By Sonia Moghe, CNN The girl allegedly seen in multiple child pornography tapes from the late 1990s having sex with R. Kelly is expected to testify the singer had sex with her when she was 14 and recorded some of their hundreds of sexual encounters, prosecutors said at the start of Kelly and two associates’
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By ED WHITE Associated Press A jury in western Michigan has heard from two key witnesses in the trial of two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. Barry Croft Jr., of Delaware, and Adam Fox, who is from the Grand Rapids, Michigan, area, were fully onboard and very eager to
Continue ReadingBy Julia Buckley, CNN Just when you thought swimming in canals, vandalizing property and posing topless on a war memorial were as bad as tourist behavior got in Venice, think again. Two people decided to go surfing on Wednesday morning. The spot they chose to do so: not the beaches that the city enjoys —
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) anunciaron la semana pasada cambios clave en sus pautas nacionales contra el covid-19. Entre ellos estaba el fin de la cuarentena obligatoria después de que alguien se expone a un contacto
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By MIKE COOK Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Emilio Pagán pitched two scoreless innings after Tyler Mahle departed with right shoulder fatigue, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 4-0 for a three-game sweep. Jose Miranda homered for Minnesota, which is fighting with Cleveland and the Chicago White Sox for control of the
Continue Reading By RAHIM FAIEZ and EBRAHIM NOROOZI Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A bombing at a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday killed at least 10 people, including a prominent cleric, and wounded at least 27, an eyewitness and police said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for
Continue Reading By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The world’s smallest and most endangered sea turtles have hatched in Louisiana’s wilds for the first known time in more than 75 years, officials said Wednesday. “Louisiana was largely written off as a nesting spot for sea turtles decades ago, but this determination demonstrates why barrier
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Casi las tres cuartas partes de los agricultores estadounidenses dicen que la sequÃa de este año está perjudicando su cultivo: hay pérdidas significativas de cosechas e ingresos, según una nueva encuesta de la American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), una compañÃa de seguros y grupo de cabildeo que representa los intereses agrÃcolas.
Continue Reading By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A Canadian minister has warned during a visit to Lebanon that Syria is not yet safe for millions of refugees to start going back home. Harjit Sajjan, Canada’s minister of international development, spoke on Wednesday in Beirut, days after Lebanese officials announced a plan to start returning
Continue Reading LIBERTY, N.Y. (AP) — A fire consumed a building at the site of the long-closed Grossinger’s resort, once among the most storied and glamorous hotels in New York’s Catskills. The fire broke out Tuesday evening in a three-and-half story building on the old hotel property. The cause was under investigation. In its heyday after World
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By Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Saudi women’s rights campaigner Salma al-Shehab was sentenced to 34 years in prison on Monday for her activity on Twitter, according to court documents viewed by CNN. Al-Shehab, 33, was also banned from traveling outside of Saudi Arabia for another 34 years. The PhD student at Leeds University in the United
Continue Reading By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Medical groups and states across the U.S. are watching as a legal battle over abortion rights pits the deep-red state of Idaho against the Department of Justice. As of Wednesday, 20 states, the American College of Emergency Physicians and other medical groups have filed “friend of
Continue Reading By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Hey, Braves fans, hope you like the core of your team. You’re gonna be cheering them on for a while. The reigning World Series champions have locked up some of their most vital players to long-term contracts. Rookie sensation Michael Harris II is the latest, agreeing
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By Eric Bradner and Jeff Zeleny, CNN The day after losing the Republican primary for Wyoming’s House seat, Rep. Liz Cheney is positioning herself for a longer-term fight with former President Donald Trump. The question Cheney must confront is whether there is an appetite within the Republican Party for a candidate singularly focused on serving
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein, CNN The White House is strongly condemning calls from some members of the Republican Party, including some elected lawmakers, to “defund the FBI” in the wake of last week’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. The pushback marks the White House’s most aggressive response to the FBI’s search to date
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota starter Tyler Mahle has left the Twins’ game against Kansas City in the third inning with right shoulder fatigue. Making his third start since being acquired from Cincinnati at the trade deadline, Mahle faced eight batters before manager Rocco Baldelli and a team trainer visited the mound in the third inning.
Continue Reading MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota starter Tyler Mahle has left the Twins’ game against Kansas City in the third inning with right shoulder fatigue. Making his third start since being acquired from Cincinnati at the trade deadline, Mahle faced eight batters before manager Rocco Baldelli and a team trainer visited the mound in the third inning.
Continue Reading By Steve Contorno, CNN As soon as next week, Florida pension fund managers could be barred from considering the social impact of their financial decisions as Gov. Ron DeSantis opens a new front in his anti-“woke” crusade, this time focused on Wall Street and corporate CEOs. In new draft rules posted Monday on the website
Continue ReadingBy Jefferson Tyler Click here for updates on this story Oahu, Hawaii (KITV) — Honolulu Police have a new warning about jewelry scammers targeting senior citizens. KITV4 has been following stories of people allegedly selling fake jewelry on the street. Some of them are now headed to court. But now other thieves are trying some
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Tiger Woods felt strongly enough about a private meeting of top PGA Tour players that he flew from Florida to Delaware to attend. What’s emerging from that players-only meeting is unity against a rival league funded by Saudi money and how to make the PGA
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