SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Bad Bunny’s sports representation firm was held in contempt Wednesday by a federal judge, who ordered it to withdraw from a new arbitration proceeding it filed against the Major League Baseball Players Association. U.S. District Judge Camille L. Vélez-Rivé also ordered Rimas Sports to pay the union’s legal fees
NEW YORK (AP) — Hard as it may be to believe, there aren’t a lot of Hollywood agents clamoring for their star clients to take the role of one of the polarizing political figures of the 21st century. Sebastian Stan, though, was committed to “The Apprentice.” More than anything, he believed in its director, the
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. is mulling a U.N. peacekeeping operation in Haiti as one way to secure funding and staffing for a Kenya-led mission deployed to quell gang violence in the Caribbean country , a top U.S. diplomat said Wednesday. Brian A. Nichols, U.S. assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere affairs, spoke
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Two loggers have been killed by bow and arrow after allegedly encroaching the land of the uncontacted Mashco Piro Indigenous tribe deep in Peru’s Amazon, according to a rights group. The group, known as FENAMAD, defends the rights of Peru’s Indigenous peoples. It says tensions between loggers and Indigenous tribes are
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain’s king pardoned 457 prisoners Wednesday night to mark his 25th anniversary as the island nation’s ruler, with one activist saying many of those freed appeared to be political prisoners. The announcement by the state-run Bahrain News Agency marks another mass release of prisoners in the Persian Gulf kingdom
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A prosecutor has asked a New Mexico judge to reconsider the decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie, according to a court filing made public Wednesday. Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey said there were
WINDER, Ga. (AP) — Injuries have been reported after a school shooting at a Georgia high school, which was put on lockdown Wednesday and students gathered in its football stadium, the local sheriff’s office said. One suspect was in custody, the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. Shortly before 10:30 a.m., “officers from
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anna Sorokin, the con artist who was convicted of swindling banks, hotels and friends in 2019 after falsely building a reputation as a wealthy German heiress named Anna Delvey, has found her newest venture: “Dancing With the Stars.” Described as the “notorious ankle bracelet fashionista” in a press release, Sorokin was
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Navy sailor has been detained in Venezuela after traveling there unauthorized on personal business, the Pentagon said Wednesday. The enlisted sailor was detained last week by Venezuelan law enforcement, two defense officials said. One of the officials said the sailor has been in Venezuelan custody since on or about Aug.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is preparing Wednesday to accuse Russia of disinformation campaigns targeting the presidential election, according to three people familiar with the matter. Intelligence agencies have previously accused of Russia of using disinformation to try to interfere in the election. But the announcement expected from Attorney General Merrick Garland is expected
