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By LISA MASCARO and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy met face-to-face Wednesday for more than an hour of highly anticipated budget talks — “a good first meeting,” the new Republican leader said — but expectations were low for quick progress as GOP lawmakers push
Continue Reading By BECKY BOHRER and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Biden administration has issued a long-awaited study that recommends allowing a major oil development on Alaska’s North Slope. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s recommendation is not final. It calls for up to three drilling sites initially, fewer than the five pursued
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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are getting a national television audience on Saturday. Just in case. With James closing in on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s career scoring record, the NBA has moved the Lakers’ game at New Orleans up two hours to a 6 p.m. Eastern start. The Lakers-Pelicans
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Germán Padinger (CNN Español) — Dos buques de guerra de la Armada de Irán —recientemente sancionados por Estados Unidos— están navegando en aguas internacionales frente a las costas de América Latina desde hace meses, según medios estatales iraníes y autoridades brasileñas. La 86° flotilla, compuesta por el destructor IRIS Dena y el buque de guerra
Continue Reading By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press The U.S. Air Force is telling North Dakota leaders it believes a Chinese company’s plan to build a wet corn milling plant near the Grand Forks Air Force Base poses a national security threat. The Fufeng Group’s proposed $700 million project had been touted as an economic boon. Now opponents
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Apple made its biggest entry into the sports streaming marketplace Wednesday when Major League Soccer’s “Season Pass” debuted on Apple TV+. Here’s what we know about the service: HOW DO I FIND THE MLS GAMES BEING STREAMED BY APPLE TV+? The app can be accessed on Apple devices, smart
Continue ReadingCNN By Maegan Vazquez and Clare Foran, CNN House Speaker Kevin McCarthy did not walk away from his highly anticipated White House meeting on Wednesday with an agreement in hand to address the debt limit, but signaled optimism that both he and President Joe Biden can reach consensus “long before” the United States reaches default.
Continue Reading By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey lawmakers will soon discuss a proposed law that would ban smoking in Atlantic City’s casinos, the first action in nearly three years on an emotional issue that is dividing casino patrons and sickening some workers. A state Senate committee will hold a hearing
Continue ReadingBy Evan Perez, Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Attorneys for Hunter Biden on Wednesday asked state and federal agencies to investigate a computer repair shop owner, Rudy Giuliani and number of right-wing political figures involved in disseminating contents of his laptop, alleging that they committed computer and other criminal violations in their effort to
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister, Frederik Pleitgen and Konstantyn Hak, CNN In the town of Krasnohorivka, grim Soviet-era apartment buildings stand nearly but not quite empty, with only a few residents remaining. Blocks on the southern edges of town are burned shells, windows shattered and awnings dangling in the winter breeze. Houses are largely shuttered; their tenants
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — En una nueva audiencia del juicio que enfrenta Genaro García Luna en Nueva York, la defensa del exsecretario de Seguridad Pública de México interrogó este miércoles al testigo Israel Ávila y resaltó algunas inconsistencias en su testimonio que dio este martes ante la Fiscalía. Ávila, un exnarcotraficante que dijo que
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Palm View Elementary School in Coachella was placed on a brief lockdown Wednesday afternoon. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, an employee saw a man jump the school’s fence while holding a knife. The employee called 911 and the school was placed on lockdown at 1:34 p.m. Authorities said the man left campus and
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Livestock Loss Board is implementing a new incentive program that will compensate ranchers for removing livestock carcasses to locations where they aren’t accessible to Mexican wolves. Officials announced Wednesday that the board will pay ranchers $250 for each carcass that is made unavailable to wolves. The board was formed by
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer President Joe Biden is taking swipes at airlines and hotels over some of the fees that they charge consumers. The president is also going after ticket sellers and internet and cable companies. On Wednesday, Biden called on Congress to pass legislation to limit what he called “junk fees.” He
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk’s former chief of staff on Wednesday testified that the billionaire believed he had a “handshake deal” to take Tesla private in 2018 shortly before he tweeted he had the financing for an aborted buyout that is still haunting him in a high-profile trial.
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk’s former chief of staff on Wednesday testified that the billionaire believed he had a “handshake deal” to take Tesla private in 2018 shortly before he tweeted he had the financing for an aborted buyout that is still haunting him in a high-profile trial.
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer Bobby Beathard, the architect of four Super Bowl-winning teams with two different organizations during his lengthy tenure in football, has died. He was 86. A spokesperson for the Washington Commanders said Beathard’s family told the team he died Monday at his home in Franklin, Tennessee, less than a week
Continue Reading By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The mountain snowpack that supplies a significant amount of California’s water got an incredible boost from recent powerful storms and is outpacing the state’s wettest season on record, state water officials said Wednesday. But its too soon to know if the winter will be a drought-buster,
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– La presidenta de Perú, Dina Boluarte, aseguró este miércoles que presentará ante el Congreso un proyecto de ley para adelantar las elecciones, luego de que el parlamento no aprobara una propuesta que buscaba realizar los comicios en diciembre de este año. A través de la cuenta oficial de Twitter de la
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Bugatti sold its last purely gas-powered supercar at a Paris auction Wednesday for more than $10 million, setting a world auction record for a new car. Originally a special development model that was never intended to be sold, the one-of-a-kind Bugatti Chiron Profilée sold at RM Paris collector car auction for
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