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One of the most trusted advisers to former Cuban President Raul Castro and head of the country’s military business division has died at age 62. The Communist Party and official news media say Gen. Luis Alberto Rodríguez López-Calleja died Friday of cardiopulmonary arrest. López-Calleja was also a former son-in-law of Raul Castro and member of the powerful Communist Party Political Bureau, as well as being executive president of the armed forces branch that oversees an extensive array of hotels, shops, tourist agencies and construction firms. He had earlier served in Cuba’s African military mission to Angola and in military counterintelligence.
Spanish golfer Jorge Campillo is the pace-setter halfway through the Irish Open while home favorite Shane Lowry staged a grandstand finish to make the cut at Mount Juliet. Campillo added a 4-under 68 to his opening bogey-free 65 for a halfway total of 11 under par. He's one shot ahead of Poland’s Adrian Meronk and Paraguay’s Fabrizio Zanotti. Lowry looked set for an early exit until he birdied his last four holes for a second round of 70. The 2019 British Open champion rounded off a brilliant fightback by holing from 20 feet on the 18th to the delight of the large crowds. At 3 under, Lowry is eight shots off the pace as he looks to win the event for a second time. He famously lifted the title as an amateur in 2009.
State lawmakers are giving their final approval to new restrictions on fireworks but the rules won't be in place as July Fourth weekend fireworks light up Pennsylvania skies. The state House voted 163 to 37 on Friday to send the legislation to the desk of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf. The governor's press secretary says he plans to review it. The law would take effect in two months. Before a 2017 law change, fireworks in Pennsylvania were largely limited to sparklers and similar novelties. The changes permitted the sale of the full array of fireworks that meet federal consumer standards but also brought complaints about misuse.
The Dallas Stars have added Steve Spott and Alain Nasreddine to the coaching staff while re-signing backup goalie Scott Wedgewood on a $2 million, two-year contract. Spott and Nasreddine will be the assistants to new coach Pete DeBoer. The 54-year-old Spott has a long history with DeBoer, most recently with the Vegas Golden Knights. Nasreddine spent the previous seven seasons with the New Jersey Devils.
The San Jose Sharks have fired coach Bob Boughner and his staff two months after the regular season ended. The team is still in the middle of a search for a new general manager after Doug Wilson stepped down after nearly two decades on the job. Interim GM Joe Will said the search for Wilson's replacement played a role in the decision to move on from Boughner and three assistants. Boughner coached the Sharks for the past 2 1/2 seasons after replacing Peter DeBoer in December 2019. He had one year remaining on his contract.
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Chris Sale will make at least one more minor league rehab start before the Boston Red Sox decide if their ace is ready to join their rotation after being sidelined all season because of a rib injury. Manager Alex Cora said Friday the seven-time All-Star is close to returning. Sale struck out seven over four innings for Double-A Portland on Thursday. Cora said his mechanics were sound in his third rehab outing and he felt “physically great.” The 33-year-old left-hander is scheduled to pitch for Triple-Worcester on Wednesday.
President Joe Biden has held a virtual meeting with Democratic governors as he considers next steps on abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last week. During their session on Friday, the governors suggested expanding access to abortion using federal facilities such as Veterans Affairs hospitals, or working with Native American tribes who have a level of sovereignty over their own land. Biden says his administration is "looking at all the alternatives.” He described the court decision as “tragic” and warned that women could be arrested while crossing state lines to get an abortion.
The World Health Organization’s Europe chief has warned that monkeypox cases across the region have tripled in the last two weeks and called on countries to take stronger measures to ensure the previously rare disease does not become entrenched on the continent. In a statement on Friday, Dr. Hans Kluge said increased efforts were needed despite the U.N. health agency’s decision not to declare the escalating outbreak a global health emergency last week. To date, more than 5,000 monkeypox cases have been reported from 51 countries worldwide, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Kluge said the number of infections in Europe represents about 90% of the global total.
The U.S. has announced it will provide Ukraine with $820 million in new military aid, including new surface-to-air missile systems and counter-artillery radars to respond to Russia’s heavily reliance on long-range strikes in the war. The Pentagon said Friday it would also provide the Ukrainians with up to 150,000 rounds of 155-millimeter artillery ammunition. This is the 14th package of military weapons and equipment transferred to Ukraine from Defense Department stocks since August 2021. All told, the U.S. has provided more than $8.8 billion in weapons and other military training to Ukraine.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has applied for a permit to hold a fireworks show at Mount Rushmore to celebrate Independence Day 2023. The National Park Service has denied her permit applications for the past two years, citing environmental concerns and objections from Native American tribes. In 2020, a fireworks display, featuring a fiery speech from former President Donald Trump, was held at the monument after a nearly decadelong hiatus. A federal judge last year rebuffed the Republican governor’s lawsuit that sought to force the Park Service to allow her to shoot fireworks over the granite monument. Noem has appealed that decision.
