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From 2012 to 2016, a group of individuals from California allegedly funneled $180,000 in illegal overseas contributions from Nigerian-Lebanese, billionaire Gilbert Chagoury. These funds allegedly went to four politicians, then-presidential 2012 candidate Senator Mitt Romney, a Utah Republican, Representative Darrell Issa, a California Republican, former Representative Lee Terry, a Nebraska Republican, and Fortenberry, POLITICO reported. A number of outlets, including the Associated Press, reported that the indictment referenced by Fortenberry tied back to the Chagoury incident....

Boebert was elected to represent a conservative Colorado district last November following a campaign that heavily promoted her pro-gun stance and ardent support of former President Donald Trump. In a video that went viral last month, Boebert can be seen vowing that she will remain armed while serving at the U.S. Capitol. Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert Contee revealed that Boebert had received a permit to carry a concealed gun during a Thursday press conference....

ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski first reported the contract discussions between the Hornets and Miles. Both sides were rumored to be optimistic about finalizing a new deal, but the Hornets denied the reports by releasing a statement to The Charlotte Observer. Miles Bridges was set to receive the biggest pay day of his career last summer. However, he was arrested a few days before the start of free agency for felony domestic violence....

But that was before Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan pulled a David Stern and nixed the deal, Frank Isola of the New York Daily News reports. MORE: Lowry trade rumors | Knicks coaching changes? | All-Star game balloting “There are two problems,” the source told the Daily News. “Dolan didn’t like that someone from his group leaked it to the media, and the other problem is the Knicks seem to have too many (people) involved with making decisions....

The 26-year-old had an impressive last season where he scored 24 goals for Teramo. He moved to Pescara last summer and has been in fine form for them this term, scoring 21 goals so far, where all of his goals have come from open play. According to Italian publication La Gazzetta dello Sport via Calciomercato, the Premier League leaders, the north London club have joined Italian champions Juventus and Napoli in the race to sign the Italo-Peruvian player....

MORE: Gruden going with Griffin | More on Trent Richardson suspension | PHOTOS: Classic goal-post dunks Jean-Francois has played five seasons in the NFL and amassed 96 total tackles and 8.5 sacks. He played with the 49ers for three years, and most recently with the Colts, who releaded him earlier this week. It was new Washington general manager Scott McCloughan who selected Jean-Francois in the seventh round of the 2009 draft....

The former Redskins tight end, who’s suspended indefinitely from the NFL for multiple substance-abuse policy violations, is wanted by Washington D.C. police as a suspect in a domestic violence incident that occurred last month, according to a CBSDC report. Davis is being accused of throwing dirt on a woman during an argument. Police continue to search for the Leesburg, Virginia resident, who’s no stranger with the law. A day after receiving his indefinite suspension in February, Davis was arrested for driving while intoxicated....

But it's not Muschamp who's on the hot seat, the Orlando Sentinel reports. It's the rest of the coaching staff that should be concerned. MORE: Saturday scoreboard | Top 25 rankings | Must-see images | Upsets The university has no plans to dethrone its coach, who is finishing his third season at Florida. But "significant changes to Muschamp's coaching staff" are in the works following the Gators' season finale against No....

Luke Air Force Base tweeted on Thursday night that security forces were responding to the threat and people should avoid the area. “56th Fighter Wing Security Forces is currently responding to reports of a bomb threat at the South Gate on Litchfield Ave,” the post read. “We ask everyone to avoid this area until the threat has been contained.” In a statement to Newsweek on Friday, a Glendale Police spokesperson said the driver had driven up to the south gate of the base and stated that he thought an unknown person had placed an explosive device on his vehicle....

Bright side for Fielder, though — he is not retiring because of debilitating disease that will rapidly kill him, then bear his name. He is unlike Lou Gehrig in that way. Both are first basemen, I suppose. MORE: These are the 50 best players in baseball That didn’t stop someone from asking Fielder, at his retirement press conference, if he related to Gehrig’s famous “luckiest man on the face of the earth” speech....

