NFL owners this week could decide whether the “tush push” belongs in the game, and whether NFL players belong in the Olympics. Beginning Tuesday, owners are holding a three-day spring meeting in Minnesota where two of the most-anticipated changes involve a proposal to ban the quarterback-sneak play that has become …
Read More »Tariffs or not, a Chinese baby products company is ramping up its U.S. expansion
BEIJING — One Chinese baby products company announced Tuesday it is officially entering the United States, the world’s largest consumer market — regardless of the trade war. Shanghai-based Bc Babycare expects its supply chain diversification and the U.S. market potential to more than offset the impact of ongoing U.S.-China trade …
Read More »GOP questions Biden’s cancer diagnosis and Valley fever cases on the rise: Morning Rundown
Trump and other Republicans’ well wishes to Biden shift to accusations of a cancer cover-up. A federal judge in Texas issues a novel order in the ongoing Alien Enemies Act legal saga. And cases of Valley fever are on the rise in one state. Here’s what to know today. The …
Read More »How two of England’s worst teams made it to a European soccer final
Two of England’s worst-performing soccer teams have somehow found themselves in a high-stakes European tournament final. Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, who’ve served up shambolic displays in the English Premier League all year, will square off in the Europa League final Wednesday in Bilbao, Spain. The winner clinches automatic qualification …
Read More »‘My 600-Lb. Life Star’ Latonya Pottain dies at 40
Latonya Pottain, a former star of “My 600-Lb. Life,” has died. Pottain passed away May 17 at Christus Highland Medical Center at age 40 in Shreveport, Louisiana, according to a Natchitoches Parish Coroner’s Office report. Pottain’s preliminary cause of death was listed as acute on chronic congestive heart failure and …
Read More »Police identify victim and gunman in Las Vegas gym shooting
LAS VEGAS — The person killed in a shooting at a Las Vegas fitness center last week was a longtime employee who had no known connection to the shooter, police said Monday. Edgar Quinonez, 31, of Las Vegas, was shot and killed Friday at the Las Vegas Athletic Club, police …
Read More »Passenger jet had to abort takeoff to avoid runway collision at New York’s LaGuardia Airport
When a passenger jet roaring down the runway toward takeoff at New York’s LaGuardia Airport had to slam on the brakes earlier this month because another plane was still on the runway, Renee Hoffer and all the other passengers were thrown forward in their seats. Hoffer wound up in the …
Read More »Mahmoud Khalil’s legal team releases new video of arrest interaction with ICE agents
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Read More »Hearing on Menendez brothers’ parole suitability pushed back to late summer
A hearing that could lead to freedom for the Menendez brothers, convicted in their parents’ murders in 1989, was pushed back from June 13 to August, California corrections officials said Monday. A spokesperson for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said the brothers’ hearings on parole suitability will instead …
Read More »Justice Department to investigate Chicago after mayor’s remarks about hiring Black officials
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said Monday that it was opening an investigation into the city of Chicago after Mayor Brandon Johnson’s comments Sunday highlighting prominent Black officials in his administration. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon wrote in a letter to Johnson posted on X that she had “authorized an …
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