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By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Toronto All-Star pitcher Alek Manoah was among 15 players whose contracts were renewed by their teams rather than reach negotiated agreements. Manoah, who finished third in AL Cy Young Award voting, was given a $745,650 salary while in the major leagues and $353,100 should he
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Toronto All-Star pitcher Alek Manoah was among 15 players whose contracts were renewed by their teams rather than reach negotiated agreements. Manoah, who finished third in AL Cy Young Award voting, was given a $745,650 salary while in the major leagues and $353,100 should he
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Editor’s Note: A story that ran on the CNS wire Monday stated that Riverside County prosecutors had requested that a judge dismiss all counts against the defendant for unspecified reasons. The story stemmed from basic notations in the court minutes and emails from the D.A.’s communications director, who was going by the same minutes. The
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo’s high court on Monday ordered a retrial for an 87-year-old former boxer who has been on death row for more than five decades after his murder conviction that his lawyers said was based on forced confession and fabricated evidence. The Tokyo High Court said Iwao Hakamada
Continue Reading By MICHAEL TARM and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press The first federal capital case tried under President Joe Biden ended with a split among jurors, meaning the life of an Islamic extremist who killed eight people in a New York City will be spared. It came at a rare federal death penalty trial in a
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By SEUNG MIN KIM and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In 2016, Vice President Joe Biden warned against efforts to unravel banking regulations that Democrats had fought to implement following the nation’s financial crisis, just as the emerging Trump administration was determined to loosen those strict banking rules. Biden argued that without the
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CNN By Polo Sandoval and Sarah Boxer, CNN On a snowy March afternoon, a small convoy of taxis and hired cars rolled north along a New York country road that dead-ends at the Canadian border. Among those onboard: a Nigerian family of five, a Russian man traveling alone and a tearful South American woman named
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Alexandra Ferguson Champlain, Nueva York (CNN) — En una nevada tarde de marzo, un pequeño convoy de taxis y vehículos de alquiler se dirigía hacia el norte por una carretera rural de Nueva York que termina en la frontera con Canadá. Entre los pasajeros había una familia nigeriana de cinco miembros, un hombre ruso que
Continue Reading By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A bill to legalize sports betting in Kentucky has won House passage. The vote Monday sets up a Senate showdown on a proposal that creates divisions among the Republican supermajorities in the Bluegrass State. Past efforts to legalize sports wagering in Kentucky garnered House support but
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Bell and Saskya Vandoorne, and Maria Avdeeva, CNN The artillery fire gets worse at night, so Liuba and her husband hold hands. It keeps them safe, she says with a sad nod of her head. She’s standing in what’s left of her garden after it was hit during a particularly bad night a
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A stolen vehicle suspect led deputies on a pursuit from Cathedral City to the Bermuda Dunes area Monday afternoon. The pursuit started at around 3:30 p.m. when deputies spotted a vehicle reported stolen on Ramon Road and Date Palm Drive, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Dept. confirmed. Authorities said the suspect led deputies in circles for
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden said Monday he intends to visit Northern Ireland to mark the upcoming anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, which the US helped broker a quarter-century ago to bring an end to decades of sectarian violence. The president was responding to an invitation from Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak,
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN) — La lluvia no le da tregua a California. Después de las intensas precipitaciones a finales de la semana, el estado se prepara ahora para los efectos de otro río atmosférico que impactará entre este lunes y martes, con patrones y volúmenes muy similares a los de las últimas tormentas, según informaron las
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un “nor’easter”, o sistema del noreste, es una tormenta que se desplaza a lo largo de la costa este de EE.UU. y suele tener vientos costeros del noreste. “Los nor’easters suelen desarrollarse en latitudes comprendidas entre Georgia y Nueva Jersey, a menos de 160 km al este o al oeste de
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Similar to the Grand Slams, the BNP Paribas Open and FILA tennis unveiled their own Junior National Championship at Indian Wells this week. The winning boy and girl will get a Wildcard exemption to next years tournament. “Having the umpire call my name and lining up to serve here has always been a dream of
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Continue Reading By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Proposed tax relief for Kentucky’s bourbon makers was fast-tracked in advancing in the House. But the industry victory isn’t being toasted by local leaders living near some of the best-known distilleries. The measure would phase out a property tax on the value of stored bourbon barrels.
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, Nick Valencia and Pamela Kirkland, CNN The family of an environmental activist killed while protesting a planned law enforcement training facility in Atlanta earlier this year has filed a lawsuit against the city, seeking the release of records to aid in their search for answers about what led to the fatal shooting.
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After losing Saturday, the Firebirds defeated the Texas Stars on Sunday afternoon by a final score of 6-3. 7,911 were on hand at Acrisure Arena to witness Tye Kartye’s first hat trick of his professional career and the Firebirds’ 38th win of the season. KARTSY KARTSY KARTSY 🔥🎩 pic.twitter.com/quvXOwHVYq— Coachella Valley Firebirds (@Firebirds) March 12, 2023
Continue Reading NATIONAL CITY, Calif. (AP) — A onetime Teacher of the Year at a Southern California school pleaded not guilty Monday to multiple child sex abuse charges involving a former student, prosecutors said. Jacqueline Ma, a 34-year-old teacher at Lincoln Acres Elementary in National City near San Diego, was arrested last week. Detectives began investigating after
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