By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Under fire from conservatives, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy worked strenuously Tuesday to sell fellow Republicans on the debt ceiling and budget deal he negotiated with President Joe Biden and win approval in time to avert a potentially disastrous U.S. default. Leaders of
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El acuerdo parcial sobre el techo de la deuda alcanzado en Washington no ha desatado una celebración en el mercado bursátil. Pero el compromiso bipartidista está provocando fuegos artificiales para algunas empresas que salieron ganando. Las acciones de la empresa de gasoductos Equitrans Midstream subieron este martes porque el acuerdo contiene
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A man who was involved in an armed robbery that included use of multiple AK-47s inside the gated community that houses the Arnold Palmer PGA West Golf Course in La Quinta was sentenced to four years in prison, officials said today. Noe Millan Mora, 31, along with Luis Jose Leyva Jr., 34, of Desert Hot
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By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Two separate federal lawsuits have been filed by whistleblowers against Oklahoma’s new Republican state superintendent and his top aide. The two former employees of the Oklahoma State Department of Education claim in their lawsuits that they were wrongfully terminated last week. Former OSDE program manager Matthew
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — A dinosaur exhibition linked to the Jurassic Park movie franchise has temporarily closed its Atlanta location. Police say people broke in and caused more than $250,000 in damage. Atlanta police say they responded Monday to a burglary call at the exhibition, which had just opened Friday. Surveillance footage shows one person sitting
Continue ReadingCNN By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Tuesday about compounded versions of the drug semaglutide, which is approved for treatment of diabetes and excess weight. Compounding “is the process of combining, mixing, or altering ingredients to create a medication tailored to the needs of an individual
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Tuesday about compounded versions of the drug semaglutide, which is approved for treatment of diabetes and excess weight. Compounding “is the process of combining, mixing, or altering ingredients to create a medication tailored to the needs of an individual patient,”
Continue ReadingCNN By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Between 1990 and 1998, the Chicago Bulls won six NBA championships, in arguably the greatest run in North American sports history. In fact, the only two years the Bulls didn’t win the title was when Michael Jordan tried his hand at baseball. The run was spearheaded by Jordan
Continue Reading By MARGERY A. BdECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers have advanced a bill to comply with a voter ID requirement mandated by voters last November. Passage of the bill will come down to the wire, with lawmakers scheduled to take up final debate on the bill Thursday. That’s the same day lawmakers
Continue Reading By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer is speaking out against the use of “courtesy cards” by friends and relatives of cops, accusing department leaders of maintaining a sprawling system of impunity that has fueled both reckless driving and racist traffic stops. The laminated cards have long
Continue Reading SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea has launched a purported space-launch vehicle after announcing a plan to put its first military spy satellite into orbit. Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff on Wednesday did not immediately provide further flight details. A satellite launch by North Korea is a violation of U.N.
Continue Reading By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A federal appeals court cleared the way for the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of legal claims tied to the opioid epidemic while shielding the wealthy owners of Purdue Pharma, the Sackler family, from future lawsuits. Under the plan approved Tuesday by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Continue Reading By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A federal appeals court cleared the way for the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of legal claims tied to the opioid epidemic while shielding the wealthy owners of Purdue Pharma, the Sackler family, from future lawsuits. Under the plan approved Tuesday by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Continue Reading By HANNAH FINGERHUT, THOMAS BEAUMONT and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is kicking off his presidential campaign in Iowa at the start of a busy week that will take him to 12 cities in three states. DeSantis is testing his pitch as the most formidable Republican challenger
Continue ReadingCNN By Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — A Chinese fighter jet conducted an “unnecessarily aggressive maneuver” during an intercept of a US spy plane in international airspace over the South China Sea last week, the US military said in a statement Tuesday. The Chinese J-16 fighter cut directly in front of the
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MIAMI (AP) — Gary Sánchez started at catcher and batted seventh in his first game with the San Diego Padres. A day after he was claimed off waivers from the New York Mets, Sánchez was in the starting lineup against the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night. Wearing No. 99, he went 1 for 4 with
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Eleven former Twitter cleaning workers at its New York City offices sued the company Tuesday, saying they are owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in back pay and damages after they were abruptly fired in December. The lawsuit in Manhattan federal court maintained that the company violated New York City rules
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Eleven former Twitter cleaning workers at its New York City offices sued the company Tuesday, saying they are owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in back pay and damages after they were abruptly fired in December. The lawsuit in Manhattan federal court maintained that the company violated New York City rules
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By Tatiana Arias, Duarte Mendonca, Julia Vargas Jones and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Brazil’s lower house of Congress on Tuesday night approved a bill that would limit the recognition of ancestral lands in a vote met by protests from Indigenous groups. The bill, known as PL 490/2007, would strip the environment and Indigenous people
Continue Reading Carolina Calero (CNN) — Dos personas podrían encontrarse aún en el interior de un edificio de apartamentos de seis plantas que se derrumbó parcialmente el domingo por la tarde en Iowa, según informó el alcalde de Davenport a mediodía del martes, mientras que otras tres personas permanecen desaparecidas mientras continúan las labores de rescate en
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