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By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Department of Justice has charged 48 people in Minnesota in what prosecutors have called a $250 million scheme to defraud a federal meals program. Prosecutors said just a fraction of the money went toward feeding kids, with the rest laundered through shell companies and spent on
Continue ReadingCNN By Nick Paton Walsh, Natalie Gallón, Brice Lâiné and Konstantin Gak, CNN In the ruins of an apartment block tarred with soot and clouded in dust amid constant shelling, a small group of Ukrainian soldiers are face to face with a new type of Russian enemy: mercenaries, some of whom may be convicts sent
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Taylor Ward hit a tiebreaking RBI double during Los Angeles’ three-run sixth inning that ended with a triple play and Matt Duffy had a two-run home run among three hits as the Angels beat the Texas Rangers 5-2 on Tuesday night. Ward doubled into the left-field corner to score Shohei Ohtani
Continue ReadingBy Megan Thomas Country music star Maren Morris is nominated for album of the year at the upcoming CMA Awards, but right now she wouldn’t feel “comfortable” attending the November ceremony. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times published Tuesday, Morris discussed her recent dispute with Brittany and Jason Aldean over comments they made
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN Spending by Donald Trump’s Save America PAC surged in August to more than $6.3 million — its highest monthly total of the year — as the former President waged court battles over the FBI’s search of his waterfront Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. More than $3.8 million of that money — or
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Mike Lindell, CEO of My Pillow and prominent backer of former President Donald Trump‘s false voter fraud claims, is challenging in federal court the FBI’s recent seizure of his phone at a Hardee’s restaurant drive-thru in Minnesota as he returned from a duck hunting trip. He alleges
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN Lawyers for E. Jean Carroll told a judge she plans to sue former President Donald Trump under a new New York statute that allows victims of sexual assault to sue years after the encounter. In a new court filing in her defamation case against Trump, Carroll’s attorneys said she intends to
Continue ReadingBy Maeve Reston, CNN Outgoing Republican Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona offered an implicit rebuke of the direction that former President Donald Trump has taken the GOP during a Tuesday speech at the Reagan Library, warning against leaders in his party who have morphed into “bullies” as well as candidates who are “more defined by
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer The Asian Development Bank has downgraded its forecasts for growth in the region, citing the war in Ukraine, rising interest rates to combat decades-high inflation, and China’s slowing economy. The Manila, Philippines-based development lending agency revised its estimate for growth in developing Asian economies to 4.3%, down from an
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing bureau Researchers in China have cloned a wild Arctic wolf — and they’re hoping the controversial genetic technology can now be used to help save other species under threat as the world edges toward an extinction crisis. On Monday, the Beijing-based company Sinogene Biotechnology unveiled the female wolf clone,
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge hit his 60th home run, matching Babe Ruth and moving within one of Roger Maris’ American League season record. The New York Yankees slugger drove a 3-1 sinker from Pittsburgh’s Wil Crowe 430 feet to the left field seats leading off the ninth
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El Grupo de Trabajo de Servicios Preventivos de EE.UU. (USPSTF, por sus siglas en inglés) afirma por primera vez que los adultos menores de 65 años deben someterse a pruebas de detección de la ansiedad, según un proyecto de recomendación publicado este martes. El USPSTF es un grupo de expertos independientes
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning against a new Tik Tok challenge that is targeting young people called the Nyquil Chicken challenge, which involves cooking poultry in the over-the-counter medication. The FDA is saying that in addition to this not being a tasty way to eat chicken, it’s also extremely dangerous. In their
Continue Reading MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian Football League says it is investigating “very serious allegations” made by Indigenous players that they were racially abused by a coach at the Hawthorn Football Club in Melbourne. A former Hawthorn player has told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. that he was told by the AFL club’s then-coach to terminate
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A man set himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister’s office in Tokyo on Wednesday in an apparent protest against the state funeral planned next week for former leader Shinzo Abe, officials and media reports said. The man, believed to be in his 70s, sustained burns
Continue ReadingAdrienne Winston and Lilit Marcus The Washington Monument was temporarily closed and a man was arrested Tuesday evening for allegedly vandalizing the monument with paint. Shaun Ray Deaton, 44, of Bloomington, Indiana, was arrested on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m., the The United States Park Police said in a statement on Wednesday. The man splashed red
Continue Reading By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — United States authorities charged 48 people in Minnesota with conspiracy and other counts in what they said Tuesday was the largest pandemic-related fraud scheme yet, stealing $250 million from a federal program that provides meals to low-income children. Federal prosecutors say the defendants created companies that claimed
Continue Reading By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — United States authorities charged 48 people in Minnesota with conspiracy and other counts in what they said Tuesday was the largest pandemic-related fraud scheme yet, stealing $250 million from a federal program that provides meals to low-income children. Federal prosecutors say the defendants created companies that claimed
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — Venezuelan migrants flown to the upscale Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his transportation secretary Tuesday for engaging in a “fraudulent and discriminatory scheme” to relocate them. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Boston, alleges that the migrants were told they were going to Boston or
Continue Reading By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal authorities charged 48 people in Minnesota with conspiracy and other counts in what they said Tuesday was the largest pandemic-related fraud scheme yet, stealing $250 million from a federal program that provides meals to low-income children. Prosecutors say the defendants created companies that claimed to be
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