By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Relatives of American hostages and wrongful detainees are trying to get the Biden administration’s attention in hopes of getting their loved ones home. A group gathered outside the White House on Wednesday to call on the U.S. government to do what it can to bring the prisoners
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By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Bryan Reynolds doubled in Pittsburgh’s two-run seventh inning, and the Pirates beat the Detroit Tigers 7-2 to split a doubleheader. The Tigers won the first game 3-2 with the help of two key errors by the Pirates. After pitching 4 2/3 scoreless innings in the first game,
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EL PASO, Texas – It appears as if UTEP’s men’s basketball team has found its point guard for the 2022-23 season. Sources confirm to ABC-7’s Nate Ryan that Evansville transfer guard Shamar Givance has committed to the Miners, giving UTEP the true point guard they have been looking for this offseason. https://twitter.com/nateryansports/status/1521934672090910720?s=20&t=CGArrsTiMXPuuIyJIqQeuw Givance led the
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Turner Sports and ESPN are carrying the NHL playoffs after they aired for 16 years on NBC and NBCSN. TNT and TBS get their first games on Thursday after ESPN and ESPN2 carried the first three nights. TNT and TBS will televise up to 49 games during the playoffs.
Continue Reading By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Just a day after Democrats recommitted to protecting abortion rights, a U.S. House leader on Wednesday campaigned in Texas alongside Rep. Henry Cuellar, one of the last anti-abortion Democrats in Congress. The 17-year incumbent is in his toughest reelection campaign, facing a May 24 primary
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Victoria Fernandez (CNN Español) — El Real Madrid es un club de fútbol español que se fundó el 6 de marzo de 1902. Los “merengues” son el actual campeón de Liga 2022. El equipo se ubica en la capital de España y es uno de los mejores. Sobre el Real Madrid Club de Fútbol Fundación:
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By Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN The US public’s view of the nation’s economy is the worst it’s been in a decade, a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS finds, with many Americans also saying they feel financial strain in their own lives. That pessimism also reflects on President Joe Biden, whose ratings for
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CNN By Devan Cole, CNN Jim Obergefell, the gay rights activist and named plaintiff in the 2015 Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, argued Wednesday that a constitutional right to marriage equality is at risk if the high court decides to overturn Roe v. Wade. Earlier this week, a leaked draft opinion authored
Continue Reading By Michael Callahan, CNN Secretary of State Antony Blinken tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement. “Blinken tested positive for COVID-19 this afternoon via a PCR test. The Secretary is fully vaccinated and boosted against the virus and is experiencing only mild symptoms,” Price said. “He tested
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Amber Heard subió al estrado en su defensa en una demanda por difamación de US$ 50 millones presentada por su exmarido, Johnny Depp. “Me cuesta encontrar las palabras para describir lo doloroso que es esto. Es horrible para mí sentarme aquí durante semanas y revivir todo”, dijo Heard al comienzo de
Continue Reading SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil will play a friendly match against South Korea in Seoul as part of its World Cup preparations. The game is scheduled for June 2. The team then plays Japan in Tokyo four days later, as the Brazilian soccer confederation previously confirmed, and faces Argentina in Melbourne on June 11. Brazil
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The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange levels.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — May is Mental Health Awareness Month and this weekend your kids have a chance to be mental health heroes on Saturday. May 7 is Children’s Mental Health Acceptance Day and Emergence Health Network will be hosting a special event to encourage kids and adults to discuss mental health acceptance and
Continue Reading By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, HOLLY RAMER and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press The Supreme Court’s apparent intention to abolish a nationwide right to abortion, spelled out in a draft opinion leaked this week, will not be the final chapter in the nation’s most pitched culture battle. Democrats in states where the right to abortion is enshrined in
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By Tim Lister and Paul P. Murphy, CNN A 22-minute video shot by a surveillance drone over the Ukrainian town of Popasna has illustrated the stunning destruction being inflicted on settlements across the eastern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk. It’s also another insight into the importance of drones in modern warfare, as well as the
Continue Reading By Tina Burnside, CNN The father of an 8-month-old girl who died after she was left inside of a hot car has been charged with second-degree murder, Georgia Bureau of Investigation officials said during a news conference on Wednesday. Davied Japez McCorry Whatley, 20, was taken into custody Wednesday morning in connection with the child’s
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo Santo Domingo (CNN Español) – El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de República Dominicana, Roberto Álvarez, confirmó este miércoles a través de sus redes sociales la liberación de Carlitin Guillén Tatis, diplomático dominicano que estaba secuestrado en Haití. “Afortunadamente, Carlitin Guillen Tatis, consejero de la embajada dominicana en Haití, ha sido puesto en libertad
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business The Federal Reserve is stepping up its war on inflation. That means borrowing costs are going sharply higher for families and businesses. The US central bank increased its benchmark interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point on Wednesday, which is the biggest single hike since 1994. This follows the
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CNN, POOL By Matt Egan, CNN Business The Federal Reserve is stepping up its war on inflation. That means borrowing costs are going sharply higher for families and businesses. The US central bank increased its benchmark interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point on Wednesday, which is the biggest single hike since 1994. This
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Family members of Americans imprisoned around the world gathered near the White House on Wednesday in the hope of getting a meeting with President Joe Biden and to raise awareness about the plight of wrongful detainees. Calling themselves the “Bring Our Families Home Campaign,” family members of those detained in Iran,
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Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked during a stand-up performance at a comedy festival in Los Angeles.
Continue Reading MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds have claimed right-hander Robert Dugger off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays. Dugger pitched in one game for Tampa Bay this season, allowing three runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings in the Rays’ 9-3 loss to Minnesota on Sunday. He was designated for assignment on Monday. The
Continue Reading By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is the first state to formally begin examining how to broadly adapt to cryptocurrency and related technologies, following a path laid out by President Joe Biden in March. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Wednesday for California agencies to move in tandem with the
Continue Reading By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Hollywood is bringing out some of its biggest and most reliable players for the 2022 summer movie season, which unofficially kicks off this weekend with the help of Marvel and Disney’s “Doctor Strange and the Multitverse of Madness” and runs through the end of August. Tom Cruise is back
Continue Reading Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Elon Musk said Twitter might soon charge fees for certain users, as the billionaire continues to tease how he might change the platform as its new owner. Musk, who struck a roughly $44 billion deal to buy Twitter last week, said in a tweet the platform will “always be free for
Continue Reading MIAMI (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Madison Bumgarner has been ejected after his hand was checked for a foreign substance. Bumgarner gave up a leadoff homer to Jon Berti in the first inning at Miami, and then retired the next three batters. As he was walking to the dugout, the veteran left-hander gestured with his
Continue Reading By Christian Sierra and Chandelis Duster, CNN Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday defended his agency’s new working group dubbed the “Disinformation Governance Board” against criticism that it would censor or investigate free speech. It was the latest effort by the Department of Homeland Security to quell concerns about the new initiative, which was
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Airbus says its first-quarter profit rose sharply from a year ago, as the airlines that buy its planes recover from the worst of the pandemic. And it’s planning to build a second assembly line at its plant in Mobile, Alabama, to hit ambitious new production targets. Airbus said Wednesday
Continue Reading By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice The House select committee has narrowed what it wants to ask former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, as it continues to press for more documents and testimony from the key January 6 witness in the Trump White House. “We’ve talked to a lot of Mr.
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Record-low mortgages below 3% are long gone. Credit card rates will likely rise. So will the cost of an auto loan. Savers may finally receive a yield high enough to top inflation. The half-point hike in its benchmark short-term rate that the Federal Reserve announced Wednesday
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