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HAWTHORNE, Calif. (AP) — SpaceX, the rocket ship company run by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has fired several employees involved in an open letter that blasted the colorful billionaire for his behavior, according to media reports. The reports published Friday cited an email from Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX’s president, saying the company had terminated employees who
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In his major championship debut, Charlie Reiter finishes at (+11) and missed the cut at the U.S. Open on Friday in Brookline, MA. Everybody has to start somewhere – @charles_reiter finishes his Major debut at (+11) 76, 75 #USOpen Charlie will turn pro later this summer and showed some flashes of his aggressive game! We
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By Caroll Alvarado and Sara Smart, CNN A New York man who was caught on camera claiming to be an “off-duty trooper” while going on a racist road rage tirade has been charged with a hate crime, Sergeant Daniela Portillo with Newburgh police confirmed to CNN. Cellphone video of the incident taken on June 11
Continue Reading By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Making his first public appearance since the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection began its hearings laying bare his desperate attempts to subvert democracy and remain in power, former President Donald Trump on Friday lashed out at the committee as he continued to tease his
Continue Reading By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Democrat Mary Peltola has joined Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich and independent Al Gross in advancing to an August special election for Alaska’s only U.S. House seat. They have emerged from a field of 48 candidates in last Saturday’s special primary for the seat left
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Vince McMahon is in the middle of a corporate firestorm, but he still opened the company’s wrestling telecast “Smackdown” on Friday. “Mr. McMahon,” the executive’s in-ring persona, kept things short. “It’s a privilege as always to stand before you here tonight,” McMahon said to the crowd in Minneapolis,
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By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California pair not only smuggled drugs to five other states but repeatedly impersonated federal law enforcement officers as part of the nationwide scheme, a U.S. grand jury alleged this week. A federal grand jury in Sacramento on Thursday indicted Quinten Giovanni Moody, also known
Continue Reading By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California pair not only smuggled drugs to five other states but repeatedly impersonated federal law enforcement officers as part of the nationwide scheme, a U.S. grand jury alleged this week. A federal grand jury in Sacramento on Thursday indicted Quinten Giovanni Moody, also known
Continue ReadingBy Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Gustavo Petro will become Colombia’s first leftist leader, after winning the country’s presidential race on Sunday. The former guerrilla won by a slim margin with over 50% of the votes, against 77-year-old entrepreneur Rodolfo Hernandez. In this historic win, his running mate Francia Marquez will now become the first Afro-Colombian to
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco man accused of killing an 84-year-old Thai grandfather in an attack that galvanized Asian Americans and helped spur a successful recall of the city’s liberal prosecutor was ordered to stand trial, a judge ruled Friday. The assault on Vicha Ratanapakdee in January 2021 further crushed Asians in America
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A 19-year-old male is accused of shooting at workers at an okra ranch near Coachella Friday morning. Deputies responded to reports of a shooting at a ranch on the 46-300 block of Dillon Road. “While deputies were responding, they received information the suspect shot at workers in a field,” reads a news release from the
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a Trump administration finding that the active ingredient in the weed killer Roundup does not pose a serious health risk and is “not likely” to cause cancer in humans. The California-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the Environmental
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By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a Trump administration finding that the active ingredient in the weed killer Roundup does not pose a serious health risk and is “not likely” to cause cancer in humans. The California-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the Environmental
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Longtime Trump political adviser Steve Bannon wants to block prosecutors from exploring the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol before the jury at his criminal contempt trial next month. At the same time, prosecutors are trying to prevent Bannon from turning his trial into a
Continue Reading By Taylor Romine, CNN A man who killed one person and injured five others during a shooting at a church in Orange County, California, has had hate crime enhancements added to his charges, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday. David Wenwei Chou, 68, had hate crime enhancements added for each of the five
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN The majority of a county commission in a rural swath of New Mexico on Friday voted to certify the results of the June 7 primary, ending a standoff with state officials that had set off national alarms about potential election subversion. The Otero County Commission voted 2-1, with one of the
Continue Reading TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A wildfire in southern Arizona has forced evacuations of a small tribal community and Kitt Peak National Observatory. Fire officials said Friday the blaze’s growth northward prompted a decision to evacuate the community of Pan Tak on the Tohono O’odham Indian Reservation. Meanwhile, the electricity at the observatory has been shut
Continue Reading Russian state television showed video Friday of two U.S. military veterans who went missing last week while fighting in Ukraine, confirming that the men were taken captive and raising fears about their fate. Alex Drueke and Andy Huynh, both from Alabama, were believed to be the first Americans captured by Russian forces since the war
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Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — El presidente de Panamá, Laurentino Cortizo, anunció este viernes que el subsidio denominado vale digital, creado como apoyo económico a la población desempleada por la pandemia de covid-19, se entregará por 6 meses más, o sea hasta diciembre de 2022. Antes de este anuncio, el gobierno había dicho que solo
Continue Reading By SARA CLINE and JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press Louisiana’s secretary of state and attorney general have asked the Supreme Court to put a hold on a federal judge’s order requiring the state to create a second majority Black congressional district by Monday. Judge Shelly Dick found that having only one such district among six seats
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