BALTIMORE- The rapper Pitbull may open a charter school in Baltimore. Sports Leadership & Management (SLAM) schools exist nationwide, including in Armando Christian Perez, known worldwide as Pitbull, says he thinks Baltimore is one city that needs SLAM the most. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, who’s supported expanding charters in districts like Baltimore City Public Schools, […]
NEW YORK, June 23 — Ice Cube is not planning an old timer’s tour. He isn’t interested in All-Star Game intensity. Players coming out of retirement for his new 3-on-3 basketball league were told they would need to deliver serious competition — and some were turned away when their bodies weren’t up for it. The product […]
WASHINGTON— The Latest on President Donald Trump’s claim that there are no recordings of his private conversations with fired FBI director James Comey: 11 p.m. President Donald Trump says it’s “bothersome” that the man investigating possible ties between Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia is good friends with fired FBI director James Comey. Trump tells “Fox […]
WASHINGTON — President. Candidate. Businessman. Three of President Donald Trump’s roles converge next week as he holds his first re-election fundraiser at his hotel in Washington. Trump can see the Trump International Hotel from the White House lawn, making it a premier and convenient location for the June 28 major-donor event, his campaign director Michael […]
MIAMI— Hip hop artist Lil Wayne has sold his Miami Beach mansion for $10 million after putting it on the market more than two years ago. The rapper, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., purchased the home in 2011 for $11.6 million. The new buyer wasn’t identified. The nine-bedroom, nine-bathroom house features a […]
London – Prince Philip, 96, the husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, has been treated in hospital for an infection linked to a pre-existing condition, Buckingham Palace said on Wednesday. “The Duke of Edinburgh was admitted to King Edward VII Hospital in London last night, as a precautionary measure, for treatment of an infection arising […]
LONDON — The Latest on the Queen’s Speech outling UK government program (all times local): 11:00 a.m. Queen Elizabeth II will outline the government’s legislative program with far less pageantry than usual Wednesday in a speech expected to be dominated by a discussion of Britain’s plans for leaving the European Union. The speech comes after […]
MADRID, June 20 — Real Madrid football star Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to testify in a tax fraud case on July 31 after having been accused of hiding income from Spanish tax authorities, local media reported on Tuesday. The Real Madrid forward is accused of using a business structure created in 2010 to allegedly hide […]
CINCINNATI — The family of an American college student who died days after being released from North Korea in a coma says the 22-year-old “has completed his journey home.” Otto Warmbier died Monday, relatives said in a statement. They did not cite a specific cause of death. “Unfortunately, the awful, torturous mistreatment our son received […]