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CNN’s Michael Smerconish asks, can Trump field a fair and impartial jury in Manhattan, where he won only 12.3% of the vote in 2020?
Triple H discusses working with The Rock again. Throughout the Attitude Era, Triple H and The Rock were top rivals in WWE as they battled over the Intercontinental Championship and then the World Championship. The Rock went on to become one of the biggest movie stars in the world while Triple H remained in the world of wrestling, eventually becoming the Chief Content Officer. The Rock returned to WWE in 2024 to take part in the build to WrestleMania XL, working alongside Triple H in the...
Oakland A's outfielder Esteury Ruiz is back with the team, and he went deep
The adult film star. The betraying bagman. The brash billionaire. The plot reads like a "Sopranos" episode, a shadowy narrative of a nation’s sins and troubling divisions, its characters converging in a New York courtroom where, for the first time in history, a former president will stand before a jury in a criminal trial. Donald Trump is giving the country another unruly moment to mark. There have been so many over the years — the Jan. 6 insurrection, the failed pandemic response — that they...
Masters champion Scottie Scheffler would be the first to lament he doesn’t spend enough time celebrating his achievements, which are piling up at an alarming pace. He made an exception after winning his second green jacket in three years.
NASA's first attempt to bring home samples of rock and dirt from Mars could be canned by cost overruns. To save the mission, the space agency is asking for help.
Ukraine expects a positive decision by the US Congress to approve a
CNN’s Laura Coates discusses the possibility of an unfair “sleeper” juror making their way into the Trump jury selection and attempt a mistrial later on.
Once the Grand Slam record holder, Rafa Nadal has been injured for more than a year. On Tuesday, he will play in Barcelona, hoping it gives him the preparation he needs heading into the French Open next month.
Rishi Sunak should focus on fixing the “broken” NHS and reducing waiting lists if he wants to get more people back into work, Sir Keir Starmer has argued. ]]>
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s once most powerful drug lord, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán is claiming he cannot get phone calls or visits in the maximum security U.S. prison where he is serving a life sentence. Guzmán, who in the past was able to break out of Mexican prisons seemingly at will, wrote a letter […]