CNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN Tucker Carlson broke his silence on Wednesday evening, posting a short video online after his abrupt firing from Fox News earlier in the week, but did not directly address his departure from the network nor his future. The right-wing media extremist didn’t say much in the rambling two-minute message, but
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By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MALINDI, Kenya (AP) — The ongoing drought in Eastern Africa has been made worse by human-induced climate change, which also made it much likelier to occur in the first place, an international team of climate scientists concluded. The report Wednesday came from World Weather Attribution, a group that seeks to
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN The unrelenting drought that has devastated the Horn of Africa and left more than 20 million people facing acute food insecurity would not have been possible without climate change, a new analysis has found. Since October 2020, this part of East Africa, one of the world’s most impoverished regions, has been
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By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — With the hostile crowd roaring and Sacramento making a big push, the Golden State Warriors did what they have done so often over their dynasty. They silenced a crowd and came away with a back-breaking road win. Stephen Curry scored 31 points, Draymond Green had
Continue Reading By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mitch Haniger scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the fifth inning following a dropped fly ball by Cardinals center fielder Lars Nootbaar as the San Francisco Giants beat St. Louis 7-3 on Wednesday night. That helped the Giants overcome a big night from
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Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El expresidente Donald Trump perdió un intento de última hora para impedir que el exvicepresidente Mike Pence testifique sobre sus conversaciones directas, en medio de una investigación criminal federal que examina las acciones de Trump y otros después de las elecciones de 2020. El expresidente ha intentado y fracasado repetidamente impedir
Continue Reading HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says it’s searching for a cruise ship passenger from Australia in waters south of Hawaii. The ship Quantum of the Seas notified the Coast Guard of a man overboard at 11:03 p.m. Tuesday. A C-130 air crew took off at 7 a.m. the next morning and arrived at
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By Mitchell McCluskey and Chris Boyette, CNN Three decades after a woman in Florida was fatally shot by a person dressed as a clown, the longtime suspect — who went on to marry the victim’s widower — has pleaded guilty even as her lawyers maintain she is innocent. Sheila Keen-Warren, 59, withdrew her earlier plea
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What night for Seattle Kraken hockey, which includes AHL affiliate, Coachella Valley Firebirds. FIREBIRDS SOAR PAST EAGLES IN BATTLE OF THE BIRDS The Firebirds defeated the Colorado Eagles in Game 1 by a score of 6-2 in Loveland to take a 1-0 series lead in the second round of the 2023 Calder Cup Playoffs. Game
Continue Reading By AMY BETH HANSON, SAM METZ and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Rep. Zooey Zephyr began her first day in legislative exile Thursday with renewed confidence that Republican lawmakers’ unprecedented vote to silence her has only amplified her message to constituents at home and others watching across the nation. “There are many
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly fell Thursday, echoing the drop on Wall Street, as worries about the U.S. banking sector and inflationary pressures weighed on investor sentiment. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 declined 0.2% in morning trading to 28,349.95. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.4% to 7,288.70. South Korea’s Kospi
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno and Richard Allen Greene, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ war with Disney overshadowed his foreign visit to Jerusalem on Thursday, as he responded to questions about the entertainment giant’s lawsuit against him by saying it lacks “merit.” “I don’t think the suit has merit. I think it’s political,” DeSantis, a Republican, said
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, CNN The US Coast Guard has called off its search for an Australian man believed to have fallen overboard from a cruise ship traveling from Brisbane to Hawaii. The man was reported missing from the Quantum of the Seas cruise ship late on Tuesday night, about 500 miles (805 kilometers) south of
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Brandon Drury spent his first three weeks with the Angels in a fog. The veteran found his way out of it right when the lowly Oakland Athletics came to Anaheim. Drury homered, doubled and drove in three runs in his third straight monster game, and
Continue Reading By JERRY HARMER Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Three years ago, tens of thousands of mostly young people in Thailand took to the streets in heated demonstrations seeking democratic reforms. Now, with a general election coming in three weeks, leaders of the country’s progressive movement are hoping to channel the same radical spirit for change
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Evan Perez, CNN Federal prosecutors asked a judge Wednesday to continue the detention of the Air National Guardsman accused of posting a trove of classified documents to social media, saying that he posed a flight risk and that the government was still grappling with the amount of stolen classified information. In
Continue Reading By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — She swaggered, she jabbed, she inspired. She even joked. Anyone looking for a glimpse of what Vice President Kamala Harris could bring to the campaign trail would have found it this week at Howard University, where she headlined a rally for reproductive rights. After two years of
Continue Reading By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. cigarette smoking dropped to another all-time low last year, with 1 in 9 adults saying they were current smokers, according to government survey data released Thursday. Meanwhile, electronic cigarette use rose, to about 1 in 17 adults. The preliminary findings from the Centers for
Continue Reading By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite surging interest rates, punishing inflation and global turbulence, the U.S. economy stood firm last year. From employers to consumers, the picture was one of surprising resilience. This year may be shaping up as a more downbeat story. The economy is widely expected to decelerate steadily
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein and Sam Fossum, CNN President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden capped South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s official state visit with a glamorous state dinner at the White House Wednesday night to celebrate the two nations’ 70-year alliance. “This visit is about reaffirming all that unites our two nations. It’s
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