ATLANTA (AP) — All-Star third baseman Austin Riley and the Atlanta Braves agreed to a $212 million, 10-year contract, the most lucrative deal in team history and a surprise given he had three additional seasons under club control. The deal with the 25-year-old is Major League Baseball’s 25th for $200 million or more. It includes
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By Eric Bradner, CNN Republican voters in several key swing states could select election deniers as their nominees for governorships and other top offices in primaries Tuesday. The issue is at the heart of high-profile races in Arizona and Michigan — two of the most important presidential battlegrounds — weeks after Republican voters elsewhere selected
Continue Reading CNN: WDIV: WXYZ: YOUTUBE, GRETCHEN WHITMER: JOHN HARRINGTON: POOL, CNN, CNN: WDIV: WXYZ: YouTube/ Gretchen Whitmer: John Harrington: POOL By Eric Bradner, CNN Republican voters in several key swing states could select election deniers as their nominees for governorships and other top offices in primaries Tuesday. The issue is at the heart of high-profile races
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By Amanda Musa, CNN The Elmo 2 Fire in western Montana has burned 12,975 acres, according to Northern Rockies Incident Management Team 7. The fire grew just over 2,000 acres on Sunday and is still 0% contained, incident commander John Thompson said in a news release Monday. Thompson says winds are expected to reach 10-14
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DETROIT (AP) — FCA US, formerly known as Chrysler Group, was placed on probation for three years. It also was ordered to pay roughly $300 million for deceiving regulators about diesel emission systems on certain Jeep Grand Cherokees and Ram 1500 trucks. The sentence was part of an earlier agreement. In June, FCA pleaded guilty
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about the Berlin Wall, which enclosed West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, in an attempt to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West. It became a symbol of East/West relations during the Cold War. The Wall The Berlin Wall began as a border of barbed wire fencing
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Baseball is a game for everyone, and a disability shouldn’t get in the way. A league in Las Cruces will soon get underway for children with special needs. It’s called the Warrior League. The League’s founder, Marci Dickerson, started the Warrior league for her nephew who has autism. She was
Continue Reading CNN By Kevin Liptak, Kylie Atwood, Natasha Bertrand and Donald Judd, CNN The United States killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Zawahiri, who just turned 71 years old, had remained a visible international symbol of the group, 11 years after the US killed
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Disney+ debuts its latest “Star Wars” series “Andor”. This latest show stars Diego Luna as Cassian Andor as he first joins the fight against the Galactic Empire. The first three episodes of “Andor” start streaming on September 21.
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN A Michigan judge on Monday granted Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s request to temporarily block enforcement of the state’s pre-Roe abortion ban. Hours earlier, an appellate court said in a separate case that county officials were free to bring such prosecutions, concluding that a lower court’s ruling blocking enforcement
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Si los alimentos ultraprocesados representan más del 20% de tu ingesta calórica diaria, podrías estar en camino a padecer deterioro cognitivo, según revela un nuevo estudio. Todos sabemos que comer alimentos ultraprocesados que nos facilitan la vida, como sopas y salsas envasadas, pizza congelada y comidas preparadas, no es bueno para
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, Kylie Atwood, Natasha Bertrand and Donald Judd, CNN The United States killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Zawahiri, who just turned 71 years old, had remained a visible international symbol of the group, 11 years after the US killed Osama
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More than a dozen news organizations filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department of Public Safety on Monday, accusing the agency of unlawfully withholding public records related to the May school shooting in Uvalde. The organizations — which include The Texas Tribune and its partner ProPublica and other local, state and national newsrooms — have
Continue Reading By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department is seeking to borrow $444 billion in the current quarter through September as the Federal Reserve tightens its portfolio. Figures released Monday by the department show that to be a $262 billion increase compared to estimates announced in May, a sign that the federal
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By Brian Stelter, CNN Business More than a dozen major news organizations have filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department of Public Safety to obtain public records relating to the Robb Elementary School massacre. The coalition includes CNN, the Texas Tribune, and many of the state and the country’s biggest news outlets. The news organizations
