappears forever. Astronomers say that Comet Leonard is our best and brightest comet to see in 2021. The comet was first discovered in January of this year by astronomer Greg Leonard. Leonard, a senior
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a conservative think tank over Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ decision to exclude the group’s writers from press briefings. The justices acted without comment Monday. They left in place lower court rulings that said the decision is legal. The John K. MacIver Institute for Public
Continue ReadingOpinion by Dana M. Peterson for CNN Business Perspectives Inflation now tops the list of complaints among US consumers. Prices for everything, from necessities like food, energy and shelter, to luxury goods like autos and vacations, continue to climb. Amid this worsening challenge, Americans are looking for some relief. In November, the consumer price index
Continue Reading By HARRIET MORRIS and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A Japanese space tourist has rebuffed criticism from those who questioned his decision to pay a fortune for a trip to the International Space Station, saying the “amazing” experience was worth it. Speaking to The Associated Press in a live interview Monday from the
Continue Reading By HARRIET MORRIS and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A Japanese space tourist has rebuffed criticism from those who questioned his decision to pay a fortune for a trip to the International Space Station, saying the “amazing” experience was worth it. Speaking to The Associated Press in a live interview Monday from the
Continue Reading By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — As the omicron variant sparks worldwide fears of renewed virus outbreaks, Americans’ worries about infection are again on the rise. But fewer say that they are regularly wearing masks or isolating compared with the beginning of the year. A new poll conducted by The Associated Press and
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