By Scottie Andrew, CNN The late Chadwick Boseman and former President Barack Obama are among the formidable crop of first-time nominees at the 74th Emmy Awards. Nominees were announced Tuesday morning for the Emmys, which honor the best television of the year. Former winners “Succession” and “Ted Lasso” predictably swept the nominations, but there were
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By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Olympic great Mo Farah — the winner of four gold medals and one of Britain’s greatest and best-loved athletes — has been carrying a secret burden all these years: He was illegally brought to the U.K. as a youth and forced to care for other children before
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas and Marianne Garvey, CNN The nominations for the 74th Emmy Awards were revealed on Tuesday and many of the nominees are sharing their joy — some in colorful language. Brett Goldstein, outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series for “Ted Lasso” “Holy fxxxing xxxx, this is fxxxing insane! For this to happen
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By Payton Major and Caitlin Kaiser, CNN After the second-warmest June on record, western Europe is bracing for its second dangerous heat wave of the summer. The UK, Portugal, Spain and France are facing record-breaking temperatures this week, with little relief in sight. Hot conditions will continue to worsen ongoing wildfires in southwestern Europe. Level
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Val Ackerman, Leonard Hamilton, Speedy Morris and Rick Byrd are this year’s recipients of the Joe Lapchick Character Award. This is the 14th year the award will be presented. It recognizes those in college basketball who have shown the character traits of Lapchick, who coached at St. John’s and with the
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer WNBA enters final month of the season with 11 of 12 teams in contention for playoff spots and five franchises within three games of each other atop the standings. Under the new playoff format this season there are no byes to the semifinals for the top two seeds but
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By Kaitlan Collins, Zachary Cohen and Kristen Holmes, CNN Former President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly downplayed the significance of the hearings by the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, has regularly asked those around him in recent days when the televised hearings are going to end — underscoring his private fixation on the
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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business For the first time in 20 years, the exchange rate between the euro and the US dollar has reached parity — meaning the two currencies are worth the same. The euro hit $1 on Tuesday, down about 12% since the start of the year. Fears of recession on the continent
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. national team regulars Paul Arriola, Jesús Ferreira, Aaron Long, Jordan Morris, DeAndre Yedlin and Walker Zimmerman were among 26 players picked for Major League Soccer’s All-Star Game. The game will take place on Aug. 10 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Mexico’s Javier Hernández and Carlos Vela, and Canada’s Kamal Miller also
Continue Reading The latest hearing from the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection fleshed out the links between former President Donald Trump and the far-right extremist groups that were at the vanguard of the violent effort to stop the transition of power and keep him in office, despite his election loss.
Continue ReadingBy Stella Chan, CNN A tech company CEO who was tried twice in the 1992 killing of his roommate’s girlfriend has been arrested and charged with murder in the case, a California prosecutor said. John Kevin Woodward, 58, the CEO of online training company ReadyTech, was taken into custody at New York’s JFK airport on
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By David Close and Matt Foster, CNN Stage 10 of the Tour de France was halted on Tuesday after protesters blocked the road during the race. All riders were forced to stop as the protesters sat across the road to block a clear and safe passage forward. The broadcast showed authorities on the scene addressing
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Londres (CNN Business) — El aeropuerto de Heathrow pide a las aerolíneas que dejen de vender más pasajes para viajar este verano boreal, al tiempo que anuncia un límite de pasajeros autorizados a volar desde el aeropuerto. El aeropuerto londinense limitará el número de pasajeros a 100.000 al día hasta el 11 de
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer The Philadelphia Flyers have placed forward Oskar Lindblom on waivers on for the purpose of buying out the final year of the cancer survivor’s contract. The Flyers also announced they are donating $100,000 to a local organization supporting families impacted by cancer in honor of the player who overcame
Continue Reading By CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Will Zalatoris has a chance to join some illustrious company at British Open. It’s just not for the reason he would like. Zalatoris is one runner-up finish from completing a career Second Slam of placing second at all four major tournaments. Jack Nicklaus has
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Chile anunció el lunes la extensión de los beneficios de “Chile Apoya, Plan de Recuperación Inclusiva”, que fue lanzado por primera vez hace tres meses. Entre los nuevos beneficios que se encuentran en la extensión, está el “Bono Chile Apoya de Invierno”, el cual pretende que las personas
Continue Reading TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Former Detroit Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill is joining the Tampa Bay Lightning as an assistant. Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois announced the move, selecting Blashill to replace Derek Lalonde on Jon Cooper’s staff. Lalonde had been hired to replace Blashill. The 48-year-old Blashill coached the Red Wings the past seven
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By VANESSA G. SÁNCHEZ, SHANNON CLARK, VICTORIA A. IFATUSIN, ZOE PIERCE, SHREYA VUTTALURU, RACHEL LOGAN, AADIT TAMBE / Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Howard Center for Investigative Journalism HOUSTON (AP) — The sign at the SHOP N Go front counter says “WE SOLD $10,000 WINNER!!” Located in a Hispanic neighborhood, the store sells Texas Loteria,
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — Todo está listo para la edición número 74 de los Premios Emmy, que galardonan lo mejor de la televisión. Premios Emmy 2021: esta es la lista de todos los ganadores El anuncio de los nominados, el pasado mes de julio, dejó buenas noticias para el reparto y los equipos creativos de Succession
Continue Reading TORONTO (AP) — Defender Carlos Salcedo is leaving Major League Soccer’s Toronto. The team says it terminated his contract by mutual consent. Coach Bob Bradley said the 28-year-old Mexican was dealing with a family matter. Salcedo has been traveling back to Mexico, where his wife gave birth last month to their second child. Toronto acquired
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