Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former TV personality Carlos Watson was convicted Tuesday in a federal financial conspiracy case about Ozy Media, an ambitious startup that collapsed after another executive impersonated a YouTube executive to hype the company’s success. Watson, 53, had been free on bail but was taken into custody to await sentencing,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Long before a would-be assassin wounded former President Donald Trump, the fuse of political violence had been burning across America. Members of Congress have been shot. One lawmaker’s staffers in Virginia were attacked with a baseball bat. In Louisville, a bullet grazed the mayor’s sweater after someone stormed into
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — The French soccer federation has pledged to file a complaint with FIFA over “racist and discriminatory remarks” by Argentina players in post-match chants about France’s team after their Copa America title win. Argentina beat Colombia 1-0 on Sunday. A video posted on Instagram by Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez, who plays for Chelsea,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas is being sued for rejecting petitions in favor of a proposed ballot measure to scale back the state’s abortion ban. Supporters asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to order officials to start counting more than 100,000 signatures. The state says organizers did not comply with a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Authorities in Paraguay have announced the largest cocaine seizure in the country’s history as officials were surprised to find more than 4 tons of the drug stashed inside a shipment of sugar bound for Belgium. President Santiago Peña on Tuesday expressed hope the seizure would disrupt the trade and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government says it will end a cease-fire with the largest faction of the FARC-EMC, a holdout group that refused to sign a 2016 peace deal with the Colombian government, but had been involved in peace talks until March with the administration of President Gustavo Petro. In a press
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some House Democrats are wary of swiftly nominating President Joe Biden as the party’s pick for reelection. Those Democrats are circulating a letter Tuesday with “serious concerns” about plans for a virtual roll call as soon as July 21, ahead of the Democratic National Convention next month in Chicago. The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lisa Kudrow stars in “Time Bandits,” an upcoming Apple TV+ series based on the 1981 movie written by Monty Python legends. Kudrow told The Associated Press that the series adaptation allows for further exploration. Created by Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement and Iain Morris, “Time Bandits” follows a ragtag band
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) — A Libyan government agency says a mass grave containing two dozen unidentified bodies has been discovered in the coastal city of Sirte, which was once controlled by the Islamic State group. The National Authority for Searching and Identifying Missing People said its team recovered 17 of the 24 bodies found
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police in Greece say suspected members of a gang charged with extortion, bombings, arson attacks and multiple assaults have been linked to soccer-related violence in Athens. Maj. Gen. Fotis Douitsis, head of the police’s criminal investigations in greater Athens, said Tuesday that 17 suspected members of the gang were arrested in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has imposed sanctions on three Mexican accountants and four firms allegedly linked to a timeshare fraud ring run by the Jalisco New Generation drug cartel. In addition, Treasury and the FBI issued a notice Tuesday to banks with a reminder to be vigilant in detecting and reporting timeshare
Continue ReadingAP Music Writer After a widely panned performance of the U.S. national anthem at the MLB Home Run Derby, country singer Ingrid Andress apologized Tuesday and said she was drunk. “I’m checking myself into a facility today to get the help I need,” she wrote in an Instagram post. “That was not me last night.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press They compete under the same flag but speak different languages and come from different parts of the world. After fleeing war and persecution, 37 athletes from 11 countries will compete in the Paris Games as part of the Refugee Olympic Team. They take the stage at a time of record global migration, with
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the Biden administration complied with the law when it declined to grant an extension to Georgia’s year-old Medicaid plan, which is the only one in the country that has a work requirement for recipients of the publicly funded health coverage for low-income people. U.S.
Continue ReadingAP Business News Small business sales growth slowed in June as consumers took a pause on spending. That’s according to new data from financial services and payments provider Fiserv. Consumers have been reining in spending as still high prices on groceries and other necessities and high interest rates weigh on their pocketbooks. Nationally, the seasonally
Continue ReadingAP Media Writer MSNBC “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough said Tuesday he was “surprised and disappointed” the news show was pulled off the air the day before and hasn’t received a good explanation about why. The four-hour morning news and talk show, a favorite of President Joe Biden and his fans, was pre-empted Monday in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Another 200 police officers from Kenya have arrived in Haiti for a U.N.-backed mission led by the East African country to battle violent gangs that have taken over parts of the troubled Caribbean country. The officers arrived in the capital of Port-au-Prince, where gangs control at least 80% of
Continue ReadingAP National Writer Few athletes will be under as much scrutiny at the Paris Olympics as the swimmers from China. Belated revelations that nearly two dozen elite Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance ahead of the Tokyo Games — and were allowed to compete with no ramifications — have raised major concerns from
Continue ReadingBUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The internet influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan will no longer be allowed to leave Romania as they await trial on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. An appeals court in the capital of Bucharest announced that decision on Tuesday, overturning a
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky says it’s shutting down all of its operations in the United States, just weeks after the Commerce Department banned the use of the company’s software in the country. Moscow-based Kaspersky says it will “gradually wind down” its U.S. operations and eliminate U.S.-based positions starting July 20. The company
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