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By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department’s decision to water down the sentence proposal for Roger Stone, a Donald Trump ally convicted of lying to Congress, was “highly unusual,” the department’s internal watchdog said Wednesday, but that it did not find evidence that politics played an improper role. The investigation was launched after
Continue ReadingSANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan is widely viewed as one of the top offensive minds in football. He tried to add perhaps the greatest defensive coach of all time to the 49ers staff this offseason. Shanahan told “ The TK Show Podcast ” hosted by Athletic columnist Tim Kawakami that
Continue ReadingBy Liam Reilly, CNN New York (CNN) — The NBA on Wednesday rejected Warner Bros. Discovery’s offer to match a $1.8 billion per year bid from Amazon Prime Video to broadcast the league’s games, setting up a potential legal showdown between the media company and its longtime sports partner. “Warner Bros. Discovery’s most recent proposal
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The FBI has searched the Long Island home of a former aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. The former staffer, Linda Sun, has not been accused of wrongdoing. An FBI spokesman declined to release details beyond confirming court-authorized law enforcement activity on Tuesday. The New York Times first reported the search of
Continue ReadingAP Airlines Writer The Justice Department submitted an agreement with Boeing on Wednesday in which the aerospace giant will plead guilty to a fraud charge for misleading U.S. regulators who approved the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed, killing 346 people. The detailed plea agreement was filed in federal district court in
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A record 17 California condor chicks hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo during this year’s breeding season for the endangered birds, officials announced Wednesday. All the chicks will be candidates for release into the wild as part of the California Condor Recovery Program, the LA Zoo said in a statement. The
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A record 17 California condor chicks hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo during this year’s breeding season for the endangered birds, officials announced Wednesday. All the chicks will be candidates for release into the wild as part of the California Condor Recovery Program, the LA Zoo said in a statement. The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Brandon Drury drove in the go-ahead run with an RBI single in the eighth inning as the Los Angeles Angels completed a three-game sweep of the struggling Seattle Mariners 2-1 on Wednesday. The Mariners were booed by fans after losing for the eighth time in nine games and for the
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — In the first rally of her presidential campaign on Tuesday, presumptive Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris wrongly described parts of the conservative Project 2025 blueprint for a potential second Donald Trump presidency. The 920-page Project 2025 blueprint was organized by The Heritage Foundation think tank and developed in significant part by
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Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — Venezuela elegirá a un nuevo presidente el 28 de julio entre diez candidatos, aunque, según las encuestas, hay dos aspirantes claramente despegados del resto: el presidente Nicolás Maduro y el abanderado de la oposición mayoritaria, Edmundo González Urrutia. Maduro va por su tercer mandato y también por tercera ocasión la
Continue ReadingAssociated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz watched two of his best coaching friends, Bill Belichick and Nick Saban, leave football after last season. So, naturally, college football’s longest-tenured coach smiles and nods as he reflects on his own potential exit. “All of us have to do that,” the 68-year-old Ferentz said Wednesday
Continue ReadingJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The chief executive officer of a biotech company with ties to the largest public corruption case in Mississippi history has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud for improperly using welfare funds intended to develop a concussion drug. Court records show Jacob VanLandingham entered the plea Wednesday in federal court,
Continue Reading Aitana Ocana (CNN Español) — James Cleveland Owens, conocido como Jesse Owens, una figura icónica en la historia del atletismo y un símbolo de resistencia contra la presión racial, nació en 1913 en Alabama, Estados Unidos. La historia de los Juegos Olímpicos en imágenes Hijo de un aparcero y nieto de esclavos, Owens se mudó
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Alvin Kamara’s explanation sounded simple enough. The New Orleans Saints’ star running back is practicing during his contract impasse with the club because he doesn’t want to be fined or let down coaches and teammates who play no role in his salary negotiations. “I ain’t stupid. I ain’t
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fires burning in California, Oregon, Arizona, Washington and other western states, as well as Canada, have filled the skies in regions of the western U.S. with smoke and haze, forcing some affected areas to declare air quality alerts or advisories. As of Wednesday morning, there were 79 large active
Continue ReadingBy Ethan Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Democrats on Wednesday adopted the rules the party will use to choose their presidential nominee, with voting to officially nominate Kamala Harris likely to begin August 1. That would be less than two weeks after President Joe Biden ended his campaign for reelection and endorsed his vice president, who quickly consolidated
Continue ReadingAP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kamala Harris is already facing a wave of Republican-backed attack ads questioning her leadership, her progressive record and what she knew about President Joe Biden’s decline. For now, however, Democrats have yet to engage in the summertime advertising fight. Overall, Trump’s team is outspending Harris’ 25-to-1 on
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday delivered a solemn call to voters to defend the country’s democracy as he laid out in an Oval Office address his decision to drop his bid for reelection and throw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris. Insisting that “the defense of democracy is more
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Say hello to Jenny from the Regency era. Jennifer Lopez celebrated her 55th birthday with an elaborate “Bridgerton”-themed party – horse-drawn carriage and all – as seen in a video posted to her Instagram page on Wednesday. The clip, backed by musical stylings inspired by the steamy Netflix series’
Continue Reading Gonzalo Zegarra (CNN Español) — Hugo Chávez venció por primera vez a sus rivales el 6 de diciembre de 1998. Fue el comienzo de la era de la autodenominada Revolución Bolivariana, que desde entonces se ha impuesto en seis comicios presidenciales. Solo en abril de 2013, cuando se celebraron elecciones para elegir al sustituto del
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