By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Chadwick Boseman may be gone, but he is not forgotten. Monday marked three years since the “Black Panther” star died, and some of his Marvel co-stars took to social media to remember their friend. Lupita Nyong’o, who starred alongside Boseman in the 2018 “Black Panther” movie, on Monday posted
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By Nouran Salahieh, Sara Smart and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A federal hate crime investigation is underway after a White gunman with a swastika-emblazoned assault-style rifle killed three Black people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, authorities said. The shooting claimed the lives of Angela Michelle Carr, 52, Anolt Joseph “AJ” Laguerre
Continue ReadingDENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — A powerful earthquake and an aftershock have rocked Indonesia’s resort island of Bali and other parts of the country on Tuesday, causing panic but no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 7.1 earthquake was centered 181 kilometers northeast of Gili Air, a tiny island
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El pronóstico para Idalia es alarmante: se anticipa una rápida intensificación a medida que avanza por el Golfo de México y se adentra en unas de las aguas más cálidas del planeta antes de tocar tierra, esta misma semana, en Florida. De ser así, se uniría a una creciente lista de
Continue ReadingBy JOHN SEEWER Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Samuel “Joe” Wurzelbacher, who was thrust into the political spotlight as “Joe the Plumber” after questioning Barack Obama about his economic proposals during the 2008 presidential campaign, and who later forayed into politics himself, has died, his son said Monday. He was 49. His oldest son,
Continue ReadingBy Joshua Berlinger, CNN (CNN) — A week after clinching Spain’s first Women’s World Cup, the country’s soccer federation is at war with the very players who brought home the trophy. The scandal began just moments after La Roja’s historic 1-0 victory against England, when the head of the Spanish football federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales,
Continue ReadingALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced changes to its wildfire compensation rules after last year’s planned burn by the U.S. Forest Service exploded into the largest and most destructive blaze in New Mexico’s recorded history. FEMA officials say they are expanding coverage for those impacted for mental health treatment and
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The conservative chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court told the new liberal majority in a scathing email that they had staged a “coup” when they voted recently to weaken her powers and hire a new director of state courts. Chief Justice Annette Ziegler said in
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed Monday that he “never” faced an impeachment inquiry. Trump made the claim in a social media post the day after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said in a television interview that launching an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden is a “natural step forward”
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper and Shohei Ohtani each boast MVP and Rookie of the Year awards along with multiple All-Star Games, two of baseball’s preeminent faces. Oh, Harper and Ohtani are also linked in a rather calamitous way: Each have torn ligaments in their right elbow. Ohtani has
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– Un miembro del personal de la Universidad de Carolina del Norte en Chapel Hill murió este lunes durante un tiroteo en el campus y hay un sospechoso bajo custodia, dijo Kevin Guskiewicz, alto funcionario de la institución en una rueda de prensa. El tiroteo ocurrió alrededor de la 1:00 p.m. en los Laboratorios
Continue ReadingWHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — Former Pittsburgh Pirates majority owner G. Ogden Nutting has died. He was 87. The newspaper in Wheeling, West Virginia, where Nutting’s family business was based says he died Friday. The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register published Nutting’s obituary and a separate story on his death Monday. Nutting once held a majority ownership
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Leading officials within the Spanish Football Federation asked suspended president Luis Rubiales to resign on Monday because of his behavior at the Women’s World Cup, including kissing a player on the lips after Spain won the championship match. The heads of the regional bodies that make
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A veteran Los Angeles politician was sentenced Monday to 3 1/2 years in prison for a scheme in which he sought benefits for his son in exchange for supporting lucrative government contracts with the University of Southern California School of Social Work. Mark Ridley-Thomas, most recently a city councilmember, was sentenced
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By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A University of North Carolina faculty member was shot and killed in a campus building, officials said Monday. A suspect was arrested about an hour and a half after shots were reported, UNC Police Chief Brian James said at a news conference. Students and faculty
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump and the 18 people indicted along with him in Georgia are scheduled to be arraigned next week on charges they participated in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Fulton County court records show all 19 defendants have been scheduled for arraignment on
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — A November trial has been scheduled for former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch on misdemeanor charges following his arrest a year ago on suspicion of drunken driving when he was found in a damaged luxury sports car on a downtown Las Vegas street. Las Vegas Municipal Court Judge Cedric Kerns on
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — A November trial has been scheduled for former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch on misdemeanor charges following his arrest a year ago on suspicion of drunken driving when he was found in a damaged luxury sports car on a downtown Las Vegas street. Las Vegas Municipal Court Judge Cedric Kerns on
Continue ReadingBY CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — The mother of the Spanish soccer federation president under fire for kissing a Women’s World Cup champion on the lips started a hunger strike Monday in defense of her son as calls grew for his resignation and prosecutors opened a preliminary investigation. The leaders of the regional
Continue ReadingBy BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press By some measures, Jacksonville was making strides to emerge from its racist past. But the killing of three Black people by a young, white shooter was a painful and startling reminder that the remnants of racism still fester in the Florida city. What happened Saturday in Jacksonville, said 79-year-old
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