By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America CONWAY, Miss. (AP) — A man who escaped from a Mississippi jail and is suspected in a Monday night killing died after barricading himself in a home and setting it on fire during an armed standoff with deputies, authorities said Wednesday. Plumes of smoke emanated from the charred
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By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Grizzlies’ stars finally played well together in the same game, and Desmond Bane already is planning to be back for another tipoff Sunday in Memphis. Even with Game 6 looming Friday night in Los Angeles, where the Grizzlies have yet to win this
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Sin importar a dónde mires, Santorini te recordará que estás sobre un volcán. Los paisajes lunares, las playas negras y rojas, los guijarros de lava solidificada. La fascinante belleza de la isla griega es el resultado de la violenta historia volcánica de la zona. Santorini es famosa, por supuesto, por su
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials on Wednesday approved the first pill made from healthy bacteria found in human waste to fight dangerous gut infections — an easier way of performing so-called fecal transplants. The new treatment from Seres Therapeutics provides a simpler, rigorously tested version of stool-based procedures
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday night moved former Vice President Mike Pence closer to appearing before a grand jury investigating efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election, rejecting a bid by lawyers for former President Donald Trump to block the testimony. It was
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By Nicole Norman and Taylor Romine, CNN A California man was charged last week for falsely claiming to be a licensed doctor and practicing medicine on thousands of individuals, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón announced in a news release Monday. Stephan Gevorkian, 44, was charged with five felony counts of practicing medicine without a
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Universal started out its CinemaCon presentation with the big one: New footage from Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer.” “I know of no more dramatic tale, with higher stakes, twists and turns, paradoxes,” Nolan told a room full of theater owners Wednesday in Las Vegas. “In learning about
Continue Reading By Shawn Nottingham and Macie Goldfarb, CNN Small business owners in Nashville are stepping up after a high school student was turned away from their senior prom for wearing a suit. B. Hayes, 18 — who uses they/he pronouns, according to their Instagram account — said they weren’t “allowed in the doors” because they were
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DAVID BILLER Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — A federal judge in Brazil on Wednesday ordered a temporary suspension of messaging app Telegram, citing the social media platform’s alleged failure to provide all information Federal Police requested on neo-Nazi chat groups. The move is regarded as part of the country’s push
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DAVID BILLER Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — A federal judge in Brazil on Wednesday ordered a temporary suspension of messaging app Telegram, citing the social media platform’s alleged failure to provide all information Federal Police requested on neo-Nazi chat groups. The move is regarded as part of the country’s push
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky, Oren Liebermann and Natasha Bertrand, CNN The Air Force suspended two leaders of suspected classified document leaker Jack Teixeira‘s unit, it said in a statement Wednesday, one week after the unit stopped performing its intelligence mission amid an investigation into the leaks. The commander of the 102nd Intelligence Support Squadron, part of
Continue Reading By JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Roansy Contreras gave up two hits in six scoreless innings while Ji Hwan Bae and Jason Delay had three hits each in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 8-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night. Contreras (3-1) took a no-hitter into the sixth inning before Austin Wynns
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Chinese police have questioned staff at the Shanghai offices of Bain & Company, the US consultancy said Thursday, in a development that insiders say has alarmed the wider American business community in China. The news was confirmed one month after Chinese authorities closed the Beijing offices of Mintz Group, an American
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Tucker Carlson rompió el silencio la noche de este miércoles al publicar un breve video en línea luego de su abrupta salida de Fox News a principios de semana, pero no se refirió directamente a la situación con la cadena ni a su futuro. El presentador de ultraderecha no dijo mucho
Continue Reading By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Promising St. Louis Cardinals rookie outfielder Jordan Walker was optioned to Triple-A Memphis on Wednesday following a 7-for-35 slide in his last 10 games. Walker made his debut on opening day and opened the season with a record-tying 12-game hitting streak. He was hitting .353 through
Continue ReadingCNN By Eric Bradner and Steve Contorno, CNN Walt Disney Parks and Resorts on Wednesday sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his hand-picked oversight board, accusing the Republican 2024 presidential prospect of weaponizing his political power to punish the company for exercising its free speech rights. The lawsuit was filed in federal court minutes after
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Una agresión contra la Policía Estatal Preventiva del estado mexicano de Zacatecas dejó este miércoles cinco presuntos agresores muertos, informó en un comunicado la Mesa Estatal de Construcción de Paz. Esta es la cuarta agresión contra fuerzas de seguridad que las autoridades locales han reportado en lo que va de
Continue ReadingCNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN Tucker Carlson broke his silence on Wednesday evening, posting a short video online after his abrupt firing from Fox News earlier in the week, but did not directly address his departure from the network nor his future. The right-wing media extremist didn’t say much in the rambling two-minute message, but
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Tucker Carlson broke his silence on Wednesday evening, posting a short video online after his abrupt firing from Fox News earlier in the week, but did not directly address his departure from the network nor his future. The right-wing media extremist didn’t say much in the rambling two-minute message, but he
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev, CNN Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards was cited for third-degree assault following his team’s loss to the Denver Nuggets that eliminated them from the NBA playoffs on Tuesday. Edwards allegedly hit two women working at the arena when he swung a folding chair while walking back to the locker room after the
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