AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Paul Skenes walked onto the Globe Life Field mound, 66 days after his major league debut, 13 months after he was pitching in college. The public-address system played Smash Mouth’s “All Star,” and he really was one. “I don’t think I blacked out when I was out there,
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CNN Staff (CNN) — Speakers at the second night of the Republican National Convention made many false and misleading claims throughout the night which focused heavily on immigration and crime. Here is a list of fact checks from CNN’s Facts First team. Speaker Mike Johnson makes false claim about crime under Biden After criticizing President
Continue Reading ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas again brought the heat for an All-Star Game. It was 99 degrees outside when the 94th Midsummer Classic began Tuesday night under the closed retractable roof at Globe Life Field. Inside, it felt like 74 degrees. There was no roof or air-conditioning when the Texas Rangers first hosted the game
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El conocido empresario inmobiliario Sergio Pino fue hallado muerto este martes en su casa de Coral Gables, Florida ―en la zona de Miami―, donde enfrentaba una investigación federal por un presunto caso de “choque y fuga” ocurrido en agosto pasado. La oficina del FBI en Miami dijo en un comunicado
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Los contagios de covid-19 volvieron a aumentar en Estados Unidos y México. De acuerdo con los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés), las visitas a urgencias relacionadas con covid-19 llevan semanas aumentando. Los datos más recientes muestran que durante la
Continue Reading ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Country music artist Cody Johnson performed the national anthem without a hitch before the All-Star Game in his home state of Texas, a night after a widely panned performance by Ingrid Andress that led to an apology and an admission that she was drunk. Johnson walked toward the microphone between the
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Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Kathy Willens, a pathbreaking photojournalist who helped cement women’s place behind the lens everywhere from the Super Bowl to war-torn Somalia during her nearly 45-year career at The Associated Press, died Tuesday. She was 74. Willens died at her Brooklyn home of ovarian cancer, diagnosed shortly after her 2021
Continue Reading CNN By John Miller and Sabrina Shulman, CNN (CNN) — The shooter who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump on Saturday normally would have been at work that day, but he told his boss he needed that the day off because he had “something to do,” according to multiple law enforcement officials. Thomas Matthew
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump are two presidents with unfinished business and an itch to get it done. Their track records and plans on abortion, immigration, taxes, wars abroad — you name it — leave no doubt that the man voters choose in November will seek to shape the landscape
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Dos años después del lanzamiento de la línea de ayuda 988 para casos de suicidio y crisis, el servicio ha respondido a más de 10 millones de mensajes de texto, llamadas y chats, según nuevos datos del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de Estados Unidos (HHS, por sus siglas en inglés).
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By Cheri Mossburg and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Attorneys for “Rust” movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed – convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 on-set fatal shooting of a cinematographer – have filed a motion for a new trial or to have her case thrown out after the related case against actor Alec Baldwin
Continue Reading By Sahar Akbarzai, Michael Rios, Michael Mitsanas, Helen Regan and Esha Mitra, CNN (CNN) — From Afghanistan to Bangladesh, India to Nepal, flash flooding and torrential rain have killed hundreds of people in recent weeks, as the climate crisis amplifies the effects of the monsoon season, bringing widespread devastation to South Asia. Millions of people
Continue Reading Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A Virginia appellate court ruled Tuesday that a U.S. Marine should never have been granted an adoption of an Afghan war orphan and voided the custody order he’s relied on to raise the girl for nearly three years. The decision marked a major turning point in a bitter custody
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Of the 49 vice presidents in U.S. history, nine of them — or nearly 1 in 5 — have risen to the presidency due to death or resignation. The first was John Tyler, who became president after William Henry Harrison died of pneumonia one month into his presidency. The most
Continue ReadingBy John Miller and Sabrina Shulman, CNN (CNN) — The shooter who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump on Saturday normally would have been at work that day, but he told his boss he needed that the day off because he had “something to do,” according to multiple law enforcement officials. Thomas Matthew Crooks