California already has some of the nation’s toughest gun laws, but it has added new restrictions on untraceable “ghost guns” and limiting marketing firearms to minors. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday that he signed the laws. The first requires firearms parts to have serial numbers. It gives Californians who have weapons without serial numbers until 2024 to register them. Starting next year anyone convicted of manufacturing a firearm without a serial number or aiding the manufacture by a prohibited person will be barred from possessing a firearm for 10 years. The second law bars marketing firearms to minors. A gun owners' advocate predicts both laws will be overturned.
The New York Yankees have reinstated closer Aroldis Chapman from the injured list after the left-hander missed more than a month with tendinitis in his left Achilles tendon. Chapman hasn’t pitched in the majors since May 22. He made two minor league rehab appearances at Double-A Somerset and one with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre. The 34-year-old Chapman was 0-2 with a 3.86 ERA and nine saves in 17 games before he was placed on the IL on May 24. The AL East leading Yankees also placed right-hander Miguel Castro on the paternity list before opening a three-game series with Cleveland.
Where did all the peanut butter go?
This week’s new entertainment releases include two lost albums from rock superstars Neil Young and Elton John, more than two dozen contestants of reality shows like “Survivor,” “The Amazing Race” and “Big Brother” facing off in the contest “The Challenge: USA,” and Netflix’s “The Sea Beast” brings a “Moby Dick”-like tale down to kid size. In the Hulu comedy “Maggie,” a professional psychic played by Rebecca Rittenhouse sees her own future and learns she may be in for a rough romantic ride. And writer and commentator Baratunde Thurston goes big with a region-by-region trek in “America Outdoors,” debuting Tuesday on PBS.
This column is not about trashing Tom Hanks in “Elvis.”
The Atlanta Hawks are trading Kevin Huerter to the Sacramento Kings for Justin Holiday, Mo Harkless and a future conditional draft pick, according to a person with direct knowledge of the agreement. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the trade had not been formally approved by the NBA and announced by either club. ESPN first reported the trade.
The day after the Kansas City Council approved legislation that could reimburse city employees who need to travel to have an abortion — and after St. Louis began pursuing similar legislation — Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt called the efforts “plainly illegal.”
SAN DIEGO — Tower of Power hasn't done absolutely everything a band can do in 53 years, but it's come close.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is extending by two months the public comment period on its proposed restrictions that would block plans for a copper and gold mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region. The agency says its regional office received communications in favor of and against an extension and determined that good cause existed to extend until Sept. 6 the comment period. The comment period was previously set to expire Tuesday. The EPA in May announced the proposed restrictions affecting the Pebble Mine project. It was the latest move in a years-long dispute over efforts by developers to advance the mine in a region known for its salmon runs.
A Mississippi judge has set a hearing in a lawsuit by the state’s only abortion clinic. The suit seeks to block a law that would ban most abortions. Such a ruling would allow the clinic to remain open. The law is set to take effect two days after Tuesday's hearing. The law says if Roe v. Wade is overturned, abortion will be legal only if the pregnant woman’s life is in danger or if a pregnancy is caused by a rape reported to law enforcement. The clinic’s lawsuit says the Mississippi Supreme Court issued a ruling in 1998 that recognized a right to abortion in the state constitution.
Zach LaVine is staying in Chicago. Same goes for Jusuf Nurkic in Portland. Day 2 of NBA free agency brought another max deal — this time, going to LaVine, who secured the richest contract in Bulls history when he agreed to a $215 million, five-year contract. Nurkic got by far the biggest payday of his career, agreeing to a four-year, $70 million contract with Portland. The center just completed his eighth NBA season, the last six of those coming with the Trail Blazers, for whom he averaged 15 points and 11.1 rebounds this past season.
American midfielder Ian Harkes agreed to a one-year contract to remain with Scotland’s Dundee United. The 27-year-old, a son of former U.S. captain John Harkes, was selected the team’s player of the year for 2021-22, when he had three goals in 28 Scottish Premier League matches in his fourth season with the club. Dundee United finished fourth, earning a spot in the Europa Conference League’s third qualifying round. Harkes scored in 1-0 wins over Dundee and Ross County. He won the 2017 Hermann Trophy as U.S. college player of the year at Wake Forest.
