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NEW YORK (AP) — A baseball agent at Bad Bunny’s Rimas Sports firm has lost his certification with the Major League Baseball Players Association. The union declined to comment Friday on the reason for its decision to strip William Arroyo of his right to represent MLB players. “At Rimas Sports, we uphold the highest standards
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A baseball agent at Bad Bunny’s Rimas Sports firm has lost his certification with the Major League Baseball Players Association. The union declined to comment Friday on the reason for its decision to strip William Arroyo of his right to represent MLB players. “At Rimas Sports, we uphold the highest standards
Continue ReadingBy MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is cementing economic links and cultural amity with North Carolina by visiting the Tar Heel state after a few days in Washington focused on global security issues. Kishida toured Japanese companies in the Greensboro area Friday before a historic luncheon at
Continue ReadingBy ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press A suspect is in custody after a commercial vehicle crashed into a Texas Department of Public Safety office in a rural town west of Houston on Friday injuring multiple people. Three people were airlifted with critical injuries and three others were transported in serious condition after the vehicle, which was
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — Local media in Turkey say one person was killed and seven injured when a cable car in the south of the country hit a pole and burst open, sending the passengers plummeting to the mountainside below. The state-run Anadolu Agency says two children were among the injured in the accident at the
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — China has surged sales to Russia of machine tools, microelectronics and other technology that Moscow in turn is using to produce missiles, tanks, aircraft and other weaponry for use in its war against Ukraine, according to a U.S. assessment. Two senior Biden administration officials, who discussed the
Continue ReadingBy Arlette Saenz, Fredreka Schouten and David Wright, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic National Committee has paid law firms that represented Joe Biden in the special counsel probe into his handling of classified documents, federal records show, even as the president’s aides have lambasted Donald Trump for directing donors’ money to help pay his mounting
Continue ReadingBy ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press A suspect is in custody after a commercial vehicle crashed into a Texas Department of Public Safety office in a rural town west of Houston on Friday, seriously injuring several people, according the agency. Texas DPS officials said in a social media post on X that the crash happened at
Continue ReadingBy JACK JEFFREY and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials say dozens of Israeli settlers have rampaged through a village in the West Bank, killing one man and wounding at least 25 others. An Israeli rights group says the settlers stormed the village on Friday while searching for a missing 14-year-old
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A bill prohibiting marriage between first cousins is headed to the Tennessee governor’s desk after the state house voted overwhelmingly to pass the measure Thursday. Bill sponsor Democratic Rep. Darren Jernigan explained the bill would delete language in the law enacted by the state’s General Assembly in 1829, substituting
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military says it has conducted a successful test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement that the launch took place at the Kapustin Yar testing range in the south of the country as part of “state testing of prospective missile systems, as well as
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Friday to reauthorize and reform a key U.S. government surveillance tool following a dramatic showdown on the floor over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans’ data. The bill was approved on a bipartisan
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Oil and gas companies will have to pay more to drill on federal lands and satisfy stronger requirements to clean up old or abandoned wells under a final rule issued Friday by the Biden administration. The Interior Department’s rule raises royalty rates for oil drilling by more
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Oil and gas companies will have to pay more to drill on federal lands and satisfy stronger requirements to clean up old or abandoned wells under a final rule issued Friday by the Biden administration. The Interior Department’s rule raises royalty rates for oil drilling by more
Continue ReadingBy JACK JEFFERY and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A prominent British-Palestinian surgeon who volunteered in Gaza hospitals during the first weeks of the Israel-Hamas war says he has been denied entry to Germany to take part in a pro-Palestinian conference. Police later Friday ended the event early. Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta said
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Drug regulators in Europe have found no evidence that popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are linked to a higher risk of suicidal thoughts or actions. The European Medicines Agency regulatory committee announced the results of its review on Friday. It’s the latest group to conclude
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The Riverside County Department of Animal Services will be hosting its annual ‘Barkchella’ free pet adoption event allowing residents to help shelter pets find a new home. “So many people have a heart for animals and want to see them loved and protected. Barkchella is a great way for the community to help our shelter pets
Continue ReadingMILWAUKEE (AP) — A 33-year-old man has been charged in the slaying of a woman whose leg was found on the beach of a lakefront park near Milwaukee. A criminal complaint filed Friday in Milwaukee County circuit court charges Maxwell Anderson with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse and arson in the death of Sade
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Michigan Democrats hope to restore their slim majority in the state House of Representatives when voters fill two vacant seats in suburban Detroit. In District 13 on Tuesday, Democrat Mai Xiong faces Republican Ronald Singer. In District 25, Democrat Peter Herzberg faces Republican Josh Powell. The Democrats
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Adem Bona is leaving UCLA after two years to enter the NBA draft. The sophomore from Lagos, Nigeria, announced his plans Friday on his Instagram account. Bona averaged 10.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.7 blocks while starting 65 of 66 games over his two years in Westwood. The 6-foot-10 forward-center was
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