[ESPN] How Michael Jordan was a voice of reason during NBA owners meeting. Jackie MacMullan reports on the role she heard Michael Jordan has played as a go-between for the NBA players and owners. As the NBA continues to navigate its next steps after the extraordinary decision of the Milwaukee Bucks not […]
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RAPID CITY, S.D. — A Dearborn man will pay a fine of $1,500 after he pleaded guilty to illegally climbing Mount Rushmore last week. According to the Associated Press, Ayman Doppke of Dearborn was also facing charges of disorderly conduct and violating an area closure, but those were dropped during […]
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Daniel Dale: RNC first night a ‘parade of dishonesty’ (CNN) Marco is petering out, but Tropical Storm Laura is churning into a major hurricane as it heads toward the US Gulf Coast. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. 1. Republican National Convention Night […]
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[ABC NEWS] Emergency curfew in Kenosha in effect from 8 p.m. Monday to 7 a.m. Tuesday. KENOSHA, Wis. (WLS) — The National Guard has been called into Kenosha Monday after hundreds took to the streets to protest police shooting a Black man in the back. Kenosha police shooting sparks violent […]
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(CNN) California’s Supreme Court on Monday reversed the death sentence handed down to Scott Peterson for the 2002 deaths of his wife Laci and unborn son. The high court found that the trial itself was fair and the murder convictions stand. In an automatic appeal, which was first filed with […]
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[BBC] Chinese video app TikTok is taking legal action to challenge a ban imposed by US President Donald Trump. Mr Trump’s executive order prohibits transactions with TikTok’s owner ByteDance from mid-September. Officials in Washington are concerned that the company could pass data on American users to the Chinese government, something […]
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(CNN) A federal appeals court refused to give President Donald Trump immediate relief to stop his accounting records from being turned over to a New York state grand jury, instead scheduling arguments for September 1 over whether the subpoena of Trump’s records should be paused. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance had agreed […]
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[MarketWatch] Netflix’s DVD-by-mail business, which still had more than 2 million subscribers at the end of last year, and Amazon’s e-commerce deliveries have faced some isolated delivery issues, sources say Issues at the U.S. Postal Service have created concerns about the November elections, but they have already caused headaches for […]
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[CNBC, GETTY IMAGES] Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has been arrested after being charged with defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors through their campaign “We Build the Wall.” Bannon, along with three of his associates were indicted by investigators at the U.S. Southern District of New York on […]
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[MarketWatch, Getty Images] ‘It’s the harshest president campaign attack in what is shaping up to be an even uglier messaging year than 2016.’ That’s Jonathan Swan, the Axios journalist who pressed President Donald Trump in that already infamous interview earlier this month, commenting on a recent spot from the Trump campaign. “What […]
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