By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming has used a debate to press her Donald Trump-backed primary opponent on whether she agreed with the former president’s baseless assertion that widespread fraud cost him reelection. The opponent, Cheyenne attorney Harriet Hageman, said there were “serious concerns” about the
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On Thursday at International Fight Week, the 2022 UFC Hall of Fame ceremony took place and local legend Cub Swanson was one of the inductees. Cub Swanson’s UFC Hall of Fame induction speech.[ @CubSwanson | #UFCHOF | Hall of Fame Presented by @ToyoTires ] pic.twitter.com/gyAM8WMX7q— UFC (@ufc) July 1, 2022 “The next thing I’m most
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York has denied required air permit renewals to a bitcoin-mining power plant on the grounds that it was a threat to the state’s climate goals. The permitting decision was another example of New York putting the brakes on a cryptocurrency bonanza that has alarmed environmentalists. The state’s permitting decision involved
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian benchmarks were mostly lower on Friday, echoing a decline on Wall Street, after a quarterly report by Japan’s central bank rekindled worries about the world’s third largest economy. Shares fell in Tokyo, Seoul, Sydney and Shanghai. Markets were closed in Hong Kong for a holiday.
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian benchmarks were mostly lower on Friday, echoing a decline on Wall Street, after a quarterly report by Japan’s central bank rekindled worries about the world’s third largest economy. Shares fell in Tokyo, Seoul, Sydney and Shanghai. Markets were closed in Hong Kong for a holiday.
Continue Reading By WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GAUHATI, India (AP) — Rescuers found two more bodies as they resumed clearing operations after an overnight halt looking for nearly 70 missing people after a mudslide triggered by weeks of heavy downpours killed at least 16 people at a railroad construction site in India’s northeast, officials said Friday. More
Continue Reading By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The main union for Atlantic City casino workers reached agreements on new contracts with four casinos on Thursday, providing for what one its president called “the best contract we’ve ever had” and labor peace that will avoid a strike on Fourth of July weekend, one
Continue Reading By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The main union for Atlantic City casino workers reached agreements on new contracts with four casinos on Thursday, providing for what one its president called “the best contract we’ve ever had” and labor peace that will avoid a strike on Fourth of July weekend, one
Continue Reading By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s conservative-controlled Supreme Court handed Republicans their newest weapon to weaken any Democratic governors in the battleground state, ruling this week that political appointees don’t have to leave their posts until the Senate confirms their successor. The court’s decision — in the case of a conservative
Continue Reading By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly could be in his 80s before the singer is free again, based on a 30-year prison term imposed this week by a New York federal judge for parlaying his fame to sexually abuse young fans, including some who were children. And if the
Continue Reading SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s Bitcoin-boosting president is back at it, doubling down on his country’s losing investment in the cryptocurrency by buying over $1.5 million more. President Nayib Bukele wrote on his Twitter acount Thursday after posting the purchase: “Bitcoin is the future! Thank you for selling cheap.” Bukele said his
Continue Reading SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s Bitcoin-boosting president is back at it, doubling down on his country’s losing investment in the cryptocurrency by buying over $1.5 million more. President Nayib Bukele wrote on his Twitter acount Thursday after posting the purchase: “Bitcoin is the future! Thank you for selling cheap.” Bukele said his
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Esta temporada de viajes es como ninguna otra. Y es probable que cualquier persona que busque una aventura de verano se encuentre atrapada en una red caótica de costosos autos de alquiler cancelados o vuelos y hoteles totalmente reservados. La perspectiva de ir del punto A al punto B sin un
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN A series of failures led to a fuel leak at a Hawaii military facility that sickened families who relied on a nearby well for their water, the Navy found after an investigation into the problems at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility. The leak and the ensuing damage to the
Continue Reading By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The main union for Atlantic City casino workers reached agreements on new contracts with four casinos. Thursday’s deal provides what one worker called “big raises” and labor peace that will avoid a strike on Fourth of July weekend, one of the casinos’ busiest weekends of
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VISTA, Calif. (AP) — A driver who ran onto a Southern California sidewalk and killed four people, including two young children, was sentenced Thursday to 25 years to life in prison. Prosecutors say Ashley Williams, 30, was under the influence of difluoroethane, a gas used in aerosol products, and had marijuana and methamphetamine in her
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By Kiely Westhoff, CNN The former head coach of the University of Southern California’s women’s soccer team was sentenced Wednesday for his role in a college admissions scandal, prosecutors announced Thursday. Ali Khosroshahin was sentenced to a year of supervised release, the first six months of which are to be served in home confinement with
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner and David Wright, CNN Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney cast the Republican Party as “threatened by fealty to an individual” — former President Donald Trump — and defended her work on the committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection during a debate with her four GOP primary challengers Thursday night. “There’s a real
Continue Reading By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping officiated the swearing-in ceremony of Hong Kong’s new leader John Lee on Friday as the city marked the 25th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule after being pulled in recent years under much tighter Communist Party control. Lee, a former security
Continue Reading CNN By Jay Croft and Randi Kaye, CNN The woman accused of killing an elite cyclist in Texas used someone else’s passport to flee to Costa Rica, where she changed her hair length and color to avoid authorities, according to the US Marshals Service. Authorities say they found Kaitlin Marie Armstrong at a hostel in
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