LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles FC signed Spanish defender Sergi Palencia to a two-year contract through the 2024 season. The 26-year-old Palencia is joining the defending Major League Soccer champions from Saint-Étienne in France’s Ligue 2. His deal with LAFC includes a contract option for 2025. LAFC has undergone significant turnover since winning the
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By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is expanding it military presence in Asia, in a string of moves aimed at countering Beijing and reassuring Indo-Pacific allies that America will stand with them against threats from China and North Korea. The U.S. actions stretch from Japan to the Solomon Islands. And
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By Chris Boyette, CNN So far this week, more than 6,000 flights have been canceled within, into or out of the United States as icy weather has hit large swaths of the country. By Thursday afternoon, nearly 6,300 flight cancellations had been logged on flight tracking site FlightAware since Monday, including more than 750 Thursday
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By Hadas Gold, CNN Israel and Sudan have finalized the text of a peace agreement to be signed “later this year,” Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen announced on Thursday. Speaking upon returning to Tel Aviv from a visit to Sudan’s capital Khartoum, Cohen said the trip was made with the consent of the United States,
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Continue Reading By ILAN BEN ZION and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s foreign minister says the country expects to fully normalize ties with Sudan sometime later this year. Eli Cohen spoke on Thursday, after returning from a lightning diplomatic mission to the Sudanese capital. In Khartoum, he held high-level meetings with Sudan’s ruling general,
Continue Reading By MARYCLAIRE DALE and TED SHAFFREY Associated Press SAYREVILLE, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a New Jersey borough councilwoman was found shot to death in an SUV outside of her home. The Middlesex County prosecutor’s office says 30-year-old Sayreville Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour was found in the vehicle at around 7:20 p.m. Wednesday. Authorities have not
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Que empiecen los juegos de adivinanzas. Jessica Simpson lanzó una historia corta original en Amazon titulada “Movie Star: They Always Say They’re Single”. El proyecto describe un encuentro que Simpson dice que tuvo con un actor no identificado que “creció pensando que era tan atractivo”. Todo comenzó, revela, cuando le faltaban
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By Haley Britzky, CNN A bipartisan group of senators urged President Joe Biden to delay the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey until Turkey agrees to allow Sweden and Finland to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The letter comes at a time when Sweden and Finland are waiting for Turkey to approve
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are keeping their love strong. At a party celebrating de Rossi’s 50th birthday, DeGeneres was the one to receive a surprise when it was revealed by her wife that the gathering was also a vow renewal ceremony. The sweet moment, which was captured and posted
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By Jennifer Lifsey Click here for updates on this story DEKALB COUNTY, Georgia (WANF) — An investigation is underway after a pregnant woman was shot Thursday morning in DeKalb County. The DeKalb Police Department says officers responded to 6601 Old Singleton Lane at approximately 5:45 a.m. in reference to a person shot. Upon arrival, they
Continue Reading By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The International Olympic Committee has stepped up efforts to explain its position on trying to help Russian athletes qualify for the Paris Games. It comes amid a backlash from Ukraine and its allies. The Olympic body last week mapped a pathway to Paris for athletes from
Continue Reading By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The International Olympic Committee has stepped up efforts to explain its position on trying to help Russian athletes qualify for the Paris Games. It comes amid a backlash from Ukraine and its allies. The Olympic body last week mapped a pathway to Paris for athletes from
Continue Reading KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Abraham Ancer has a one-shot lead over Sebastian Munoz after his 63 in the first round of the Saudi International. Dustin Johnson withdrew before the start with an injury the Asian Tour described as “tweaking his back.” The $5 million tournament has several players who have signed
Continue Reading By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have voted to oust Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The vote in a raucous session Thursday to remove the Somali-born Muslim lawmaker came after her past comments critical of Israel. It was also a response by the
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Parker Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — A teacher at Heritage High School in Conyers was let go after video surfaced of the teacher attacking a student. Edward Senter, who also served as the school’s athletic director, reportedly picked up a student and slammed him to the ground.
Continue Reading By JIM GOMEZ and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines says it is allowing U.S. forces to broaden their footprint in that Southeast Asian nation. It is the latest Biden administration move bolstering an arc of Indo-Pacific alliances to better counter China. That includes in any future armed confrontation over Taiwan.
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Smithson Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennesee (WSMV) — A family is speaking out for the first time after a 26-year-old woman was violently attacked in Green Hills Monday night. The woman, a Harpeth Hall graduate and Louisiana State University medical student, was attacked randomly by two unidentified suspects at
Continue Reading By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Emergency calls to Monterey Park police after a dance hall shooting killed 11 people and wounded nine reveal the confusion and chaos in the first moments the shots rang out. The 911 calls released Thursday depict a man trying to make sense of what happened to
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — The FBI is now involved in the search for who is responsible for making threats to three LGBTQ businesses in the grove and the venue that was set to host a drag performer storytime. The co-owner of Prism said he
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