The evolving legal landscape around abortion access is causing confusion for providers and patients across the country after the overturning of Roe v. Wade. In Florida, a new law banning abortions after 15 weeks went into effect Friday, after a judge said he would sign an order next week temporarily blocking it. Patients in Kentucky who were forced to cancel appointments with abortion providers this week are now scrambling to reschedule after a court there blocked the state’s restrictions. Elsewhere, clinics are reporting an influx of new patients from out of state, overwhelming providers and leading heath centers to tailor procedures to the legality of abortion in a person’s home state.
MINNEAPOLIS — On the day he was supposed to kick off a U.K. trek with his new band UltraBomb, former Husker Du bassist Greg Norton instead dropped some bombshell news Thursday: He is battling prostate cancer and had to call off the tour.
South African former track star Oscar Pistorius has met with the father of Reeva Steenkamp, the woman he shot to death in 2013, as part of his parole process. Steenkamp family lawyer Tania Koen says in a text message to the AP that Pistorius and Barry Steenkamp met face-to-face on June 22 as part of what’s known in South Africa as a victim-offender dialogue. It gives victims of crimes or their relatives a chance to meet with the offenders if they choose to before the offender can be eligible for parole. Koen on Friday confirmed the meeting but declined to give any more details. Pistorius is now eligible for parole having served more than half his sentence.
More video in Brazilian media shows retired Formula One champion Nelson Piquet using homophobic language and more racial slurs about Lewis Hamilton. The website Grande Prêmio published video late Thursday of Piquet speaking in Portuguese that was apparently filmed last year. The 69-year-old Brazilian uses homophobic language to say the British driver wasn’t focused to challenge Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg for the 2016 title, which the German won. There was also a fourth instance of a racial slur about Hamilton, who is Black. For earlier slurs that came to wider attention this week, Piquet has already been widely condemned by F1, drivers, teams, and governing body, the FIA.
The Supreme Court decision Thursday to limit how the Environmental Protection Agency may regulate carbon dioxide emissions could make an already grave situation worse for those most affected by air pollution and climate change, community residents and advocates fear. Environmental and climate justice advocates from across the United States are calling on the EPA to find other ways to limit carbon dioxide emissions and air pollution and on Congress to grant the agency the authority to do so.
A United Nations conference is warning that measures needed to protect the world’s oceans are lagging and has urged countries to accelerate their implementation. Senior officials, scientists and activists from more than 120 countries attended a five-day U.N. Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal. A declaration published on the final day Friday said delegates were “deeply alarmed by the global emergency facing the ocean.” They say ocean sustainability is “critical” for the planet. The declaration said that “action is not advancing at the speed or scale required to meet our goals.” It concluded that “greater ambition is required.”
Work on a new state budget for Pennsylvania will plow through the weekend and into next week as the state government started the fiscal year with diminished spending authority and details of a new spending plan still largely a secret. Top lawmakers publicly professed confidence Friday that closed-door negotiations on a roughly $42 billion spending plan were on the right track. Without new spending authority in place, the state is legally barred from making some payments, although a stalemate must typically last several weeks before any effect on services is felt. For now, officials say the state has plenty of cash to make payments it is legally required to make.
The Indiana governor’s office racked up more than $500,000 in legal bills for its successful court fight against an attempt by state legislators to give themselves more power to intervene during public health emergencies. Records show the state has paid almost $520,000 to the Indianapolis law firm Lewis Wagner for its representation of Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb. The state Supreme Court ruled unanimously last month as unconstitutional the law aiming to give legislative leaders authority to call the General Assembly into an “emergency session” after the governor declared a statewide emergency. The Republican attorney general’s office, which represented the GOP-dominated Legislature in the dispute, said it did not track the time its staff spent on the case.
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LOS ANGELES — Blink-182 and the Transplants drummer Travis Barker is getting well wishes from his ex-wife after he was hospitalized this week.
NEW YORK — Washington is honoring Denzel Washington with its top civilian honor.
Jurors have returned a mixed verdict in the public corruption trial of Delaware State Auditor Kathy McGuiness. Jurors on Friday acquitted McGuiness of felony theft and intimidation charges. But they found her guilty of conflict of interest official misconduct and structuring a contract to avoid a procurement rule. Both of those are misdemeanors. McGuiness is a Democrat and the first statewide elected official in Delaware to be prosecuted while in office. Prosecutors argued that McGuiness abused her position in hiring her daughter, structuring payments under a consulting contract to avoid accounting scrutiny, and intimidating employees who were cooperating with investigators. The defense argued that McGuiness was the target of a biased investigation.
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