NEW YORK (AP) — Musk lawyers say Twitter won’t accept renewed $44 billion bid for the company, ask Delaware court to halt upcoming trial.
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By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Higher velocity and increased shifts led to the major league batting average dropping to .243, its lowest since 1968. Defensive shifts and 100 mph pitches set records this season, contributing to the worrisome offensive drop Major League Baseball is trying to address. When the average
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By Paradise Afshar and Tina Burnside, CNN A suspect is in custody after two people were killed and six others were wounded in a series of stabbings in front of a casino in Las Vegas on Thursday, police said. Three of the surviving six victims were taken to hospitals, where they were in critical condition,
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An attacker with a large kitchen knife killed two people and wounded six others in stabbings along the Las Vegas Strip before he was arrested Thursday, police said.
Continue Reading 32-year-old Yoni Barrios is the suspect in custody after two people were killed and six others wounded in a series of stabbings in front of a casino in Las Vegas, police said. CNN National Correspondent Camila Bernal has the story.
Continue Reading By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer The Detroit Tigers head into the offseason after finishing 66-96 this year, the third-worst record in the American League. The franchise spent a lot of money entering the season to bolster the rotation and lineup and didn’t get much for it. Shortstop Javier Báez, signed to a $140 million
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN A coalition of West Coast states and British Columbia have pledged to work together as a region to combat climate change and accelerate the transition to clean energy. The governors of California, Oregon, Washington and the premier of British Columbia gathered in San Francisco Thursday to sign an agreement to decarbonize
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — France is hopeful that reigning NBA scoring champion Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers will choose to wear its colors for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Embiid recently became an American citizen. Embiid may choose to play internationally for the U.S. or France, but not both.
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By Clare Duffy, CNN Business The judge overseeing the acquisition dispute between Elon Musk and Twitter on Thursday ruled to pause the legal proceedings until Oct. 28 following a request from the Tesla CEO, meaning the trial that was set to begin Oct. 17 will not go ahead as planned. Twitter had opposed Musk’s motion
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Flexing different muscles, Marvel’s “Werewolf by Night” is a nifty Halloween-timed special designed as a black-and-white homage to the Universal monster movies of the 1930s and ’40s. Told with wry humor while tapping into unexplored quadrants of comics lore, it’s a bit too gory and scary for younger kids but
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN A former North Carolina leader of the Oath Keepers testified Thursday that he believed Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the organization, was in touch with a Secret Service agent in the lead up to the 2020 presidential election. The man, John Zimmerman, has not been charged with a
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN “The White Lotus” is giving us a sneak peek at Season 2. Jennifer Coolidge returns to the HBO series, this time set in Sicily. “Whenever I stay at a White Lotus, I always have a memorable time. Always,” the recent Emmy winner says in the trailer. The new season, set to
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(CNN) — President Joe Biden is taking his first major steps toward decriminalizing marijuana, fulfilling a campaign pledge to erase prior federal possession convictions and beginning the process of loosening federal classification of the drug. Biden on Thursday will pardon all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession, a move that senior administration officials said would affect thousands of
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The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for November delivery rose 69 cents to $88.45 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude for December delivery rose $1.05 to $94.42 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for November delivery rose 1 cent to $2.68 a gallon. November heating oil rose 17 cents to $3.86 a gallon. November natural gas rose
Continue Reading By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer The Cincinnati Bengals return to play the Ravens on Sunday night in Baltimore. That’s the site of the Bengals’ 41-17 victory last season. Cincinnati also trounced the Ravens 41-21 in a December rematch, when Joe Burrow threw for 525 yards against a depleted Baltimore secondary. The Ravens have dropped
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Ted Barrett, Alfonso Márquez, Jerry Meals and Jeff Nelson will be the crew chiefs for baseball’s new wild-card series that start Friday, and Mark Carlson, Marvin Hudson, Dan Iassogna and Bill Miller will be crew chiefs for the Division Series next week. Barrett will work the AL series between Cleveland and
