By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Trae Young scored 16 of his 30 points in the third period to help Atlanta stretch its lead, and the Hawks beat the Washington Wizards 118-103. Kristaps Porzingis led Washington with 26 points and 18 rebounds. The Hawks remain ninth in the Eastern Conference, thanks to
Continue Reading By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Durant had 32 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, leading the Brooklyn Nets back from 21 points down to a 110-98 victory over the New York Knicks that strengthened their chances of the best spot possible in the Eastern Conference play-in tournament. After watching
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By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A major power outage has hit Puerto Rico, plunging hundreds of thousands of customers into darkness after a fire erupted at one of the largest power plants in the U.S. territory. Wednesday night’s outage is one of the biggest reported in recent months for
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By Amir Vera and Amy Simonson, CNN Texas will send willing undocumented immigrants to Washington, DC, by bus and plane, Gov. Greg Abbott’s office announced Wednesday, saying local leaders in the state are fed up with the federal government for releasing migrants into their communities. Abbott told reporters the plan is a response to the
Continue Reading By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — After playing home games in a Los Angeles suburb the last two seasons, San Diego State’s football players loaded into buses for the 10-minute drive to their new stadium. They liked what they saw of 35,000-seat Snapdragon Stadium so much that they were already looking
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) – El Servicio de Atención de Personas Privadas de Libertad de Ecuador (SNAI) informó este miércoles que se registró un “hecho de violencia” contra un agente de seguridad penitenciaria que se encontraba en las oficinas centrales de la institución en Quito. El agente trabajaba junto a otros funcionarios del SNAI cuando
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Alejandra Ramos (CNN Business) — H&M lanzará una nueva línea de ropa para bebés que se puede reciclar de una manera inesperada una vez que se gasta: el compostaje. La colección de 12 prendas de algodón orgánico para recién nacidos (con un precio de US$ 4,99 a US$ 17,99) se lanza en mayo e incluye
Continue Reading By Dan Merica, CNN Former President Barack Obama spoke at length about the war in Ukraine on Wednesday, telling an audience in Chicago that the conflict is a “bracing reminder for democracies that had gotten flabby and confused and feckless around the stakes of things that we tended to take for granted,” including the United
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EL PASO, Texas — Parents of Tippin Elementary are scared for their children’s safety after another incident of what they’re calling ‘insane’ driving occurred. “I was just baffled,” Melissa Rangel, a parent at Tippin Elementary, said. Rangel was in the car Tuesday when a truck with a trailer attached crossed the double line and drove
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — The NBA-leading Phoenix Suns will be without four starters against the Los Angeles Clippers. Devin Booker, Chris Paul, Deandre Ayton and Jae Crowder are out for Wednesday night’s game in Los Angeles. Ayton tweaked his right ankle in a 121-110 home win against the Lakers on Tuesday. Booker has low back
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By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Luka Doncic had 26 points, 14 assists and eight rebounds to lead the Dallas Mavericks to a 131-113 win over the Detroit Pistons. The Mavericks are 20 games above .500 for the first time since 2011 when they went on to win the NBA title. They’re
Continue Reading By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Luka Doncic had 26 points, 14 assists and eight rebounds to lead the Dallas Mavericks to a 131-113 win over the Detroit Pistons. The Mavericks are 20 games above .500 for the first time since 2011 when they went on to win the NBA title. They’re
Continue Reading By Rob Frehse, CNN The father who lived in his daughter’s college dorm room has been convicted of sex trafficking, forced labor, tax evasion and money laundering after less than a day of jury deliberations, the US Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York announced Wednesday. “Twelve years ago, Larry Ray moved into
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CNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business NBC News journalists are troubled by and have expressed dismay to network executives about MSNBC’s intention to hire White House press secretary Jen Psaki when she exits the Biden administration, people familiar with the matter told CNN. Noah Oppenheim, the NBC News president, even held an impromptu phone call
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By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business NBC News journalists are troubled by and have expressed dismay to network executives about MSNBC’s intention to hire White House press secretary Jen Psaki when she exits the Biden administration, people familiar with the matter told CNN. Noah Oppenheim, the NBC News president, even held an impromptu phone call Friday
