AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — A former Phoenix Suns employee is suing the team, alleging racial discrimination and unlawful retaliation that led to her termination, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Arizona. Andrea Trischan, the team’s former manager of diversity, equity and inclusion, said in the lawsuit filed Wednesday that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Masses of residents fled a running battle Thursday between gang members and police in one of the few neighborhoods of Haiti’s capital that hadn’t already been fully taken over by gangs, as violence flared amid political turmoil. Families frantically packed mattresses and furniture into cars and carried their belongings
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Advance Auto Parts is closing more than 500 stores and shedding another 200 independent locations. The announcement came as the struggling car parts retailer posted disappointing quarterly results. North Carolina-based Advance Auto says its reducing its U.S. footprint as part of wider turnaround efforts. It’s shuttering a total of 523 of
Continue ReadingBy Tara John, CNN New York (CNN) — Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest person and close ally of President-elect Donald Trump, met with Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations on Monday, the New York Times reported, citing two Iranian officials. The meeting between Musk and Iran’s envoy Amir Saeid Iravani was held at a secret
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Cincinnati (4-6) at Los Angeles Chargers (6-3) Sunday, 8:20 p.m. EST, NBC/Peacock BetMGM NFL odds: Chargers by 1 1/2. Against the spread: Bengals 6-4; Chargers 6-3. Series record: Chargers lead 22-14. Last meeting: Chargers beat Bengals 41-22 in Cincinnati on Dec. 5, 2021. Last week: Bengals lost to Baltimore 35-34; Chargers beat Tennessee 27-17. Bengals
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued the first round of permits allowing Enbridge to reroute an aging pipeline around a tribal reservation. About 12 miles (19 kilometers) of Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline runs through the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa’s reservation. The tribe sued the
Continue ReadingAP Media Writer Headlines from the satirical website the Onion on Thursday: “New Dating Site Suggests People You Already Know But Thought You Were Too Good For.” “Trump Boys Have Slap Fight Over Who Gets to Run Foreign Policy Meetings.” “Here’s Why I Decided to Buy Infowars.” Only one has the ring of truth. Sort
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The lawyer for a former cast member of the “Real Housewives of New York” told a federal judge Thursday that the First Amendment cannot shield the show’s creators from a lawsuit alleging that the show’s participants were subjected to a “rotted workplace culture.” Attorney Sarah Matz said the lawsuit
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Kayla Tausche, CNN Lima, Peru (CNN) — When President Joe Biden’s aides were planning his visit to South America this week for a pair of leaders’ summits, two vastly different scenarios were in play. In one, Biden arrived as the confident statesman burnishing a legacy and preparing to hand off to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Doris Kearns Goodwin is kicking off the $2 million capital campaign for an Ohio monument to women’s suffrage. Megan Wood, CEO and executive director of the Ohio History Connection, will lead a discussion and Q&A with the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian at the Ohio Statehouse on Thursday. Kearns Goodwin will
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say four bystanders were shot dead in the last 18 months because of gang rivalries in upper Manhattan. The claim came Thursday as authorities announced the indictments of dozens of people in connection with the yearslong welter of gunfire, robberies, weapons deals, car crashes and more. The 30 defendants are
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A computer expert who stole bitcoin worth billions of dollars at current prices — and then spent years laundering some of the hacked cryptocurrency with help from his wife — was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison. Ilya Lichtenstein masterminded one of the largest-ever thefts from a virtual
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A computer expert who stole bitcoin worth billions of dollars at current prices — and then spent years laundering some of the hacked cryptocurrency with help from his wife — was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison. Ilya Lichtenstein masterminded one of the largest-ever thefts from a virtual
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon has received hundreds of reports of new UFO sightings, including “several particularly interesting cases,” according to the director of the office that investigates these reports, but reiterated it found no evidence of alien activity. The Pentagon, working with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
Continue ReadingAssociated Press President-elect Donald Trump has picked a prominent vaccine skeptic to lead the nation’s sprawling public health apparatus. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promoted claims about vaccines that contradict the overwhelming consensus of scientists. Even before Trump was elected, Kennedy said he would recommend water agencies stop adding fluoride to drinking water. Fluoride strengthens
Continue ReadingSeattle (4-5) at San Francisco (5-4) Sunday, 4:05 p.m. EST, Fox BetMGM NFL odds: 49ers by 6 1/2. Against the spread: Seahawks 2-6-1; 49ers 4-5. Series record: Seahawks lead 30-23. Last meeting: 49ers beat Seahawks 36-24 in Seattle on Oct. 10. Last week: Seahawks had bye last week, lost 26-20 in OT to Rams on
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil has launched what it calls a social summit ahead of next week’s Group of 20 meeting of the top economies. It’s the first such event focused on drawing civil society input ahead of annual summit. Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira says 40,000 people from G20 countries are expected
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A parade in downtown New Orleans marked the 64th anniversary of the day four Black 6-year-old girls integrated New Orleans schools. The celebration was in stark contrast to the tensions and anger that roiled the city on Nov. 14, 1960. Federal marshals were needed then to escort Tessie Prevost
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A program that incentivizes West Virginia families to pull their children out of K-12 public schools by offering them government-funded scholarships to pay for private school or homeschooling is expanding to cover military families that temporarily relocate out of state. The Hope Scholarship Board has to approve a policy
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