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By Jamie Gangel, Ariane de Vogue and Zachary Cohen, CNN The House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, has come to an agreement with Ginni Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to be interviewed by the panel in the coming weeks, according to a source close to the committee.
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Congress passed a bill Wednesday that would allow divorced couples to separate their consolidated federal student loan debt, potentially making some of them eligible for President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. The bill now heads to Biden’s desk for his signature, after the Senate approved the bill in June. The
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By KARL RITTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said early Thursday that 215 Ukrainian and foreign citizens have been released by Russia in a prisoner exchange. In his nightly address, Zelenskyy said 200 of the prisoners were returned in exchange for Viktor Medvedchuk, the former leader of a Ukrainian pro-Russian
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju and Alex Rogers, CNN West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin released his plan Wednesday evening to expedite permits for energy projects, which Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer intends to add to the short-term spending bill that must pass by the end of the month to avert a government shutdown. Schumer agreed to
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The city of Palm Desert is introducing a new way to vote for city council this November, called “ranked choice voting.” It’s a move advocates push as a more equitable form of voting but opponents cast as unnecessarily confusing. Palm Desert is the seventh California city to adopt ranked choice voting, alongside San Francisco, Oakland,
Continue ReadingBy Donie O’Sullivan, Gabby Orr and Kristen Holmes, CNN Supporters of QAnon on former President Donald Trump‘s social media platform have celebrated what they see as his renewed embrace of the conspiracy theory over the past week after he shared a meme that was viewed as one of his most brazen nods to QAnon yet.
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, CNN More people are surviving cancer than ever before in the United States, according to a new report from the American Association for Cancer Research. In the past three years, the number of cancer survivors in the US — defined as living people who have had a cancer diagnosis — increased by
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By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Nathaniel Hackett blames his own dawdling as an unpolished play caller for Russell Wilson’s slow start in Denver. The Broncos’ rookie head coach vowed to clean up his game management miscues and call plays more quickly beginning Sunday night when the Broncos (1-1) host
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A last-minute deal prevented a railroad strike for now, but many rail workers remain unhappy with working conditions. Handfuls of workers gathered outside railyards across the country Wednesday in pickets organized by a newly formed workers group separate from the 12 unions that negotiated the
Continue Reading By The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered the lone video speech at the U.N. General Assembly. While the summit returned fully in-person to U.N. headquarters in New York, member states overwhelmingly voted last Friday to allow the head of the war-torn nation to address the hall. But there were
Continue Reading By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The CEOs of the nation’s biggest banks have appeared in front of Congress and given a dim view of the U.S. economy, reflecting the financial and economic distress many Americans are facing. JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon, Citigroup’s Jane Fraser and other chief executives said the U.S.
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The Riverside County Coroner’s Office has released the identity of a 3-year-old girl who was found dead inside a car on Spruce Street last week. The coroner’s office has identified the girl as Hanna Valenzuela from Indio. The cause of death is still under investigation. Police were called to the 46500 block of Spruce Street
Continue Reading By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — After a decade in limbo, Nevada is pressing U.S. nuclear regulators to finally kill a mothballed proposal to entomb the nation’s most radioactive waste beneath a windswept volcanic ridge north of Las Vegas. “The time has come to put this long-dormant and unproven federal project out
Continue Reading ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man who fled the U.S. and was eventually arrested in Croatia has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $7.2 million in COVID-19 relief funds. Court records show that 46-year-old Don Cisternino pleaded guilty Tuesday in Orlando federal court to wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and illegal monetary transaction. He
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Coyotes defenseman Jakob Chychrun still wants to be traded to a playoff contender. He’s not going to let that impact how he plays while he’s still in the desert. “I’ve been here a while now and the way I operate and take care of
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Shakira rompió el silencio y se refirió por primera vez a lo que ha vivido tras la separación de Gerard Piqué este año. No ha sido una etapa fácil para la cantante colombiana, pues además es investigada por el fisco español. Estas son las frases más notorias de Shakira sobre
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By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggested Wednesday that Russia’s decision to mobilize some reservists showed that Moscow isn’t serious about negotiating an end to its nearly seven-month-long war. Speaking by video to the U.N. General Assembly meeting of world leaders hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement,
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump padded his net worth by billions of dollars and habitually misled banks and others about the value of prized assets like golf courses, hotels and his Mar-a-Lago estate, New York’s attorney general said Wednesday in a lawsuit that
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump padded his net worth by billions of dollars and habitually misled banks and others about the value of prized assets like golf courses, hotels and his Mar-a-Lago estate, New York’s attorney general said Wednesday in a lawsuit that
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Joe Biden declared at the United Nations on Wednesday that Russia has “shamelessly violated the core tenets” of the international body with its war in Ukraine as he summoned nations around the globe to stand firm in backing the Ukrainian resistance. Delivering
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