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Month: June 2024

Rickwood Field, Willie Mays’ first pro park and monument of opportunity and oppression, welcomes MLB

By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Gerald Watkins watched Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and other New York Yankees wade through stalks of corn onto an Iowa field in 2021, near the filming site for the 1989 baseball movie “Field of Dreams.” Watkins thought about Rickwood Field, the 114-year-old ballpark in his

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House Freedom Caucus chair locked in close Virginia primary count with Trump-backed challenger

By Arit John and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — A rancorous Republican congressional primary in Virginia that has been a proxy fight amid larger party divisions remained unresolved Wednesday morning. House Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good, who angered allies of former President Donald Trump and former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, was trailing state Sen. John McGuire

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Arizona is sending taxpayer money to religious schools — and billionaires see it as a model for the US

By Casey Tolan, Rene Marsh and Nelli Black, CNN Scottsdale, Arizona (CNN) — Near the edge of the Phoenix metro’s urban sprawl, surrounded by a wide expanse of saguaro-studded scrubland, Dream City Christian School is in the midst of a major expansion. The private school, which is affiliated with a local megachurch where former President

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Jihadis from Africa’s Sahel have crossed into Nigeria’s north, a new report says. A lot is at stake

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A new report says there is mounting evidence that jihadi fighters who had long operated in Africa’s volatile Sahel region have settled in northwestern Nigeria after crossing from neighboring Benin. The report by the Clingendael Institute think tank says the militants have been moving to wealthier

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

¿Quieres entrenar como una estrella del K-pop en Corea del Sur? Un nuevo visado te lo pondrá más fácil

Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Corea del Sur pondrá pronto en marcha un nuevo visado para los extranjeros que sueñen con entrenarse como un ídolo del K-pop, en un intento de impulsar su industria turística hasta niveles anteriores a la pandemia. El “visado de formación en cultura coreana” estará abierto a los extranjeros que quieran formarse

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