By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press One of the leaders of the largest county in Iowa is taking the unusual step of suing his own government for libel and extortion. Polk County Supervisor Matt McCoy has filed legal documents to intervene in a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by the county’s former human resources director, Jim
Continue Reading By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Big Ten basketball entered a whole new world when it returned to Indianapolis for the first of two media days. Coaches openly embraced the branding power and benefits their players had gotten from the new names, images and likeness rules. Players talked about how the extra
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — La policía de Río de Janeiro encontró este miércoles una colección compuesta por más de 8.000 objetos de parafernalia nazi en la casa de un sospechoso de pederastia. Según el jefe de la policía de Río de Janeiro, Luis Armond, se estima que la colección tiene un valor de US$ 3,47
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By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two lawsuits filed against Alex Murdaugh this week say the South Carolina attorney created a fraudulent bank account to steal money. The lawsuits say Murdaugh took money from both a $5 million life insurance settlement for his dead housekeeper and the law firm founded a century
Continue Reading By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A judge will allow attorneys who filed a lawsuit against a Waffle House in Tennessee after a mass shooting to access some of the files that have been sealed in the criminal case against the gunman. On Thursday, Davidson County Criminal Court Judge Mark Fishburn granted
Continue Reading By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s constitutional court has ruled that Polish laws have supremacy over those of the European Union in areas where they clash. The Constitutional Tribunal held Thursday that some provisions of the treaties binding EU members and some rulings by the 27-nation bloc’s highest court conflict with
Continue ReadingBy JOYLYN BUKOVAC Click here for updates on this story BRENTWOOD, Tennessee (WSMV) — A Williamson County mom said the teacher asked her 5-year-old son to leave his classroom after feeling sick and ended up walking home. Williamson County School leaders responded and said they’re trying to figure out what led up to this. The
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says no lithium mining permits will be issued for anyone if legislators don’t approve a bill declaring it a “strategic mineral” and reserving any future exploration and mining for the government. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took an all-or-nothing stance on Thursday when asked about the bill’s uphill fight.
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says no lithium mining permits will be issued for anyone if legislators don’t approve a bill declaring it a “strategic mineral” and reserving any future exploration and mining for the government. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took an all-or-nothing stance on Thursday when asked about the bill’s uphill fight.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un centro gastronómico de la capital danesa que ha visto prosperar nuevos negocios, incluso en plena pandemia, ha sido coronado como el barrio más genial del mundo por Time Out. Nørrebro, en Copenhague, encabeza la lista de 2021 de la marca mundial de medios de comunicación, elaborada a partir de una
Continue Reading ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — An 18-year-old student accused in a shooting at a Texas high school has been released from jail after posting bond. Timothy George Simpkins was released from the Tarrant County jail at midday Thursday after he was jailed a day earlier on three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Police
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Apenas un mes después de que el Congreso del Perú aprobara el gabinete del flamante presidente Pedro Castillo, el presidente de su Consejo de Ministros, Guido Bellido Ugarte, renunció este miércoles. En su lugar Castillo designó a Mirtha Vásquez, expresidenta del Congreso, quien deberá ahora obtener el voto de confianza de
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Boonville police say they’re looking for a 27-year-old man last seen Wednesday and who might be in danger. James C. Green was last seen “after being transported for medical treatment,” the Boonville Police Department said in a Facebook post. Green left the medical facility and has not been seen or heard from.
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN When its Chang’e-5 mission landed on the moon in December 2020, China became only the third country to collect lunar rocks and soil. The mission, named after the mythical Chinese goddess of the moon, brought back the first fresh lunar samples in more than 40 years to Earth later that month.
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump intends to assert executive privilege in a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. That’s according to a letter sent by lawyers for the former president. The move could prevent the testimony of onetime aides. The letter went
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s daily coronavirus infections have soared to their highest level so far this year as authorities have struggled to control a surge in new cases amid a slow pace in vaccinations and few restrictions in place. The daily coronavirus death toll topped 900 for a second straight
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s daily coronavirus infections have soared to their highest level so far this year as authorities have struggled to control a surge in new cases amid a slow pace in vaccinations and few restrictions in place. The daily coronavirus death toll topped 900 for a second straight
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El Consorcio Internacional de Periodistas de Investigación (ICIJ) publicó este domingo los papeles de Pandora, una investigación que expone los secretos financieros y los acuerdos en paraísos fiscales de cientos de políticos y funcionarios de más de 90 países y territorios. Tener cuentas en bancos o sociedades extraterritoriales u “offshore”
Continue Reading By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Counties in the San Francisco Bay Area will start easing their requirements for people to wear masks inside many public spaces. A group of eight counties in the region said Thursday that the rules will be dropped when overall vaccination rates are above 80% and
Continue Reading By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Counties in the San Francisco Bay Area will start easing their requirements for people to wear masks inside many public spaces. A group of eight counties in the region said Thursday that the rules will be dropped when overall vaccination rates are above 80% and
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