By Kara Scannell, CNN The former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization is expected to plead guilty Thursday to a 15-year tax fraud scheme, and he is willing to testify in a possible future trial but will not enter into a cooperation agreement to aid New York prosecutors in their criminal investigation of the
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By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Derwin James signed a four-year, $76.5 million contract extension with the Los Angeles Chargers Wednesday morning, making him the NFL’s highest-paid safety. The deal includes $42 million in guaranteed salary. James is going into his fifth season. He was on the field Wednesday when
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By Kate Bennett, CNN First lady Dr. Jill Biden was feeling “a bit better” on Wednesday morning as she continues to isolate after testing positive for Covid-19, her communications director Elizabeth Alexander told CNN. Biden tested positive Monday evening for Covid-19 after feeling unwell. Alexander said Biden’s “cold-like symptoms” remain, despite the uptick in her
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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Early in the pandemic, people couldn’t get enough pizza. Now, not so much. Papa Johns’ sales are still up, but growth is slowing. In the second quarter, sales at its North American restaurants open at least a year grew just under 1%, down from 5% in the the same period
Continue Reading By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business Weeks after Airbnb said it would permanently ban parties at properties rented through its platform, the company is deploying so-called “anti-party technology” in the United States and Canada to help enforce the measure. The new system analyzes a variety of factors, according to a company announcement Tuesday, including previous reviews,
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Now that President Joe Biden signed Democrats’ expansive climate, tax and health care bill into law, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has directed the IRS to develop a plan within six months outlining how the tax agency will overhaul its technology, customer service and hiring processes. In part,
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Faltan pocos meses para que empiece el Mundial de Fútbol de la FIFA en Qatar con la participación, por primera vez, de 32 selecciones y 64 partidos que se podrán disfrutar en todos los rincones del mundo. Las transmisiones de los partidos del Mundial de Qatar 2022 podrán verse
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks have agreed to a one-year contract with Jack Johnson after the veteran defenseman helped Colorado win the Stanley Cup last season. The rebuilding Blackhawks announced the deal on Wednesday. Johnson’s contract carries a $950,000 hit for the salary cap. “Jack provides the team with a strong veteran presence, good
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN A UK court has sentenced Queen Elizabeth II‘s stunt double to 18 months in prison after he threw his girlfriend down a staircase and shattered her shoulder. Gary Connery was convicted of grievous bodily harm without intent at Oxford Crown Court on Tuesday, a spokesman for the court told CNN on
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Artemis I mega moon rocket has arrived at 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 Building at NASA’s
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN As the Colorado River system spirals toward its demise, some Western water officials, lawmakers and experts had expected federal officials on Tuesday to announce an ambitious plan to cut usage and save the river basin after stakeholders failed to meet a Monday deadline to do it themselves. At the very least,
Continue Reading By SAMY MAGDY and AYA BATRAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s central bank governor has resigned as the country has struggled to address its economic woes. President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi’s office said Wednesday that he’s accepted the resignation of Tarek Amer and named him a presidential adviser. The brief statement offered no reason for
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press CODY, Wyo. (AP) — The rush to build wind farms to combat climate change is colliding with preservation of one of the U.S. West’s most spectacular predators — the golden eagle — as the species teeters on the edge of decline. Ground zero in the conflict is Wyoming, a stronghold
Continue Reading By Hafsa Khalil, CNN When Isabella Payne heads back to elementary school in September, she’s going to have the best “what I did in my vacation” story to tell. In a tale of “right place, right time,” the 8-year-old girl from Kent in southeast England spoke with American astronaut Kjell Lindgren aboard the International Space
Continue Reading CNN By Athena Jones, CNN Former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday that he would consider testifying before the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol if he were invited. Pence made the remarks at a “Politics and Eggs” breakfast in New Hampshire. “If there was an invitation to
