By Matt Foster, CNN Retired Olympic rugby sevens gold medalist Ellia Green has become the first Olympian to transition to become a man, according to a video posted by the Bingham Cup, the biennial world championships of gay and inclusive rugby. During the “Transphobia and Homophobia in Sport” portion of a summit hosted during the
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By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Two weeks into training camp, the New York Giants are still waiting for receiver Kenny Golladay to start making big plays. Golladay had a dismal first season in New York in 2021 after signing a $72 million contract. His stats for the year were
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By Oren Liebermann, CNN A number of rockets struck near a military base in northeastern Syria housing US troops on Monday night but did not cause any injuries, according to US officials and a statement from the US-led coalition. The attack on the Green Village base near the Iraqi border did not result in damage
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The Associated Press Stocks ended mostly higher on Wall Street Tuesday after another bumpy day as investors cautiously reviewed mostly encouraging financial results from major retailers. The S&P 500 index wound up with a modest gain of 0.2%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose, mostly due to gains in Walmart
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Leah Asmelash, CNN Solange, the singer whose work spans everything from film to fashion, will take her talents to the world of dance, composing an original score for the New York City Ballet. Solange is set to compose an original score for an upcoming work by dancer and choreographer Gianna Reisen, the New York City
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CNN By Matt McFarland, CNN Business President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act on Tuesday, and it will reshape the electric vehicle tax credit. Automakers and consumers have scrambled in the last week to brace for its impact. Some car buyers are relieved to have finalized purchases before today, when qualifying became generally
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By Matt McFarland, CNN Business President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act on Tuesday, and it will reshape the electric vehicle tax credit. Automakers and consumers have scrambled in the last week to brace for its impact. Some car buyers are relieved to have finalized purchases before today, when qualifying became generally more
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Walmart, Home Depot rise; Lumentum, ZipRecruiter fall.
Continue Reading ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — JuJu Smith-Schuster missed a soggy practice with the Kansas City Chiefs on Tuesday because of a sore knee, though the injury to the veteran wide receiver is not expected to keep him out long. Kicker Harrison Butker was back on the field after missing Monday’s practice because of a sore
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By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business A staggering $1.9 billion worth of cryptocurrency was stolen in hacks of various services in the first seven months of this year, marking a 60% increase from the same period in the year prior, according to a report released Tuesday from blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis. The surge comes even as
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Las Vegas elementary school teacher and church pastor has been sentenced to six to 15 years in prison and lifetime supervision as a sex offender after pleading guilty to a child sex crime. Reynaldo Cruz Crespin, 59, apologized Monday before a Clark County District Court judge who rejected his
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Artemis I mega moon rocket has begun to roll out to the launchpad — and this time, it’s for liftoff on a journey around the moon. Engineers and technicians have been busy with checkouts and final testing of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft inside the Vehicle Assembly
Continue Reading NASA crawlers transport the massive Artemis I rocket from the assembly building to the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. CNN’s Kristin Fisher reports.
Continue Reading By Ellie Kaufman, CNN A federal judge in West Virginia rejected proposed plea agreements made between federal prosecutors and a US Navy nuclear engineer and his wife who pleaded guilty to conspiring to sell classified information to a foreign country in exchange for thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency. Judge Gina Groh rejected the plea agreements,
Continue Reading BURNABY, British Columbia (AP) — Simon Fraser will move four of its home football games across the border to Blaine, Washington for the upcoming season due to COVID-19 entry requirements to Canada. Simon Fraser plays at the Division II level and is the only Canadian school that is a member of the NCAA. Visitors entering
Continue Reading By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — New York Mets pitcher Carlos Carrasco is expected to miss up to a month after straining his left oblique in a game this week against Atlanta. The 35-year-old Carrasco is 13-5 with a 3.92 ERA in a resurgement season for the NL East leaders. The Mets
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police say a delivery driver who shot a man who had approached him with a wooden pole was the victim of the incident. The confrontation happened Saturday, August 13, on the 100 block of Brown Street in south-central El Paso just after 1 p.m. Police say the 40-year-old delivery
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri could be on the cusp of returning to the upper echelon of the SEC. Coach Eli Drinkwitz has finally had a normal year to implement his schemes after inheriting the Tigers amid the pandemic. Te schedule is relatively favorable. And perhaps the best recruiting
Continue Reading By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — A person with knowledge told The Associated Press that New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson had arthroscopic surgery Tuesday to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee and remains on track to return in a few weeks. Wilson flew to Los
Continue Reading By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon has complained to federal regulators that they’re hounding company founder Jeff Bezos and senior executives. The e-commerce giant says regulators are making impossible-to-satisfy demands in their investigation of Amazon Prime, the popular streaming and shopping service with free delivery and an estimated 200 million members
Continue Reading By Evan Perez and Gabby Orr, CNN The FBI interviewed former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone and his former deputy Patrick Philbin earlier this year as part of the investigation into federal records taken to Donald Trump’s Palm Beach home, two people briefed on the matter said. The two are the most senior former Trump
Continue Reading PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Rodolfo Castro was suspended for one game by Major League Baseball on Tuesday for having a cellphone in his back pocket during a game last week. The penalty, which included an undisclosed fine, had been set to take effect Tuesday night when the Pirates hosted Boston. The 23-year-old Castro
Continue Reading By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The Patriots and Panthers opened two days of joint practices Tuesday both hoping to see progress on the offensive side of the ball. Carolina is trying to sort out its situation at quarterback after bringing Baker Mayfield to compete alongside Sam Darnold. New England is
Continue Reading By Sonia Moghe, CNN A jury has been selected and sworn in for the Chicago federal child pornography and obstruction trial for R. Kelly and two of his former associates, Derrel McDavid and Milton Brown. The jury is made up of four men and eight women. There are six alternate jurors, five women and one man.
Continue Reading The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery fell $2.88 to $86.53 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for October delivery fell $2.76 to $92.34 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for September delivery fell 5 cents to $2.90 a gallon. September heating oil rose 4 cents to $3.48 a gallon. September natural gas rose 60
Continue Reading By ERIC W. BOLIN Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — No. 19 Arkansas is no longer the doormat of the SEC. It’s fresh off its best season in a decade and has been picked to finish third in the SEC West. Junior quarterback KJ Jefferson is a dual threat and the team is returning three
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News is getting into the movies, producing its first feature film that will debut Sept. 1 on the Fox Nation streaming service. “The Shell Collector” is an adaptation of a story by romance novelist Nancy Naigle, who has had several of her books made into movies for the Hallmark Channel.
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By Naomi Thomas, CNN The first possible case of human-to-dog transmission of monkeypox — recently reported in two men and their pet in Paris — had been a theoretical risk up till now, said Dr. Rosamund Lewis, technical lead on the monkeypox response for the World Health Organization. The men, who live together and are
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz and Clare Foran, CNN Former US Rep. TJ Cox, a Democrat from California, has been indicted on federal money laundering and wire fraud charges related in part to campaign donations, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday. Cox previously represented California’s 21st congressional district. He was first elected to the seat in 2018,
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By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Athletics released veteran outfielder Stephen Piscotty on Tuesday and cleared way for top prospect Shea Langeliers to gain key experience down the stretch for the last-place team in the AL West. Langeliers, a 24-year-old catcher and left fielder selected ninth overall in the
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