By Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN Michael Avenatti was convicted Friday of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for stealing from Stormy Daniels. Prosecutors alleged that Avenatti — who helped negotiate the $800,000 advance for Daniels’ October 2018 book “Full Disclosure” — defrauded his former client by instructing her literary agent to send
Continue ReadingBy WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story BATH BEACH, Brooklyn, New York (WABC) — An unoccupied building exploded, and two neighboring homes were destroyed by fire on Friday. The explosion happened on Bay 35th Street in Bath Beach just after 7:15 a.m. and the resulting fire quickly spread to two adjacent buildings.
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By Jacob Lev, CNN A letter written on behalf of 16 members of the University of Pennsylvania’s swim team was sent to the university and the Ivy League on Thursday asking that they not pursue legal action to challenge the NCAA’s new transgender athlete participation policies. The letter was written by Nancy Hogshead-Makar, CEO of
Continue ReadingBy WLS Digital Team Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — The Chicago Fire Department rescued a man who walked onto the ice in Lake Michigan Friday morning. The rescue occurred around 7 a.m. near the 5500-block of South Lake Shore Drive in Hyde Park. CFD said it was a smooth rescue
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN In a rare public rebuke,Kim Kardashian has pushed back on estranged husband Kanye West’s posting about their daughter North being on TikTok. On Friday the rap mogul, who now goes by “Ye,” posted a screen grab on his verified Instagram account of their eight-year-old on TikTok. “Since this is my
Continue ReadingBy Diane Pathieu Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — A man has been charged after a grandmother was killed by a stray bullet in a shootout in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood, police said. On Tuesday afternoon, Chicago police said there was a verbal altercation between Victor Brown, 34, a security guard at
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The City of Columbia is removing truckloads of snow from downtown after streets were covered in about 10 inches of snow over two days this week.
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By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The first day of medals at the Beijing Olympics could be the start of another Norwegian gold rush. Aleksander Aamodt Kilde is among the favorites in the men’s downhill, which is one of the marquee events of NBC’s prime-time coverage Saturday. Fellow Norwegian Terese Johaug looks
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss the Hawkeyes’ home game against Minnesota on Sunday. Assistant Billy Taylor will be serve as the acting head coach in McCaffery’s absence. Iowa has lost three of its last four games. The Hawkeyes’ game at Ohio
Continue Reading IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss the Hawkeyes’ home game against Minnesota on Sunday. Assistant Billy Taylor will be serve as the acting head coach in McCaffery’s absence. Iowa has lost three of its last four games. The Hawkeyes’ game at Ohio
Continue Reading LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane won’t have much time to celebrate, lament or rest after the African Cup of Nations final. The Liverpool teammates are due back in time for the team’s next English Premier League game on Thursday when the squad renews its pursuit of league-leading Manchester City. Liverpool manager
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El Gobierno de Colombia presentó este jueves una estrategia contra los laboratorios de droga que será incluida en la nueva iniciativa antinarcóticos, denominada “Esmeralda”. Entre las acciones, el ministro de Defensa, Diego Molano, destacó la intervención al “cibernarcotráfico”. Explicó que en los laboratorios se concentra la productividad y donde “más
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La película “Moonfall” sigue una órbita familiar hacia el ridículo, ya que la última epopeya de desastres del director Roland Emmerich es ruidosa, apresurada y sin ataduras a la lógica, así como a la gravedad. Aunque algunos pueden divertirse sucumbiendo a las tonterías, esta luna mala no llega ni siquiera al
Continue Reading By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer A handful of states and schools with powerhouse football programs are already considering changing the rules around college athlete endorsements to make sure they don’t lose out on elite talent. They aren’t trying to tighten the rules. They’re instead starting to strip them away in the sprint to keep
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By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Republican inquiry into Pennsylvania’s 2020 presidential election spurred on by former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud has spawned several court cases as it expands, grows in cost and shows signs it will drag well into 2022. The state Supreme Court has, for
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Business) — Rotterdam evalúa una solicitud para desmantelar parte de un puente histórico y así permitir que un superyate, que supuestamente pertenece al fundador de Amazon Jeff Bezos, salga el astillero donde se está construyendo. La ciudad holandesa recibió la solicitud de un constructor naval local para eliminar la sección central
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By Ben Morse, CNN There were four gold medals up for grabs on Monday at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Here’s a breakdown of who is taking home gold for their delegations on Day 10 of the Games. Bobsled Women’s monobob: Kaillie Humphries, USA Figure Skating Ice dance: Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, France Freestyle
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By Jack Bantock and Coy Wire, CNN At just 10 years old, Nathan Chen predicted in a national TV interview that he would make the 2018 US Winter Olympic figure skating team. So began a relentless pursuit of victories an a laser focus that culminated in the realization of his own forecast in PyeongChang. Yet
Continue Reading By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have muscled legislation through the House that they say positions the U.S. to better compete with China economically by strengthening the domestic semiconductor industry and shoring up strained supply chains. The bill passed by a vote of 222-210. Criticizing China has become a bipartisan playbook in
Continue Reading LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld a man’s conviction in the shooting deaths of three people in Lawrence in 2017. Anthony Roberts Jr. was convicted in 2019. The shooting started after two groups from Topeka got into a fistfight in downtown Lawrence and ended with up to 20 shots being fired.
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