By Hannah Rabinowitz and Omar Jimenez, CNN The Justice Department on Tuesday announced charges against 47 people accused of stealing $250 million from a federal program designed to provide meals for needy children during the pandemic. According to the department, the scheme is the largest Covid-19-related fraud uncovered by investigators to date. The defendants are
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN The Golden Globes are coming back to television. After holding an untelevised event earlier this year due to a diversity and ethics controversy, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, dick clark productions and NBC said on Tuesday that the show will be coming back to television on Tuesday, January 10, 2023. “We
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By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Maury Wills, who helped the Los Angeles Dodgers win three World Series titles with his base-stealing prowess, has died. The team says Wills died Monday night at home in Sedona, Arizona. Wills played on World Series title teams in 1959, ’63 and ’65 during his
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By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press A federal judge has thrown out three of four charges against a researcher who was convicted of concealing work he did for China while employed by the University of Kansas. In a ruling released Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson said federal prosecutors did not provide sufficient evidence to convict
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein, Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday renewed his push for Congress to approve a bill aimed at targeting dark money in political campaigns, though the legislation is expected to fail this week due to Republican opposition. “There’s much too much money that flows in the
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN A prequel to a prequel, “Andor” brings a gritty tone and look to the “Star Wars” universe, as much the washed-out landscape of “Blade Runner” as George Lucas’ far-away galaxy. Yet whatever promise that entails is mostly lost in flabby storytelling, essentially stretching what would have been a 10-minute movie
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Mizzou football head coach Eli Drinkwitz took questions Tuesday coming off a home win over Abilene Christian.
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — Adam Levine rompió el silencio tras las acusaciones de que engañó a su esposa Behati Prinsloo y de que quería ponerle a su hijo el mismo nombre de su supuesta amante. “Se hablan muchas cosas de mí en este momento y quiero aclararlas”, escribió el líder de Maroon 5 en un comunicado que
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Los peligros de un huracán no terminan una vez que completó su paso: la destrucción que dejan los vientos, las lluvias y las inundaciones puede causar lesiones y muertes, y a esto se suma la pérdida de la energía eléctrica y del acceso al agua. Aquí, una guía sobre
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, Ellie Kaufman and Barbara Starr, CNN US and Canadian warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday following weekend remarks from President Joe Biden that the US would defend Taiwan in the event it is attacked by China. A US Navy ship, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins, conducted a “routine
Continue Reading By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Ivan Toney has timed his run to the England squad to perfection. The Brentford striker got a call-up by his country last week for the first time in any age group as a reward for scoring five goals in seven games for Brentford this season. This is England’s final
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By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business Hackers have stolen around $160 million worth of cryptocurrency from crypto market maker Wintermute, the company said Tuesday. The incident marks the latest in a growing list of large crypto thefts this year. The hack is said to have targeted Wintermute’s decentralized finance (DeFi) operations, according to a series of
Continue Reading By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business Hackers have stolen around $160 million worth of cryptocurrency from crypto market maker Wintermute, the company said Tuesday. The incident marks the latest in a growing list of large crypto thefts this year. The hack is said to have targeted Wintermute’s decentralized finance (DeFi) operations, according to a series of
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, CNN A federal judge has granted an order prohibiting Alabama from executing a death row inmate by lethal injection this week after he asserted he chose to die by nitrogen hypoxia — an untested and unproven execution method Alabama officials say they’re not ready to use. Without the injunction, the inmate, Alan
Continue Reading LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky coach Kyra Elzy says freshman Tionna Herron is recovering from open-heart surgery to correct a structural abnormality. The 6-foot-4 post player learned of her condition after arriving at school in June and received other opinions before surgery was recommended. Senior trainer Courtney Jones said in a release that Herron underwent
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business Federal regulators accused Morgan Stanley on Tuesday of “astonishing” failures that led to the mishandling of sensitive data on some 15 million customers. Morgan Stanley was slapped with a $35 million fine from the Securities and Exchange Commission for extensive failures to safeguard personal identifying information on its clients. Since
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer St. Louis Blues defenseman Marco Scandella is expected to miss a majority of the coming NHL season after undergoing surgery on his right hip. The team says Scandella got injured during offseason training in late August and will be re-evaluated in six months. General manager Doug Armstrong announced the
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer St. Louis Blues defenseman Marco Scandella is expected to miss a majority of the coming NHL season after undergoing surgery on his right hip. The team says Scandella got injured during offseason training in late August and will be re-evaluated in six months. General manager Doug Armstrong announced the
Continue Reading By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer The Big Ten’s tradition of producing elite running backs is alive and well. The conference features the nation’s top two rushers in Illinois’ Chase Brown and Minnesota’s Mohamed Ibrahim, and four others are running for better than 100 yards per game. No other league has more than three.
Continue Reading By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer The Big Ten’s tradition of producing elite running backs is alive and well. The conference features the nation’s top two rushers in Illinois’ Chase Brown and Minnesota’s Mohamed Ibrahim, and four others are running for better than 100 yards per game. No other league has more than three.
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