Los Angeles Lakers guard Russell Westbrook is exercising his option to play for $47.1 million next season, a person with direct knowledge of the decision said Tuesday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because neither Westbrook — a past NBA MVP and one of the league’s top 75 all-time players
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PARIS (AP) — A Paris court has ruled that the French government failed to sufficiently stock up on surgical masks at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 and prevent the virus from spreading. The ruling Tuesday came as the number of registered infections with coronavirus variants rises sharply. It wasn’t immediately clear if
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By GRANT SCHULTE and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Former Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska was sentenced Tuesday to two years of probation, a $25,000 fine and community service for lying to federal authorities about an illegal campaign contribution, on the same day that voters in his district were deciding
Continue Reading By JADE LE DELEY and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s lower house of parliament has elected Yaël Braun-Pivet of President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance as its new speaker. She is the first woman to hold the post. The National Assembly opened its first session Tuesday since legislative elections this month shook up
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — Al momento de identificar y comparar ejércitos en el mundo, es común pensar en Estados Unidos y Rusia, que poseen las dos fuerzas armadas más poderosas por un largo margen, y luego se acostumbra mencionar a naciones con enormes poblaciones o recursos —o ambas, como China e India— para seguir
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN With its strawberries and cream, grassy slopes, and peaceful setting in a leafy part of London, Wimbledon is a world away from Ukraine, where the bombs still fall four months after Russia invaded. For the Ukrainians competing at SW19, however, the war never truly leaves them. On Wednesday, Anhelina Kalinina will
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By ERIC GAY, PAUL J. WEBER and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Fifty people died after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer without air conditioning in the sweltering Texas heat, one of the worst tragedies to claim the lives of migrants smuggled across the border from Mexico. More than a dozen people —
Continue ReadingFrancesca Street, CNN The A380 superjumbo is beloved among aviation fans, thanks to its spacious interior, mighty size and quiet inflight experience, but its days have been numbered since Airbus announced in 2019 it was ceasing production of the airliner. Costly to run, the world’s largest passenger aircraft’s demise was apparently accelerated by the Covid-19
Continue ReadingBy Gabby Orr and Pamela Brown, CNN Aides to former President Donald Trump were left speechless amid the first half of Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony on Tuesday, acknowledging to CNN that her testimony was “a bombshell” with potentially huge repercussions for Trump. Trump was already bracing for an explosive day of testimony from Hutchinson, who previously
Continue ReadingBy Courtney Allen Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A Nashville man who was traveling on a Greyhound bus to be with his family did not make it home alive. His girlfriend said they had an on-and-off relationship but that he recently told her he didn’t want to miss any
Continue ReadingBy Trevor Sochocki, James Paxson Click here for updates on this story BAY CITY, Michigan (WNEM) — Bay City is paying their respects to a longtime fixture in the local arts community. They are mourning the loss of Leeds Bird, whose impact on the Bay City arts scene spans decades. “It’s going to be hard
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La Fórmula 1, Mercedes y la FIA han condenado al expiloto de F1 Nelson Piquet por utilizar un insulto racial contra el británico Lewis Hamilton. Piquet utilizó un insulto racial en portugués brasileño para describir a Hamilton, siete veces campeón, al referirse a una colisión a alta velocidad en la
Continue Reading By NOMAAN MERCHANT and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two years after completing a White House summer internship, Cassidy Hutchinson was in the room where the president’s top aides debated how they could overturn his election loss. Hutchinson, 25, who served as a top aide to Mark Meadows, chief of staff to President
Continue Reading By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal court has allowed Tennessee’s ban on abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy to take effect after the Supreme Court’s decision overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights case. The action by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Continue Reading By SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet There are several things that can prevent you from getting therapy or other mental health treatment. A social stigma against needing that kind of help is a big one, as is the inability to take time out of the workday for appointments. But for many, the biggest blocker of all
Continue Reading By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Abortion pills smuggled into the United States from Mexico inside teddy bears. A New York home used as a pill distribution hub. A small apartment just south of the U.S.-Mexico border converted into a safe place for women to end their pregnancies. Networks of Mexican feminist
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN español) — Al menos 50 migrantes murieron dentro del remolque de un camión en San Antonio, Texas. El día del hecho, más de 15 fueron trasladados al hospital con problemas de salud vinculados al calor. Entre los fallecidos hay 26 mexicanos, 22 guatemaltecos y 2 hondureños. Al menos 22 personas que perdieron
Continue ReadingBy Mariya Murrow Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WGCL) — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has been called to investigate accusations of misconduct after a Spalding County marshal was accused of killing a dog while responding to a local residence. According to the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office, former Marshal Smart Web
Continue Reading By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Charges against former Gov. Rick Snyder and others in the Flint water scandal must be dismissed after the Michigan Supreme Court said Tuesday that a judge had no power to issue indictments under a century-old, rarely used law. It’s an astonishing defeat for Attorney General Dana Nessel,
Continue ReadingCNN By Emmet Lyons and Nicholas Pearce, CNN Five months of war have forced Ukrainians to adjust their expectations. After readying for a conflict they thought would be a sprint, many are now grappling with the likelihood of a “marathon,” said Olena Zelenska, Ukraine’s first lady. “It’s very difficult to hold on for five months,”
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