Continue Reading By Athena Jones, CNN Former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday that he would consider testifying before the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol if he were invited. Pence made the remarks at a “Politics and Eggs” breakfast in New Hampshire. “If there was an invitation to participate,
Continue Reading CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Charlotte FC says it will house the club’s permanent training facility and business operations headquarters in Charlotte, North, Carolina. The expansion Major League Soccer team says the site, where the team has practiced this season, will be renovated to include a privately-financed 52,000-plus square foot facility with four fields. It will
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Afghan refugee charged in the shooting deaths of two Muslim men and suspected in the killing of two others was ordered held without bond pending trial as prosecutors argued Wednesday that he was a danger to his own family and the greater community. Prosecutors
Continue Reading By Oren Liebermann, CNN A US airstrike in Somalia over the weekend killed 13 members of the al-Shabaab terror group, US Africa Command said in a statement. The US carried out the strike on Sunday in support of the Somali military, which was under attack near Teedaan, Somalia. According to an initial assessment, no civilians
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A cargo ship that broke down on the Rhine River caused a backup of other ships near the German town of St. Goar. The ship blocked the river until midday Wednesday, when it was towed downstream to the town of Bingen. Water police said other ships heading in the same direction would
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By Forrest Brown, CNN We can’t say that we weren’t warned. Experts told an eager public jazzed to fly again this summer that things would get chaotic in the skies — and that’s exactly how things turned out all summer long. We started out with rough Memorial Day weekend. Cancellations and stranded luggage were headlines
Continue Reading By Brad Parks, CNN Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane, who was sentenced last month to two and a half years in prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights, has been ordered to report to the Federal Correctional Institution Englewood in Colorado on August 30, according to a judgment order filed Tuesday. US District Judge
Continue Reading By Shawn Deng, Wayne Chang, Simone McCarthy and Reuters, CNN Chinese planes are firing rods into the sky to bring more rainfall to its crucial Yangtze River, which has dried up in parts, as swaths of the nation fall into drought and grapple with the worst heat wave on record. Several regions on the Yangtze
Continue Reading CNN By Shawn Deng, Wayne Chang, Simone McCarthy and Reuters, CNN Chinese planes are firing rods into the sky to bring more rainfall to its crucial Yangtze River, which has dried up in parts, as swaths of the nation fall into drought and grapple with the worst heat wave on record. Several regions on the
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business The Girl Scouts are adding a new, raspberry-flavored cookie to the lineup. The Raspberry Rally, described in a release as a “sister” cookie to the iconic Thin Mints, replaces the mint filling with a raspberry-flavored one. It’s dipped in the “same delicious chocolaty coating” as its sibling. For the first
Continue Reading AIGLE, Switzerland (AP) — Two-time Tour de France runner-up Nairo Quintana has been disqualified from the 2022 edition for misuse of an opioid banned during races. The International Cycling Union said Quintana will lose the sixth-place finish he achieved last month but he is not banned from other races. The UCI said it was not
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El ciclista colombiano Nairo Quintana, del equipo Arkea – Samsic, fue sancionado por la Unión Ciclista Internacional por usar tramadol, una sustancia prohibida en las competencias oficiales, informó la UCI en un comunicado este miércoles. La sustancia la habría usado durante el Tour de Francia 2022, según la UCI.
Continue Reading CNN, WFTS By Amanda Watts and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Florida state attorney Andrew Warren, who was suspended earlier this month by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for his position on abortion, is appealing his suspension by claiming the Republican governor abused his authority. “The Florida Constitution sets very limited parameters under which a governor can suspend
Continue Reading By Amanda Watts and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Florida state attorney Andrew Warren, who was suspended earlier this month by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for his position on abortion, is appealing his suspension by claiming the Republican governor abused his authority. “The Florida Constitution sets very limited parameters under which a governor can suspend an elected
Continue Reading By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Carl Nassib couldn’t be happier playing with Shaq Barrett again even if their Tampa Bay reunion came Wednesday in a different city. Nassib joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Nashville where they are practicing ahead of Saturday night’s exhibition with Tennessee. The Bucs
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