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By Brian Lowry, CNN While some Oscar-nominated movies are still playing in theaters, odds are if you want to catch up on the nominees, you’ll be going to Streaming Land. Streaming services backed a number of movies that secured key nominations on Feb. 8, in advance of the 94th annual Oscars, which will be televised
Continue ReadingBy Sonia Moghe, CNN Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin took the witness stand Wednesday in her defamation trial against the New York Times. Palin testified for about 15 minutes before court ended for the day. She sued the New York Times and former editorial page editor James Bennet in 2017 over an editorial they published
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By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Under a baking California sun, Roger Goodell knew the heat was coming. At his annual Super Bowl news conference, the NFL commissioner was grilled on two hot topics that have put the league under heavy scrutiny: racism and discrimination in hiring. There were other
Continue Reading LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Southern California’s Port of Long Beach is still dealing with a backlog of waiting cargo vessels and its top official has renewed a call for transforming the supply chain into a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week operation. Port Executive Director Mario Cordero said in a state-of-the-port address Wednesday that there are 168 hours
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Republican lawmakers are urging the Arizona Supreme Court to immediately rule that a voter-approved tax on the wealthy can’t be enforced. They say the high court already found a key provision unconstitutional and a trial court judge is needlessly delaying delaying issuing a ruling that would effectively
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The off-ramp and two lanes on the westbound side of Interstate 10 were shut down for several hours after a hay truck caught on fire. The fire was originally reported at approximately 1:42 p.m., just west of the N Indian Canyon exit. Lanes remained shut down until 6:50 p.m. The cause of the fire remains
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Steven Soderbergh loves a good thriller. So he was especially excited when his old friend David Koepp, who wrote “Panic Room,” brought him the script for “KIMI,” a classic, edge-of-your-seat thriller about a home assistant device that records what may have been a murder and the tech worker (Zoë
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NEW YORK (AP) — James Harden will miss a fourth straight game Thursday when Brooklyn visits the Washington Wizards — assuming he is still on the Nets. Coach Steve Nash has said the Nets won’t trade the All-Star guard before the trade deadline on Thursday afternoon, though there continues to be speculation Brooklyn could weigh
Continue ReadingCNN By Travis Caldwell, Ray Sanchez and David Close, CNN NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Wednesday admitted the league has fallen short by “a long shot” in ensuring head coaching opportunities for Black and minority candidates and vowed to see if policies need to change. “I don’t think you take anything off the table until
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona and Ted Barrett, CNN Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell made clear this week that the deadly events on January 6, 2021, were a “violent insurrection” meant to stop the peaceful transfer of power — a comment prompting backlash from a number of House and Senate Republicans. “It was mostly a
Continue Reading By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer A theme-park comeback continued to help Disney’s results recover in the most recent quarter. The company also added more subscribers to its Disney+ streaming service than analysts expected. Disney had closed or limited capacity at its theme parks and suspended cruises earlier in the pandemic. Domestic parks have reopened,
Continue Reading By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer A theme-park comeback continued to help Disney’s results recover in the most recent quarter. The company also added more subscribers to its Disney+ streaming service than analysts expected. Disney had closed or limited capacity at its theme parks and suspended cruises earlier in the pandemic. Domestic parks have reopened,
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Continue ReadingBy Kelly Mena, CNN The Republican-led push to restrict voting continues this year as lawmakers around the country set their sights on changing election laws. Lawmakers in 12 states have already introduced or pre-filed 96 bills that would make changes to voting laws for the 2022 session, according to an analysis from the liberal-leaning Brennan
Continue ReadingBy Ellie Kaufman, CNN A Black Hawk helicopter took its first autonomous flight without a pilot on board on Saturday at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The helicopter flew for 30 minutes without any passengers on board first on Saturday and again on Monday, according to a release from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — William Carvalho came up with a solution that would make most top strikers proud while surrounded by defenders inside the area. The Real Betis midfielder pulled off a neat nutmeg to get past the defender standing in front of him, sending the ball in-between his legs
Continue Reading COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Colorado Rapids winger Braian Galván will miss the entire Major League Soccer season following surgery to repair a torn right ACL. The 21-year-old Argentine also had damage repaired to his medial and lateral meniscus. Rehabilitation is expected to last nine months. Galván joined the Rapids midway through the 2020 season
Continue Reading MILAN (AP) — Olivier Giroud’s brace made it four goals in two games for the striker as AC Milan routed Lazio 4-0 to reach the semifinals of the Italian Cup. After scoring two late goals to help Milan beat league leader Inter Milan 2-1 on Saturday the France veteran struck twice in the first half.
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — A former casino executive has been sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison. Wednesday’s sentence in Boston was the stiffest so far in the sprawling college admissions bribery scandal. The parent, 65-year-old Gamal Abdelaziz of Las Vegas, was also ordered to serve two years of supervised release, 400 hours
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — A former casino executive has been sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison. Wednesday’s sentence in Boston was the stiffest so far in the sprawling college admissions bribery scandal. The parent, 65-year-old Gamal Abdelaziz of Las Vegas, was also ordered to serve two years of supervised release, 400 hours
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