By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The former CEO of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX said Wednesday that he did not ’knowingly” misuse customers’ funds, and claimed he believes his millions of angry customers will eventually be made whole. The comments from Sam Bankman-Fried came during an interview with Andrew Ross
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN When a referee generates column inches, it is normally some indictment of their performance; the result of an uproar after a controversial decision. But Stéphanie Frappart‘s traditional anonymity has been broken for a different reason — she will make history on Thursday as the first woman to referee a men’s World
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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says Thursday’s state dinner for the president of France is meant to highlight the ties that bind the United States and its oldest ally. First lady Jill Biden and White House staff previewed the arrangements on Wednesday. Maine lobster poached in butter, beef with
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By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Tony Clark has never had more clout as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association. The 50-year-old helped the union navigate a tumultuous stretch that included a pandemic-shortened 2020 season and a new labor deal in March that not only saved a full
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN After a poor start to its World Cup campaign, Germany is now staring down the barrel of elimination heading into its last Group E game at Qatar 2022. Its shock defeat to Japan on the opening day put the Germans in a difficult position, but it rallied in its second game
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional proyecta que entre 9.000 y 14.000 migrantes podrían intentar cruzar la frontera sur de Estados Unidos a diario, una vez que termine a finales de diciembre la política fronteriza del Título 42 que se implementó bajo la administración de Trump, según una fuente familiarizada con las estimaciones.
Continue Reading SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Brandin Podziemski scored 19 points and Carlos Stewart added six points in the overtime as Santa Clara knocked off Wyoming 89-85 on Wednesday night. Podziemski added 10 rebounds for the Broncos (6-2). Stewart scored 19 points while going 6 of 12 from the floor, including 3 for 6 from distance,
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By Florencia Trucco, CNN Mexican-American drug trafficker Edgar Valdez Villareal, alias “La Barbie,” is “not currently in federal custody” in the United States, the Federal Bureau of Prisons told CNN. Valdez Villarreal’s name appears as “not in BOP custody” on the agency’s website, CNN confirmed Tuesday. When asked why, bureau spokesperson Benjamin O’Cone declined to
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Un tribunal en San Salvador ordenó este miércoles que el expresidente Mauricio Funes enfrente un juicio penal por presuntamente cometer los delitos de agrupaciones ilícitas e incumplimiento de deberes. El juicio contra el exmandatario, según el fiscal general Rodolfo Delgado, sería por el presunto pacto entre pandillas llevado a cabo
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN A federal judge scolded the Justice Department on Wednesday over what he characterized as slow-moving investigations during a hearing for one of GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz’s former associates, saying the probes have “no end in sight.” The Gaetz associate, former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg, has pleaded guilty to underage
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s Department of Justice mistakenly posted the names, addresses and birthdays of nearly 200,000 gun owners on the internet because officials didn’t follow policies or understand how to operate their website, according to an investigation released Wednesday. The investigation, conducted by an outside law firm hired
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN A playful polar bear cub, two nuzzling red foxes and golden snub-nosed monkeys huddled together are among the shortlisted images for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award 2022. The pictures “spotlight important stories of nature from across the globe” and were chosen from 38,575 entries across 93 countries,
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Virgin Islands announced Wednesday that it reached a settlement of more than $105 million in a sex trafficking case against the estate of financier Jeffrey Epstein. The settlement ends a nearly three-year legal saga for officials in the U.S. territory, which sought to hold Epstein accountable after
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — La comisión de Medios y Arbitrios de la Cámara de Representantes ahora tiene en su poder seis años de declaraciones de impuestos federales del expresidente Donald Trump, lo marca el final de un esfuerzo de años por parte de los demócratas para indagar sobre uno de los detalles personales mejor guardados
Continue Reading By BRIAN MELLEY and ANDREW DALTON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday after jurors said they were hopelessly deadlocked at the trial of “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson, who was charged with three rapes. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo had ordered the jurors to take
Continue Reading By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Greg Roman has been in contact with Stanford about its coaching vacancy. Ravens coach John Harbaugh confirmed that Wednesday. Stanford is in the market for a new coach after David Shaw stepped down. “Greg talked to me. He said that
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday after jurors said they were hopelessly deadlocked at the trial of “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson, who was charged with three rapes. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo had ordered the jurors to take Thanksgiving week off and keep deliberating after they told
Continue Reading By BRIAN MELLEY and ANDREW DALTON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday at the rape trial of “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson after jurors, who were leaning strongly toward acquitting him, were deadlocked following the monthlong trial in which the Church of Scientology played a supporting role. Masterson,
Continue Reading TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State has hired Idaho State head coach Charlie Ragle to serve as assistant head coach and special teams coordinator. The school announced Wednesday that Ragle is leaving the FCS school to join the staff of new Sun Devils coach Kenny Dillingham, who played for Ragle at Scottsdale’s Chaparral High School.
Continue Reading By ACACIA CORONADO and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Roger Coody has no legal training and his political experience until recently had been limited to registering people to vote. Now, the Oklahoma hairstylist is pushing a ballot proposal he wrote that would make abortion access a constitutional right in his deeply red
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