By Jill Martin, CNN Unlike in the NBA, WNBA teams aren’t permitted to use charter planes for travel. And, much like other airline passengers flying commercial these days, that has caused headaches for WNBA teams in the midst of travel. The latest example has come with the Los Angeles Sparks. One of their star players
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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Kevin Durant has again told Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai that he wants to be traded. He’s reiterating a request he first made nearly six weeks ago. That’s according to a person with knowledge of the matter who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity on Monday
Continue Reading By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Ramón Urías hit a three-run homer in the first inning, and Anthony Santander, Ryan Mountcastle and Austin Hays also went deep to lift the Baltimore Orioles to a 7-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. The Orioles entered the day two games behind Seattle and Tampa
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By Oren Liebermann, CNN The Pentagon announced Monday that the US has sent anti-radar missiles for Ukrainian aircraft to target Russian radar systems, marking the first time the Defense Department has acknowledged sending the previously undisclosed missile to Ukraine. Colin Kahl, the under secretary of defense for policy, said at a press briefing that the
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso County Commissioners passed a new proposed tax rate on Monday. Although the motion passed, the tax rate has yet to be adopted. The proposed tax rate passed was the “Voter Approval Tax Rate” which is the highest rate the court could consider. During the budget process, the court said
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HOUSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday restored the death sentence of a bank robber convicted of killing his best friend, his friend’s fiancée and their three children. In a 32-page opinion, a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court ruling that would have freed Ronald
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Officials say the discovery was made Friday near Geronimo Drive and Trowbridge Drive. The migrants were from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Columbia. Among the migrants was a 17-year-old unaccompanied migrant. Migrants subject to Title 42 were expelled to Mexico; others were taken to the Central Processing Center to be processed under Title 8. Two
Continue Reading GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ use of the hallucinogenic drink ayahuasca during an offseason retreat isn’t considered a violation of the NFL’s drug policy. Rodgers discussed on “The Aubrey Marcus Podcast” last week how he went on an ayahuasca retreat to Peru in 2020. Ayahuasca is defined as a
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un equipo de la Marina de EE.UU. recuperó el 3 de agosto un avión militar de una profundidad de 2,8 kilómetros en el mar Mediterráneo, después de que la aeronave volara por la borda durante un “inesperado mal tiempo” en julio, según un comunicado de las Fuerzas Navales de Estados Unidos
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By Jamiel Lynch, Michelle Watson and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Two children have died, one 4 years old and one 15, in two separate accidental gun shootings by children in the past two days. In Georgia, a mother has been charged with cruelty to children after her 4-year-old daughter found a loaded gun in the backseat
Continue Reading MONTREAL (AP) — Top-ranked and defending champion Daniil Medvedev wasn’t bothered by the frustrating delays due to rain Monday at the National Bank Open. It’s one of the perks of his top ranking in men’s singles. Medvedev received a first-round bye as a top seed and likely won’t play his opening match until Wednesday. While
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EL PASO, Texas — As of Monday, every high school football team in the Borderland is practicing. Some teams began back last week, but those who played spring football had to wait an extra week to start per UIL guidelines – meaning they couldn’t take the field until Monday. For most that meant waiting to
Continue Reading By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Matt Judon won over his New England Patriots teammates and the fanbase last season with his outsized personality and ability to disrupt opposing quarterbacks. A year after having a career-best 12 1/2 sacks and providing the Patriots with plenty of return on their four-year, $56
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By ASTRID SUAREZ and MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s first leftist president has presented an ambitious tax plan that aims to raise up to $11 billion a year for anti-poverty programs. Gustavo Petro was sworn into office on Sunday, and has promised to fight economic inequality while investing in rural areas
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — The driver suspected of causing a fiery crash that killed five people, including a pregnant woman, was charged Monday with murder. Nicole Lorraine Linton was charged with six counts of murder and five counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office. One murder
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers expect to win in 2023, which has long been part of their plan. There was also an expectation to be better this season. “We’ve said pretty clearly we expect to take a step forward this year,” team president Jon Daniels said. “We
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers expect to win in 2023, which has long been part of their plan. There was also an expectation to be better this season. “We’ve said pretty clearly we expect to take a step forward this year,” team president Jon Daniels said. “We
Continue Reading By MARK GONZALES Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs will cut ties with right fielder Jason Heyward after this season, ending one of baseball’s most expensive and unproductive free-agent signings with a year left on his contract. Heyward, who turns 33 on Tuesday, signed an eight-year, $184 million contract before the 2016 season
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — A Southwest Airlines flight attendant suffered a compression fracture to a vertebra in her upper back during a hard landing last month in California, according to federal safety investigators. The National Transportation Safety Board said the impact of landing was so hard that the flight attendant
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By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — A Southwest Airlines flight attendant suffered a compression fracture to a vertebra in her upper back during a hard landing last month in California, according to federal safety investigators. The National Transportation Safety Board said the impact of landing was so hard that the flight attendant
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Big storms dropped around 1″ of rain in some areas of Las Cruces this afternoon and early evening. Some street flooding around the city. The chance of storms will continue most of the week as we have plenty of fuel to work with. Temps should stay just under 100.
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EL PASO, Texas — A former Fort Bliss soldier pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a six-year-old child at a home on Fort Bliss. According to court documents, Trevor Dylan Lehew, 28, sexually abused the child between November 2014 and December 2015. Officials say Lehew was an active duty soldier at the time. When Lehew was
Continue Reading By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Micah Parsons might not lobby for playing time in the preseason this month the way the Dallas linebacker did last year in one of the “Hard Knocks” highlights for the Dallas Cowboys. The reigning NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year wants to be clear.
Continue Reading By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Micah Parsons might not lobby for playing time in the preseason this month the way the Dallas linebacker did last year in one of the “Hard Knocks” highlights for the Dallas Cowboys. The reigning NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year wants to be clear.
Continue Reading CNN By Kaitlan Collins, CNN The FBI executed a search warrant on Monday at Donald Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, the former President confirmed to CNN. Trump declined to say why the FBI agents were at Mar-a-Lago, but the former President said the raid was unannounced and “they even broke into my safe.”
Continue Reading CNN By Shania Shelton, CNN In the wake of then-President Donald Trump’s infamous photo-op at the height of the George Floyd protests, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley penned a lengthy and vociferous critique of Trump in a resignation letter he ultimately never sent, The New Yorker reported on Monday. On
Continue Reading UPDATE: WASHINGTON (AP) — AP source: FBI search at Mar-a-Lago was related to whether Trump took classified information from White House. WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says FBI is searching Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida; circumstances unclear. Statement by Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America: These are dark times
Continue Reading By Kaitlan Collins, Dan Berman, Kevin Liptak, Katelyn Polantz and Sara Murray, CNN The FBI executed a search warrant on Monday at Donald Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, as part of an investigation into the handling of presidential documents, including classified documents, that may have been brought to Florida, three people familiar with
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Nuussuaq, Groenlandia (CNN) — Algunos de los hombres más ricos del mundo están financiando una enorme búsqueda del tesoro, con helicópteros y transmisores, en la costa occidental de Groenlandia. La crisis climática está derritiendo Groenlandia a un ritmo sin precedentes, lo que, en un giro de ironía, está creando una oportunidad para los
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC signed Ukrainian International Artem Kholod for the remainder of the 2022 USL Championship season, the club announced today. Per Club policy, details of the signing have not been publicly disclosed. The signing is pending league and federation approval and the receipt of his P-1 Visa
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