‘Everwood’ actor Treat Williams laid to rest in Vermont Treat Williams was laid to rest Tuesday, a little over a week after the actor’s tragic death in a motorcycle accident. Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023
CNN’s future cloudy in wake of management change CNN, under Ted Turner throughout the 1980s and 1990s, aspired to be about news first, not personality. Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023
Baby bonus a new twist in Democrats’ child tax credit push WASHINGTON — House Democrats’ latest proposal to expand the child tax credit includes a new feature: a $2,000 payment for newborn babies. Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023
Microsoft, Activision CEOs to defend $69 billion deal in fight with FTC Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella and Activision Blizzard Inc. CEO Bobby Kotick will be in court this week to try to persuade a federal judge in California to reject the Federal Trade Commission’s effort to block their $69 billion deal. Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023
Estonia becomes first country in Central Europe to legalize same-sex marriage Estonia’s parliament on Tuesday passed a law legalizing same-sex marriage, making history as the first country in Central Europe to pass such legislation. Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023
Bernie Sanders launches Senate probe into Amazon workplace safety Progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders launched an investigation into charges of unsafe working conditions at Amazon.com Inc. warehouses across the US, raising the possibility of high-profile hearings on complaints over the retailer’s treatment of employees. Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023
North Carolina may limit gender-affirming care for transgender minors with new bill CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Joining the growing list of legislation related to transgender North Carolinians, access to gender-affirming care for some transgender minors may be on the line this year. Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023
NYC e-bike shop was cited for violating lithium-ion battery rules before blaze that killed 4 Fire consumes Chinatown e-bike shop, killing four people. Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023
Identical and inseparable, the Stokes twins were softball stars. Then came the crash. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Before the wreck that killed the two people on the passenger side of the car, before the packed funeral that included a tearful eulogy from softball’s biggest celebrity, before the court case that may finally be decided Wednesday after five postponements, Mia and Mallory Stokes were simply… Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023
Trump support softens with Republican voters since indictment in Mar-a-Lago documents case, poll says Former President Donald Trump’s support among Republicans has surprisingly softened since his indictment in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, a new national poll revealed Tuesday. Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023
Anxiety is being overlooked by doctors, expert panel says Doctors should ask adult patients about signs of anxiety, an often-undiagnosed condition that can disrupt lives, U.S. government experts said. Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023
Better fit or best available? ESPN’s Jay Bilas says Hornets need this player at No. 2. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The phrases are often tossed around when discussing the NBA draft. Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023
Kansas attorney general agrees his state won’t enforce abortion ‘reversal’ law before judge issues order Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach has agreed the state temporarily will not enforce a new law requiring abortion providers to tell patients that the effects of mifepristone, the first of two pills taken in a medication abortion, are reversible. Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023
Former Kentucky abortion providers move to dismiss their lawsuit challenging state’s ban LEXINGTON, Ky. — The parties who sued the state of Kentucky last year over a near-total abortion ban have asked a judge to dismiss their lawsuit. Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023
Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023 40 hours of oxygen left for Titanic tourist vessel that’s missing The search for a diving vessel that was headed to the wreck of the Titanic has shifted underwater after air efforts failed to find the craft, which has five people aboard and about 40 hours of oxygen left.
Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023 Bob Wojnowski: Forget Zion. Here’s who the Pistons should get. DETROIT — Tanking time is over. For the Pistons, it didn’t really work, unless former No. 1 pick Cade Cunningham blossoms into a superstar. This year’s reward — the fifth pick in a draft with only three notable prizes — is for sale, by most accounts.
Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023 Judge rules Missouri AG Bailey had no authority to inflate cost of abortion rights ballot measure COLUMBIA, Mo. — A Cole County judge on Tuesday ruled that Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey had no authority to inflate the estimated cost of a ballot measure to restore abortion rights.
Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023 Geno Auriemma adopts new mantra for UConn: ‘Shut the (bleep) up and win games’ HARTFORD, Conn. — Geno Auriemma held a discussion with the UConn women’s basketball team on Tuesday morning in which he invoked a lesson he learned from Svetlana Abrosimova, who played for the Huskies from 1997 to 2001.
Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023 Patrick Reusse: Twins fail in many ways — and it starts with the deals they’ve done Major League Baseball decided to bring more excitement to its product by playing with an enlarged golf ball for the 2019 season. The Twins took advantage of this by hitting an all-time record 307 home runs and winning 101 games in the regular season.
Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023 Former Kansas coach Larry Brown pushes back on reports he’s joining Washington Huskies Former Kansas men’s basketball coach Larry Brown, who directed the Jayhawks to an NCAA title in 1988, may soon be back in college coaching — this time as an analyst at the University of Washington.
Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023 Though some Rangers have slipped, Marcus Semien maintains strong lead in All-Star voting CHICAGO – As the deadline for the initial phase of All-Star Game voting approaches, there has been some slippage in support for the Rangers.
Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023 Morgan Wallen’s 2-year-old son bitten by ex-fiancee’s dog, taken to emergency room Morgan Wallen’s 2-year-old son is recovering after being attacked by his ex-girlfriend’s dog.
Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023 Michael Cunningham: Three Braves deserve to start in All-Star Game ATLANTA — Six Braves players were on the National League’s All-Star team in 2022. Three of them won’t represent the team this year. Dansby Swanson and William Contreras play elsewhere, and injuries have limited lefty Max Fried to five starts. Yet the Braves still could send six players to MLB’s…
Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023 Bebe Rexha phone-throwing suspect allegedly said he tried to hit her because ‘it would be funny’ NEW YORK — The New Jersey man accused of throwing a cellphone at singer Bebe Rexha during a New York City concert allegedly said he tried to hit her, according to a criminal complaint.
Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023 Giants to play at Willie Mays’ former Negro Leagues home in 2024 It’s been 75 years since Willie Mays first played at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Ala., for the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues.