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By Jack Guy and Rodrigo Pedroso, CNN A vast majority of Brazilians condemn recent riots and invasions of federal government buildings, and more than half say former President Jair Bolsonaro is at least partially responsible for them, according to new polling. Polling firm Datafolha released new figures Wednesday showing that 93% of Brazilians condemn the
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CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — At least three people were killed after a fiery crash involving semi-trucks on a freeway east of Phoenix early Thursday, authorities said, Arizona Department of Public Safety officials said the chain-reaction crash around 6 a.m. Thursday blocked multiple lanes of Interstate 10. DPS said a big rig crashed into a passenger
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Walmart will eliminate single-use paper and plastic carryout bags at the register from stores in New York, Connecticut and Colorado this month. The company previously stopped giving out single-use plastic bags in New York and Connecticut and in some areas in Colorado. Walmart offers reusable shopping bags starting at 74 cents
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TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A human rights group says an opposition politician who ran against authoritarian Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has been arrested in Minsk. The Viasna center reported Thursday that the 41-year-old activist who heads the Tell the Truth movement was seized by security forces near his home in the capital late Wednesday. The
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN Almost 40 million years ago a flower bloomed in a Baltic conifer forest. Dripping tree resin encased the petals and pollen, forever showcasing an ephemeral moment in our planet’s past. Scientists have taken a fresh look at the unique amber fossil, which was first documented in 1872 as belonging to a
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish media reports say Turkey has summoned the Swedish ambassador to convey Ankara’s displeasure after a mannequin depicting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was reportedly hung outside the city hall in Stockholm. Turkish officials on Thursday described the incident as “terrorist propaganda” by supporters of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or
Continue Reading By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma has executed a man convicted of killing an elderly couple and committing other crimes 20 years ago before authorities captured him in Texas. Scott James Eizember received a lethal injection Thursday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester and was pronounced dead at 10:15 a.m.
Continue ReadingCNN By Natasha Bertrand, CNN An American Navy veteran who has been detained in Russia for nearly a year was released from Russian custody on Thursday, his family’s spokesperson told CNN, after months of negotiations spearheaded by former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson. Taylor Dudley, 35, of Lansing, Michigan, was detained by Russian border patrol
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden acknowledged on Thursday that a document with classified markings from his time as vice president was found in his “personal library” at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, along with other documents found in his garage, days after it was disclosed that
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Jenna Johnson and Val Chmerkovskiy have welcomed a baby boy. The “Dancing with the Stars” couple both took to Instagram to share a black-and-white photo of the baby holding Johnson’s thumb, with Chmerkovskiy holding their hands. “Our world is forever changed 1.10.2023,” they both captioned it. The duo did not reveal
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Members of the U.K. royal family appeared in public Thursday for the first time since the publication of Prince Harry’s explosive memoir, touring charities and a hospital as they got on with the task of being working royals. Prince William and Kate seemed relaxed as they arrived
Continue Reading By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The former national chairman of the Proud Boys and four associates are standing trial on seditious conspiracy charges in the attack on the U.S. Capitol. This trial comes just weeks after the Justice Department secured guilty verdicts against two leaders of another far-right
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN Rep. George Santos, the recently elected GOP congressman from New York who has admitted to lying about parts of his resume, is facing escalating backlash from his own party as a growing number of House Republican lawmakers call for him to resign or say he can’t serve effectively
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By Steve Almasy, Joe Sutton, Jason Hanna and Melissa Alonso, CNN Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said Thursday evening there have been six deaths in the state following the severe weather outbreak that spawned more than two dozen tornadoes across the South. “I am sad to have learned that six Alabamians were lost to the storms
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is wobbling Thursday as it digests a report showing inflation slowed again last month, bolstering hopes the Federal Reserve may take it easier on the economy through smaller hikes to interest rates. The S&P 500 was 0.2% lower after flipping between small gains
Continue Reading By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer DENVER (AP) — Earth’s fever persisted last year, not quite spiking to a record high but still in the top five or six warmest on record, government agencies reported Thursday. But expect record-shattering hot years soon, likely in the next couple years because of “relentless” climate change from the
Continue Reading By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Democrat Brandon Presley has announced that he’s running for Mississippi governor this year. He says Thursday that he believes state government and the current Republican governor are disconnected from the needs of working people. Presley is his fourth term as a Mississippi utilities regulator, and
Continue Reading COLLEGEDALE, Tenn. (AP) — The driver of a semi-truck involved in a Tennessee train derailment has been charged. News outlets reported on Wednesday that Collegedale Police arrested the driver and charged him with failure to yield, a registration violation and felony reckless endangerment. The train hit the truck last month, injuring two train workers and
Continue Reading By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has named a veteran technocrat who both leads Abu Dhabi’s state-run oil company and oversees its renewable energy efforts to be the president of the upcoming United Nations climate negotiations in Dubai. The announcement on Thursday naming Sultan al-Jaber highlights
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Twin reports released Thursday by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found the last nine years were the hottest nine on record, with 2022 being the warmest La Niña year ever recorded. That’s significant, scientists said, since the La Niña phenomenon typically has a cooling effect on global temperatures.
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