By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida is criticizing the Texas GOP’s new party platform for not being “inclusive” when it described homosexuality as “an abnormal lifestyle choice.” Scott, the chair of the GOP’s Senate elections committees, weighed in on the issue just days after GOP delegates in
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By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh has won the women’s 200-meter butterfly for her first title at the world swimming championships. The 15-year-old McIntosh beat three Olympic medalists to the title. The 17-year-old Romanian David Popovici has won the men‘s 100-meter freestyle to add to the 200
Continue Reading IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A heartwarming tradition launched at Iowa home football games five years ago is getting another feel-good layer. The University of Iowa announced Wednesday that patients at UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital will get to pick the songs that accompany the Hawkeye Wave, at which fans attending games at Iowa’s Kinnick
Continue Reading IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A heartwarming tradition launched at Iowa home football games five years ago is getting another feel-good layer. The University of Iowa announced Wednesday that patients at UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital will get to pick the songs that accompany the Hawkeye Wave, at which fans attending games at Iowa’s Kinnick
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By Eric Bradner, CNN Republican voters in Georgia ignored Donald Trump‘s endorsements in congressional primary runoffs for safe GOP House seats on Tuesday night, but sided with the Senate candidate in Alabama who had his blessing over one of the former President’s earliest and most loyal supporters. Tuesday’s elections also set the matchups for several
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By AJ Willingham, CNN The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is afoot, which marks one of the few events where we can ogle photos of adorable dogs and feel kind of classy about it. So far, four finalists have been picked. These fine specimens will be joined by three others for Wednesday night’s finale, where
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL and six of its teams have filed for arbitration in the lawsuit that alleges they engaged in racial discrimination. If the league’s request is successful, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell would be the arbitrator. The league and the teams filed papers late Tuesday with a
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Nepal está estudiando la posibilidad de trasladar el campamento base del Everest por motivos medioambientales. Según el Director General del Departamento de Turismo de Nepal, Taranath Adhikari, la ubicación del Campo Base corre cierto riesgo por el deshielo del glaciar Khumbu. “Hemos recibido recomendaciones de numerosos interesados para reubicar el campamento
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business The US economy shrank at a slightly faster rate than previously estimated during the first quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said Wednesday. With one quarter of negative economic growth in the books, the data adds to fears that a recession may be looming. Real gross domestic product declined at
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TONIGHT: Partly cloudy, lows in the mid-60s with lower humidity. TOMORROW: Partly to mostly cloudy, low chance of a shower during the day. Highs in the mid-upper 80s. EXTENDED: A slow moving cold front continues to slide south this afternoon, lowering temperatures and humidity by tonight. High pressure moves in overhead, keeping us clear and
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By Donie O’Sullivan and Whitney Wild, CNN Business Calls for violence against members of the January 6 committee are circulating on some of the same online platforms that helped fuel the lies that led to the insurrection, a new analysis has found. Users on these platforms are openly calling for the execution of committee members,
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President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes until the end of September, framing the move as necessary to provide relief to American consumers but itself not enough to resolve the problem of surging energy prices.
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL and six of its teams have formally moved in a New York court to force a lawsuit alleging that they engaged in racial discrimination into arbitration where NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell would be the arbitrator. The league and the teams filed papers late Tuesday
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By Vasco Cotovio, CNN Pro-journalist and free speech non-government organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says it has evidence that Russian soldiers executed journalist Maks Levin in a forest near Kyiv on March 13. Levin, a Ukrainian photojournalist who worked with a number of major Western news outlets including Reuters and the BBC disappeared on March
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By Ryan Nobles, Manu Raju, Annie Grayer and Zachary Cohen, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill insurrection is preparing to delay its next round of hearings into July, the committee’s chairman, Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, said Wednesday. The committee will still hold its next hearing on Thursday, which
Continue Reading PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Fanatics founder Michael Rubin is selling his stake in the company that owns the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils. Rubin is worth an estimated $8 billion, according to Forbes. He wrote on social media posts he was shifting from part-owner of the teams run by Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment and
Continue Reading By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida is criticizing the Texas GOP’s new party platform for not being “inclusive” when it described homosexuality as “an abnormal lifestyle choice.” Scott, the chair of the GOP’s Senate elections committees, weighed in on the issue just days after GOP delegates in
Continue ReadingBy KETV Staff Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — A fired Omaha police officer will not get his job back, the department announced Tuesday. Arbitrators rejected Grant Gentile’s appeal, according to the department. Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer fired Gentile in 2020 over a “use of force” incident. Schmaderer said
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By Dave Hennen, Theresa Waldrop and Christina Maxouris, CNN More than 20 million Americans across 16 states were under heat alerts Wednesday as cities across the country reported daily record-high temperatures, with the worst of the sweltering heat hitting the South and the Great Plains. Atlanta, Georgia, tied its June 22 record with 98 degrees
Continue ReadingBy KCRA Staff Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — Parts of Garden Highway in Sacramento were closed Tuesday night while crews say they let a nearby boat in the water burn. The Sacramento Fire Department said a privately-owned 85-foot long boat along Garden Highway near Sand Cove Park is burning
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