New Missouri law bans ‘sexually explicit’ books from schools
Students may see fewer book options when returning to class this week, but only if those books contained sexually explicit images.
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Ernie Zampese of ‘Air Coryell’ Chargers, Cowboys, dies at 86
By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer Ernie Zampese, one of the architects of the Dan Fouts-led “Air Coryell” offense with the San Diego Chargers and Troy Aikman’s play-caller for the last of the Dallas Cowboys’ three Super Bowl titles in the 1990s, has died. He was 86. Zampese joined Don Coryell’s San Diego staff
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2 more R. Kelly accusers testify at trial in Chicago
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Two more accusers have taken the witness stand at R. Kelly’s child pornography and solicitation of minors trial in federal court in Chicago. Their testimony Monday brings to three the total number of accusers to have testified so far in the case. The prosecution cited
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2 more R. Kelly accusers testify at trial in Chicago
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Two more accusers have taken the witness stand at R. Kelly’s child pornography and solicitation of minors trial in federal court in Chicago. Their testimony Monday brings to three the total number of accusers to have testified so far in the case. The prosecution cited
Continue Reading Boy, 12, held in shooting of student at California campus
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy is being held on suspicion of shooting and wounding a student at a school in east Oakland, California. Police say reports of a shooting sent officers to Madison Park Academy in the Sobrante Park neighborhood about 1:30 p.m. Monday. They found a 13-year-old boy with a gunshot wound.
Continue ReadingTaylor Swift encarna el estilo de las “flappers” en un vestido de cristal de Oscar de la Renta
Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Taylor Swift no escatimó en glamur en los premios MTV Video Music Awards el domingo por la noche, luciendo un minivestido cubierto con cadenas de cristal de Oscar de la Renta. Con un escote halter alto y muchos brillos, el atuendo equilibraba la elegancia con la sensualidad y dejaba entrever el
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Intel agencies have been working with the FBI for months on assessing Mar-a-Lago documents
By Katie Bo Lillis, Evan Perez, Jamie Gangel and Zachary Cohen, CNN The intelligence community has been working with the FBI since mid-May to examine some of the classified documents taken from Mar-a-Lago in order to determine their level of classification, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. This document-by-document review has allowed the
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US Secret Service assistant director leaves agency after aide’s explosive Jan. 6 testimony about him
By Jamie Gangel and Whitney Wild, CNN US Secret Service Assistant Director Tony Ornato left the Secret Service on Monday, a significant departure two months after explosive testimony by a former White House aide, who alleged Ornato had told her then-President Donald Trump was irate upon learning his security detail wouldn’t take him to the
Continue Reading New Jersey man sentenced for Tom Brady Super Bowl ring fraud
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A New Jersey man who posed as a former New England Patriots player in order to buy and sell Super Bowl rings that he claimed were gifts to Tom Brady’s family has been sentenced to three years in federal prison. Scott Spina Jr. of Roseland was sentenced Monday in Southern
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Colombia and Venezuela reestablish diplomatic relations
By Stefano Pozzebon Colombia and Venezuela have reestablished diplomatic relations, in a tectonic shift in South American regional politics. Colombian ambassador Armando Benedetti met on Monday with Venezuelan authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas. “At this hour I’m received by President Nicolas Maduro, to whom I present diplomatic papers as Colombia’s
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Greenland ice losses set to raise global sea levels by nearly a foot, new research shows
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Widespread ice losses from Greenland have locked in nearly a foot of global sea level rise that’s set to come in the near future — and new research suggests there is no way to stop it, even if the world stopped releasing planet-heating emissions today. The study, published Monday in the
Continue Reading Chiefs’ Smith-Schuster, Valdes-Scantling back at practice
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Wide receivers JuJu Smith-Schuster and Marquez Valdes-Scantling were back at practice with the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday, raising expectations that the duo will be ready for their season opener against Arizona. Smith-Schuster has missed the past two weeks, including the Chiefs’ final two preseason games, with a sore knee
Continue Reading Chiefs’ Smith-Schuster, Valdes-Scantling back at practice
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Wide receivers JuJu Smith-Schuster and Marquez Valdes-Scantling were back at practice with the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday, raising expectations that the duo will be ready for their season opener against Arizona. Smith-Schuster has missed the past two weeks, including the Chiefs’ final two preseason games, with a sore knee
Continue Reading Chiefs’ Smith-Schuster, Valdes-Scantling back at practice
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Wide receivers JuJu Smith-Schuster and Marquez Valdes-Scantling were back at practice with the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday, raising expectations that the duo will be ready for their season opener against Arizona. Smith-Schuster has missed the past two weeks, including the Chiefs’ final two preseason games, with a sore knee
Continue Reading Valencia signs veteran Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani
MADRID (AP) — Valencia has signed veteran Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani on a two-year contract. The 35-year-old Cavani had been without a club since his contract with Manchester United expired at the end of last season. He had previously played for Paris Saint-Germain, Napoli and Palermo. Cavani was at Valencia’s Mestalla Stadium as the team
Continue Reading Griezmann comes in to net Atlético’s winner against Valencia
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Antoine Griezmann scored after an assist from Thomas Lemar two minutes after they came off the bench together as Atlético Madrid salvaged a 1-0 win at Valencia in the Spanish league. Griezmann received a pass from Lemar and scored with a left-footed shot from outside the
Continue Reading New Jersey man sentenced for Tom Brady Super Bowl ring fraud
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A New Jersey man who posed as a former New England Patriots player in order to buy and sell Super Bowl rings that he claimed were gifts to Tom Brady’s family has been sentenced to three years in federal prison. Scott Spina Jr. of Roseland was sentenced Monday in Southern
Continue Reading Indiana refinery fire not expected to hit gas prices much
By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — A major Midwestern oil refinery shut down by a fire should reopen in the next few days, its operators said, and industry experts said the brief shutdown is unlikely to have a major effect on gas prices in the region. BP said Monday that it
Continue Reading Nebraska death row inmate who killed talkative cellmate dies
TECUMSEH, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska death row inmate who strangled his cellmate after complaining he talked too much has died at the state prison in Tecumseh. Officials said they have not determined how 45-year-old Patrick Schroeder died. Schroeder died Monday, about four years after he was sentenced to death for the strangulation death of
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Companies responsible for 2021 Southern California oil spill set to plead guilty, pay almost $13 million in fines
By Taylor Romine, CNN A Houston-based oil company and two subsidiaries have agreed to plead guilty to violating the federal Clean Water Act and pay a $7.1 million criminal fine after their pipeline leaked about 25,000 gallons of crude oil across the coast of Southern California, prosecutors say. The US Attorney’s Office of the Central
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