By Jeremy Herb, Marshall Cohen and Zachary Cohen, CNN The House select committee investigating the Capitol insurrection on Thursday detailed how former President Donald Trump tried to pressure his vice president to join in his scheme to overturn the presidential election — and how Mike Pence’s refusal put his life in danger as rioters called
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BERLIN (AP) — Coco Gauff has reached her first grass-court quarterfinal by beating Chinese qualifier Wang Xinyu 6-0, 6-4 at the Berlin Open. The American 18-year-old, who reached her first Grand Slam final at the French Open on clay this month, cruised through the first set but then had to come from a break down
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Considered the nation’s most important civil rights legislation since Reconstruction (1865-1877), it prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. Following that law, US President Lyndon B. Johnson signed landmark civil rights bills
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez and Brandon Miller, CNN The West saw an aspect of the climate crisis play out this month that scientists have warned of for years. In the middle of a prolonged, water shortage-inducing megadrought, one area, Yellowstone, was overwhelmed in mid-June by drenching rainfall and rapid snowmelt that — instead of replenishing the
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Minor league games with a pitch clock have averaged 2 hours, 35 minutes this season, down from 3:04 through June 14 last year. It’s an experiment that Major League Baseball is preparing for possible adoption in 2023. However, robot umpires calling balls and strikes are
Continue Reading By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is launching a task force dedicated to fighting online harassment and abuse. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy attended the announcement on Thursday, as did Sloane Stephens, a Black professional tennis player who’s faced a torrent of racist abuse. After
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — Elon Musk reafirmó su deseo de relajar las restricciones de contenido en Twitter este jueves. En su primer foro con los empleados de Twitter, Musk se enfrentó a una serie de inquietudes por su postura sobre la moderación de contenido, y abundó en su visión de permitir la
Continue Reading By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Early U.S. Open leader Callum Tarren got a head start on his trip to Boston when he missed the cut in Canada last week. His clubs weren’t so lucky. For the second time in two U.S. Open appearances, Tarren’s golf bag didn’t make it on
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Amanda Ruller has a long list of accomplishments as an athlete. She’s hoping the next is to be a full-time football coach in the NFL or the CFL. Ruller is working as an assistant running backs coach with the Seattle Seahawks during offseason workouts and
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs long ago moved on from wide receiver Tyreek Hill, whom they shipped to the Miami Dolphins in the offseason for a package of draft picks that have helped them get younger and deeper across the board. Hill hasn’t quite done
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs long ago moved on from wide receiver Tyreek Hill, whom they shipped to the Miami Dolphins in the offseason for a package of draft picks that have helped them get younger and deeper across the board. Hill hasn’t quite done
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs long ago moved on from wide receiver Tyreek Hill, whom they shipped to the Miami Dolphins in the offseason for a package of draft picks that have helped them get younger and deeper across the board. Hill hasn’t quite done
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Stacker compiled a list of cities with the fastest growing home prices in Missouri using data from Zillow.
Continue ReadingBy WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story MIDWOOD, Brooklyn (WABC) — A man was killed after his pants or foot got caught in a closing subway door in Brooklyn Wednesday night, and he was dragged by the train as it pulled out of the station. It happened around 11:40 p.m. at Avenue
Continue ReadingBy WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story COMMACK, Long Island (WABC) — A Long Island community is in mourning after a 17-year-old high school was killed and several classmates injured in a crash Wednesday. Suffolk County police say four teenagers who all attended Kings Park High School were in 2008 Ford Mustang
Continue Reading French senators demanded Thursday that the state recognize responsibility and identify guilty parties behind the chaos that marred the Champions League final last month. The senators also questioned why government officials allowed surveillance video of the scene to be deleted. Police pepper-sprayed fans and families and the fiasco drew worldwide attention to heavy-handed French policing.
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The Boone County Prosecutor’s Office has charged a Columbia woman with stealing thousands of dollars worth of lottery tickets from a gas station where she worked.
Continue ReadingBy Stefano Pozzebon, CNN When Colombia’s presidential campaign race started back in January, few expected that Rodolfo Hernandez would reach the final lap. But the septuagenarian real estate magnate-turned-politician has a chance of becoming the country’s next president if he wins the battle against competitor Gustavo Petro in Sunday’s runoff vote. The Americas have seen
Continue Reading By Daniel Dale, CNN Many of former President Donald Trump‘s own officials knew that his false claims about the 2020 election were false. In some cases, they told him to his face that his information was wrong. Testimony to the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol has revealed
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By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business USA Today on Thursday said that it had removed 23 stories from its website after an internal investigation found that one of its journalists had apparently “fabricated” quotes in her stories. “After receiving an external correction request, USA Today audited the reporting work of Gabriela Miranda,” said an editor’s note
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