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By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Expectations and intrigue surround the WNBA as the league tips off its 27th season this weekend. There are super teams in Las Vegas and New York loaded with star power and championship aspirations. Brittney Griner is set to make her long-awaited return to the league after missing last season
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Expectations and intrigue surround the WNBA as the league tips off its 27th season this weekend. There are super teams in Las Vegas and New York loaded with star power and championship aspirations. Brittney Griner is set to make her long-awaited return to the league after missing last season
Continue Reading LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. announced Thursday that it was scrapping plans to build a new campus in central Florida and relocate 2,000 employees from Southern California to work in digital technology, finance and product development. The decision follows a year of attacks from Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Legislature
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — In a second legal victory for Ed Sheeran this month, a federal district judge dismissed another lawsuit that claimed Sheeran’s hit “Thinking Out Loud” copied the 1973 Marvin Gaye hit “Let’s Get It On.” The lawsuit, brought by Structured Asset Sales LLC, investment banker David Pullman’s company that
Continue ReadingBy Kristy Kepley-Steward Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — An autopsy report for an Asheville teen whose body was found floating in the Swannanoa River in October 2021, was drowned with both wrists bound behind his back. On Sept. 27, 2021, Jose Reynoso Ramirez was reported missing after a
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, Betsy Klein, Phil Mattingly and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Hiroshima, Japan (CNN) — US President Joe Biden and fellow world leaders unveiled tough new sanctions on Russia as they prepared to hear in-person later this weekend from Volodymyr Zelensky, who officials said was planning a dramatic trip to Japan as he continues to
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter (CNN) — The Supreme Court announced Thursday that it would formally remove a case concerning the controversial Trump-era immigration policy known as Title 42 from its calendar, likely because the Covid-19 public health emergency that serves as the legal underpinning of the program has expired. In a
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A 31-year-old man who forced a motorist at gunpoint to lead sheriff’s deputies on a high-speed chase in Mecca in 2020 was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to felony charges. Gutberto Antonio Rodriguez was charged with one felony count each of to kidnapping, kidnapping during the commission of a carjacking, assault
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Mackenzie Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, and one local couple is speaking up following a recent increase in motorcycle-related crashes – a few of them fatal. Frankie Sims and Ashley Connolly were airlifted to a hospital after a car pulled
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By Nicquel Terry Ellis (CNN) — Graduates at the New College of Florida held an alternative commencement ceremony Thursday evening in protest of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ conservative takeover of the college earlier this year. The alternative ceremony was a private event held at an undisclosed location in Sarasota, where the school is based, students said.
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — The Los Angeles Dodgers are getting some high heat after uninviting a prominent local LGBTQ charity group from their upcoming Pride Night at Dodger Stadium on June 16. The MLB team originally intended to honor the Los Angeles Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a drag group that leads charity and
Continue Reading By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — A major professional team playing in a minor league venue would’ve been unheard of just a few years ago, which is what the Oakland Athletics likely will do if they move to Las Vegas. There is recent precedent for a major professional team making a
Continue ReadingBy Kathryn Doorey Click here for updates on this story WAIKAPU, Hawaii (KITV) — A Good Samaritan spoke to KITV4 after he came to the aid of a victim who was hit while riding her moped, and dragged by a car. The victim, a 32-year-old woman, was allegedly rear-ended by suspect Jermaine Mudong while riding
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Dennis Kucinich, former Ohio congressman. Personal Birth date: October 8, 1946 Birth place: Cleveland, Ohio Birth name: Dennis John Kucinich Father: Frank Kucinich, truck driver Mother: Virginia (Norris) Kucinich Marriages: Elizabeth (Harper) Kucinich (2005-present); Sandra Kucinich (1977-1986, divorced); Helen Kucinich (divorced) Children: with Sandra
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — As negotiations over addressing the US debt ceiling continue and the threat of default draws closer, President Joe Biden has resurfaced the controversial idea of using the 14th Amendment as a way to lift the borrowing cap without Congress. Biden has said he doesn’t consider the move an imminent
Continue ReadingBy MARIELLE MOHS Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Thursday marks two years since a young girl was hit and killed by a stray bullet in Minneapolis. On a late night in May of 2021, 6-year-old Aniya Allen was riding in her family’s car, with her mom driving, after a trip
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — A liquor store clerk schemed, stole and tried to cash out a winning $3 million lottery ticket, a Massachusetts county prosecutor said, before investigators – helped by technology – launched a hunt for the rightful winner. Now, the clerk, Carly Nunes, 23, of Lakeville, Massachusetts, has been indicted by
Continue ReadingCNN By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — “Vanderpump Rules” Season 10 came to an explosive end on Wednesday. Viewers of the show saw the results of cameras picking back up six months after filming ended for the new season due to castmember, Tom Sandoval, cheating on his long-term girlfriend, Ariana Madix, with her best friend,
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