By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuban officials have announced that women boxers will be able to compete officially after decades of restrictions. The news sparked excitement in women boxers who have spent years fighting to be recognized. “I have a new hope for life, because my life has changed. From now on,
Continue Reading By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America CARTHAGE, N.C. (AP) — Tens of thousands of people braced Monday for days without electricity in a North Carolina county where authorities say two power substations were shot up by one or more people with apparent criminal intent. Across Moore County, many businesses and restaurants displayed “Closed” signs
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Former U.S. national team forward Bobby Wood agreed to a one-year contract with Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution. The deal includes a 2024 team option. The 30-year-old from Hawaii, selected in stage two of last week’s reentry draft, scored five goals in 31 regular-season appearances with Real Salt Lake during
Continue ReadingBy WCCO STAFF, BERET LEONE Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — The Minnesota Board of Pharmacy on Monday announced the filing of a civil lawsuit against some Moorhead-based THC edibles manufacturers and retailers. According to the pharmacy board, the lawsuit filed in Clay County District Court alleges that the edibles
Continue Reading By AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Lawyer Michael Avenatti, who rose to fame representing porn star Stormy Daniels against Donald Trump, was sentenced in California on Monday to 14 years in prison for cheating clients out of millions of dollars. Avenatti was also fined $10 million by U.S. District Judge James
Continue Reading By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Tuesday marks the first-ever U.S. auction of leases to develop commercial-scale floating wind farms, in the deep waters off the West Coast. The live, online auction for the five leases — three off California’s central coast and two off its northern coast — has attracted strong
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — España, que logró a avanzar a octavos de final como segundo del Grupo E y se medirá contra Marruecos este martes, llegó a Qatar como uno de los favoritos para ganar el Mundial. Esto serían los cruces que le esperan si sigue avanzando. Del Grupo E a octavos contra
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Three weeks after four Idaho college students were found stabbed to death in an off-campus house, Moscow police said they are still looking into the possibility that one of the victims had a stalker. Police outlined a situation in October when a man appeared to be following Kaylee
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN This year’s flu shot appears to be “a very good match” to the circulating strains, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said at a news briefing Monday. However, she noted that flu vaccinations are lagging behind the pace of previous years. Through the end of October,
Continue ReadingBy David Schuman Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — A miracle finish to win a Minnesota state football title has the sports world buzzing. New London-Spicer beat Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 27-26 Saturday at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, on a wild touchdown as time expired. Blake Schultz completed a deep pass to
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By Clare Foran, Manu Raju and Ted Barrett, CNN Republicans returned to Washington on Monday facing a familiar drama that has played out continually in the Trump years: GOP members forced to confront a controversy that they would rather ignore. After days of silence over former President Donald Trump’s call to terminate the Constitution, several
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Versailles man was arrested after allegedly leading Morgan County Sheriff’s deputies on a chase Saturday, the office stated on Facebook. Richard Russell Rhea, 40, is charged with first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle, first-degree property damage and resisting arrest by fleeing, all felonies. He is being held without bond in
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo Nueva York (CNN) –– Laundress, una marca de detergentes y productos de limpieza para el hogar, retiró del mercado cerca de ocho millones de artículos debido a la posible presencia de bacterias que representarían un riesgo para la salud de los consumidores. Los productos retirados del mercado, que la costosa marca boutique fabricó
Continue ReadingBy KMOV Staff Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — Metro East first responders are taking new steps to prepare for the worst possible outcome. With the number of shootings over the past year, first responders need to be more prepared than ever before and that’s why the Collinsville Fire
Continue Reading By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Now that the Georgia Tech coaching job belongs to him, Brent Key is setting his sights as high as possible. That other Power 5 program in the state? Yep, he thinks the Yellow Jackets can compete against them. With the interim removed from his title, Key
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HARRISBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) Long-time Missouri high school football coach Steve Hopkins announced his retirement Monday as the head coach of the Harrisburg Bulldogs. Hopkins has been coaching at Harrisburg since 2019, building the program from the ground up. He took a team that was 1-9 the previous year and turned it into four consecutive winning
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Oliver Bierhoff is the first managerial casualty of Germany’s early World Cup exit after agreeing to resign as managing director of the country’s national soccer teams and academy. The German soccer federation says Bierhoff has agreed to prematurely end his contract. It had been due to
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By Brian Fung, CNN Facebook owner Meta threatened to remove news content from its platforms on Monday following reports that US lawmakers have added controversial legislation favoring news media to the annual defense authorization bill. The warning highlights the danger that Meta perceives to its business model in the face of the proposed bill, known
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN A threat by Facebook owner Meta to remove news content from its platforms appears to have been averted — for now — after US lawmakers omitted an antitrust bill it opposed from the text of an annual defense spending bill released late Tuesday evening. Meta had warned on Monday that if
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Slower hiring. Weaker spending. And softer growth. That’s what America’s CEOs are bracing for as the economy heads into 2023 facing a series of obstacles. The Business Roundtable said Monday its CEO Economic Outlook Index tumbled during the fourth quarter to the lowest level in more than two years. The index,
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