By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Major League Baseball is ending a 70-year relationship with trading card company Topps after signing a new partnership with a rival company. The loss of the MLB partnership immediately scuttled a deal announced earlier this year that would have made Topps a publicly traded company. The special-purpose acquisition company
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Casi la mitad de los niños del mundo corren un “riesgo extremadamente alto” de sufrir los efectos de la crisis climática, advirtió el Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (Unicef, por sus siglas en inglés) en un nuevo informe. El informe, presentado este viernes, concluye que aproximadamente 1.000
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By MICHAEL HILL and MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s lawyer has again attacked the accuracy of the report that led to his resignation. Cuomo attorney Rita Glavin claimed in an online briefing Friday that the report contained omissions and errors. Attorney General Letitia James’ office has defended
Continue Reading By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Producer Mike Richards stepped down from his brief tenure as host of “Jeopardy!” after a report about past misogynistic comments surfaced this week and following a drumbeat of criticism about his selection and how it was made. Richards was chosen last week as the successor
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MADRID (AP) — Karim Benzema has signed a contract extension with Real Madrid through 2023. The 33-year-old France striker has helped Madrid win four Champions League titles and three Spanish league titles since he joined from Lyon in 2009. Benzema became the main attacking threat for Madrid when Cristiano Ronaldo left in 2018. He scored
Continue Reading By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Scottish National Party and the Scottish Greens have agreed a power-sharing deal that falls short of an official coalition government but could pave the way to another referendum on Scotland’s independence from the U.K. in the coming couple of years. The two parties, who have been
Continue Reading JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — DNA evidence helped investigators match the 1985 kidnapping, sexual assault and death of a 17-year-old Florida girl to a man already serving two life sentences in Michigan. Jacksonville Sheriff’s Chief T.K. Waters said during a news conference late Thursday that 59-year-old David Nelson Austin has been charged with first-degree murder, armed
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN BOROWY Click here for updates on this story RACHEL MCCRARY, JAMES PAXSON (WNEM) — The state of Michigan marked a grim coronavirus milestone as more than 20,000 Michiganders have succumbed to the virus. A nurse and new mother who almost lost her life and her daughter’s life to COVID-19 hopes to see more
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN BOROWY Click here for updates on this story Saginaw, MI (WNEM) — Saginaw Public Schools is requiring all students and staff to wear a mask when they return on Aug. 30. The school district said classrooms will be disinfected daily with fogging machines. Sanitizing stations and air purifiers will be placed throughout each
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN The youngest orca at SeaWorld San Diego died at the animal theme park from an illness, leaving those who cared for her heartbroken. On Wednesday, Amaya, the 6-year-old orca, started showing signs of an illness so animal care specialists and veterinarians began treating her, SeaWorld said in a statement. Almost 24
Continue ReadingBy WEB STAFF Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, AL (WALA) — The Mobile Airport Authority picked an Alabama firm to manage the construction of a new airport at Brookley Field. Out of the five qualified bids, the airport board selected Hoar Program Management to oversee the project. Mobile is looking to move
Continue ReadingBy Gerry May Click here for updates on this story BLANCHARD, La (KTBS) — It’s back to jail for the so-called Pallet Man and his elderly father — this time for 30 days. Caddo First Judicial District Judge Ramon Lafitte again found Marty and Charles Julian in contempt of his order to bring their junkyard
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Cuando el presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, finalmente rompió su silencio sobre el caos que se estaba desarrollando en Afganistán, los aliados europeos que habían tenido grandes esperanzas de un reinicio en la alianza transatlántica quedaron consternados. Su decepción no fue por el contenido del discurso de Biden, sino por
Continue ReadingBy ROB POLANSKY Click here for updates on this story Connecticut, USA (WFSB) — With an impact from Henri looking more and more likely, state leaders and other organizations urged people in Connecticut to prepare. Tropical Storm Henri, according to Friday morning’s forecast, looked to glide over southern New England as a category 1 hurricane
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN RAFF, ASHLEY RK SMITH Click here for updates on this story CONNECTICUT, USA (WFSB) — Families with disabled children want to care for kids at home but there’s a shortage of nurses. They are urging the governor for help. It’s time to make cookies with her younger sister and Amelia is excited. Amelia
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WAYNESVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Search crews have found the body of a Fort Leonard Wood soldier who was reported missing over the weekend while he was kayaking on the Gasconade River in south-central Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports that recovery crews found the body of 21-year-old U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Morrison, of Stockbridge,
Continue ReadingBy JEREMY FINLEY Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — The former massage therapist accused of sex crimes against multiple women is now charged with impersonating the former news director of News4. The additional charges of identity theft and criminal impersonation come after News4 Investigates exposed how someone posed as Mitch
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By Mallika Kallingal and Rebekah Riess, CNN Florida authorities announced an arrest Thursday in the fatal shooting of a University of Miami football player in 2006. Former teammate Rashaun Travon Jones, 35, was arrested for first-degree murder in the death of defensive lineman Bryan Pata in Miami, according to the state attorney’s office and Miami-Dade
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY WEIL Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — Governor Kate Brown said Oregon welcomes any refugees from Afghanistan and is ready to help them. Catholic Charities of Oregon expects there could be hundreds of people with special immigrant visas coming here over the next several months. When Ahmed Alzubidi
Continue ReadingBy BETSY WEBSTER Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) wrote a letter signed by more than 50 senators from both sides of the aisle urging President Biden to cut the red tape and get people out of Afghanistan; both Americans and Afghans
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