Author: Randall Barranco

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Robinho played for Man City from 2008 to 2010 (Photo: Getty) Former Manchester City footballer Robinho must serve a nine-year prison sentence in Brazil following his 2017 rape conviction in Italy, a Brazilian high court has ruled. Robinho was found guilty, along with five others, of sexually assaulting a woman in a Milan nightclub in 2013. The former Brazil international was sentenced to nine years in prison and has lost two appeals to overturn his conviction, but continues to deny any wrongdoing. However, until now it was always a probability that the 40-year-old, who also played for Real Madrid and…

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Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) officially declared the end of the House GOP’s push for impeachment against President Biden during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on Wednesday. “I dare you impeach,” Swalwell said to committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.). “But you won’t, because you don’t have the evidence. And because you don’t have the evidence,…

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Congressional leaders are working to portray a positive image of a $1.2 trillion spending package that lawmakers intend to approve before funding ends at midnight Friday for several important government agencies. The text of the legislation had not been released as of Wednesday afternoon, but lawmakers were anticipating an official introduction later in the day or early Thursday. Democrats said they resisted most of the spending cuts and policy changes House Republicans had sought. Nonetheless, Speaker Mike Johnson is highlighting achievements. This includes no funding for the United Nations agency accused by Israel of having about a dozen employees involved in the Oct. 7 attack Hamas carried out.

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