AP Baseball Writer DALLAS (AP) — Brewers manager Pat Murphy has seen a lot of good players leave during his time in Milwaukee, and he isn’t ready to think about next season without departing shortstop Willy Adames. “He was a leader in our clubhouse. He did as much for the ballclub as anybody,” Murphy said
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By Fred He, CNN (CNN) — Wendy Chen decided to challenge herself by climbing Mount Tai, a well-known mountain in eastern China. But there was one obstacle in her way: she couldn’t find a friend to join her for the five-hour trek. Rather than forgo her plans, the 25-year-old hired a “climbing buddy,” a young
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing has laid off hundreds of additional employees in Washington state and California as part of planned cuts that will eventually reduce the company’s workforce by about 17,000. News outlets reported Monday that nearly 400 Boeing employees were laid off in Washington state and more than 500 in California. Boeing in October
Continue Reading BANGKOK (AP) — One of the most powerful ethnic minority armed groups battling Myanmar’s army claims it has captured the last military outpost in a strategic western town, gaining full control of the border with Bangladesh. The capture of Maungdaw by the Arakan Army makes the group’s control of the northern part of Rakhine state
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Por Andrea Kane, CNN Vivimos en la era del plástico. Ya sea en los alimentos y su envasado, en nuestras viviendas, muebles y ropa o incluso en nuestro entorno, casi no hay forma de evitar el plástico. Aunque el plástico nos facilita la vida de innumerables maneras, ¿se imaginan la vida sin zapatos, computadoras o
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By Pooja Mamnoor Click here for updates on this story 12/9/24 (LAPost.com) — California has completed the statewide rollout of its Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court program. This marks a significant expansion of the state’s efforts to provide treatment and housing support for individuals with untreated schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders. The program,
Continue Reading Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Biden administration has given approval for the sale of oil and gas leases in Alaska, leaving the door open for drilling in a portion of the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The sale will be held next month, less than two weeks before Biden leaves office. It will
Continue Reading AP Baseball Writers DALLAS (AP) — Shortly after striking a record $765 million, 15-year contract for Juan Soto with the New York Mets, agent Scott Boras walked into Nick & Sam’s, a restaurant near the winter meetings hotel, with about a dozen of his staff. They were given a bottle of celebratory champagne and dined
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AP College Football Writer Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel, Colorado’s Travis Hunter, Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty and Miami’s Cam Ward were announced as the Heisman Trophy finalists on Monday night. The Heisman has been given to the nation’s most outstanding college football player since 1935. This year’s winner will be announced Saturday in New York. The top
Continue Reading Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Americans are realizing that “tariffs on everything from Canada would make life a lot more expensive” and says he would retaliate if Donald Trump imposes them. Trump later responded by calling Canada a U.S. state and Trudeau the governor. Trudeau also said Monday that
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DALLAS (AP) — Clay Holmes and the New York Mets finalized a $38 million, three-year contract on Monday, with plans to convert the All-Star reliever into a starting pitcher. Holmes gets a $13 million salary in each of the first two seasons of the deal. He has a $12 million player option for 2027 with
Continue Reading AP Baseball Writers DALLAS (AP) — Shortly after striking a record $765 million, 15-year contract for Juan Soto with the New York Mets, agent Scott Boras walked into Nick & Sam’s, a restaurant near the winter meetings hotel, with about a dozen of his staff. They were given a bottle of celebratory champagne and dined
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By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Colorado’s Travis Hunter, Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty, Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel and Miami’s Cam Ward were named 2024 Heisman Memorial Trophy finalists, organizers announced Monday. The prestigious trophy is awarded annually to college football’s most outstanding player. Hunter, a junior wide receiver and cornerback for the No. 23 Buffaloes, caught
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By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of Nobel Prize winners are urging the US Senate to oppose Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services in a letter dated Monday. It was first reported in the New York Times. The letter – signed by 77 laureates in
Continue Reading Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The field of candidates has been set for two special elections in Florida to replace members of Congress nominated for positions in President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration. Two dozen candidates have filed to run for the seats of outgoing Republican Reps. Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz, though
