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Month: August 2023

‘One of the saddest moments of my life’: Germany crashes out of Women’s World Cup as Morocco reaches knockout stage in tournament debut

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Two-time world champion Germany crashed out of this year’s Women’s World Cup after drawing 1-1 to South Korea on Thursday. The Germans were among the favorites to win the title before the tournament got underway and knew victory in its final Group H match would all but secure qualification

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Judge tosses charges against executive in South Carolina nuclear debacle, but case may not be over

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge has ordered criminal charges dropped against the final executive accused of lying about problems building two nuclear reactors in South Carolina that were abandoned without generating a watt of power. The judge says she tossed the charges Wednesday because ratepayers of the utility that

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Live: Former President Donald Trump pleads not guilty to federal conspiracy charges in 2020 election case

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is in federal court Thursday to answer to charges that he sought to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, facing a judge near the U.S. Capitol building that his supporters stormed to try to block the peaceful transfer of power. Watch live here: NOT GUILTY PLEA Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal conspiracy charges accusing

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2 US Navy sailors arrested on charges tied to national security and China

By JULIE WATSON and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two U.S. Navy sailors have been arrested and accused of providing sensitive military information to China — including details on wartime exercises, Naval operations and critical technical material, federal officials said Thursday. Jinchao Wei, a 22-year-old sailor assigned to the San Diego-based

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Pittsburgh synagogue gunman has been sentenced to die in the nation’s deadliest antisemitic attack

By PETER SMITH and MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — The man who killed 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue was formally sentenced to death Thursday, one day after a jury determined that capital punishment was appropriate for the perpetrator of the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history. U.S. District Judge Robert Colville

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