WASHINGTON Stormy Daniels’ lawyer said Tuesday he has information showing that Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney, received $500,000 from a company associated with a Russian billionaire within months of paying hush money to Daniels, a porn star who claims she had an affair with Trump. Lawyer Michael Avenatti also said hundreds of […]
May 2018
Pull out from Iran deal deepens U.S. isolation
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the landmark nuclear accord with Iran, abruptly restoring harsh sanctions in the most consequential foreign policy action of his presidency. He declared he was making the world safer, but he also deepened his isolation on the world stage and revived doubts about American credibility. The 2015 agreement, […]
Iran’s top leader, lawmakers lash out at U.S.
TEHRAN, Iran Iran’s supreme leader chastised President Donald Trump today over his decision to pull America out of the 2015 nuclear deal, while lawmakers lit a paper U.S. flag on fire inside parliament, shouting, “Death to America!” The government backlash reflected broad public anger in Iran over Trump’s decision, which threatens to destroy the landmark […]
Freeport pulls away from NYA
YARMOUTH It took 25 minutes, or the first-half, for the Freeport sticks to warm up according to its coach, but once the Falcons, they tallied 11 second-half goals to pull away from North Yarmouth Academy, 18-8 in Class C girls lacrosse action on Tuesday. “It’s warm ups, it’s takes us a little bit to warm […]
Bobcats roll, 11-1
RICHMOND Richmond High School baseball coach Ryan Gardner believes his team is used to the early season in the East- West Conference. Teams in the north have only recently seen the snow on their fields melt away, leaving the Bobcats with a shortage of games and a backload of makeup contests. Richmond returned to its […]
Stanton, Judge lead Yanks past Red Sox, 3-2
NEW YORK As soon as Joe Kelly emerged from the bullpen, fired-up fans at Yankee Stadium let him have it. Moments later, so did Aaron Judge. Giancarlo Stanton homered twice, including a laser shot to left field, and Judge hit a tiebreaking single off New York’s latest public enemy as the Yankees edged the rival […]
Preds’ Filip ‘Scoresberg’ leads Nashville to Game 7
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Filip Forsberg dropped his broken stick and raced to the bench for another just as the puck slid around the boards near his skates. He grabbed a new stick from the Predators’ equipment manager, fought off Jets defenseman Ben Chiarot and kept the puck onside. Then he skated toward Connor Hellebuyck, holding off […]
Golden State advances
OAKLAND, Calif. After a Game 3 flop in New Orleans, similar to that lone first-round loss against San Antonio last month, coach Steve Kerr provided a quick reminder to the Golden State Warriors: It’s not supposed to be easy at this stage — especially for the defending champions. There’s no way this postseason can go […]
Paul’s 41 points power Rockets by Jazz
HOUSTON Chris Paul didn’t want to talk about his postseason failures, not after Houston’s win Tuesday over Utah finally got him into the Western Conference finals. Paul made eight 3-pointers and had 10 assists and seven rebounds without a turnover. He’s the first player in playoff history to have at least 40 points and 10 […]