Trump legal adviser ordered to testify in Ga. election probe
A judge in Colorado on Tuesday ordered a legal adviser for former President Donald Trumpโs campaign to travel to Georgia to testify before a special grand jury thatโs looking into whether Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia.
Another record decline reported in US cancer death rate
On Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, researchers reported another record one-year decline in the U.S. cancer death rate, a drop they continue to attribute to success against lung cancer. (Dr. Ellis/Emory University, Department of Pathology/CDC via AP)NEW YORK โ Researchers on Tuesday reported another record one-year decline in the U.S. cancer death rate, a drop they attribute to success against lung cancer. The overall cancer death rate has been falling since 1991. Lung cancer accounted for almost half of the overall decline in cancer deaths in the past five years, the society reported. Most lung cancer cases are tied to smoking, and decades of declining smoking rates have led to falling rates of lung cancer illnesses and deaths.
US Soccer, Jill Ellis announce coach mentorship program
Thereโs been very few opportunities to be in a room, or be on a coaching license course, with other women,โ Ellis said. Others include longtime North Carolina and former national team coach Anson Dorrance and Laura Harvey, former National Women's Soccer League coach and current youth national team coach. Two women, Ellis and Dutch national team coach Sarina Wiegman, faced off in the final. Ellis, among 17 coaches involved in the program, has been mentoring Monica Vergara, Mexico's under-20 women's national team coach. Since she stepped down as coach, Ellis has been enjoying time with her family while also riding out the coronavirus pandemic.
Man sends 8-year-old Bloomfield Township girl online game money for nude videos, police say
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. โ A Kansas man befriended an 8-year-old Bloomfield Township girl while playing an online game and persuaded her to send him nude videos in exchange for currency used in that game, police said. A woman called Bloomfield Township police around 10:30 a.m. June 23 about an inappropriate relationship between her 8-year-old daughter and a man who called himself โJohn.โThe woman said her daughter and โJohnโ became friends while playing an online game called Roblox. Bloomfield Township investigators found more than 20 videos on the iPad and identified โJohnโ as Clinton McElroy, 48, of Ellis, Kansas. Ellis County officials went to McElroyโs home around 4 p.m. Sept. 17 and took him into custody. He is being held at the Ellis County Jail in lieu of $1 million bail.
North Carolina board agrees to more absentee ballot changes
RALEIGH, N.C. โ North Carolina election officials agreed Tuesday that mail-in absentee ballots returned this fall with deficient information can be fixed without forcing the voter to fill out a new blank ballot. Marc Elias, a Democratic lawyer who helped sue in North Carolina court to seek the changes and has worked on similar absentee ballot litigation elsewhere, praised the decision. The absentee ballot adjustments are part of a proposed joint settlement filed in Wake County court between the State Board of Elections and the alliance, a union-affiliated group. North Carolina is one of eight states with witness and or notary public requirements for absentee ballots, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. North Carolina state law usually demands two witnesses, but lawmakers reduced the requirement to one this year because people isolated due to at-risk health conditions may find it difficult to locate two.
Jill Ellis stepping down as US women's soccer national coach
Maja Hitij/Getty Images(CNN) - Jill Ellis, the coach of the US Women's National Team who led the team to back-to-back FIFA Women's World Cup titles, is stepping down in early October, US Soccer announced Tuesday. Ellis will remain with the team through its five-game "Victory Tour," which begins Saturday against Ireland at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. "The opportunity to coach this team and work with these amazing women has been the honor of a lifetime," Ellis said in a statement. The-CNN-Wire & 2019 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. All rights reserved.