NEW YORK (AP) — Two British executives have been charged with cheating investors out of millions of dollars in a suspected scam that promised investments used for loans were backed by fine wines. An indictment returned Monday in Brooklyn federal court charged Stephen Burton and James Wellesley with conspiracy and wire fraud. A news release
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Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — Es muy poco probable que el primer rover planetario de Europa se lance en 2022, dijo el lunes la Agencia Espacial Europea (ESA, por sus siglas en inglés), dada la invasión de Ucrania por parte de Rusia y las sanciones impuestas al país como resultado. El ExoMars Rover, una colaboración entre
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By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Cavaliers’ season has taken another strange turn. All-Star point guard Darius Garland has been slowed for weeks by a nagging back injury that could affect him the rest of the way. Garland missed his third straight game and eighth overall on Monday night. Garland’s
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By Brian Fung, CNN Business Apple has stopped selling all of its products in Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine, the company announced Tuesday. The company said in a statement that it is “deeply concerned” about the Russian invasion and that in response, it has “paused all product sales” in the country. Apple also
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Round one to Tyson Fury? The WBC heavyweight champion’s all-British title defense against Dillian Whyte at Wembley Stadium might not be until April 23 but Fury believes he has got the upper hand already. Whyte didn’t turn up to the first press conference to publicize the fight on Tuesday. Fury’s U.K. promoter,
Continue Reading ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — National scoring leader Caitlin Clark of Iowa is the Big Ten player of the year. Kim Barnes Arico of Michigan is coach of the year. Clark averages 27.5 points per game. She was the choice for the top honor in voting by league coaches and a panel of media members. The
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Roman Abramovich’s attempt to shift the “stewardship and care” of Chelsea to the Premier League club’s foundation has sparked the trustees to report the move to the British body overseeing charities. The unexpected announcement from the Chelsea owner, which lacked full clarity, was issued on
Continue Reading CNN By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Sizable Ukrainian populations in the US and a bipartisan group of lawmakers are pressuring the Biden administration to act on the growing refugee crisis as a result of Russia’s invasion. The recent resettlement of Afghan evacuees has, to a degree, set expectations among Ukrainians in the US, desperate to have
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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Sizable Ukrainian populations in the US and a bipartisan group of lawmakers are pressuring the Biden administration to act on the growing refugee crisis as a result of Russia’s invasion. The recent resettlement of Afghan evacuees has, to a degree, set expectations among Ukrainians in the US, desperate to have their
Continue Reading By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A planned $5 billion electric vehicle plant that has been billed as the largest economic development project in Georgia’s history is drawing opposition from an unusual source: former Republican U.S. senator David Perdue. A former corporate executive, Perdue is looking to unseat Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp _
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: J.M. Smucker, Bank of America fall; Target, Workday rise.
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A coalition of environmentalists and nuclear watchdogs has delivered more than 1,100 petition signatures to Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. Dozens of people gathered at the state Capitol on Tuesday to ask that the Lujan Grisham administration take all steps necessary to stop any expansion
Continue Reading CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Mark Thompson, CNN Business Russia’s biggest search engine could collapse as financial fallout from the invasion of Ukraine spreads. Yandex, which handles about 60% of internet search traffic in Russia and operates a big ride-hailing business, said Thursday that it may be unable to pay its debts as a consequence of the
Continue Reading CNN By Jackie Wattles and Jennifer Korn, CNN SpaceX has a new deal to launch internet-beaming satellites for its chief competitor in the satellite business — British company OneWeb. The somewhat awkward pairing, announced by OneWeb on Monday, comes after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine effectively brought a halt to Russian launches of commercial Western satellites.
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By Sonia Moghe, CNN The federal judge who presided over Sarah Palin’s defamation trial against the New York Times said in a new written opinion setting forth his decision to dismiss the case last month that the former Alaska governor “wholly failed” to prove her case and that “no reasonable jury” would have found the
Continue Reading By Jake Tapper and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden told news anchors during a lunch ahead of the State of the Union on Tuesday that he has a major message he wants to send to the American people: America and its allies will remain united in their response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston is the Southeastern Conference women’s basketball player of the year. She has also been named the league’s defensive player of the year for the third straight season. The top-ranked Gamecocks’ star headlined the honors that were released Tuesday and voted on by the league’s coaches. Her coach,
Continue Reading BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston is the Southeastern Conference women’s basketball player of the year. She has also been named the league’s defensive player of the year for the third straight season. The top-ranked Gamecocks’ star headlined the honors that were released Tuesday and voted on by the league’s coaches. Her coach,
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — James Harden is set to make his home debut with the Philadelphia 76ers. Harden will be in the starting lineup when the 76ers play the New York Knicks on Wednesday night. Harden was the last Sixer off the court after practice Tuesday. He shared laughs
Continue Reading By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The messy love life of former Goldman Sachs banker Tim Leissner has become a focus at the U.S. trial over a $4.5 billion scheme to loot the Malaysian investment fund known as 1MDB. Leissner is the star government witness testifying against Roger Ng, another Goldman banker
Continue Reading By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press The parents of a transgender teenager in Texas say in a lawsuit that the state is investigating them after Republican Gov. Greg Abbott ordered officials to look into reports of gender-confirming care for kids as abuse. The parents of the 16-year-old girl asked a state judge Tuesday to block Texas
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Employees at a U.S.-operated border assembly plant in the northern Mexico city of Matamoros have overwhelmingly voted to for an independent union to represent them. The vote tallies at the Tridonex autparts plant mark the second victory over undemocratic, old-guard unions that had long kept wages at rock-bottom levels in Mexico.
Continue Reading ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta United midfielder Luiz Araújo will miss about four weeks after sustaining a hamstring injury while scoring the team’s first goal of the season. Araújo is one of the team’s three designated players, coming over from French club Lille last August. He has scored five goals in 15 appearances for Atlanta United.
Continue Reading WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — The nurses at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester voted Monday to continue to be represented by their union after a nearly 10 month strike that was resolved in January. The Telegram & Gazette reports the National Labor Relations Board livestreamed the vote count with the final tally being 302 to 133
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The judge presiding over Sarah Palin’s defamation case against The New York Times said he was unfamiliar with push notifications and didn’t realize news of his decision to toss out the lawsuit would reach jurors deliberating simultaneously. Despite that, he wrote that it didn’t really matter.
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes (CNN Español) — Este martes se registró un sismo de magnitud 5,3 a 2 km al este-sureste de San Cristóbal Amatlán, en Oaxaca, México, informó el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés). El sismo se produjo a una profundidad de 48,5 km, según el reporte. La jefa de
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Continue Reading By Kunyi Yang The hashtag #BoycottLukoil started trending online not long after Russia invaded Ukraine on February 21. The idea is to stop people from filling their tanks at the US gas stations that bear the name Lukoil, the Russian oil and gas giant. The trouble is that most of the 230 Lukoil gas stations
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By Ryan Nobles and Annie Grayer, CNN The House select committee investigating last year’s US Capitol attack issued subpoenas Tuesday to six different individuals who have ties to the effort to interrupt the certification of the 2020 presidential election. The group represents a wide range of individuals who played a role in a number of
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN Español) — The Batman está a solo unos días de estrenarse. Y vaya que ha generado mucha expectativa: en primera, porque su estreno se atrasó cinco meses (estaba previsto para el 1 de octubre de 2021 y se cambió al 4 de marzo de 2022); y en segunda, por la esperada actuación de
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