By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer BRUSSELS (AP) — Roman Abramovich has filed a lawsuit at the EU’s general court against the European Union Council, which imposed sanctions on the former Chelsea owner as part of measures targeting Russia and President Vladimir Putin’s close allies. The EU included the Russian oligarch in March in its
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 21-year-old man has been charged with two felonies after authorities said he shot at a group of frisbee golf players in a Kansas City, Missouri, park and wounded one of them. Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker’s office said the Kansas City, Missouri, man faces one count of first-degree
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Croatia international Ivan Perisic is joining Tottenham on a free transfer. The Premier League club says the 33-year-old Perisic will join on a two-year deal after his contract at Inter Milan expires at the end of June. Perisic previously with Tottenham manager Antonio Conte at Inter. They won the 2020-21 Serie A
Continue Reading NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Devils have hired Dr. Angus Mugford as their senior vice president of player development and performance and promoted former Olympian Meghan Duggan to director of player development. Devils general manager Tom Fitzgerald announced the moves Tuesday. Mugford spent the previous seven years with the Toronto Blue Jays. Duggan
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Roughly 100 Sears Hometown locations are permanently closing in the coming weeks, representing roughly half of its remaining retail footprint. The closures were announced on each individual store’s Facebook page rather than a single press release. The locations are spread over about 30 US states, according to multiple reports. “Unfortunately
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By Eoin McSweeney, CNN The chief executive of Qatar Airways has defended a plan to operate more than 160 extra flights to shuttle spectators from the region to Doha and back each day, for what has been advertised as the first “carbon neutral” FIFA World Cup. Qatar Airways announced on Thursday it had partnered with
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By Issy Ronald, CNN A week ago, Coco Gauff celebrated her high school graduation under the Eiffel Tower. Now, the 18-year-old will compete in her first-ever grand slam singles semifinal following a 7-5 6-2 victory against compatriot Sloane Stephens in an all-American quarterfinal at the French Open. Gauff’s extraordinary talent has been evident since she
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By René Marsh, CNN As heat ramps up ahead of what forecasters say will be a hotter than normal summer, electricity experts and officials are warning that states may not have enough power to meet demand in the coming months. And many of the nation’s grid operators are also not taking climate change into account
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business A shakeup may be in the works at Unilever, the consumer goods giant behind brands like Dove soap, Hellmann’s mayonnaise and Vaseline. Unilever announced Monday that Nelson Peltz, one of the most influential corporate raiders on Wall Street, will join the company’s board of directors and disclosed that Peltz’s fund
Continue ReadingBy James Felton and James Paxson Click here for updates on this story AUBURN, Michigan (WNEM) — The Great Lakes Bay Veterans Coalition hosted a 22-mile ruck across the Auburn area on Memorial Day. “Just to see everybody work so hard for 22 miles in this heat today, it’s an amazing feeling to see everybody
Continue ReadingBy Ryan Breslin Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Mayor John Cooper and other Nashville leaders will break ground on the city’s first permanent supportive housing center for the homeless. The ground-breaking is happening on Tuesday morning, where the old Metro jail building was located. The last of the jail
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Inflation may be showing signs that it’s easing, but the high-cost environment still has American consumers wary about the direction of the economy. The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index dipped slightly to 106.4 in May, down from a revised 108.6 in April, according to data released Tuesday. The decline was
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN A slower walk as you age has always been a warning sign of increasing frailty that could lead to falls and other disabilities, experts say. Emerging research in small groups of elderly subjects has also found that a slower gait from year to year may be an early sign of cognitive
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — La famosa banda de K-pop BTS se reunirá este martes con el presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, y estará junto a la secretaria Karine Jean-Pierre en una rueda de prensa, informó la Casa Blanca. Todo como parte de una visita destinada a discutir la inclusión y representación asiáticas, además de abordar
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS and STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writers Some key matters will need to be scrutinized when a UEFA-commissioned independent review assesses the disorder and chaos surrounding the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Paris. European soccer’s governing body says “evidence will be gathered from all relevant parties” regarding the off-field
Continue ReadingBy Chuck Morris and Courtney Allen Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Emergency personnel have ended their search for a man reported possibly missing after jumping from a cliff into Percy Priest Lake on Monday afternoon. The Nashville Fire Department and Office of Emergency Management ended their search just before
Continue Reading GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Scotland coach Steve Clarke understands why national team great Graeme Souness wants his country to lose against Ukraine in their emotionally charged World Cup soccer playoff in Glasgow on Wednesday. Clarke says he has “nothing but good thoughts and good wishes” for Ukraine “except during the game.” He expects Ukraine’s players
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Mae Jones Click here for updates on this story Toronto (CTV Network) — Supermassive black holes may have the power to “quench” star formation in their galaxies, according to a new study that detected numerous supermassive black holes from early on in our local universe’s life. An international team of astronomers combined data
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Mae Jones Click here for updates on this story Toronto (CTV Network) — Assessing the health of coral reefs can be a labour-intensive project, undoubtedly leaving many researchers wishing the reefs could just tell us how they were doing. Well, according to new research, they can tell us – if we listen carefully.
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied an emergency request from three Texas state legislators seeking to quash subpoenas from the US Justice Department and voting rights groups related to a challenge to state legislative maps. There were no noted dissents to the Supreme Court order. The state’s
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