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By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans see inflation, taxes and immigration as Democratic weak spots worth attacking in the upcoming battle over an economic package the Democrats want to push through the Senate. They’re also targeting two Democratic senators, Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia. The measure embodies
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By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans see inflation, taxes and immigration as Democratic weak spots worth attacking in the upcoming battle over an economic package the Democrats want to push through the Senate. They’re also targeting two Democratic senators, Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia. The measure embodies
Continue Reading By BRIAN SLODYSKO and TOM DAVIES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski was killed Wednesday in a car crash in her northern Indiana district along with two members of her congressional staff and another person, police said. The crash happened about 12:30 p.m. when a car crossed the center line on
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, Devon M. Sayers and Nick Valencia, CNN In the leadup to Kansas’ monumental vote on abortion rights, volunteers and community organizers knocked on more than 60,000 doors, and made more than 600,000 phone calls. The goal, according to Kansans for Constitutional Freedom, the coalition opposing the amendment: to engage voters in the
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By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona voters relegated House Speaker Rusty Bowers to the history books after the conservative Republican crossed former President Donald Trump and refused to back his unsupported claims that he lost in 2020 because of fraud. Bowers was thoroughly trounced in Tuesday’s GOP primary, losing to a former
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona voters relegated House Speaker Rusty Bowers to the history books after the conservative Republican crossed former President Donald Trump and refused to back his unsupported claims that he lost in 2020 because of fraud. Bowers was thoroughly trounced in Tuesday’s GOP primary, losing to a former
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — La Secretaría de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana de México informó este jueves que, tras la inundación en una mina localizada en el estado de Coahuila, en el norte del país, las autoridades han logrado rescatar a cinco personas, mientras que 10 mineros aún se encuentran atrapados. La secretaría agregó que
Continue Reading By JOHN RABY Associated Press Tennessee’s attorney general is suing Walgreens over the state’s opioid crisis. Attorney General Herbert Slatery filed the lawsuit in Knox County Circuit Court. It alleges violations of Tennessee’s Consumer Protection Act and seeks unspecified civil penalties. The suit says the drugstore chain contributed to the state’s opioid crisis by failing
Continue Reading By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — County commissioners in rural Nevada appointed a new top election official who has denied that President Joe Biden won the 2020 election and promises to implement plans to count every ballot by hand, in place of electronic vote tabulating machines. Republican Mark Kampf will
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA has added 6-foot-7 Abramo Canka of Italy to its basketball roster for the upcoming season. Canka (ZAHN-kuh) signed a grant-in-aid and will enroll as a freshman this fall, the school said Wednesday. The NCAA cleared Canka to join UCLA after he recently played with Lokomotiv Kuban, a professional team in
Continue Reading By TERRY SPENCER and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Girl Scout and avid reader. A trombone player who loved movies and basketball. A straight-A student who loved Irish dance and was looking forward to a trip to Ireland. Jurors in the trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz heard tearful
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran and Ali Zaslav, CNN The Senate voted on Wednesday to approve a resolution to ratify membership for Sweden and Finland in NATO, a historic vote aimed at strengthening the defense bloc amid Russia’s war in Ukraine. NATO formalized its invitation to Sweden and Finland to join the alliance at the end of
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By Claudia Dominguez, CNN A 26-year-old man who was arrested for starting a wildfire told Utah authorities he had been attempting to kill a spider with a lighter when he started the blaze, according to the Utah County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded Monday to the Bonneville Shoreline area near Springville for a fire that was
Continue Reading By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mitch Hammontree stood back and gazed at the flowers, candles and handwritten messages laid out beneath a sign welcoming fans to Dodger Stadium at the main entrance on Vin Scully Avenue. “This is an altar,” said the 68-year-old fan from Placentia. The city of Los
Continue Reading By Laura Ly and Ray Sanchez, CNN New York City Mayor Eric Adams and police officials on Wednesday released data showing that the number of people arrested three or more times a year for crimes such as robbery, burglary and grand larceny increased significantly during the first six months of 2022. Adams, a moderate Democrat
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Trump-endorsed state lawmaker who won the GOP nomination for Arizona secretary of state is the latest candidate to advance to the November ballot for a post overseeing state elections while denying the results of the last one. The early success of such
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN One of television’s longest-running soap operas will no longer have a home on broadcast TV. NBC has announced “Days of Our Lives” will stream exclusively on Peacock starting September 12, marking the end of a broadcast run that has spanned more than 14,000 episodes and began when Lyndon B. Johnson was
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — A group of protesters broke through an 8-foot (2-meter) chain fence erected Wednesday around Berkeley’s historic People’s Park and faced off with police officers standing guard as a construction crew began work on a controversial student housing project. The work was halted
Continue Reading By HAVEN DALEY and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press KLAMATH RIVER, Calif. (AP) — A week ago, the scenic Northern California hamlet of Klamath River was home to about 200 people and had a community center, post office and a corner grocery store. Now, after a wildfire raged through the forested region near the Oregon state
Continue Readingby Matt Egan, CNN Walmart is laying off about 200 corporate employees, a person familiar with the matter told CNN, in a move that comes days after the retail giant issued a rare profit warning. In a statement, Walmart confirmed it is “updating our structure and evolving select roles to provide clarity and better position
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