By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis had a great sense of humor. When I met him once at the back of the papal plane, I cracked a joke with him that was a little bit close to the line. Luckily, he roared with laughter and told me “Sei cattivo!” (“You’re naughty!”). Every day,
Continue Reading
NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING_Donovan, St. Louis, .359; Tatis, San Diego, .346; Alonso, New York, .333; Lux, Cincinnati, .333; J.Lee, San Francisco, .324; Turang, Milwaukee, .319; Naylor, Arizona, .318; Ozuna, Atlanta, .316; Lindor, New York, .312; Carroll, Arizona, .308. RUNS_Turang, Milwaukee, 28; Ohtani, Los Angeles, 26; Carroll, Arizona, 25; Tucker, Chicago, 25; Tatis, San Diego, 24; Crow-Armstrong,
Continue Reading AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING_Judge, New York, .412; Goldschmidt, New York, .369; Kwan, Cleveland, .346; Springer, Toronto, .329; Ja.Wilson, Athletics, .324; McKinstry, Detroit, .321; Bregman, Boston, .319; Witt, Kansas City, .315; Aranda, Tampa Bay, .309; Campbell, Boston, .305. RUNS_Judge, New York, 24; Buxton, Minnesota, 22; Devers, Boston, 20; Soderstrom, Athletics, 20; Torkelson, Detroit, 20; Bregman, Boston, 19;
Continue Reading
By SUDHIN THANAWALA and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Before dawn on Oct. 18, 2017, FBI agents broke down the front door of Trina Martin’s Atlanta home, stormed into her bedroom and pointed guns at her and her then-boyfriend as her 7-year-old son screamed for his mom from another room. Martin, blocked from
Continue Reading By SUDHIN THANAWALA and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Before dawn on Oct. 18, 2017, FBI agents broke down the front door of Trina Martin’s Atlanta home, stormed into her bedroom and pointed guns at her and her then-boyfriend as her 7-year-old son screamed for his mom from another room. Martin, blocked from
Continue Reading
By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer “Me love you long time,” a Vietnamese sex worker tells the U.S. troops, swiveling her hips as she hawks her services. “You party?” The first female character in Stanley Kubrick’s Vietnam War classic “Full Metal Jacket,” she appears for just a moment — and halfway through the film. Likewise,
Continue Reading
By GEOFF MULVIHILL and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press State lawmakers across the U.S. are pushing to use more taxpayer dollars to pay for private school tuitions and homeschooling expenses even as they try to figure out how to budget in a time of economic uncertainty. A $1 billion-per-year voucher program the Texas Legislature sent to
Continue Reading By GEOFF MULVIHILL and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press State lawmakers across the U.S. are pushing to use more taxpayer dollars to pay for private school tuitions and homeschooling expenses even as they try to figure out how to budget in a time of economic uncertainty. A $1 billion-per-year voucher program the Texas Legislature sent to
Continue Reading
By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Campgrounds, boat ramps and other facilities in at least 30 locations at federal lakes and reservoirs in six states will be closed or have their hours curtailed as of mid-May as the Trump administration tries to rapidly shrink the U.S. government. Officials at the U.S. Army
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Campgrounds, boat ramps and other facilities in at least 30 locations at federal lakes and reservoirs in six states will be closed or have their hours curtailed as of mid-May as the Trump administration tries to rapidly shrink the U.S. government. Officials at the U.S. Army
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Campgrounds, boat ramps and other facilities in at least 30 locations at federal lakes and reservoirs in six states will be closed or have their hours curtailed as of mid-May as the Trump administration tries to rapidly shrink the U.S. government. Officials at the U.S. Army
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Campgrounds, boat ramps and other facilities in at least 30 locations at federal lakes and reservoirs in six states will be closed or have their hours curtailed as of mid-May as the Trump administration tries to rapidly shrink the U.S. government. Officials at the U.S. Army
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Campgrounds, boat ramps and other facilities in at least 30 locations at federal lakes and reservoirs in six states will be closed or have their hours curtailed as of mid-May as the Trump administration tries to rapidly shrink the U.S. government. Officials at the U.S. Army
Continue Reading By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — One of Pope Francis’ enduring legacies was that he greatly expanded the diversity of cardinals who will elect his successor, naming “princes of the church” from faraway countries that had never had one before. That legacy is now throwing a wrench in the traditional sport of
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — When Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected to lead the Catholic church in 2013, he chose the papal name Francis, after the 13th-century figure St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of ecologists and champion of the poor. It was a befitting choice. Pope Francis was the fiercest
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the “Iowa Pick 4 Evening” game were: 1, 2, 6, 7 (one, two, six, seven) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the “Iowa Pick 3 Evening” game were: 1, 2, 6 (one, two, six) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the “Kansas Pick 3 Evening” game were: 6, 7, 8 (six, seven, eight) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Saturday’s drawing of the “Missouri Lotto” game were: 2, 6, 8, 10, 16, 28 (two, six, eight, ten, sixteen, twenty-eight) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the “Missouri Pick 3 Evening” game were: 3, 4, 9 (three, four, nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the “Missouri Pick 4 Evening” game were: 1, 2, 3, 9 (one, two, three, nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Saturday’s drawing of the “Nebraska Pick 5” game were: 9, 15, 24, 27, 29 (nine, fifteen, twenty-four, twenty-seven, twenty-nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Saturday’s drawing of the “Nebraska Pick 3” game were: 2, 6, 9 (two, six, nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Saturday’s drawing of the “Missouri Show Me Ca$h” game were: 2, 5, 12, 24, 26 (two, five, twelve, twenty-four, twenty-six) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue Reading
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press There was no president. There was no comedian. What remained at the White House Correspondents’ Association’s annual dinner were the journalists and the First Amendment. The stripped-down festivities Saturday night were a reflection of the somber tone in Washington at the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term, in which
Continue Reading By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press There was no president. There was no comedian. What remained at the White House Correspondents’ Association’s annual dinner were the journalists and the First Amendment. The stripped-down festivities Saturday night were a reflection of the somber tone in Washington at the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term, in which
Continue ReadingPor Josh Campbell y John Miller, CNN Dos personas fueron arrestadas en relación con el robo de un bolso Gucci de lujo perteneciente a la secretaria de Seguridad Nacional, Kristi Noem. El principal sospechoso fue arrestado en Washington y se encuentra bajo custodia, informó el Servicio Secreto de Estados Unidos (USSS en inglés) en un
Continue Reading
By Josh Campbell and John Miller, CNN (CNN) — Two arrests have been made in the theft of the theft of a high-end Gucci bag belonging to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. The primary suspect was arrested in Washington, DC, and is in custody, according to the US Secret Service. USSS said in a Sunday evening
Continue ReadingPor Michael Rios, CNN Honduras seguirá las órdenes que un juez de distrito de EE.UU. emita en el caso de una ciudadana estadounidense de 2 años que, según el juez, fue deportada a la nación centroamericana, dijo este sábado la presidenta de Honduras, Xiomara Castro. El juez de distrito de EE.UU., Terry Doughty, sospecha que
Continue ReadingPor Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español El Senado de México pospuso la votación, que tenía prevista para el lunes, de la nueva Ley en Materia de Telecomunicaciones y Radiodifusión, una propuesta que la presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum envió al Poder Legislativo esta semana y que ha generado controversia entre la oposición y algunos sectores sociales. La
Continue Reading