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for intelligence chief, Tulsi Gabbard, faced fresh scrutiny Monday on Capitol Hill about her proximity to Russian-ally Syria amid the sudden collapse of that country’s hardline Assad rule. Gabbard ignored shouted questions about her 2017 visit to war-torn Syria as she ducked into one of several
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. prosecutors are accusing two senior Syrian officials of overseeing a notorious Syrian torture center that abused peaceful protesters, including a 26-year-old American woman who was later hanged. The indictment was released Monday, two days after a shock rebel offensive overthrew Syrian President Bashar Assad. The U.S., U.N. and others
Continue Reading By Lindsay Ward Click here for updates on this story VERONA, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A Pittsburgh-area man volunteers at a local children’s center in Verona to honor his late wife. For some, retirement doesn’t always involve relaxing. It can help people find another purpose. A purpose is what 86-year-old Paul Huber found after spending time
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez had the most heartwarming reactions to news of their Golden Globe nominations. On Monday, Saldaña and Gomez both earned nominations for their respective performances in the Netflix thriller-musical “Emilia Pérez” in the best performance by a female actor in a supporting role category. In
Continue Reading By Lauren Pastrana Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — Not long ago, a Stage 4 pancreatic cancer diagnosis was considered a death sentence. But survival rates are improving and one Miami man is living proof! Manny Garcia has a second chance at life and he’s making sure to live it to
Continue Reading Por Casey Tolan, Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Blake Ellis, Melanie Hicken y Jeff Winter, CNN Meses antes de que la Policía identificara a Luigi Mangione como el hombre del que se sospechaba que había matado a tiros a un alto directivo de una aseguradora médica y que luego se había esfumado aparentemente del centro de Manhattan, otra
Continue Reading The Indiana vs. Notre Dame matchup in the first round of the College Football Playoff is the most expensive ticket on StubHub, but it’s Tennessee vs. Ohio State that’s selling the fastest. StubHub spokesperson Adam Budelli said Monday that the game being hosted in Columbus, Ohio, on Dec. 21 has sold 34% more tickets than
Continue Reading By Dennis Valera Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Luigi Mangione, a person of interest in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, graduated with a small class in 2016 at Baltimore’s Gilman School. Classmate James Sandberg told WJZ he knew Mangione “somewhat well” and “he was a nice kid.” Mangione
Continue Reading Por Michael Rios, CNN El Gobierno de Haití afirmó que las pandillas del país cruzaron una “línea roja” después de haber matado supuestamente a más de 180 personas durante el fin de semana, luego de que un líder de una pandilla culpara a los practicantes del vudú por la grave enfermedad de su hijo. Un
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC announced today that it has signed 15-year-old Locomotive Academy defender Kenneth Hoban for the 2025 season, making him the youngest professional signing in club history. The signing is pending league and federation approval and the terms of the deal will not be disclosed per club policy. “Kenny’s signing marks
Continue Reading Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Six Guatemalans were arrested in Guatemala and in Texas Monday on human smuggling charges linked to a 2021 semitrailer truck crash in Mexico that killed more than 50 migrants, authorities said. The truck had been packed with at least 160 migrants, many of them Guatemalans, when it crashed into
Continue Reading Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Six Guatemalans were arrested in Guatemala and in Texas Monday on human smuggling charges linked to a 2021 semitrailer truck crash in Mexico that killed more than 50 migrants, authorities said. The truck had been packed with at least 160 migrants, many of them Guatemalans, when it crashed into
Continue Reading Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Clarke Reed, a Mississippi businessman who developed the Republican Party in his home state and across the South starting in the 1960s, died Sunday at his home in Greenville, Mississippi. He was 96. Reed was chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party from 1966 to 1976, beginning at a time
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Update (11:28 PM): Officers took one adult male into custody, officials say. Update (6:00 PM): A spokesperson for the U.S. Marshals Service says the barricaded subject was wanted by the Las Cruces office. That information for a warrant was shared with the El Paso office. Marshals in El Paso located the subject at the apartment
Continue Reading By Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! When a casual conversation takes an awkward turn, don’t panic. It’s pretty much inevitable, especially at a family gathering
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