By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Frankfurt has always backed American football. The Frankfurt Galaxy was the only team that played in every season of the NFL’s European league, which ended in 2007 under the name NFL Europa. It had strong fan support and won four “World Bowl” titles. Now, the
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By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — When the Federal Trade Commission and 17 states sued Amazon for antitrust violations this fall, a heavily redacted portion of the lawsuit referenced “Project Nessie,” a secret algorithmic pricing tool. The complaint offered few details on the program aside from disclosing its existence. Now, however, a newly unsealed
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The labor union representing Las Vegas hotel workers has set a strike deadline. The decision threatens major disruptions at more than a dozen resorts that could coincide with the Strip’s inaugural Formula 1 races later this month. The Culinary Workers Union said Thursday that about 35,000
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By Matias Grez and Nadine Schmidt, CNN (CNN) — German tennis star Alexander Zverev has been given a penalty order and fined €450,000 ($478,000) by a Berlin court after being accused of physical abuse against a woman, according to a court statement. Zverev is accused of “physically abusing and damaging the health of a woman during an
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA and JOSH FUNK Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota state senator took off from a remote Utah airport last month with his wife and two young sons in the plane without the runway lights on a dark night with no moonlight and crashed just a minute later killing everyone
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A New York City lawmaker has been arraigned on a gun charge after prosecutors say she brought a firearm to a pro-Palestinian demonstration. Authorities say Republican City Council member Inna Vernikov was seen in photos and videos with the butt of a gun jutting out from her waistband while attending an
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is investigating two South Carolina jails where incarcerated people have died violently at the hands of employees or others held behind bars. Officials announced Thursday that civil rights probes will examine the conditions at detention centers in the urban hubs
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Across the nation, much of the debate around gun rights and restrictions centers on mental health. Many advocates on both sides agree that getting people with serious mental health struggles into treatment, and preventing people who are dangerous from accessing guns, is key
Continue Reading By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — US stocks soared higher again on Thursday as investors bet that the Federal Reserve’s current round of economically painful rate hikes might be over. The Dow rose 565 points, or 1.7%. The S&P 500 was 1.9% higher and the Nasdaq Composite was up 1.8%. Both the S&P
Continue ReadingVANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — An unarmed U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile was intentionally destroyed when something went wrong during a test launch from California. The Air Force Global Strike Command says the flight of the Minuteman 3 was “safely terminated” over the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday due to an anomaly during launch from
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Retailers are projecting slower growth this holiday shopping season as inflation, higher borrowing costs, and the resumption of student loan repayments cause many consumers to pull back. Holiday sales will increase by up to 4% this year, not adjusted for inflation, the National Retail Federation said Thursday
Continue ReadingBy EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Rwanda announced Thursday that it will allow all Africans to travel visa-free to the country, becoming the latest nation on the continent to announce such a measure aimed at boosting free movement of people. President Paul Kagame made the announcement on Thursday and highighted the potential
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By Joshua Skinner Click here for updates on this story ROCKMART, Georgia (WANF) — A giant South American lizard is not what you expect to find in Georgia. “I could imagine that some people would run for the hills,” said Kathy Smith with the Georgia Herpetological Association and Rescue (GHAR). The lizard is an Argentine
Continue Reading By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Bob Goldberg, chief executive officer of the National Association of Realtors, the nation’s largest trade association, is stepping down, the organization announced Thursday. Earlier this week, a federal jury in Missouri found NAR and two brokerages conspired to keep real estate agent commissions artificially high and determined
Continue ReadingBy Hope Dean Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — Keshvee Sekhda is just 14 years old — but she’s already excelling in machine learning, a passion that recently won her $10,000 in one of the nation’s top STEM competitions. The North Gwinnett Middle School student, alongside her teammate Nyambura Sallinen,
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By Melissa Marra-Alvarez and Elizabeth Way, CNN (CNN) — Food and fashion seem an unlikely pairing. While encouraging the consumer consumption of luxury goods, high fashion has long glorified thinness, with eating deemed almost taboo. In recent years, however, their convergence seems to be everywhere. The worlds of clothing design and cuisine have deep and complex
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — A ceremony will be held this weekend to name the first female commander to oversee the 17th Sustainment Brigade with the Nevada Army National Guard. According to a news release, Col. Amy Klima will become the first female commander to oversee
Continue ReadingBy Pamela Kirkland and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — One of the five former Memphis police officers accused in the January death of Tyre Nichols pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges and agreed to plead guilty to related state charges as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. Desmond Mills Jr., 33, pleaded guilty to
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji, John Miller, Sabrina Shulman and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — A Jordanian man arrested last month in Houston on a federal firearm possession charge had spoken of “martyrdom,” a federal judge said in a court order, and was “plotting to attack a Jewish gathering,” a law enforcement source told CNN. Sohaib Abuayyash, 20,
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By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Some members of the Minnesota Supreme Court appeared skeptical of removing Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot, and posed difficult questions at a hearing Thursday to the challengers who claim he is disqualified under the 14th Amendment’s insurrectionist ban. But there was also some openness to the challengers’ request
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