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By STEPHEN WADE and TONG-HYUNG KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Shohei Ohtani is referred to in Japan as “kanpeki no hito” — the perfect person — because of his manners and impeccable behavior. That image may have taken a hit when the Dodgers fired his good friend and interpreter Ippei Mizuhara on
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE and TONG-HYUNG KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Shohei Ohtani is referred to in Japan as “kanpeki no hito” — the perfect person — because of his manners and impeccable behavior. That image may have taken a hit when the Dodgers fired his good friend and interpreter Ippei Mizuhara on
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for the Walt Disney World governing district taken over last year by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ allies don’t want the governor’s appointees answering questions under oath as part of its state lawsuit against Disney. District attorneys on Monday filed a motion for a protective order that
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH and TIFFANY STANLEY Associated Press Since the start of his political career, Donald Trump has played on stereotypes about Jews and politics. He told the Republican Jewish Coalition in 2015 that “you want to control your politicians” and suggested the audience used money to exert control. In the White House, he said
Continue ReadingBy Joshua Skinner Click here for updates on this story DECATUR, Georgia (WANF) — A Little Five Points woman is frantic and furious after an emergency vet in Decatur lost her dog. A week ago, Hannah Riley could not have imagined she’d spend the next week searching for one of the most important parts of
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Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — La Secretaría del Migrante y Enlace Internacional de Guanajuato, México, anunció este martes que prepara un plan de atención a migrantes mexicanos que vivan en Texas ante el futuro incierto de la ley SB4. La dependencia estatal, que estima que unos 160.000 guanajuatenses están de forma irregular en Texas,
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has met with his Serbian counterpart in Moscow ahead of a soccer game between the countries’ national teams. The game Thursday will be the Russian men’s squad’s first European friendly since the fighting in Ukraine began two years ago. Russia was removed from international soccer competitions after
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A dramatic story of survival and rescue off the western coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province has put the spotlight again on the plight of ethnic Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar who make extremely dangerous voyages across the Indian Ocean to seek better lives. Desperate survivors were pulled
Continue ReadingBy Andy Pierrotti Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — A Georgia man detained more than a decade behind bars and never convicted of a crime is now home with his family. Maurice Jimmerson’s pretrial detention is believed to be one of the longest such detentions in American history. His release
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German authorities say they have taken down a major online marketplace for drugs, fraudulently obtained credit card data and cybercrime services. Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office and Frankfurt prosecutors said Thursday that investigators seized the Nemesis Market platform’s server infrastructure in Germany and Lithuania on Wednesday, as well as cryptocurrency worth 94,000
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in February from the previous month to the strongest pace in a year as homebuyers were encouraged by a modest pullback in mortgage rates and more properties on the market. Existing home sales climbed 9.5% last month from
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers introduced a $1.2 trillion spending package Thursday that sets the stage for avoiding a partial government shutdown for several key federal agencies this weekend and allows Congress, nearly six months into the budget year, to complete its work funding the government through September. Democrats were able
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Davies and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Two months after revealing his terminal cancer diagnosis, Sven-Göran Eriksson remains upbeat, approaching his life with the sort of tenacity required when holding perhaps the most demanding job in football. “The doctor is saying I’m not okay, but I feel rather okay,” Eriksson tells CNN Sport.
Continue ReadingCNN By Amanda Davies and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Two months after revealing his terminal cancer diagnosis, Sven-Göran Eriksson remains upbeat, approaching his life with the sort of tenacity required when holding perhaps the most demanding job in football. “The doctor is saying I’m not okay, but I feel rather okay,” Eriksson tells CNN
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — After chasing Yoshinobu Yamamoto from his major league debut after one inning and scoring their most runs ever against the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego’s Xander Bogaerts was sad to leave the Gocheok Sky Dome. “We got to come here more,” he said. Jake
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Roscosmos space agency has aborted the launch of three astronauts to the International Space Station about 20 seconds before they were scheduled to lift off. Officials say the crew is safe. The Russian Soyuz rocket was to carry NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Oleg Novitsky of Roscosmos and Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus
Continue ReadingBy La’Nita Brooks and Hannah Mose Click here for updates on this story GENESEE CO., Michigan (WNEM) — The investigation into the murder of Congressman Dan Kildee’s brother, Timothy Kildee, is still unfolding. It happened Tuesday morning, March 19, and the suspect is Timothy Kildee’s 27-year-old son, who is still in the hospital with serious
Continue ReadingBy Felton and Hannah Mose Click here for updates on this story EAST LANSING, Michigan (WNEM) — The son of Michigan State’s men’s basketball head coach is opening up about his adoption. “It’s cool. I’ve got a lot of good feedback from it, and heard some cool stories, and met some different people that asked
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A motorcyclist was killed in a Palm Springs traffic collision involving a driver in a small sports utility vehicle Wednesday, according to police. Police closed East Amado Road between N. Sunrise Way and N. Avenida Caballeros at 10:09 p.m. after the wreck was reported. There was no immediate word on the motorcyclist or other driver’s names. East Amado was
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks extended their push to record highs Thursday on Wall Street, led by big gains in chipmakers. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% in morning trading Thursday, following up on hitting a record high for a second straight day. More than 80% of stocks in
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