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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs ruled out All-Pro left guard Joe Thuney for the Super Bowl against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday because of a pectoral injury. Wide receiver Rashee Rice and running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire, though, appear ready to go. Rice was a full
Continue ReadingBy Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Robert Hur’s report on President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified information has reignited controversy over special counsels and their investigative reports, which are designed to publicly disclose findings – including negative ones – even if prosecutors decline to bring charges. Attorney General Merrick Garland received Hur’s final
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities in a Phoenix suburb will not pursue criminal charges against a gallery owner whose racist rant last year was caught on video while Native American dancers were being filmed. Officials in Scottsdale called the confrontation last February “a nauseating example” of bigotry but said that Gilbert Ortega Jr.’s
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A 15-year-old accused of shooting a Brazilian tourist in the leg Thursday night then firing at a police officer while fleeing through Times Square has been arrested just outside of New York City. Police say the teenager was taken into custody Friday
Continue ReadingTONTITOWN, Ark. (AP) — Two Michigan men are being held on multiple charges after police said the pair led officers on a high-speed case through Oklahoma and Arkansas in a stolen U-Haul. Police said they found weapons and Molotov cocktails in the cargo van after arresting Cory Robert Mercier and Trenton Johnson. The two 21-year-old
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump told thousands at a National Rife Association event in Pennsylvania Friday, “no one will ever lay a finger on your firearms,” should he be elected in November. “Not gonna happen,” Trump said, in his opening remarks at the NRA’s presidential forum in
Continue ReadingJOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Authorities in Illinois say a Minnesota man charged in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old suburban Chicago girl more than 50 years ago has died. Seventy-nine-year-old Barry Lee Whelpley was found unresponsive Friday in his cell at the Will County Jail in Joliet. Deputy Chief Dan Jungles of the Will County
Continue ReadingBy ALMA SOLÍS Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Not a 10-year prison sentence for money laundering nor going into political asylum in Nicaragua’s embassy have softened the political aspirations of Panama’s former President Ricardo Martinelli who still seeks to retake that position. Just last week a judge sentenced the former leader to prison. Then
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Alexandra Ferguson Leesburg, Virginia (CNN) — Minutos después de que se conociera el informe del fiscal especial el jueves por la tarde, los demócratas de la Cámara de Representantes se pusieron en pie y vitorearon al presidente Joe Biden, que aprovechó su retiro anual como la última oportunidad para defender con fuerza cuatro años más
Continue ReadingBy Nick Valencia, Jason Morris and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — One of former President Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the Georgia election racketeering case has alleged that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her top deputy on the case aren’t being truthful about the details of their relationship. Mike Roman’s defense attorney plans to
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By Andy Rose and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — An Oklahoma judge stepped down Friday after allegedly exchanging more than 500 texts with a bailiff in which she mocked trial participants and talked offensively about the state’s attorneys while she presided over a June murder trial. Lincoln County District Judge Traci Soderstrom agreed to resign
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A company’s plan to mine near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp is nearing approval by Georgia regulators, despite conservationists’ concerns that it could irreparably damage the swamp and its vast wildlife refuge. The Georgia Environmental Protection Division on Friday released drafts of three permits that
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former Catholic priest in South Carolina has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison for trying to sexually assault a boy and showing him pornography. Prosecutors say 69-year-old Jamie Adolfo Gonzalez-Farias was a priest for more than 30 years after being ordained in his
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Actor Scarlett Johansson and NFL legend Dan Marino come from different professions, but they have two things in common: Both have a sweet tooth and an infatuation with M&Ms. Johansson and Marino will star in the Super Bowl commercial that will focus on the
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Southern California coast near Malibu on Friday and was widely felt in the Los Angeles region, rattling windows and shaking shelves but bringing no reports of major damage or injuries. The area of the epicenter was in the
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Southern California coast near Malibu on Friday and was widely felt in the Los Angeles region, rattling windows and shaking shelves but bringing no reports of major damage or injuries. The area of the epicenter was in the
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s largest city won’t be able to enforce its ban on guns in public places like parks and sidewalks while a lawsuit challenging that restriction moves forward. Douglas County District Judge LeAnne Srb issued a preliminary injunction Friday blocking that ban, but she refused to put
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s prolonged war with Hamas is going to become a significant economic and political burden for the country over the long haul, Moody’s said Friday. So the agency downgraded Israel’s credit rating. Moody’s Investors Service downgraded Israel’s debt rating from A1 to A2 on Friday, underscoring the economic damage
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– Un sismo de magnitud 5,7 sacudió la costa de Hawai este viernes, según el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés). El sismo tuvo una profundidad de 36,8 kilómetros, indicó la entidad. Su epicentro se ubicó a 2,3 kilómetros al noreste de Pāhala, en el sur de la
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the world’s largest active volcano on Friday — Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii — knocking items off shelves and cutting power in a nearby town but not immediately prompting reports of serious damage. The earthquake,
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