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Business) — Estados Unidos está al borde de una crisis de jubilación. La principal herramienta de ahorro para los estadounidenses, tu 401k, no está ayudando. Para fines de la década, alrededor del 21% de la población del país tendrá 65 años o más, frente al 15% en 2016, según pronósticos de la Oficina
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — All-Star outfielder Whit Merrifield and the Kansas City Royals agreed to a restructured contract late Wednesday in which the club exercised its option for next season and the two sides added a mutual option for 2024. Merrifield, who made his second All-Star team last season, will earn $7 million this
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By Holmes Lybrand, CNN A former officer of the Rocky Mount Police in Virginia who went inside the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, took the stand Wednesday to testify against his former sergeant, Thomas Robertson. Jacob Fracker told the jury how he, Robertson and Robertson’s neighbor had traveled to Washington together and how he
Continue Reading By Stefano Pozzebon and Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN An ongoing wave of violent protests in Peru shows how the Russian invasion of Ukraine is affecting markets around the world, sparking unrest and deepening political divides. Rising fuel costs originally triggered the protests, which started last week, but quickly intensified into large anti-government demonstrations with marches
Continue Reading Compiled by Jon Passantino, CNN Republican-led states around the country have enacted a flurry of new restrictions on abortion, LGBTQ and transgender youth rights, and discussion of critical race theory. Here’s a look at some of the legislation that has passed this session, what’s next for the bills and what else is under consideration. The
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The scheduled starting time for the opening day matchup between the New York Mets and Washington Nationals has been pushed back three hours because of rain in the forecast. Washington announced Wednesday that the Nationals and Mets agreed to play each other on Thursday at 7:05 p.m. EDT instead of 4:05 p.m.
Continue Reading By Devan Cole, CNN Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have prohibited transgender women and girls from competing on sports teams consistent with their gender at public and private schools in the state. In a veto letter signed Wednesday, Beshear said guidelines regarding transgender student-athletes are already being implemented by
Continue Reading TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama wide receiver Agiye Hall has been suspended and is no longer listed on the roster. Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban says Hall violated unspecified team rules. Hall was a four-star recruit coming out of high school and had four catches for 72 yards as a freshman. Alabama is replacing its
Continue Reading By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Closing arguments are underway in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy case. A Delaware judge must decide whether to approve a reorganization plan the BSA negotiated over the past two years. It would establish a $2.6 billion trust fund to compensate tens of thousands of men
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La invasión rusa de Ucrania ha sido más costosa y menos exitosa de lo que la mayoría de los analistas habían esperado en sus primeras seis semanas, y los expertos ahora consideran que Moscú está cambiando su enfoque militar. La estrategia de guerra revisada del presidente de Rusia Vladimir Putin ahora
Continue Reading By Paradise Afshar and Claudia Dominguez, CNN A Nevada man was charged with murder Tuesday in the death of an 18-year-old woman whose body was found last week after she disappeared in mid-March, court documents show. Naomi Irion was last seen March 12 around 5 a.m. in a Walmart parking lot in the Lyon County
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN An Oklahoma House committee voted Wednesday to advance a bill that would allow private citizens to take civil action against abortion providers to enforce the law. The bill would follow another anti-abortion bill the Oklahoma legislature sent to the governor’s desk on Tuesday that would make performing an abortion or attempting
Continue Reading By Jon Sarlin, CNN Business Sky Mavis, makers of the crypto “play-to-earn” game “Axie Infinity,” announced on Wednesday it had raised a $150 million investment. The news comes on the heels of recent and widely-publicized hack of the company in which around $625 million in assets were stolen. The company says the additional money will
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EL PASO, Texas – A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Matthew Joseph Contreras with kidnapping. According to court documents, Contreras is accused of taking the victim from El Paso to Alamogordo on his way to a detention facility. Federal officials say he was going there for a new job; earlier reports indicated he
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — Ya solo falta la decisión del Poder Ejecutivo, luego de que la Corte Suprema de Colombia avalara este miércoles la extradición de Dairo Antonio Úsuga, alias Otoniel, solicitada por las autoridades de Estados Unidos por cargos de narcotráfico. Las autoridades de ese país y la Policía de Colombia afirman que
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