Month: January 2024
5 hockey pros face sexual assault charges in 2018 case from when they were on Canada’s world junior team
By Paula Newton, Lindsay Isaac and Jason Hanna, CNN (CNN) — Four NHL players and one former NHL player are facing sexual assault charges in Canada in connection with allegations from 2018, their attorneys said Tuesday – a fresh development in a case that has wrapped Canada’s national hockey governing body in controversy. The charges
Continue ReadingTennessee, Virginia AGs suing NCAA over NIL-related recruiting rules with Vols under investigation
By TERESA M. WALKER and RALPH D. RUSSO AP Sports Writers The attorneys general of Tennessee and Virginia filed an antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA that challenged its ban on the use of name, image and likeness compensation in the recruitment of college athletes. The legal challenge comes in response to the NCAA’s investigation of
Continue ReadingMeta, TikTok and other social media CEOs testify in heated Senate hearing on child exploitation
By BARBARA ORTUTAY and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press Sexual predators. Addictive features. Suicide and eating disorders. Unrealistic beauty standards. Bullying. These are just some of the issues young people are dealing with on social media — and children’s advocates and lawmakers say companies are not doing enough to protect them. On Wednesday, the CEOs of
Continue ReadingMeta, TikTok and other social media CEOs testify in heated Senate hearing on child exploitation
By BARBARA ORTUTAY and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press Sexual predators. Addictive features. Suicide and eating disorders. Unrealistic beauty standards. Bullying. These are just some of the issues young people are dealing with on social media — and children’s advocates and lawmakers say companies are not doing enough to protect them. On Wednesday, the CEOs of
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Bayer fue condenada a pagar US$ 2.250 millones después de que un jurado concluyera que el herbicida Roundup causó cáncer a un hombre, dicen los abogados
Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Un jurado de Pensilvania dictó un veredicto de US$ 2.250 millones contra Monsanto y su empresa matriz, Bayer, después de determinar que su producto herbicida Roundup causó cáncer a un hombre, anunciaron los abogados del demandante. John McKivison, de 49 años, a quien le diagnosticaron linfoma no Hodgkin, demandó a la
Continue ReadingJames Biden agrees to a private interview with House Republicans investigating the president
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — James Biden will appear before House Republicans for a private interview next month as lawmakers seek to regain some momentum in their monthslong impeachment inquiry into his brother, President Joe Biden. The House Oversight and Accountability Committee announced on Wednesday that the Democratic president’s younger sibling will
Continue ReadingTop UN court rejects most of Ukraine’s terror financing and discrimination case against Russia
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ top court has rejected large parts of a case filed by Ukraine alleging that Russia bankrolled separatist rebels in the country’s east a decade ago and has discriminated against Crimea’s multiethnic community since its annexation of the peninsula. The International Court of
Continue ReadingCorrection: Navy-SEALs story
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story published Jan. 22, 2024, about the deaths of two Navy SEALs, The Associated Press, following the accounts of military officials, erroneously reported the sequence of events leading to the deaths. The military officials now say their preliminary findings indicate that Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Christopher J. Chambers
Continue Reading Oregon leaders declare 90-day state of emergency in downtown Portland to address fentanyl crisis
By Amy Simonson and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Oregon leaders joined forces to declare a 90-day state of emergency in downtown Portland, funneling resources into fighting the city’s deadly fentanyl crisis. Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson and Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler each made an emergency declaration to address the public health and
Continue ReadingGerman domestic spy agency has its former head, now a hard-right politician, under scrutiny
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has put its former head who has become a hard-right politician since being removed from the job several years ago under scrutiny. Hans-Georg Maassen posted a letter from the BfV agency to his lawyer on his website Wednesday following a report that the authority he led from 2012
Continue ReadingWisconsin governor signs legislative package aimed at expanding access to dental care
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has signed a package of legislation aimed at expanding access to dental care and bolstering the dental workforce across the state into law. The governor signed the legislation Wednesday at Northcentral Technical College in Wausau. The legislation authorizes licenses for dental therapists, a position between a dentist
Continue Reading Cristiano Ronaldo está a “días” de regresar tras su lesión, dice DT de Al Nassr previo al duelo contra Inter Miami de Messi
urielblanco (CNN Español) — Todo indica que el esperado duelo entre Cristiano Ronaldo y Lionel Messi de este jueves no ocurrirá debido a una lesión que afecta al capitán portugués desde la semana pasada. Luis Castro, entrenador de Al Nassr, dijo este miércoles que Cristiano está en la “fase final de su preparación” para volver
Continue ReadingThe origins of Groundhog Day and Punxsutawney Phil
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press KUTZTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The spotlight returns to Gobbler’s Knob in western Pennsylvania this week, when handlers of a groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil will announce his verdict — six more weeks of winter or an early spring. Thousands are expected to attend the annual event that exploded in popularity after
Continue ReadingJudge rejects school system’s request to toss out long-running sex-assault lawsuit
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a request by Virginia’s largest school system to toss out a lawsuit accusing it of indifference to a middle school student’s claims of sexual abuse and harassment. The Fairfax County School Board filed a motion in November to dismiss the
Continue ReadingLaser strikes against aircraft including airline planes have surged to a new record, the FAA says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Laser strikes aimed at aircraft are at an all-time high. That’s according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA said Wednesday that it received about 13,300 reports of lasers aimed at aircraft — including airliners — last year. That’s a record and a 41% increase over the previous year. FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker
Continue ReadingInvestigator describes Michigan school shooter’s mom as cold after her son killed four students
By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A sheriff’s investigator says that hours after a Michigan teen killed four students at his high school in 2021, the teen’s mother said her son was “going to have to suffer.” Detective Lt. Sam Marzban of the Oakland County sheriff’s office told jurors Wednesday during the
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