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Baltimore Ravens host the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday night. The Ravens are 18-2 in prime-time home games under coach John Harbaugh. Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow threw for 941 yards and seven touchdowns against the Ravens last season, and Baltimore’s pass defense remains a work in progress. The Ravens were burned by
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden is taking his first major steps toward decriminalizing marijuana, fulfilling a campaign pledge to erase prior federal possession convictions and beginning the process of potentially loosening federal classification of the drug. Biden on Thursday pardoned all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession, a move that senior administration
Continue Reading By David Wright, CNN Herschel Walker, the Republican nominee for US Senate in Georgia, on Thursday continued to deny reporting by The Daily Beast that he paid for a woman’s abortion in 2009 and sought to clarify comments he made about the report during a radio interview earlier in the day. “This here, the abortion
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN A NASA spacecraft recently flew by Jupiter’s moon Europa, and one of its cameras spied fascinating features on the icy crust of the ocean world. The Juno spacecraft, which has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016, made its closest approach yet to Europa on September 29, flying within 219 miles (352 kilometers)
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Ted Barrett, Alfonso Márquez, Jerry Meals and Jeff Nelson will be the crew chiefs for baseball’s new wild-card series that start Friday, and Mark Carlson, Marvin Hudson, Dan Iassogna and Bill Miller will be crew chiefs for the Division Series next week. Barrett will work the AL series between Cleveland and
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will try to stop a two-game losing streak when they host NFC South rival Atlanta. Tom Brady has never lost to the Falcons, going 10-0 against them, including a Super Bowl win. The Bucs have won four straight in the series and have scored at least 30
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Manchester United overcame an early deficit to beat Omonia Nicosia 3-2 in the Europa League and begin the healing process after a humiliating derby loss in the Premier League. A second-half double from Marcus Rashford and another goal by fellow substitute Anthony Martial saw United turn the game around. Arsenal earned a
Continue Reading By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — The party is over for Brent Venables. Oklahoma’s new football coach was welcomed at the Norman airport like a conquering hero when he arrived to replace USC-bound Lincoln Riley in December. Venables seemed to be the perfect person to steady the program to fans who
Continue Reading By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — The party is over for Brent Venables. Oklahoma’s new football coach was welcomed at the Norman airport like a conquering hero when he arrived to replace USC-bound Lincoln Riley in December. Venables seemed to be the perfect person to steady the program to fans who
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By Stella Chan, CNN A Hollywood TV producer was charged with multiple counts of sexual assault, including rape, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced Wednesday. Eric Weinberg, a producer and writer whose credits include “Scrubs,” “Californication,” and “Veronica’s Closet,” faces 18 charges involving five women between 2014 and 2019, according to the complaint,
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Bam Adebayo scored 17 points, undrafted rookie Jamal Cain added 15 points and 11 rebounds and the Miami Heat beat the Brooklyn Nets 109-80 on Thursday night. Kevin Durant led Brooklyn with 22 points on 8-of-12 shooting in 26 minutes. Ben Simmons had four points and 10 rebounds for the Nets.
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer Major League Baseball wasn’t able to coax fans to ballparks at pre-pandemic levels this season, though attendance did jump substantially from the COVID-19 affected campaign in 2021. The 30 MLB teams drew 64.6 million fans for the regular season that ended Wednesday, which is up from the 45.3 million
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The San Francisco 49ers are looking for their first road win of the season when they visit the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. The Niners are 0-2 on the road after going 18-7 away from home over the past three seasons. The Panthers have not been very good at home, losing eight
Continue Reading By Amir Vera, Amanda Musa and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN A 38-year-old man was “peacefully” taken into custody Thursday after allegedly fatally shooting one person and barricading himself in a hotel room for more than six hours in Dearborn, Michigan, according to authorities. Following hours of negotiations, “the barricaded gunman has been taken into custody without
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