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Month: August 2024

Caleb Downs leads 4 Ohio State players selected to Associated Press preseason All-America first team

AP College Football Writer Ohio State safety Caleb Downs, one of the second-ranked Buckeyes’ high-profile transfers, and three of his new teammates were selected for the preseason Associated Press All-America team announced Monday. Downs, who was a second-team All-American as a freshman for Alabama last season, was joined by guard Donovan Jackson, receiver Emeka Egbuka

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A shootout on Pakistan’s frontier with Afghanistan kills 5 militants and 3 Pakistani soldiers

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military says security forces have killed five militants in a remote northwestern area on Monday when they tried to sneak in from neighboring Afghanistan. Three soldiers were also killed in the exchange of fire in Bajur district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Islamabad often accuses Kabul of turning a blind eye

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Employees at Mexico’s federal courts go on strike over reforms that make judges stand for election

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Employees at Mexico’s federal courts have gone on strike over reforms that would make all judges stand for election. The employees’ union put locks on the gates at several courthouses early Monday. They say the reforms proposed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador would threaten their working conditions, benefits and salaries.

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DC councilmember known for pushing antisemitic conspiracy theories is arrested on bribery charge

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Washington, D.C., councilmember known for promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories has been arrested on charges that he accepted over $150,000 in bribes to help companies with city contracts. Trayon White Sr., a Democrat, was arrested Sunday on a federal bribery charge. The FBI says White agreed in June to accept

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Phil Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre, has died

Associated Press Phil Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre that brought success to Oprah Winfrey, Montel Williams, Ellen DeGeneres and many others, has died. He was 88. NBC’s “Today” show, citing family members, said Donahue died Sunday after a long illness. Dubbed “the king of daytime talk,” Donahue was the

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Manhattan DA’s office doesn’t oppose Trump’s request to delay next month’s sentencing

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Manhattan prosecutors are not explicitly opposing Donald Trump’s proposal for a sentencing delay in his hush money case until after the presidential election. Last week, Trump asked Judge Juan Merchan to postpone his sentencing – currently set for September 18 – until after the November election, arguing in part

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Por qué es importante investigar las muertes de famosos por drogas y judicializar a los responsables, según expertos legales

CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — El reciente anuncio de cargos contra cinco personas en relación con la muerte relacionada con la ketamina del actor Matthew Perry en 2023 marca el último ejemplo de las autoridades que responsabilizan a los traficantes de drogas y facilitadores de muertes de famosos de alto perfil. Los investigadores dijeron que entre

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GOP-led committees release Biden impeachment report without formally recommending the House move forward with impeachment

By Annie Grayer, Clare Foran, Marshall Cohen and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — The trio of Republican-led committees leading the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden on Monday released a report arguing that the president has “engaged in impeachable conduct” without making a formal recommendation for the House of Representatives to move forward with

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Exclusive: John Kelly rejects Trump’s comments that civilian award is ‘much better’ than Medal of Honor: ‘Not even close’

By Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — Former Trump chief of staff and retired Marine Gen. John Kelly rejected former President Donald Trump’s comments that the Presidential Medal of Freedom that honors civilians was “much better” than the Medal of Honor given to service members, telling CNN that the two honors are “Not even close. No equivalency

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