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MILAN (AP) — Former Brazil forward Robinho has had a nine-year sentence for the rape of a young woman upheld by Italy’s top court. Brazil does not extradite its own citizens when they are sentenced in other countries. Robinho risks being arrested if he leaves the country and Italy issues an international arrest warrant. Robinho
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — Paul Arriola could be on the move from D.C. United after five seasons. The 26-year-old winger, a regular on the U.S. national team, says a trade or transfer was possible before the end of the month. Mexico’s Club América is trying to acquire Arriola from MLS, according to several reports in Mexican
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PHOENIX (AP) — Paul Arriola could be on the move from D.C. United after five seasons. The 26-year-old winger, a regular on the U.S. national team, says a trade or transfer was possible before the end of the month. Mexico’s Club América is trying to acquire Arriola from MLS, according to several reports in Mexican
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN At least 1.27 million people died in 2019 due to drug-resistant bacterial infections, according to a new study on the global burden of antimicrobial resistance. The study, published Wednesday in the journal The Lancet, suggests that if all drug-resistant bacterial infections had not occurred that year, 4.95 million deaths could have
Continue Reading EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Ryan Poles of the Kansas City Chiefs was interviewed for the second time by the New York Giants for their vacancy at general manager. Poles met with Giants co-owners John Mara and Steve Tisch and senior vice president of player personnel Chris Mara at the team’s headquarters Wednesday. The 36-year-old
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By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Two Richmond residents living near the site where a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee stood for more than a century have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling by the Supreme Court of Virginia that let state officials remove the towering monument.
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer A kickoff temperature of about 25 degrees is forecast for the United States’ World Cup qualifier against El Salvador at Columbus, Ohio, on Jan. 27. That could mean a wind chill index approaching what the U.S. Soccer Federation’s health guidelines call “high risk for cold-related illness.” AccuWeather forecast the
Continue ReadingBy Mohammed Tawfeeq, Eyad Kurdi, Gul Tuysuz and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN Three Syrian children have died, with hundreds of thousands of people “at great risk” following heavy winter storms in Syria and neighboring countries, according to humanitarian organization CARE. CARE warned in a Tuesday report that the onslaught of heavy winter storms is exacerbating the
Continue ReadingBy WLOS staff Click here for updates on this story TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Volunteers collected more than 45,000 pounds of trash during a massive cleanup at an illegal dump site at Tucker Creek Falls. More than 30 people joined the cleanup efforts at the Transylvania County waterfall. The cleanup was organized by
Continue Reading By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a request by a coalition of media groups for greater access to the civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis police officers in George Floyd’s death. Judge Paul Magnuson says the trial will go forward with the restrictions he imposed due to
Continue Reading GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers have released defensive lineman Kingsley Keke. The 2019 fifth-round pick from Texas A&M made eight starts this season but hadn’t played at all in their past three games. This move comes as the Packers prepare to host the San Francisco 49ers in an NFC divisional playoff
Continue Reading By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Coach Kyle Shanahan has a simple request for the San Francisco 49ers special teams units each week. With a dynamic offense and fearsome pass rush leading a stout defense, he just wants to avoid catastrophes in the kicking game. The 49ers have done
Continue Reading By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Coach Kyle Shanahan has a simple request for the San Francisco 49ers special teams units each week. With a dynamic offense and fearsome pass rush leading a stout defense, he just wants to avoid catastrophes in the kicking game. The 49ers have done
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Una nueva especie de tarántula, que vive exclusivamente en los tallos huecos de las plantas de bambú, para sorpresa de los científicos, fue descubierta recientemente en Tailandia. “Estos animales son realmente excepcionales; son las primeras tarántulas conocidas con una ecología basada en el bambú”, dijo Narin Chomphuphuang, investigador del departamento de
Continue Reading By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor in suburban New York says authorities decades ago blew chances to build a case against multimillionaire Robert Durst in the death of his first wife. Durst’s death last week in a California hospital lockup quashed a case that took nearly 40 years to bring.
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Capitals defenseman Dmitry Orlov has been suspended two games for kneeing Winnipeg Jets forward Nikolaj Ehlers. Orlov was not penalized for the knee-on-knee hit late in regulation of the Capitals’ game against the Jets on Tuesday night. Ehlers was injured on the play and is
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Unified School District agreed to pay $14.7 million to seven former students at an elementary school who claim their teacher sexually abused them several years ago. Rene Tenas, who taught fourth grade, was accused of molesting the girls on campus between August 2016 and January 2017. He pleaded
Continue ReadingBy KDKA News Staff Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The student shot outside Oliver Citywide Academy on the North Side Tuesday has died, police said. According to reports, two suspects walked up to a school van at dismissal and opened fire, a spokesperson for Pittsburgh Public Schools said. The 15-year-old
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Hans-Jürgen “Dixie” Dörner, one of East Germany and Dynamo Dresden’s greatest soccer players who was called the “Beckenbauer of the East,” has died. He was 70. The Dörner family said Wednesday that the former defensive all-rounder died the night before at home in Dresden after a
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK, BERNARD CONDON and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Legal experts say a court filing alleging that Donald Trump’s company misrepresented property values for financial gain could make for a compelling civil fraud case. But they are not convinced it will be a successful one. Lawyers who examined the
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