By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A radio host has admitted he falsely claimed agent Casey Close never informed first baseman Freddie Freeman of the Atlanta Braves’ last contract offer. Doug Gottlieb tweeted on June 29 that “Casey Close never told Freddie Freeman about the Braves final offer,” Close and Excel
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The defending Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams host the Buffalo Bills in a matchup of teams expected to challenge for the Lombardi Trophy to open the NFL season on Thursday night. The Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 on their home field to win their second NFL championship in 56
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Watch a replay of the game in the player. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Both the Jefferson City Jays and the Rock Bridge Bruins enter week three looking for a winning record. With the teams set to meet Friday in the KZOU game of the week, both teams sit at 1-1 after the first two weeks of
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By Jack Guy, Emmet Lyons and Henry Hullah, CNN Kenya’s President-elect William Ruto has told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that he will work to unify the country following a narrow election win, as well as playing an active role in solving East Africa’s security and humanitarian issues. Speaking on Amanpour’s show in an exclusive interview Wednesday,
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, Emmet Lyons and Henry Hullah, CNN Kenya’s President-elect William Ruto has told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that he will work to unify the country following a narrow election win, as well as playing an active role in solving East Africa’s security and humanitarian issues. Speaking on Amanpour’s show in an exclusive interview Wednesday,
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By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Former United Nations Ambassador Kelly Craft launched her long-anticipated campaign for Kentucky governor on Wednesday, saying the state’s “best days are ahead of us” as she joined a crowded lineup of Republicans competing to challenge Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear next year. Craft quickly landed a key
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By Sara Sidner, CNN At 72, Debbie Allen has pulled off one of her biggest achievements, not for herself but for children. Earlier this year, she finally opened a new 24,000-square-foot performing arts center for the Debbie Allen Dance Academy (DADA) in Los Angeles — The Rhimes Performing Arts Center. (Yes, as in Shonda Rhimes.)
Continue Reading GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) — Police say a New York man has been arrested and charged with killing a law enforcement officer in Maryland more than 50 years ago. A police department’s news release says 71-year-old Larry David Smith admitted to shooting Montgomery County Special Deputy Sheriff Capt. James Tappen Hall in 1971 when police detectives
Continue Reading By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Elon Musk will be able to include new evidence from a Twitter whistleblower as he fights to get out of his $44 billion deal to buy the social media company, but Musk won’t be able to delay a high-stakes October trial over the dispute, a judge ruled Wednesday. Chancellor
Continue Reading By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Joe Flacco will start at quarterback for the New York Jets in the season opener Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens in place of the injured Zach Wilson. Coach Robert Saleh announced the team’s decision Wednesday and added Wilson will likely be out
Continue Reading By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has revoked bond for a man charged with killing a Memphis woman who was abducted during a pre-dawn run near a university campus. Cleotha Abston will be held without bond on charges including first-degree murder in the abduction and slaying of 34-year-old Eliza
Continue Reading By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders announced his retirement Wednesday after a 12-year NFL career that included six season in Denver, where he helped the Broncos win Super Bowl 50. Sanders started his career in Pittsburgh in 2010 and joined the Broncos as a free agent
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Harry Styles is caught between his wife and his lover in the trailer for “My Policeman.” Styles plays a closeted police officer in 1957 England, who marries Marion, played by Emma Corrin. But he’s secretly having an affair with an arts curator named Patrick, played by David Dawson. The film goes
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills signed tight end Dawson Knox to a four-year contract extension on Wednesday, locking up one of the team’s top scoring threats. Knox was entering the final year of his contract and is now signed through 2026. The move was announced a
Continue Reading By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Civil rights groups have filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of three transgender Oklahoma schoolchildren against the state’s new anti-transgender school bathroom bill. The lawsuit filed in federal district court in Oklahoma City on Tuesday argues that the law requiring students to use only the bathroom
Continue Reading By ROB GILLIES and ROBERT BUMSTED Associated Press JAMES SMITH CREE NATION, Saskatchewan (AP) — As the manhunt dragged on for one of two brothers in the stabbing deaths of 10 people in Saskatchewan, the rampage raised questions Wednesday of why the suspect — an ex-con with 59 convictions and a long history of shocking
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN Erin Moriarty, who plays Starlight on “The Boys,” has spoken out about harassment and misogyny she’s faced from fans of the show. On Tuesday, Moriarty posted an article on her Instagram titled “IStandWithStarlight?: The betrayal of Erin Moriarty by The Boys ‘fans.’” In snippets shared by Moriarty, the author argues that
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Fed official says the Federal Reserve will need to continue lifting its short-term interest rate to a level that restricts economic growth and keep it there for an extended period. In remarks to a banking industry conference Wednesday, Fed Vice Chair Lael Brainard echoed
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — El padre Uriel Vallejos, párroco de la Iglesia Divina Misericordia de Sébaco en la Diócesis de Matagalpa, publicó este martes en su cuenta de Twitter que se encuentra en Italia, luego de dos semanas sin publicaciones y constantes rumores sobre su autoexilio. “Esta mañana he peregrinado a Asís, tierra
Continue Reading By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Nick Carusillo died when he was hit by multiple vehicles on a Georgia interstate, just days after he was abruptly discharged from an addiction treatment center. Now his parents hope a substantial jury verdict in their favor will prompt change that helps others suffering from mental illness
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