By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York is proposing a $200 million fund to help people of color, women and some others start marijuana businesses. It’s an ambitious plan to make the pot industry more equitable. But officials haven’t yet nailed down some components that experts say are crucial to making
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By Jason Hanna, Pamela Kirkland and Alta Spells, CNN Texts and social media messages from two of the White men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery included racist insults about African Americans, an FBI intelligence analyst testified Wednesday in their federal hate crime trial in Georgia. FBI analyst Amy Vaughan testified about several text messages between
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By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Duke freshman A.J. Griffin is healthy again and ranks as one of the top NBA prospects in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The 6-foot-6 wing missed most of his last two high school seasons with injuries. He also missed time in preseason with the Blue Devils to injury as well.
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Continue Reading CLEVELAND (AP) — Some of basketball’s most iconic players will be in attendance when the NBA honors its 75th anniversary team during a special halftime ceremony at Sunday’s All-Star Game in Cleveland. Members of the diamond anniversary team will be inside Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse for the ceremony as the league pays tribute to its best
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Washington (CNN) — Estados Unidos no ha visto “ninguna retirada significativa” de las fuerzas rusas de la frontera con Ucrania, a pesar de las afirmaciones de Moscú, dijo este miércoles el secretario de Estado de EE.UU. Antony Blinken. “Por el contrario, seguimos viendo que las fuerzas, especialmente las fuerzas que estarían a la
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matthew Stafford, Cooper Kupp, Aaron Donald and the rest of the Super Bowl champions have celebrated with thousands of fans during a victory parade in Los Angeles. The parade route Wednesday led to a rally outside their former home at the LA Coliseum where the theme
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Atlético Madrid has squandered a good chance to move closer to the top of the Spanish league by losing 1-0 to last-place Levante at home. Gonzalo Melero scored on a breakaway early in the second half to give Levante its second win in 24 league matches.
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Nick Cannon sampled a song from his ex-wife Mariah Carey’s in his new single, “Alone” and says people are reading into that. On his daytime talk show Wednesday, Cannon responded to reports that he was using the song in an effort to win Carey back. “Alone” features a sample from
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By Corinne Dorsey and Liz Stark, CNN Trump-era Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke violated ethics rules by being involved in negotiations over a land development project in Montana during his time in office and by failing to fully disclose his involvement after questioning from an ethics official, according to a government watchdog report released Wednesday. The
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Germany is scrapping most coronavirus restrictions and could have full stadiums at soccer games again in March. It will be two years since the Bundesliga last operated at full capacity. Chancellor Olaf Scholz says after a meeting with the country’s 16 state governors that they have
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El ciudadano italiano Juan Carlos Marrufo se encuentra en huelga de hambre desde el sábado en protesta por las condiciones que considera son violatorias de sus derechos humanos en los sótanos de la Dirección de Contrainteligencia Militar, en Caracas, donde se encuentra recluido junto con su esposa, la
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — Si está entre tus planes viajar a Colombia, esto es lo que necesitas saber y lo que podrás esperar en tu visita al país durante la pandemia de covid-19. La clasificación de viaje a Colombia según EE.UU. A inicios de 2022, los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de
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By Allison Morrow, CNN Business The tale of Zachary Horwitz made headlines this week after he was sentenced to 20 years for bilking investors out of $650 million by peddling bogus licensing deals with HBO and Netflix. Ironically, it is just the kind of juicy swindler story you might binge watch on those platforms: Horwitz,
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stock indexes were mixed on Wall Street in afternoon trading Wednesday after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting showed policymakers discussing the possibility of a more aggressive pace of interest rate hikes as the central bank moves to fight inflation. The S&P 500
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By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Sounders announced plans for a new headquarters and training facility that could also be used as a practice facility for the 2026 World Cup. The facility will include at least four training fields and 50,000 square feet of space for the club’s soccer
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Homicide detectives in Kansas City are investigating after police found a 6-year-old boy dead inside a home and arrested a woman there. Police say in a news release that the investigation stems from a call to police late Tuesday night reporting a disturbance at a home in the Noble and
Continue Reading MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks have signed forward DeAndre’ Bembry less than a week after the Brooklyn Nets waived him. Bembry averaged 5.8 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1 steal and 19.8 minutes in 48 games with the Nets this season. The 6-foot-5 Bembry has played a total of 288 regular-season career games with
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Public works crews in Cole County and Jefferson City are prepping for the long days ahead as a winter storm will likely bring snow, sleet and freezing rain to mid-Missouri.
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve policymakers concluded last month that they would accelerate their tightening of credit if inflation failed to slow in the coming months. Most officials agreed that faster interest rate hikes would be needed “if inflation does not move down” as the Fed’s policymaking committee expects,
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