By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Mike Lindell doesn’t just sell pillows. He also sells false hope, CNN’s chief media correspondent Brian Stelter said on “Reliable Sources” Sunday. The My Pillow CEO is an insider in Trump world, rewarded with White House access and endorsements by the former president. Now, Lindell has moved on to broadcasting.
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By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s top economic adviser is expressing confidence the White House’s $1.85 trillion domestic policy package will quickly pass the House this week. Brian Deese says approval couldn’t come at a more urgent time as prices of consumer goods spike. He also says he’s confident the
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By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s top economic adviser is expressing confidence the White House’s $1.85 trillion domestic policy package will quickly pass the House this week. Brian Deese says approval couldn’t come at a more urgent time as prices of consumer goods spike. He also says he’s confident the
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The head of the women’s professional tennis tour is calling for a full investigation of sexual assault allegations made by a two-time Grand Slam doubles champion from China against a former top government official in that country. Earlier this month, Peng Shuai, a former No. 1-ranked doubles player, wrote in
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hailed the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow as a “game-changing agreement” that sounded the “death knell for coal power.” But he added that his delight at the progress was “tinged with disappointment.” Johnson said it was “beyond question” that the deal coming out of the Glasgow
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hailed the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow as a “game-changing agreement” that sounded the “death knell for coal power.” But he added that his delight at the progress was “tinged with disappointment.” Johnson said it was “beyond question” that the deal coming out of the Glasgow
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By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer When Texas Tech fired its football coach last month, the players had little choice but to move on. And now they’ve secured bowl eligibility for the school for the first time since 2017. The Red Raiders earned their sixth victory in dramatic fashion, beating Iowa State 41-38 on a
Continue Reading By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer When Texas Tech fired its football coach last month, the players had little choice but to move on. And now they’ve secured bowl eligibility for the school for the first time since 2017. The Red Raiders earned their sixth victory in dramatic fashion, beating Iowa State 41-38 on a
Continue Reading PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — Bob Bondurant, a former champion race car driver and founder of a high-performance driving school that taught many A-list actors, has died at age 88. According to his family and the Bondurant Racing School website, Bondurant died Friday in the Phoenix suburb of Paradise Valley. No cause of death was
Continue Reading PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — Bob Bondurant, a former champion race car driver and founder of a high-performance driving school that taught many A-list actors, has died at age 88. According to his family and the Bondurant Racing School website, Bondurant died Friday in the Phoenix suburb of Paradise Valley. No cause of death was
Continue Reading PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — Bob Bondurant, a former champion race car driver and founder of a high-performance driving school that taught many A-list actors, has died at age 88. According to his family and the Bondurant Racing School website, Bondurant died Friday in the Phoenix suburb of Paradise Valley. No cause of death was
Continue Reading NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Alexis Yetna had 15 points as Seton Hall routed Yale 80-44. Jalen Gabbidon led the Bulldogs with 14 points and 11 rebounds.
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By Theresa Waldrop, CNN A hog named Papa Pig kept York County, South Carolina, deputies busy one night last week. The sheriff’s office tweeted that two lanes of a road in the county were closed because of “a large pig blocking the road & causing onlooker delays” Thursday evening. Deputies stayed with the pig to
Continue Reading By AL LESAR Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Olivier Nkamhoua scored a career-high 23 points and Kennedy Chandler added 16 as No. 18 Tennessee beat East Tennessee State 94-62. Nkamhoua, a 6-foot-8 junior, shot 9 for 14 and also had eight rebounds as the Volunteers improved to 2-0. John Fulkerson, in his first action
Continue Reading CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Jacob Ognacevic had 20 points as Lipscomb held on to beat Loyola (MD) 70-65. Cam Spencer led the Greyhounds with 23 points.
Continue Reading FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Elizabeth Kitley scored 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and No. 24-ranked Virginia Tech established early control and beat George Mason 81-52. After Tamia Lawhorne’s basket pulled the Patriots within 11-10, Emily Lytle and Aisha Sheppard each made 3-pointers, Kitley made a jumper and Azana Baines added a layup for a
Continue Reading By Kay Jones and Alaa Elassar, CNN Four people were killed in an overnight shooting in Arizona. Multiple calls came in around 12:45 a.m. Sunday from a “rather large trailer park community” regarding shots fired, Tucson Police told CNN. Officers responded to the scene and found three people dead around the trailer where the shooting
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BEAVER ISLAND, Mich. (AP) — The victims of a deadly plane crash on Michigan’s Beaver Island include a real estate agent and a couple who were planning to open a winery and vineyard there. The plane crashed Saturday afternoon west of Mackinaw City, killing four of five people on board. Lt. William Church of the
Continue Reading YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Hansi Flick has extended his winning start as Germany coach to seven games in a 4-1 victory over Armenia in World Cup qualifying. Ilkay Gundogan scored twice in the win. Germany had already qualified for the World Cup and finishes top of Group J by nine points. North Macedonia reached the
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Alabama has jumped Cincinnati to No. 2 behind Georgia in The Associated Press college football poll and Oklahoma has dropped eight spots to No. 12 after losing for the first time this season. Georgia is a unanimous No. 1 in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors say three men face federal charges for running two fraudulent political action committees during the 2016 election and collecting $3.5 million from unwitting donors. The U.S. Justice Department says the defendants solicited donations to the Liberty Action Group PAC and Progressive Priorities PAC under the guise that the phony groups
Continue Reading CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s national research body says it will start clinical trials for a domestically made coronavirus vaccine. The country’s acting health minister told reporters on Sunday that researchers are starting human clinical trials for the shot, named COVI VAX, that will eventually include thousands of people. The Egyptian vaccine works by including proteins
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas TV station reports that troopers investigating a crash that killed five bicyclists on a stretch of Nevada highway didn’t suspect the driver of the box truck that hit them was impaired, even though a blood test later found he had a potentially lethal level of methamphetamine in his
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas TV station reports that troopers investigating a crash that killed five bicyclists on a stretch of Nevada highway didn’t suspect the driver of the box truck that hit them was impaired, even though a blood test later found he had a potentially lethal level of methamphetamine in his
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has ended a turbulent weekend with a stunning victory. He won the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday and gained momentum in his Formula One title fight with Red Bull driver Max Verstappen. Hamilton beat Verstappen despite starting from 10th position on
Continue Reading By Kaanita Iyer, CNN Imagine running 26 miles. Now imagine running 26 miles every day for 95 consecutive days. That’s what one Vermont ultra runner did last year while the world went into lockdown, and it has earned her the female world record for the most consecutive days spent running a marathon distance — 26.2
Continue Reading By Kay Jones and Amanda Jackson, CNN A Southwest Airlines employee was taken to a Dallas hospital Saturday after being assaulted by a passenger at Love Field Airport, according to the airline and the Dallas Police Department. The female passenger “verbally and physically” assaulted the female operations agent shortly after being asked to get off
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There has been another violent assault against an airline employee by an unruly passenger.
Continue Reading A Southwest Airlines employee was hospitalized in Dallas after being assaulted by a passenger, according to the airline and Dallas Police Department. Southwest tells CNN in an email that a female passenger “verbally and physically” assaulted a female operations agent shortly after she was asked to get off a Southwest flight departing from Dallas Love Field to New York’s La Guardia Airport. CNN has not been able to identify an attorney for Jackson at this time.
Continue Reading BALTIMORE (AP) — Police say an off-duty Baltimore police officer who was getting a haircut shot and killed a man who burst into a barber shop and fatally shot a barber. Police said they believe the same man was responsible for two earlier shootings, one of them fatal. One victim was in critical condition after
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