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By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Stacey Abrams’ fundraising continues to accelerate. The Georgia Democrat’s campaign for governor swamped Republican incumbent Brian Kemp in the two months ended June 30. She raised nearly $22 million in the period, compared to $6.8 million for Kemp. Abrams is nearing $50 million raised since starting her
Continue Reading By KATHLEEN FOODY and CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Mourners on Friday remembered a woman who worked tirelessly at her synagogue and a gentle man who loved art in the first formal services to be held for the seven people killed by the gunman who opened fire on a July Fourth parade. Synagogue
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — La ‘Scaloneta’ ya tiene su traje con el que va a ir a triunfar en el Mundial de Qatar 2022: Adidas presentó la nueva camiseta de la Selección Argentina, con la que disputará la Copa del Mundo. “El sentimiento de un país se une en esta nueva camiseta”, publicó Adidas
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The Associated Press Wall Street is closing out a winning week with a sputtering finish on Friday, as stocks waffled following a stronger-than-expected report on the U.S. jobs market. The S&P 500 closed slightly lower after flipping between small gains and losses throughout the day. A surprisingly strong jobs report showed that employers are continuing
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By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer MONTREAL (AP) — Cheers erupted from the crowd at Day 2 of the NHL draft when the Los Angeles Kings announced they were taking Jack Hughes with the 51st pick. No, not THAT Jack Hughes, who already is in the league with the New Jersey Devils after going first
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La tan esperada pausa de los casos de coronavirus durante el verano boreal parece que no se producirá, a medida que las infecciones por covid-19 siguen aumentando en gran parte de Estados Unidos. Un aumento anterior de los casos de este año fue impulsado por la subvariante BA.2 de ómicron. Ahora,
Continue Reading By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Police have imposed a curfew in Sri Lanka’s capital a day before a planned protest demanding the resignations of the country’s president and prime minister over the economic crisis that has caused severe shortages of essential goods. Hours before the curfew announcement, police fired tear
Continue Reading By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Police have imposed a curfew in Sri Lanka’s capital a day before a planned protest demanding the resignations of the country’s president and prime minister over the economic crisis that has caused severe shortages of essential goods. Hours before the curfew announcement, police fired tear
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday narrowed the range of documents House Democrats are entitled to in their years-long investigation of Donald Trump’s finances. The decision from the federal appeals court in Washington almost certainly won’t be the last word in the legal fight that began in 2019, when Trump was president
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Levi, Costco rise; Nu Skin, WD-40 fall.
Continue Reading By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior defense official says the U.S. will send another $400 million in military equipment to Ukraine, including four more advanced rocket systems. It’s an effort to bolster Ukrainian efforts to strike deeper behind Russian frontlines in the eastern Donbas region. The aid comes as Moscow
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to stay a court order blocking the Department of Homeland Security from implementing immigration enforcement priorities — potentially setting up Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s first vote since joining the court. The administration is trying to return to Obama-era immigration enforcement measures based
Continue ReadingBy Evan Perez and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Hours after the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday, top US and British security officials decried threats facing public figures around the globe in an exclusive interview with CNN, saying that there is a “right way” to protest political grievances. “There are way, way
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE, DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street capped a winning week with a sputtering finish Friday, as stocks waffled following a stronger-than-expected report on the U.S. jobs market. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% after earlier flipping between a loss of 0.9% and a gain
Continue ReadingBy Matt McFarland, CNN Business Argo AI, the self-driving company backed by Ford and Volkswagen, is shutting down its Washington, DC operation as part of a broader round of layoffs impacting about 150 people across the company. Ford had planned to launch a robotaxi service in DC last year with Argo AI’s technology, but the
Continue ReadingBy Sula Kim Click here for updates on this story SLIDELL, Louisiana (WDSU) — Slidell police say an alert Walmart employee and Slidell Police officers helped save the life of a 16-day-old infant who was left inside of a car Thursday in a Walmart parking lot. Around 10 a.m. Thursday, Slidell Police received a call
Continue ReadingBy Megan Thomas, CNN Larry Storch, a television actor best known for his role in the ’60s sitcom “F Troop,” died Thursday, according to a statement shared by his family on Facebook. He was 99. “It is with the heaviest of hearts that we share with you the news our beloved Larry passed away in
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press An 8-year-old boy whose spine was severed in the shooting at a Fourth of July Parade is conscious for the first time since the attack and asking to see his twin brother, his family said Friday. Doctors don’t think Cooper Roberts suffered any brain damage from the bullets that hit
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