KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A plaque honoring baseball legend Jackie Robinson that was vandalized in Georgia is coming to Kansas City’s Negro Leagues Baseball Museum to be put on display. The sign was erected in 2001 outside the birthplace of Robinson near Cairo, Georgia. Community members there discovered last year that someone had shot
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is slapping sanctions on top members of Myanmar’s judiciary and one of its main revenue-producing ports over rights abuses since last year’s coup. The sanctions on the country’s attorney general, supreme court chief justice and others were announced by the Treasury and State Departments to coincide with the one-year
Continue Reading MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Julián Álvarez has signed for Manchester City from River Plate in a transfer that the Argentine champion said marks the start of a close relationship between the two clubs. The 22-year-old Álvarez is regarded as one of the hottest prospects in South American football. City has reportedly paid $19 million for
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By Melissa Alonso, CNN A 23-year-old man has been arrested in Sacramento, California, in connection with two explosions in a neighborhood, police said Sunday. Investigators served a search warrant on Saturday following an explosion that caused damage to a vehicle the previous day, a Sacramento Police Department news release states. Police canvassed the area and
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The United States is already spending tens of billions of dollars a year on flood damage as hurricanes get more intense, sea level rises along the coasts and extreme weather becomes more frequent. And a new study suggests that not only is flooding going to cost the US even more in
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologized for lockdown-flouting parties at 10 Downing St. But Johnson insisted that he and his government can be trusted. Johnson told lawmakers in the House of Commons on Monday that he would make changes to the way the government is run
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Rihanna has debuted a baby bump. Photos reportedly taken over the weekend in New York City and published by several outlets, including People magazine, show the singer and fashion mogul happily displaying her protruding, bare belly along with boyfriend, rapper A$AP Rocky. The couple are shown holding hands, smiling at
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By Paula Newton, CNN Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tested positive for Covid-19, he announced Monday, as his nation continues to face a surge in cases due to the Omicron variant, as well as rowdy protests in the capital over pandemic health restrictions. “This morning, I tested positive for COVID-19,” tweeted Trudeau, who is
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By Gabby Orr, CNN Many Donald Trump-backed candidates who have blindly embraced his falsehoods about the 2020 election are showing a rare willingness to buck the former President on a most controversial question: whether or not Americans of all ages should get vaccinated against Covid-19. While Trump has recently taken aim at vaccine skepticism —
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks are rising Monday, trimming some of their worst monthly loss since the early days of the pandemic, as Wall Street closes a tumultuous January wracked by worries that imminent interest-rate hikes will make everything in markets more challenging. The S&P 500 was 2% higher in
Continue Reading MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United player Mason Greenwood remains in police custody after officers investigating the rape and assault of a woman were granted more time to question him. The 20-year-old forward was arrested on Sunday after allegations were posted on the Instagram account of a woman who uploaded images of bruising to her
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By Maeve Reston, Christina Maxouris and Nicole Chavez, CNN Heading into the new year, 24-year-old Heather McClintock had hoped she and her fiancé could finally move beyond the stress of the Covid-19 pandemic and focus on their future — namely their wedding in September. Instead, amid a highly transmissible variant still gripping large swaths of
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By JACK HAND AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Green Bay’s proven old pros carried the National Football League to a 35-10 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs of the American League on Sunday in the first Super Bowl under the brilliant direction of Bart Starr. Starr connected with 34-year-old Max McGee for two
Continue Reading By JACK HAND AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Green Bay’s proven old pros carried the National Football League to a 35-10 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs of the American League on Sunday in the first Super Bowl under the brilliant direction of Bart Starr. Starr connected with 34-year-old Max McGee for two
Continue Reading By JACK HAND AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Green Bay’s proven old pros carried the National Football League to a 35-10 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs of the American League on Sunday in the first Super Bowl under the brilliant direction of Bart Starr. Starr connected with 34-year-old Max McGee for two
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pete Rozelle never liked the name that was half-jokingly suggested by Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt for the first annual game between the champions of the NFL and the AFL. Hunt agreed, telling the NFL commissioner they could surely think of something better to
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pete Rozelle never liked the name that was half-jokingly suggested by Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt for the first annual game between the champions of the NFL and the AFL. Hunt agreed, telling the NFL commissioner they could surely think of something better to
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pete Rozelle never liked the name that was half-jokingly suggested by Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt for the first annual game between the champions of the NFL and the AFL. Hunt agreed, telling the NFL commissioner they could surely think of something better to
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An investigation says lockdown-breaching parties by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his staff represent a “serious failure” to observe the standards expected of government. Senior civil servant Sue Gray concluded that “there were failures of leadership and judgment” in the government and some of the events should
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Cheslie Kryst, quien fue coronada Miss USA en 2019, murió este domingo a los 30 años después de saltar de un edificio en Manhattan, según el Departamento de Policía de la ciudad de Nueva York. Kryst nació en Charlotte, Carolina del Norte, y a los 28 años fue ganadora del
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