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CNN By Daniella Diaz, Manu Raju and Clare Foran, CNN Senate negotiators are racing to finalize a deal on bipartisan gun legislation, but it’s not clear when they’ll be able to nail down an agreement, the latest sign of the challenge facing lawmakers as they attempt to find consensus on the highly polarizing issue. Texas
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By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON The Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A major effort by Democrats to recover lost ground among Hispanics by purchasing Spanish-language radio stations is stirring up opposition in Miami, where Cuban exiles describe it as an attempt to stifle conservative voices. The Latino Media Network, a startup founded by two political strategists
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By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — An airline industry group is criticizing the European Union’s Parliament for seeking to expand its emissions trading system to long-haul flights. EU lawmakers voted Wednesday that existing requirements for airlines to buy credits for their greenhouse gas emissions should include all flights that leave the 27-nation bloc,
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By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — An airline industry group is criticizing the European Union’s Parliament for seeking to expand its emissions trading system to long-haul flights. EU lawmakers voted Wednesday that existing requirements for airlines to buy credits for their greenhouse gas emissions should include all flights that leave the 27-nation bloc,
Continue Reading By ED WHITE and SARA BURNETT Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Ryan Kelley, one of five Republican candidates for Michigan governor and an ardent defender of former President Donald Trump, was charged with misdemeanors Thursday for his role in the 2021 postelection riot at the U.S. Capitol. Kelley, 40, was arrested in western Michigan and
Continue ReadingOpinion by Mark Zandi for CNN Business Perspectives Consumer inflation figures for May will be out Friday, and the report is sure to be disquieting. Gasoline prices are seemingly breaking new record highs on almost a daily basis, food costs are soaring, and housing is becoming increasingly unaffordable. The persistence of high inflation in the
Continue ReadingBy Barbara Starr and Ellie Kaufman, CNN Five US Marines died after a military aircraft crashed during a training mission Wednesday near Glamis, California, the US Marine Corps said in a statement Thursday. Equipment recovery efforts “have begun” and an investigation into the crash involving a MV-22B Osprey is “underway.” “We mourn the loss of
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By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and FARNOUSH AMIRI WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol laid the blame firmly on Donald Trump Thursday night, saying the assault was hardly spontaneous but an “attempted coup” and a direct result of the defeated president’s effort to overturn the 2020 election.
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The 28th annual Palm Springs International ShortFest today announced programs and participants in its annual Forum, as well as jury members who will bestow Oscar-qualifying Awards, Student Short Awards and Special Jury Awards. ShortFest 2022 will hold all of its screenings in-theatre at the Camelot Theatres from June 21-27. The festival will screen 51 curated
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Ryan Kelley, candidato republicano a la gobernación de Michigan, fue arrestado este jueves por cargos de delitos menores relacionados con su participación en el disturbio del Capitolio el 6 de enero de 2021, según el Departamento de Justicia. Luego de hacer su aparición inicial en la corte federal en Michigan el
Continue Reading By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fresh off his legal battle with his ex-wife, Johnny Depp has announced that he and legendary guitarist Jeff Beck will release an album of mostly covers next month. The duo’s 13-track album is titled “18” and will drop on July 15. They said they titled
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By Jason Hanna and Nick Valencia, CNN The US Department of Justice said Thursday it’s opening an investigation into whether the Louisiana State Police engage in racially discriminatory policing and use excessive force. It is a development following high-profile cases, including the 2019 death in police custody of Black motorist Ronald Greene. Justice Department teams
Continue ReadingBy WALA Staff Click here for updates on this story GRAND BAY, Alabama (WALA) — A 3-year-old child is dead and a 13-year-old child is charged with negligent homicide after playing with a loaded rifle found in a closet, according to the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office. It happened at a mobile home on Highway 188
Continue ReadingBy Bridget Chavez Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Many firefighters in Oregon are often times deployed to help fight fires across the country. Jason Starkey is one of them and has been doing this for 19 years. “I’ve been as far as Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, during their big historic
Continue ReadingBy Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent The Pentagon will no longer automatically ban people who are HIV-positive from joining the US military as officers or deploying abroad. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin issued a memo this week updating HIV policies for the military “in view of significant advances in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention” of
Continue Reading By JULIE WATSON and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — All five Marines on board an Osprey aircraft were killed when it crashed in the California desert near the Arizona border, the Marine Corps said Thursday, a day after the accident. The MV-22 Osprey went down at 12:25 p.m. Wednesday during training
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — La Fiscalía General del estado de Veracruz informó este miércoles que acusó de homicidio doloso calificado a un nuevo detenido por el asesinato de dos periodistas, ocurrido en mayo. En un comunicado, la entidad mexicana identificó al detenido como Víctor Manuel “N”, “El Calaco”, y agregó que un juez lo
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Tami Luhby, CNN Americans’ wealth took a nosedive early this year as the stock market plummeted. The net worth of households and nonprofit organizations dropped $0.5 trillion to $149.3 trillion in the first quarter, according to Federal Reserve Bank data released Thursday. That’s a notable turnaround from the robust gains in wealth
Continue ReadingCNN, BRENDAN GUTENSCHWAGER, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, TWITTER , JANUARY 6, 2021, Twitter / January 6, 2021 By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A GOP Michigan gubernatorial candidate, Ryan Kelley, was arrested Thursday on misdemeanor charges related to his involvement in the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, according to the Justice Department. “Ryan Kelley,
Continue ReadingBy KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — Bags containing human feces are still being collected along East County roads, according to Multnomah County. Since late 2018, the county said a “perennial pooper” has been disposing of bags filled with human poop and kitty litter along rural roads
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