Bayern Munich and Germany great Philipp Lahm has been linked with taking charge but no permanent appointment will be made until September. The DFB confirmed on Tuesday that vice-presidents Dr Rainer Koch and Dr Reinhard Rauball will jointly take the role on an interim basis. Der Spiegel reported DFB head Grindel accepted the gift of a luxury watch from Ukrainian oligarch Grigoriy Surkis, who was a UEFA vice president and executive committee member....

In the majestic opening of John’s Gospel, “the glory he has from the Father as only Son of the Father” becomes “the glory as of a parent’s only child.” (John 1:14) The Lord’s prayer now begins like this: “Father-Mother, hallowed be your name. May your dominion come.” (Luke 11:2) Jesus’ own self-understanding as God’s only son is generalized to: “No one knows the Child except the Father-Mother and no one knows the Father-Mother except the Child …” (Matt....

“Moved by the news, I want to share through you with the public that the bodies of Sophía López Moreira, Luis Pettengill, and the youngest of the children were found, and they are in search of the two girls and the nanny, but I am happy to inform the public of this and moving news,” Foreign Minister Acevedo told ABC, as translated by Google Translate. “I confirm it and the only thing we ask is the solidarity and prayer of the citizens because finally they are compatriots and in the face of a tragedy the Paraguayan people have to demonstrate their traditional solidarity,” the national foreign minister continued....

The rioters trashing Los Angeles weren’t the first or the last to appropriate Rodney King. The police who beat him portrayed him as a hulking beast so violent that he had to be subdued for their own safety. His first team of lawyers depicted him as a pathetic victim who needed shielding from the public eye; the second held him up as a martyr to the cause of civil-rights. Even feuding sides of his family vied for commercial control of his life....

Fans have a lot to latch onto, from Control’s gameplay blending third-person shooting and supernatural abilities to wildly imaginative worldbuilding reminiscent of the Internet creepypasta collection around the fictional SCP Foundation. Those who are invested in the Marvel Cinematic Universe undoubtedly noticed the Disney+ series Loki had a very similar setting and atmosphere. Remedy Entertainment is working on a multiplayer Control spin-off as well as a sequel, and there’s reason for the developer to take notes from Marvel’s offering....

On Twitter, Lake called the first new Remedy Entertainment game the company’s “most ambitious one yet” and said that it is a triple-A game that is now in pre-production. The other game, said Lake, is “a new, smaller-scale project set in the same franchise.” If the first game is in pre-production then fans shouldn’t expect to see anything from it for a while. RELATED: Epic Games Store’s Massive Payment for Control Exclusivity Revealed...

In addition to inspiring thousands of cast-wearing children across America, Knievel survived nearly 40 broken bones himself, and several near-death experiences, before his retirement in 1980. The man who literally jumped sharks–take that, Fonz–and trucks and canyons and flaming Las Vegas fountains, succumbed last week at the age of 69 to the same old mundane diseases of Everyman at his home in Clearwater, Fla. The battered body of the legend, whose own Web site calls him a “crazy son of a bitch,” gave out after years of battling diabetes and pulmonary fibrosis, a disease that scars the lungs and eventually stops the lung tissue from transferring oxygen to the bloodstream....

While the rules have become lenient towards the batsmen these days, one thing that was ever present was the immense power-hitting that is exhibited by players all over the world. Be it in the 1990s or the 21st century, power hitting has always been a part of the game. Dating back to 1st January 2005, here’s a look at the 5 most destructive performances with the bat by an Indian....

The Black Stars have been present at all Afcon editions since 2006, reaching the semi-finals five times and the final twice in 2010 and 2015. “Ghana have the qualities to win every tournament but luck always elude them during tournaments. They can win this very championship but they need a bit of luck,” Renard told TV3. “It is difficult to judge from the outside but Ghana always have big potentials, always with good players....

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