By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — The parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has agreed to pay $375 million to settle a class-action antitrust lawsuit alleging anti-competitive practices against its fighters, according to a filing seen by CNN. The agreement was disclosed in a filing by TKO – UFC’s parent company – to
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — It turns out that some things do matter in electoral politics. CNN’s KFile reported last week on North Carolina Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson making inflammatory and racist remarks on a porn website’s message board. We now have polling data measuring the potential impact of that investigation on
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Uber is cashing in on spooky season. The ridehailing company will now deliver costumes, makeup, and even decorations from Spirit Halloween, the largest Halloween retailer in North America, Uber announced in a press release Friday. Big-box retailers are getting into Halloween earlier and earlier, suggesting American consumers
Continue ReadingBy Anthony Johnson Click here for updates on this story TOTOWA, New Jersey (WABC) — A man was charged on Thursday after a stockpile of firearms was found in his Totowa, New Jersey home, police say. Kyle Arena, 35, is accused of multiple firearm and weapons violations. Police say they received an anonymous tip on
Continue ReadingBy WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story WEST BABYLON, Long Island (WABC) — A 17-year-old girl who was on life-support after a driver blew through a red light, striking her and 4 other teens inside a car, has died. Bella Trezza, 17, was driving the group of teens home from a party
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By Web staff Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The City of Minneapolis has some brand new police officers, and one of them is making history. Officer Ikran Mohamed is a member of the city’s most recent graduating class of recruits. When she was sworn in on Thursday night, she became
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story ST. CLOUD, Minneapolis (WCCO) — The St. Cloud Area Family YMCA faces a lawsuit which accuses the organization of discriminating against a group of female employees by subjecting them to sexual harassment by a manager. The civil lawsuit was filed by the U.S. Equal Employment
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — As a big young cohort comes of age in a troubled world, it’s coming with ideas about inclusion, participation and authority in the United Nations and other organizations. Those ideas are nudging the hierarchical, bureaucratic ways of an international order set up when young people’s grandparents were kids or
Continue ReadingBy Tim Fang Click here for updates on this story SAN JOSE, California (KPIX) — Two women were arrested for alleged human trafficking after police said they found a brothel operating at a home in East San Jose earlier this month. According to officers, the department’s Human Trafficking Task Force received multiple tips from the
Continue ReadingBy Julie Sharp Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) — A caped crusader who’s been around for more than 85 years got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday. Batman is the first superhero to get a Hollywood star, with neighboring sidewalk stars belonging to television’s Batman, Adam
Continue ReadingBy Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Two climate activists in their early 20s were sentenced to prison by a London court Friday for throwing soup over Vincent Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” painting during a protest against fossil fuels. Phoebe Plummer, 23, and Anna Holland, 22, from the protest group Just Stop Oil were imprisoned for two
Continue ReadingBy Matthew Rodriguez Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) — Atlas Iron and Metal Corp, a Los Angeles County recycling facility, faces more than two dozen charges for allegedly dumping hazardous waste onto an adjacent school in Watts. District Attorney George Gascón announced the 25-count grand jury indictment on Thursday, which
Continue ReadingPRICE, Utah (AP) — Five people were killed in a four-vehicle chain reaction crash in central Utah. The Utah Highway Patrol says an SUV pulling onto U.S. Highway 6 near Price overshot the acceleration lane and pulled into the path of a semitractor pulling double trailers. The driver of the semi tried to swerve to
Continue ReadingBy Laura Fay Click here for updates on this story CHELTENHAM TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Cheltenham Township Police are investigating after they say someone robbed a girl while she waited for the school bus. A girl called 911 after she said someone in a black sedan approached her while she waited for the school bus,
Continue ReadingAP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Chappell Roan has dropped out of the All Things Go music festival scheduled for this weekend. The decision comes as the breakout pop star has publicly grappled with her rising fame in recent weeks. She apologized to the fans who wanted to see her in New York and
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — Por primera vez desde 1967 Cuba tendrá una representante en el certamen de belleza Miss Universo. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel Marianela Ancheta fue coronada como Miss Universo Cuba este jueves en Miami y representará a la isla en el concurso de belleza más importante del mundo que se realizará
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By Dan Snyder, Adam Fox Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — One day after Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker laid out the city’s agreement with the 76ers for a new arena, people from the Gayborhood delivered more than 1,200 petitions to City Hall opposing the plan. “As a local drag queen, I
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CNN By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned Friday of “devastating” consequences if Israel engages in an all-out war with Hezbollah, telling CNN in an exclusive interview that casualties would “equal or exceed” the number in Gaza. “An all-out war between Lebanese, Hezbollah and Israel would be devastating for both
Continue ReadingBy Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned Friday of “devastating” consequences if Israel engages in an all-out war with Hezbollah, telling CNN in an exclusive interview that casualties would “equal or exceed” the number in Gaza. “An all-out war between Lebanese, Hezbollah and Israel would be devastating for both Lebanon
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By Caroline Jaime, CNN (CNN) — Former OceanGate employee Matthew McCoy testified Friday that at a lunch meeting in September 2017, OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush told him that if he ran into any issues with the US Coast Guard ahead of the Titan expedition, Rush “would buy a congressman” and make the problems “go away.”
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