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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Four Oath Keepers charged with plotting to stop the transfer of presidential power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden accepted an “invitation to sedition” issued by the far-right extremist group’s founder, a federal prosecutor said Monday at the start of a second trial
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By Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Their busy, buzzing business partners pollinate everything from almonds in California to blueberries in Maine, so few people understand the state of American agriculture quite like Florida beekeepers. But colliding climate crises have left few as sad and worried. The storms and droughts of ’22 had already taken
Continue ReadingCNN By Clare Duffy, CNN Twitter on Monday relaunched an option for users who pay for its subscription service to receive a coveted “blue check,” one month after the company was forced to pull the feature amid a wave of “verified” accounts pretending to be brands and high-profile users. The updated verification system, which expands
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Twitter on Monday relaunched an option for users who pay for its subscription service to receive a coveted “blue check,” one month after the company was forced to pull the feature amid a wave of “verified” accounts pretending to be brands and high-profile users. The updated verification system, which expands on
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo Nueva York (CNN) –– Elon Musk subió al escenario de un show del comediante Dave Chappelle este domingo en San Francisco, la misma ciudad donde está la sede principal de Twitter y donde el multimillonario despidió recientemente a muchos de sus empleados. La aparición de Musk resultó tan bien como podría esperarse. La
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams has been fined $20,000 for punching the ball into the stands during a game against the Golden State Warriors, the NBA announced Monday. Williams was assessed a technical foul and ejected for the act, which happened with 1:52 remaining in the game Saturday night after play
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday refused a request from tobacco companies to stop California from enforcing a ban on flavored tobacco products that was overwhelmingly approved by voters in November. R.J. Reynolds and other tobacco companies sought the high court’s intervention to keep the ban from taking effect by Dec. 21. There
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WETUMPKA, Ala. (AP) — Two Alabama women are preparing to stand trial in a city court where they’re accused of committing misdemeanor violations by feeding and trapping stray cats. Mary Alston and Beverly Roberts were arrested and taken to jail in the city of Wetumpka over the summer by police who said the women had
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday refused a request from tobacco companies to stop California from enforcing a ban on flavored tobacco products that was overwhelmingly approved by voters in November. R.J. Reynolds and other tobacco companies sought the high court’s intervention to keep the ban from taking effect by Dec. 21. There
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN The US government recorded a monthly budget deficit of $249 billion in November, a 30% increase from a year earlier amid increased spending and falling revenue, the Treasury Department reported Monday. Federal budget outlays increased by $28 billion, or 6% in November, with agencies such as the Education Department reporting increased
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal appeals court heard arguments Monday on whether the Justice Department can use a felony obstruction charge typically employed in evidence-tampering cases for prosecutions brought against some alleged January 6, 2021, Capitol rioters. Two judges on the DC Circuit US Court of Appeals — both appointees of former President Donald
Continue Reading By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An environmental group on Monday petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to help reintroduce the jaguar to the Southwest, where it roamed for hundreds of thousands of years before being whittled down to just one of the big cats known to survive in the region. The
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Update 12/15/22 The Palm Desert City Council unanimously voted to revoke the license of the Sweet Spot Club. https://youtu.be/cDoisQmjMlc Original Report 12/12/22 The City of Palm Desert is planning on hosting a city council hearing on December 15 to consider the revocation of the Sweet Spot Club’s business license. Since its opening in late October,
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Firefighters rescued an injured person from the flames of a mobile home fire Monday morning near Desert Hot Springs, CalFire reports. The person was taken to the hospital with “minor to moderate injuries.” The fire was ‘well established’ when crews were on the scene just before noon. The home is in the 17500 block of
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Fisk University women’s gymnastics program, the first at a Historically Black College and University at the NCAA level, will make its team debut on Jan. 6 at the inaugural “Super 16” in Las Vegas. The two-day invitational will be held Jan. 6-7 at Orleans Arena. The field includes each of
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nneka Ogwumike will serve a third term as president of the WNBA Players Association after being re-elected. The Los Angeles Sparks star has served as WNBPA President since 2016, first winning re-election in 2019. She was instrumental in negotiating for the ground-breaking 2020 collective bargaining
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court won’t block California from enforcing voter-approved ban on flavored tobacco products.
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s foreign secretary says he’ll travel this week to Washington, D.C., in an effort to resolve a dispute over imports of genetically modified U.S. corn. The trip planned for Friday comes before a scheduled visit next month to Mexico City by U.S. President Joe Biden. Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said Monday
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow, CNN With his vast crypto empire in ruins, Sam Bankman-Fried is preparing to be grilled by US lawmakers who are demanding answers about how his digital asset exchange, FTX, came unraveled, leaving at least a million customers unable to access their funds. Bankman-Fried tweeted Friday that he was willing to appear Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Subaru is recalling 271,694 SUVs because some of them could catch fire. The company is advising owners of some 2019 to 2022 model year Subaru Ascent SUVs to park them outside, away from garages or other structures, and not to leave the vehicles unattended with the engine running. An electrical
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