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CNN By MJ Lee and Betsy Klein, CNN One Sunday morning in May of 2012, Vice President Joe Biden shocked the country with an unexpected declaration delivered in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press”: He came out in public support of same-sex marriage for the first time. “I am absolutely comfortable with the fact
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By STAN CHOE, DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks on Wall Street are rising Tuesday after a report showed inflation cooled more than expected last month, cementing expectations that the Federal Reserve is about to dial down the size of its interest rate hikes. The encouraging data
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Lauren Fox, Melanie Zanona and Daniella Diaz, CNN Top congressional negotiators announced Tuesday evening that an agreement had been reached for a framework that should allow lawmakers to complete a sweeping full-year government funding package. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy said in a statement that he and ranking Republican member Richard
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By Nouran Salahieh and Cheri Mossburg, CNN A Los Angeles jury met for an eighth day Tuesday in the second sexual assault trial of Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie mogul accused of using his Hollywood influence to lure women into private meetings and assault them. After about 32.5 total hours of deliberations without reaching a
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By LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the Biden administration is poised to approve sending a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine, finally agreeing to an urgent request from Ukrainian leaders desperate for more robust weapons to shoot down incoming Russian fire. The officials said the approval is
Continue Reading By KEN SWEET and FATIMA HUSSEIN AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government charged Samuel Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, with a host of financial crimes on Tuesday, alleging he intentionally deceived customers and investors to enrich himself and others, while playing a central role in the
Continue Reading By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A Vatican cardinal is suing a Canadian woman for defamation after she accused him of sexual assault while he was archbishop of Quebec. Cardinal Marc Ouellet is head of the Vatican’s bishops’ office. He is seeking $100,000 in compensatory damages for “injury to his reputation, honor and
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La mejor oportunidad de ver la lluvia de meteoros más intensa del año será esta semana. Las Gemínidas, conocidas por sus meteoros brillantes e intensamente coloreados, llevan surcando el cielo nocturno desde finales de noviembre, y la lluvia alcanzará su punto máximo la noche del 13 al 14 de diciembre, según
Continue Reading By EVA VERGARA The Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile is going to try again to replace its constititution, which was imposed by a military dictatorship four decades ago. Fourteen of Chile’s political parties, from the left to the right, agreed Monday night to a new institutional process, to begin next year. The next
Continue ReadingBy JAMIE STENGLE and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A massive storm blowing across the country Tuesday spawned several tornadoes that wrecked buildings and injured a handful of people in Oklahoma and Texas, left two people missing in Louisiana and saw much of the central United States bracing for blizzard-like conditions. Sherriff’s deputies,
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The company operating a pipeline that leaked about 14,000 bathtubs’ worth of crude oil into a northeastern Kansas creek is recovering at least a small part of it. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday that Canada-based TC Energy had recovered almost 2,200 barrels of oil
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — The German defense ministry has announced plans to make it easier to dismiss suspected extremists from the military without lengthy disciplinary proceedings. The change has been in the works for months, but Tuesday’s announcement followed the uncovering last week of an alleged coup plot in which more than 20 people linked to
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN A towering whirlwind of dust passed right over the Perseverance rover as it explored the site of an ancient lake on Mars — and the rover recorded the first sounds of this Martian dust devil using its microphone. Dust devils, or dust whirlwinds, are common on Mars, and they’re part of
Continue Reading CNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN After making groundbreaking discoveries about the mysterious interior of the red planet, the InSight lander’s mission has officially ended. The stationary lander spent nearly 1,500 days on Mars. Mission managers declared the program’s end on Wednesday after the lander failed to respond to two messages from mission control at NASA’s
Continue Reading By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The new CEO of FTX says the founder of the failed cryptocurrency exchange helped 1,500 Bahamian investors remove $100 million from their accounts while other customers around the world were locked out of the exchange. John Ray III called FTX’s collapse one of the worst business
Continue Reading GLENN GAMBOA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The new CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX is appearing before a House committee Tuesday, detailing for lawmakers the lack of oversight and financial controls that he discovered since taking over the company a month ago. John Ray III called FTX’s collapse one of the worst business failures
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson and Amanda Musa, CNN Criminal charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder will be dismissed, a recent court order shows. Snyder was previously indicted in January 2021 on two misdemeanor charges of willful neglect in connection to the Flint, Michigan, water crisis, the court document said. The charges were punishable with up
Continue ReadingBy Angie Ricono and Cyndi Fahrlander Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — A scientist at The Stower’s Institute in Kansas City has been able to manipulate memories in animals. His groundbreaking research could have major implications for how Alzheimer’s and dementia patients are treated. Dr. Kausik Si genetically altered
Continue ReadingBy WABC-TV staff Click here for updates on this story HARLEM, New York (WABC) — A Central Park entrance will be named “The Gate of the Exonerated,” for the teenagers, known as the Central Park Five, who were wrongfully convicted in the 1989 attack and rape. “The Gate of the Exonerated” will be on the
Continue ReadingBy Toni Yates Click here for updates on this story LINDEN, New Jersey (WABC) — A brutal attack at a liquor store in New Jersey was caught on camera and police have released video of the suspect they are looking for. The attack happened at Beno’s Liquor store on North Wood Avenue in Linden on
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