AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — It’s all about the journey for tennis player Billy Harris. Harris lost his Wimbledon debut on Tuesday but he’s won over some fans at the same time. That’ll happen when your back story involves leaving home on the Isle of Man to live out of a van while playing
Continue ReadingMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review the case of an Alabama man who has spent decades in prison for a murder conviction supported by recanted and discredited bite mark testimony. Justices declined Tuesday to review the petition of Charles M. McCrory. He was convicted of murder for the 1985
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan says that China’s coast guard has boarded a Taiwanese fishing boat and steered it to a port in mainland China. Taiwan is demanding that Beijing release the vessel. Taiwanese maritime authorities said in a press statement that the Tachinman 88 was intercepted by two Chinese vessels Tuesday evening. The statement
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to meet with Democratic governors as he attempts to solidify support among his party’s top leaders after last week’s shaky debate performance. The discussion will come Wednesday and is likely to be mostly virtual, according to two people familiar with Biden’s plan. They insisted on anonymity
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Miller and Kelsey Jones Click here for updates on this story FRANKLIN, Virginia (WTKR) — After nearly a year-long investigation into locating a woman accused of shooting a 10-year-old Franklin boy to death, it was an iPad ping that eventually led authorities to her arrest in June. Tashawnda Drayton, also known by her
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — La Corte Suprema del estado de Nueva York inhabilitó el martes al exalcalde de la ciudad de Nueva York, Rudy Giuliani, por su participación en los esfuerzos de interferencia electoral de Donald Trump en 2020. La esperada inhabilitación del abogado más destacado de Trump, que entra en vigor de
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A server at a lakeside restaurant and bar says she was dragged into the Lake of the Ozarks while chasing down dine-and-dash culprits last weekend.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Donald Trump no será sentenciado por su condena por fraude empresarial hasta septiembre, dictaminó el martes un juez de Nueva York tras la decisión del lunes de la Corte Suprema sobre la inmunidad presidencial. El retraso en la sentencia significa que es probable que el expresidente se libre de cualquier castigo
Continue ReadingBy Anthony Sabella Click here for updates on this story ELIZABETH CITY, North Carolina (WTKR) — A church in Elizabeth City is waiting to hear back from State of North Carolina archaeologists on how to proceed after digging up potentially 300-year-old artifacts on its property. On June 20, Rev. Daniel Cenci, the rector at Christ
Continue ReadingWTKR By Anthony Sabella Click here for updates on this story ELIZABETH CITY, North Carolina (WTKR) — A church in Elizabeth City is waiting to hear back from State of North Carolina archaeologists on how to proceed after digging up potentially 300-year-old artifacts on its property. On June 20, Rev. Daniel Cenci, the rector at
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By Annie Grayer, CNN Washington (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas on Tuesday became the first sitting Democratic member of Congress to call on President Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race, a huge moment for the Democratic Party as Doggett says publicly what many elected officials had been speculating about privately.
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By Jill Martin and Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — The idea of Novak Djokovic being able to compete at Wimbledon likely felt to many a far-fetched concept a few weeks ago. Despite undergoing surgery for a torn meniscus less than a month ago, the 37-year-old Djokovic is back at Wimbledon, winning his first-round match against
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A House Democratic lawmaker has become the first in the party to publicly call for President Joe Biden to step down as the party’s nominee for president, citing Biden’s debate performance against Donald Trump failing to “effectively defend his many accomplishments.” Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas said in a statement
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The deputy leader of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said Tuesday the only sure path to a cease-fire on the Lebanon-Israel border is a full cease-fire in Gaza. “If there is a cease-fire in Gaza, we will stop without any discussion,” Hezbollah’s deputy leader, Sheikh Naim Kassem, said in an
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By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — If you’ve got money in the market, you might own a little piece of Trump Media — without even knowing it. Trump Media & Technology is now part of two broad indexes of US stocks: the Russell 1000 Index of large-cap stocks and the Russell 3000 Index.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GENEVA (AP) — United Nations human rights experts say Russia violated international law by imprisoning Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and should release him “immediately.” The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, made up of independent experts convened by the U.N.’s top human rights body, said there was a “striking lack of any
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday that the US will soon announce more than $2.3 billion in military aid for Ukraine.
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer Police say Oklahoma State running back and Doak Walker Award winner Ollie Gordon II has been arrested for suspicion of DUI. A state trooper in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, reported seeing Gordon swerving in a vehicle on Sunday morning. According to a probable cause affidavit, the vehicle was clocked at 82 mph in
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The National Transportation Research Group reports that crashes resulting in deaths have increased by 31% in the past decade, despite a decline since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky and Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — State Farm is seeking increases of as much as 52% for some of its residential insurance rates in California, which could ramp up the financial burden for many homeowners and renters in the state’s troubled insurance market. It’s the third major change for State
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