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By Annie Grayer, CNN GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio is sending a renewed set of requests to four current and former government officials on Thursday, providing a window into how the highest-ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee is zeroing in on his first top targets ahead of the next Congress when he obtains
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Smithson Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (KMOV) — Metro detectives are investigating after a Buddhist monk was attacked at Nashville temple. Police say five people attacked the monk after they robbed the Wat Lao Buddhist Temple on Old Hickory Boulevard in South Nashville on Sunday morning. The victim lives
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business ‘Tis the season to mix milk into your soda. According to Pepsi, anyway. Pepsi launched a campaign Thursday encouraging customers to try the combination and use the hashtag #PilkandCookies (as in Pepsi plus milk) to showcase their Santa-friendly concoctions. Those who participate in the online challenge running through Christmas Day
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A massive fire broke out at a San Antonio truck stop early Thursday, engulfing the convenience store in flames and sending a large plume of smoke into the air. Firefighters first received a call at about 5 a.m. Thursday about a fire that broke out inside the kitchen of a Denny’s
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Allison Morrow, CNN Business Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of now-bankrupt FTX, has fallen from the peak of crypto celebrity, but he’s not going quietly. In back-to-back interviews, he’s portrayed himself as a clumsy and repentant businessman. “I think I got a little cocky — I mean, more than a little bit,”
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A 72-year-old woman has been arrested after she allegedly switched off a hospital roommate’s ventilator – twice – because she was annoyed by the sound it made, authorities in Germany said Thursday. The woman was jailed on suspicion of attempted manslaughter following the incident at a hospital in the southwestern city of
Continue ReadingBy David McKenzie, CNN After days of speculation, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa looks set to fight calls for his resignation despite a damning report that found he could have covered up the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars at his private game farm. His spokesman Vincent Magwenya said Ramaphosa would not be resigning
Continue ReadingBy Alexis Zotos Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — The Glendale Police Department says it has heard from around 100 residents who received an anonymous letter in the mail with no return address. Inside the envelope was a mailer with the word “BEWARE” and the faces of three teenagers.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James has questions about the disparity of media scrutiny he believes is being applied to a 1957 photo of Jerry Jones and the recent controversy surrounding Kyrie Irving. The photo of Jones, captured by an Associated Press photographer, shows him standing among a group of white students at North Little
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Family Dollar has lost ground in the dollar store race for years. Now, the discount chain hopes lowering prices will help win back customers on tight budgets. Its main competition is the much larger Dollar General, which has grown rapidly over the past decade. The companies battle for many of
Continue ReadingCNN, MALL OF AMERICA, WLFI By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Family Dollar has lost ground in the dollar store race for years. Now, the discount chain hopes lowering prices will help win back customers on tight budgets. Its main competition is the much larger Dollar General, which has grown rapidly over the past decade. The
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Consillio Click here for updates on this story OAHU, Hawaii (KITV) — Board of Water Supply officials are demanding the Navy immediately test its water wells for toxic chemicals they believe will eventually make it into Oahu’s groundwater. “In my mind it almost felt like I heard the scream or cry from our
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Con el volcán Mauna Loa en plena erupción en la Isla Grande de Hawai, las autoridades locales y los residentes vigilan de cerca el flujo de lava a medida que se acerca a una carretera principal y hacen planes ante la posibilidad de que pronto se corte el acceso generando un
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business A key measure of consumer prices slowed somewhat in October, another hopeful sign that inflation pressures could be moderating. The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index, or PCE, rose 6% in October compared to a year earlier, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. That’s down from the upwardly revised 6.3% annual increase
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN It seems like every month when household bills come due, we grumble about how the cost of living has gone up again. But it’s not just anecdotal. According to this year’s Worldwide Cost of Living Index, released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the average cost of living is up 8.1%
Continue ReadingBy Heather Middleton Click here for updates on this story JONESBORO, Georgia (Clayton News Daily) — When Imani Bell’s sibling steps onto the basketball court at Elite Scholars Academy in January, she will do so in a gym bearing her sister’s name. The renaming of the gym on Nov. 29 was part of the $10
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The Indio International Tamale Festival is kicking off on Thursday with “Mercadito de Noche” which includes a festive night market. The tamale festival is taking place from December 1 to December 4. This year Thursday and Friday will be “Mercadito de Noche” from 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm. This is a night market that will
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By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits came back down last week, hovering near levels suggesting the U.S. labor market has been largely unaffected by the Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest rate hikes. Applications for jobless aid fell to 225,000 for the week ending Nov. 26,
Continue Reading By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of inflation that is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve eased but remained at an elevated level in October, likely reinforcing the Fed’s intent to keep raising interest rates to cool the economy and slow the acceleration of prices. The report from the Commerce
Continue ReadingBy Gerry May Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — Residents along East Topeka in the Highland neighborhood say they’ve had low water pressure — sometimes almost no pressure — for months. And they’re wondering when the city will get around to fixing it. Beverly LeCompte showed us the situation with
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