By Sonia Moghe, CNN The Justice Department has reached a $13 million settlement with a mortgage lender for discriminating against communities of color in three counties in New Jersey. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said the Civil Rights Division’s settlement with Lakeland Bank will create a $12 million subsidy fund and the bank will be
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BAGHDAD (AP) — Supporters of Iraq’s influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have attempted to storm Baghdad’s Green Zone government area as the Iraqi parliament held session on the resignation of its speaker. Associated Press journalists saw those supporting al-Sadr waving flags as security forces gathered around them. They managed to break through a security barrier
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish official says the Nord Stream gas leaks in the Baltic Sea could emit the equivalent of one third of Denmark’s total annual greenhouse gas emissions. Kristoffer Böttzauw, head of the Danish Energy Agency, said the emissions from the three gas leaks on Nord Stream 1 and 2 correspond to
Continue ReadingBy Angela Fritz and Brandon Miller, CNN Hurricane Ian is bearing down on the Gulf Coast of Florida as one of the strongest storms on record for the area. Its storm surge could be unlike anything seen there, and forecasters are warning that Ian’s intense rainfall — which is expected to continue across the peninsula
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By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California man who pleaded guilty to plotting to firebomb the state Democratic Party’s headquarters and other buildings in Northern California after the defeat of former President Donald Trump is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday by a federal judge. Ian Benjamin Rogers, of Napa, pleaded
Continue Reading By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California man who pleaded guilty to plotting to firebomb the state Democratic Party’s headquarters and other buildings in Northern California after the defeat of former President Donald Trump is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday by a federal judge. Ian Benjamin Rogers, of Napa, pleaded
Continue ReadingBy Amarachi Orie and Christian Edwards, CNN The wreck of a ship that tried to warn the RMS Titanic of the iceberg that sank it on its maiden voyage has been found at the bottom of the Irish Sea. The British merchant steamship SS Mesaba sent a warning radio message to the Titanic on April
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By ASHRAF KHALIL and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says his administration’s goal of ending hunger in the U.S. by the end of the decade is ambitious but doable, if only the nation would work together. It was the president at his most optimistic, sketching out a future where no
Continue Reading By ASHRAF KHALIL and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday his administration’s goal of ending hunger in the U.S. by the end of the decade was ambitious but doable, if only the nation would work together toward achieving it. “I know we can do this,” Biden told an auditorium
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bond markets around the world are relaxing Wednesday after London’s central bank pledged to do whatever’s needed to restore calm in its financial markets. The move comes amid heightened concerns about the potential for economies worldwide slipping into a recession as the hottest inflation
Continue ReadingBy CBS13 STAFF Click here for updates on this story SUTTER CREEK, California (KOVR) — The Amador High varsity football won’t be returning to the field this season, after the investigation into a “highly inappropriate chat thread” involving members of the team escalated, and some allegations were referred to law enforcement. The Amador County Unified
Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday will hold his second closed-door meeting with his senior economic team in less than a week, marking a notable increase in tempo as global markets are rattled by a mix of soaring inflation, Europe’s energy crisis and China’s downturn. White House economic officials have also closely
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Herb, CNN Then-President Donald Trump nearly fired his daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner from the White House via tweet, according to a new book from New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman. Trump raised the prospect of firing Ivanka Trump and Kushner, who were both senior White House aides, during meetings
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Esto es lo que debes saber de Brasil, el país más grande en extensión y con más población de América Latina, que se extiende desde la cuenca del Amazonas hasta los viñedos y las cataratas de Iguazú, en Sudamérica. Este país celebra la segunda vuelta presidencial el 30 de
Continue ReadingBy CBSLA STAFF Click here for updates on this story LONG BEACH, California (KCAL, KCBS) — As sweltering heat continues to bake the Southland, some students have been forced to sit through class without any relief in Long Beach, due to aging campuses and lack of air conditioning. On Tuesday, temperatures reached nearly 90 degrees,
Continue Reading By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The founder of the Oath Keepers and four associates are on trial in the Capitol attack on charges that include seditious conspiracy — a rarely used Civil War-era accusation that strikes to the heart of what prosecutors say happened that day. Stewart Rhodes
Continue Reading By LORNE COOK and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union officials say the 27-nation bloc should impose “biting sanctions” on Russian trade and hit officials responsible for “sham referendums” held in parts of Ukraine. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the Kremlin-orchestrated referendums on joining Russia “are an illegal attempt
Continue ReadingBy Steve Almasy and Dakin Andone, CNN Almost half of all deaths from tropical cyclones come from storm surge. While many people focus on the wind speed of storms, the danger often comes from the water flowing in from the ocean. Privately, you may be wondering (and you wouldn’t be alone): “What exactly is storm
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — Hailey Bieber aclaró una teoría que durante mucho tiempo ha molestado a algunos de seguidores de su esposo, Justin. La modelo participó en un episodio de la nueva temporada del podcast “Call Her Daddy” que se publicó este miércoles. El presentador Alex Cooper le preguntó acerca de que la hayan llamado “rompehogares”,
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Chloë Grace Moretz is opening up about how fame and social media caused her to “basically” become a “recluse.” “For a long time I was able to be the Chloë that people see and the Chloë that I am in private,” the “Kick-Ass” star said in an interview with Hunger.
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