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CNN By Brian Stelter, CNN Business More than a dozen major news organizations have filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department of Public Safety to obtain public records relating to the Robb Elementary School massacre. The coalition includes CNN, the Texas Tribune, and many of the state and the country’s biggest news outlets. The news
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — With his contract extension unresolved, Derwin James remained on the sideline Monday as the Los Angeles Chargers held their first padded practice of training camp. James did do some conditioning work on a side field where special teams and injured players do their workouts,
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer The National Labor Relations Board has dismissed a charge Starbucks filed against union organizers in Phoenix. The labor board says there was not enough evidence that pro-union workers blocked store entrances or intimidated customers during a spring protest. Seattle-based Starbucks filed the charge with the NLRB in April. The
Continue Reading By Kiarinna Parisi, David von Blohn, Karol Suarez, and Ana Cucalon, CNN Police in Guatemala City arrested prominent journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín on Friday, drawing criticism by human rights and press freedom advocacy groups. Authorities say that Zamora, who is the director of the newspaper El Periódico, is suspected of involvement in a money
Continue Reading By Caroll Alvarado, CNN Nathan Day was up early Thursday morning helping his son get ready for work when he received a message from a neighbor asking him to save her grandchildren from the rising floodwaters. Day, a former coal miner who lives in Hindman, Knott County, said he was unaware of what was happening
Continue Reading Nathan Day, a resident of Hindman, Kentucky, describes how he was able to rescue nine of his neighbors from the deadly flooding with no equipment in the dead of night.
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By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astros acquired first baseman Trey Mancini from the Baltimore Orioles in a three-team trade Monday, and then added catcher Christian Vázquez in a deal with the Boston Red Sox. “Our focus obviously is trying to put ourselves in the best position that we can
Continue Reading By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astros acquired first baseman Trey Mancini from the Baltimore Orioles in a three-team trade Monday, and then added catcher Christian Vázquez in a deal with the Boston Red Sox. “Our focus obviously is trying to put ourselves in the best position that we can
Continue Reading By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice A federal judge has ruled against House Republicans who tried to challenge security screening on Capitol Hill for members of Congress. Reps. Louie Gohmert of Texas, Andrew Clyde of Georgia and Lloyd Smucker of Pennsylvania were fined thousands of dollars each by the sergeant at arms after
Continue Reading By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s views remained a mystery Monday as party leaders eyed votes later this week on their emerging economic legislation and both parties pointed to dueling studies they used to either laud or belittle the measure’s impact. With Democrats needing all of their 50 votes
Continue Reading By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — After Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson was suspended for six games following accusations by two dozen women in Texas of sexual misconduct during massage treatments, a debate began among fans over whether his discipline was just. Even among Browns fans, who hope Watson can be the
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By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — After Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson was suspended for six games following accusations by two dozen women in Texas of sexual misconduct during massage treatments, a debate began among fans over whether his discipline was just. Even among Browns fans, who hope Watson can be the
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Estados Unidos abatió con éxito al líder de al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, en un ataque con drones, según múltiples fuentes familiarizadas con el asunto. Zawahiri, quien acababa de cumplir 71 años, seguía siendo un símbolo internacional visible del grupo, once años después de que Estados Unidos matara a Osama bin Laden.
Continue Reading By Sara Murray and Jeff Simon, CNN In Michigan’s jam-packed Republican primary fight for governor, former President Donald Trump is trying to tip the scales. Just days before the Tuesday primary, Trump threw his support behind Tudor Dixon, a conservative commentator who has coalesced support from prominent Republicans in the state, even as she beats
Continue Reading By Michael Warren and David Wright, CNN In the final days of Rep. Peter Meijer’s close fight for his party’s nomination, the Michigan Republican and his allies are slamming Democrats for meddling in Tuesday’s GOP primary. An outside group supporting Meijer — one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald
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