Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has charged a Russian-born U.S. citizen and former adviser to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign with working for a sanctioned Russian state television network and laundering the proceeds. Indictments announced Thursday allege that Dimitri Simes and his wife received over $1 million dollars and a personal car
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) — A white Massachusetts man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for threatening to kill a group of Asian Americans and repeatedly hitting one of them with his car. John Sullivan was sentenced Wednesday in federal court after pleading guilty in April to a federal hate crime. Sullivan is
Continue ReadingAP National Writer Three years ago, when Team Canada appeared at the opening ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, the athletes were dressed in sleek white jeans. They may have looked good, but for some Paralympians on the team, they were a challenge. For Alison Levine, for example. The para athlete, who competes in
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — A wave of violent storms and torrential rain have battered northern Italy, raising fears for the life of a man who was swept away on a tractor in the Piedmont region. Footage by state TV RAI showed the wheel of the vehicle still visible in the Orco River near Turin, where the
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Magic Johnson has bought an ownership stake in the National Women’s Soccer League’s Washington Spirit. The team announced Johnson has joined the investor group led by owner Michele Kang. Johnson most recently became part of the ownership group that bought the NFL’s Washington Commanders last year and also has shares in Major
Continue ReadingOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska prosecutor says he will not file criminal charges against an Omaha police officer who fatally shot an unarmed man while serving a no-knock warrant. Police Officer Adam Vail was part of a SWAT team serving the search warrant during a drug and firearms investigation on Aug. 28 when he
Continue ReadingCalifornia (1-0) at Auburn (1-0), Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2) BetMGM College Football Odds: Auburn by 13 1/2. Series record: Auburn leads 1-0. WHAT’S AT STAKE? Both teams would love to look better than they did in last season’s meeting, especially on offense. The Tigers eked out a 14-10 win at California when neither team
Continue ReadingAP College Football Writer A federal judge on Thursday probed the terms of a proposed $2.78 billion settlement of antitrust lawsuits against the NCAA and major conferences and revealed a potential snag in the deal, questioning whether payments to college athletes from booster-funded organizations should be restricted. “I’m quite concerned about those,” U.S. District Judge
Continue ReadingAP College Football Writer A federal judge on Thursday probed the terms of a proposed $2.78 billion settlement of antitrust lawsuits against the NCAA and major conferences and revealed a potential snag in the deal, questioning whether payments to college athletes from booster-funded organizations should be restricted. “I’m quite concerned about those,” U.S. District Judge
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — As billionaire Elon Musk’s clash with a Brazilian Supreme Court justice came to a head last week, there were legal twists, insults, ultimatums, defiance and then, finally, capitulation. When the digital dust settled, X had become an ex. Musk’s social media platform was banned nationwide and Justice Alexandre
Continue ReadingCNN By Marshall Cohen, Paula Reid, Evan Perez and Casey Gannon, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Hunter Biden is offering to plead guilty to the nine tax offenses he faces in federal court, without a deal with prosecutors, his attorneys said in court Thursday. Biden had earlier attempted to resolve his federal tax evasion case
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Christian school at the center of a Supreme Court decision that requires Maine to include religious schools in a state tuition program is challenging a state antidiscrimination law. An attorney for Crosspoint Church in Bangor contends that state lawmakers required participating schools to abide by the state antidiscrimination
Continue ReadingNEW HARTFORD, N.Y. (AP) — A 13-foot (4-meter) Burmese python was confiscated from an upstate New York man who was keeping the still-growing snake in a small tank. The state Department of Environmental Conservation got a complaint about an illegally owned snake in the town of New Hartford on Aug. 28. Environment Conservation Police Officer
Continue ReadingPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Haiti to reaffirm the government’s commitment to a multinational mission deployed to fight gangs in the Caribbean country and push for the organization of long-awaited general elections. Thursday’s arrival of the top U.S. diplomat comes as a contingent of some 400 Kenyan
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Jeremy Herb, CNN Washington (CNN) — It didn’t take long after Thursday’s hearing in the federal election subversion case against Donald Trump – the first proceeding before Judge Tanya Chutkan since the Supreme Court granted the former president some immunity in the prosecution – for the trial judge to decide a
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former first lady Melania Trump promoted her upcoming memoir Thursday, saying in a new video that she feels “a responsibility to clarify the facts.” “Writing this memoir has been a deeply and reflective journey for me. As a private person who has often been the subject of public scrutiny
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s leader has condemned international human rights groups for criticizing his government’s arrests of nearly 100 people for protesting against a decades-old regional development agreement with neighboring countries. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch issued a joint statement of concern last week over what they called the arbitrary
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Hunter Biden intends to change his not guilty plea in his federal tax case, defense attorney says.
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, Emma Tucker, Paula Reid, Evan Perez and Casey Gannon, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Hunter Biden pleaded guilty Thursday to all nine charges in his federal tax case, in a surprise move on the day that an agonizing weekslong trial was supposed to begin. District Judge Mark Scarsi accepted the guilty plea after a dramatic and
Continue ReadingUtah State (1-0) at No. 13 Southern California (1-0), Saturday, 11 p.m. ET (BTN) BetMGM College Football Odds: USC by 28 1/2. Series record: USC leads 6-0. WHAT’S AT STAKE? Coming off a last-second 27-20 win over then-No. 13 LSU in Las Vegas on Sunday and with their Big Ten debut at No. 10 Michigan
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