Continue Reading By Nic F. Anderson and Jason Hanna, CNN (CNN) — Major changes are coming to the ACT college admissions exam in the spring, the CEO of ACT announced Monday. The exam will be evolving to “meet the challenges students and educators face” – and that will include shortening the core test and making the science
Continue Reading By Yong Xiong, CNN (CNN) — Guo Wengui, the exiled Chinese billionaire, was convicted in a US federal court on Tuesday for defrauding thousands of his followers of more than $1 billion. Guilty of nine out of 12 counts involving racketeering conspiracy and securities fraud, wire fraud and money laundering, Guo, who is also known
Continue Reading Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S. Ambassador told Russia’s foreign minister that President Vladimir Putin should release detained Americans, singling out journalist Evan Gershkovich and ex-Marine Paul Whelan. Linda Thomas-Greenfield took the opportunity of Moscow’s top diplomat, Sergey Lavrov, presiding at a U.N. Security Council meeting to promote multilateralism and democracy Tuesday to
Continue Reading Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A team of Brazilian scientists has discovered the fossilized skeleton of what they believe is one of the world’s oldest dinosaurs. They made their discovery after heavy rains in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul accelerated natural erosion. The fossil found next to a reservoir is
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — El FBI y el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS, por sus siglas en inglés) están preocupados por la posibilidad de que se produzcan “ataques de seguimiento o represalia” violentos en respuesta al intento de magnicidio contra el expresidente Donald Trump, dijeron las agencias en un boletín de inteligencia conjunto obtenido
Continue Reading HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Supreme Court stays execution for Texas man who sought DNA testing in fatal 1998 stabbing.
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is seriously considering proposals to establish term limits for U.S. Supreme Court justices, and an ethics code that would be enforceable under law amid growing concerns that the justices are not held accountable, according to three people briefed on the plans. It would mark a major shift
Continue Reading AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Baseball players’ association head Tony Clark vowed to keep the union’s deliberations internal following a failed attempt in March to remove his chief labor negotiator. Harry Marino, a former union lawyer who spearheaded the organization of minor leaguers, marshaled an attempt to get the union’s executive board to
Continue Reading ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — The remains of a World War II service member who died in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines in 1942 have been brought home to California. The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Pvt. 1st Class Charles R. Powers of Riverside were flown to Ontario International Airport on Tuesday for
Continue ReadingBy Arit John, Jeff Zeleny and Kate Sullivan, CNN Milwaukee (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley endorsed Donald Trump’s campaign Tuesday night in her Republican National Convention speech, her latest step toward embracing her former rival and unifying the party after their bitter presidential primary. “I’ll start by making one thing perfectly clear: Donald Trump
Continue Reading By Simone Pathe, CNN (CNN) — The excitement at the Republican National Convention isn’t just about Donald Trump and his new running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance – it also extends to Senate candidates who the party believes can help deliver the former president a GOP majority on Capitol Hill. While Democrats in competitive Senate
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Errores de seguridad, fallos y oportunidades perdidas para detener a un atacante llevaron al primer tiroteo contra un presidente o expresidente de Estados Unidos en más de una generación. Estos son varios asuntos y problemas identificados por CNN que podrían o deberían haberse abordado antes del ataque al expresidente Donald Trump. Además,
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EL PASO, Texas – An El Paso wrestler is making a name for herself on the mat, and she’s not even in high school yet. Hailey Delgado had a stellar performance last month at the under 17 Pan American Games in the Dominican Republic. Delgado won four matches, lost one and ended up winning the
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say the leader of a violent neo-Nazi extremist group based in eastern Europe has been charged with plotting to have an associate dress up as Santa Claus and hand out poisoned candy to Jewish children in New York City to sow terror. The 21-year-old man from the Republic of Georgia
Continue Reading AP College Football Writer DALLAS (AP) — Flashing a horns down hand signal while playing Texas won’t automatically draw a penalty in the Southeastern Conference. SEC coordinator of officials John McDaid explained the league’s approach to officiating opposing players doing the derisive play on Texas’ beloved horns up at SEC Media Days on Tuesday. “We’re
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