By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK. (AP) — Wander Franco has been placed on administrative leave indefinitely by Major League Baseball while authorities in the Dominican Republic investigate the Tampa Bay Rays’ All-Star shortstop for an alleged relationship with a minor. The 22-year-old will be paid and receive service time while on administrative
Continue ReadingBy TORI APODACA Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — Multiple food truck owners across the Greater Sacramento area are now fearing for their own safety after being victims of robberies just this past week. Claudia Ruiz, the owner of the taco truck La Baja Birrieria Tijuana on Hammer Lane in Stockton,
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, Josh Campbell and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — The man accused of fatally shooting a Southern California clothing store owner after an argument about a rainbow Pride flag hanging outside her business, had social media accounts containing anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-law-enforcement material, sheriff’s office officials said in a Monday news conference. Laura Ann
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By Niamh Kennedy and Pierre Bairin, CNN (CNN) — The African Union has suspended Niger following the takeover of the West African country by a military junta on July 26. In a much-anticipated statement, the African Union (AU) – a union of 55 member states – announced its decision to “immediately suspend the participation of
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El cantautor español Miguel Bosé dijo en su cuenta de Instagram que un comando armado lo asaltó junto a su familia dentro de su casa en la Ciudad de México el pasado viernes. Agregó que el grupo estaba compuesto por 10 personas y que estas los ataron a él, a
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Two unpopular friends, PJ and Josie, are eager to lose their virginity to two beautiful cheerleaders in the wild new comedy “Bottoms,” which opens in theaters Friday. The only way they can figure out how to get close to said cheerleaders, however, is to form an all-female self-defense club
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CNN By Sophia Saifi, Rhea Mogul and Irene Nasser, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Four children have been rescued from a chairlift dangling 900 feet over a mountainous region in Pakistan for at least 10 hours, a military source told CNN, as the race to save two other children and two adults stuck inside the
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Las ocho personas ––seis niños y dos adultos–– que quedaron atrapadas en un teleférico a cientos de metros sobre un valle en el noroeste de Pakistán fueron rescatadas, dijo en un comunicado el primer ministro interino del país, Anwar Kakar. “Es un alivio saber que todos los niños han sido rescatados
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA and JIM SALTER Associated Press MARION, Kan. (AP) — Newly released video shows the 98-year-old mother of a Kansas newspaper publisher confronting police officers as they searched her home in a raid that has drawn national scrutiny, at one point demanding: “Get out of my house!” Video released by the newspaper Monday
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By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have been puzzling over a mystery on Neptune, and now they think they have unlocked its secret. The ice giant’s ghostly, cirrus-like clouds largely disappeared four years ago. Today, just a patch hovers over the planet’s south pole. Thanks to an analysis of nearly three decades’ worth of
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell last month to the slowest pace since January, as elevated mortgage rates and a stubbornly low inventory of homes on the market combined to discourage many would-be homebuyers. Existing home sales fell 2.2% last month from June to
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Bernardo Arévalo ganó la segunda vuelta de las elecciones presidenciales de Guatemala con una bandera central de lucha contra la corrupción. Durante su primera entrevista uno a uno con un medio internacional, Arévalo le dijo a Fernando del Rincón en CNN en Español que “el pueblo de Guatemala ha hablado muy
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By Anne Quito, CNN (CNN) — It’s been another hellish summer. A double whammy of the human-caused climate crisis and the arrival of El Niño has fueled soaring temperatures that have made this year downright deadly. July 2023 has been declared the world’s hottest month on record. In a recent address, UN Secretary-General António Guterres
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN Lahaina, Hawaii (CNN) — Gliding over the ashen remains of Lahaina in Marine One on Monday, President Joe Biden had a question for the lawmakers who’d joined him aboard. “What’s the average age of the homes?” he asked, peering out the right side windows at the charred remains of the community
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The next book from “Fire and Fury” author Michael Wolff is both a recounting of the recent past and a prediction for the near future. Wolff’s “The Fall: The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty” will come out Sept. 26, publisher Henry Holt announced Tuesday. A spokesperson told The
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell will seek the nomination to challenge Republican Sen. Rick Scott in 2024. Mucarsel-Powell announced her candidacy Tuesday in what will be a test to see if Florida Democrats can fare better during a presidential election in a state that has
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By Nina Milhaud, CNN (CNN) — Since the birth of modernism more than a century ago, the ethos of “less is more” — a motto famously adopted by German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe — has become synonymous with sophistication. And nowhere was this more evident than in our homes, where the popularity of
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By Anna Bahney Washington, DC (CNN) — US home buyers have a new challenge in addition to mortgage rates above 7%: Prices are rising again, reversing five months of year-over-year declines, according to a National Association of Realtors report released Tuesday. The median existing home price was $406,700 last month, up 1.9% from a year
Continue ReadingCNN, WSB By Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s Note: This story contains disturbing content. A Georgia sheriff resigned and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor sexual battery charge Monday after he grabbed TV’s Judge Glenda Hatchett’s chest in January 2022, his attorney said. Bleckley County Sheriff Kris Coody was sentenced to 12 months probation and
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By Alex Hardie and Claudia Rebaza, CNN (CNN) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the apologies offered by Luis Rubiales, President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), for giving Spain midfielder Jennifer Hermoso an unwanted kiss on the lips are “not enough.” Amid widespread criticism of the incident, including from the Association of
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