By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer The Los Angeles Dodgers have declined their $16 million option on two-time All-Star Justin Turner. The 37-year-old third baseman will receive a $2 million buyout. He could still re-sign with the team, although likely at a lower offer than the money he would have received if they had exercised
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By Lauren del Valle, CNN Trump Organization Controller Jeffrey McConney testified about the mechanics behind him tacking on fringe benefits to salaries and bonuses at the direction of high-level executives, as the company’s criminal trial in New York resumed on Thursday. McConney reiterated he followed instructions from former Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg and other
Continue Reading GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Britain has pulled off a 3-0 victory over Spain in the Billie Jean King Cup to reach the semifinals of the top team event in women’s tennis for the first time in 41 years. Australia also reached the last four in Glasgow. The story of the day was Britain’s remarkable comeback
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — La celeste ya tiene su lista de convocados para el Mundial: en Qatar compartirán cancha estrellas con una vasta experiencia mundialista como Luis Suárez, Edinson Cavani y Fernando Muslera e integrantes de las generaciones más jóvenes como Darwin Núñez, Federico Valverde y Matías Vecino, que están brillando en el
Continue Reading By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Lamar Jackson has gone three straight games without a turnover. It’s no coincidence that the Baltimore Ravens have won them all. On an offense limited by injuries at key positions, this year might be a test of Jackson’s patience as much as anything. He
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department released a video on social media Thursday afternoon of a woman being chased. CPD said in a tweet that it has not confirmed whether or not that video is related to its investigation of a suspected prowler who has been allegedly targeting women ages 20-30 in south Columbia.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa agriculture official on Thursday limited the movement of live birds in the state as a response to a return of bird flu with the fall migration of wild birds. State Veterinarian Jeff Kaisand signed an order cancelling all events where live birds are brought together, including bird sales,
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell A federal judge on Thursday ordered sanctions against attorneys for former President Donald Trump in his failed lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee and numerous others that he claimed conspired to undermine the 2016 presidential election. Judge Donald Middlebrooks ordered Trump lawyers Alina Habba, Michael Madaio, Peter Ticktin, Jamie Alan
Continue Reading By Alex Rogers, Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona, CNN Mitch McConnell’s high-spending super PAC has a suggestion for their party’s campaign committee: Consider picking candidates in primaries who won’t collapse in the general election. Others see a much bigger issue: Former President Donald Trump and his polarizing presence on the campaign trail — especially as
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — Desde que Xi Jinping, presidente y líder de China, fue ratificado para un tercer mandato como secretario general del Partido Comunista —una inédita movida que muestra un poder concentrado no vista en décadas—, el mundo se pregunta cómo afectará este hecho al rol global del gigante asiático, cuya importancia no
Continue ReadingBy ANNIE GIMBEL Click here for updates on this story DENTON, Texas (KTVT) — A liquor store clerk stopped a man from stealing a bottle of tequila by shooting him. It happened just after 5 p.m. in Denton. The clerk called 911 after shooting the would-be thief. When officers arrived, they applied a tourniquet to
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid has halted its two-match winless streak in the Spanish league by defeating relegation-threatened Cádiz 2-1 to go into the World Cup break closer to leader Barcelona. Éder Militão and Toni Kroos scored a goal in each half for Madrid. The defending champions moved within
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El presidente del Congreso de Perú, José Williams, dijo que el Ejecutivo pretende “enfrentar” y “cerrar al Congreso de la República”. En conferencia de prensa este miércoles por la noche, así respondió a la carta enviada al Parlamento el día anterior por el presidente del Consejo de Ministros, Aníbal Torres,
Continue Reading MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United twice came from behind to beat Aston Villa 4-2 Thursday and advance to last 16 of the English League Cup, a day after several other big teams were eliminated. After a slow opening 45 minutes, the game came alive after the break with all six goals scored in the
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By CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Three former police officers who were charged in the killing of an 8-year-old girl when they opened fire toward a crowd leaving a Philadelphia-area high school football game pleaded guilty Thursday to 10 counts each of reckless endangerment. The negotiated plea dismisses manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter charges
Continue Reading By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — What initially appeared to be a Democratic win in the Idaho House has turned into a Republican victory after a glitch in reporting early voting was corrected in south-central Idaho. Chief Deputy Secretary of State Chad Houck says the House seat representing Jerome, Blaine and Lincoln
Continue Reading By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s Supreme Court says a white man whose murder conviction in the killing of a Black man was vacated because he killed himself while his appeal was pending should not have been legally exonerated. Thursday’s ruling reverses lower court rulings that vacated the conviction of Kenneth
Continue Reading By KEN RITTER Associated Press NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — Both Republicans and Democrats were correct about the issues that motivated close to half of Nevada’s deeply divided electorate as they cast their ballots. That is ensuring Nevada’s continuing status as a politically competitive swing state. Data from AP VoteCast, which surveyed 2,100 Nevada
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street blasted off Thursday to soar to its best day in more than two years as exhilaration swept through markets after a report showed inflation in the United States eased last month by even more than expected. The S&P 500 surged 5.5%, while the
Continue Reading By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger, Herschel Walker, are pivoting to a second and decisive round of their Senate race in Georgia. That’s while party leaders and donors around the country begin gearing up for a four-week campaign blitz that could determine control of the
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