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By Sam Fossum Ahead of a highly anticipated meeting between President Joe Biden and Congressional leaders on Tuesday, senior Treasury officials reiterated dire warnings of economic “chaos” and “catastrophe” if the US doesn’t raise the debt ceiling as the country barrels toward default in early June. “I know he wants to set up a process
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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press EMMETT, Idaho (AP) — A far-right activist best known for his showdowns with federal and state law enforcement officials in Oregon and Nevada is waging a one-sided standoff of a different kind after refusing to comply with court orders in an Idaho defamation lawsuit. The lawsuit by St. Luke’s Regional
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By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer Vida Blue, a hard-throwing left-hander who became one of baseball’s biggest draws in the early 1970s and helped lead the brash A’s to three straight World Series titles before his career was derailed by drug problems, died Saturday, according to the team. He was 73. Blue died at a
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Nicolas “Nick” Gilbert, the son of Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert who became the team’s good luck charm at NBA draft lotteries, has died. He was 26. A funeral announcement posted by the Ira Kaufman Chapel in Southfield, Michigan, said Gilbert died Saturday “peacefully at home
Continue Reading By JAKE BLEIBERG and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press ALLEN, Texas (AP) — Another American community mourned Sunday for lives lost to a mass shooting — this time at a Dallas-area outlet mall where a gunman stepped out of a sedan and opened fire on shoppers. Eight people were killed and seven wounded Saturday in suburban
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that there are “no good options” for the United States to avoid an economic “calamity” if Congress fails to raise the nation’s borrowing limit of $31.381 trillion in the coming weeks. She did not rule out President Joe Biden
Continue ReadingCNN By Aileen Graef, CNN Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin said Sunday that “everything is on the table” as the panel scrutinizes new ethics concerns around Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. “The bottom line is this: Everything is on the table. Day after day, week after week, more and more disclosures about Justice Thomas —
Continue Reading By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press POTIOMKYNE, Ukraine (AP) — A grassy lane rutted with tire tracks leads to Volodymyr Zaiets’ farm in southern Ukraine. He is careful, driving only within those shallow grooves — veering away might cost him his life in the field dotted with explosive mines. Weeds grow tall where rows of sunflowers
Continue Reading By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and YASMINE MOSIMANN Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi court has issued a death sentence against the alleged killer of prominent Iraqi security analyst known for his expertise on the Islamic State group, nearly three years after his assassination. A criminal court on Sunday sentenced an Iraqi police officer to death
Continue Reading By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — After the gilded spectacle of King Charles III’s crowning in an ancient religious ceremony, coronation festivities took a more down-to-earth turn Sunday with thousands of picnics and street parties held across the U.K. in his honor. The community get-togethers, part of a British tradition known as the
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — ¿Qué te parece ganar US$ 1.000 por ver películas compulsivamente? Un sitio web financiero ofrece el premio a una persona que pueda dedicar dos semanas a ver más de 20 horas de la saga cinematográfica “Fast and the Furious”. FinanceBuzz, un sitio informativo que ofrece consejos y recomendaciones relacionados con el
Continue Reading CNNEE (CNN) — Cuando tienes sed, ¿qué bebidas son las mejores para mantenerte hidratado? Claro, siempre puedes tomar un vaso de agua, pero el H2O no es la bebida más hidratante, según un estudio de la Universidad St. Andrews de Escocia que comparó las respuestas de hidratación de varias bebidas diferentes. Los investigadores descubrieron que
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister, Stephanie Halasz and Christian Edwards, CNN Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group, has apparently backtracked on a threat to withdraw his forces from the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, after Russia’s Ministry of Defense promised to provide more ammunition to his troops. In an explosive, expletive-laden rant this week, Prigozhin
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By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that there are “no good options” for the United States to avoid an economic “calamity” if Congress fails to raise the nation’s borrowing limit of $31.381 trillion in the coming weeks. She did not rule out President Joe Biden
Continue Reading THREE RIVERS, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a man who was arrested last month in the 1988 stabbing and strangulation of a Michigan woman has died in a South Carolina jail, where he was awaiting extradition to face a murder charge. Police in Three Rivers, Michigan, say they were told Saturday about the death of
Continue ReadingBy Aileen Graef, CNN Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin said Sunday that “everything is on the table” as the panel scrutinizes new ethics concerns around Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. “The bottom line is this: Everything is on the table. Day after day, week after week, more and more disclosures about Justice Thomas — we
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Erica Herman, quien fue novia durante mucho tiempo del golfista profesional Tiger Woods, acusó de acoso sexual al 15 veces campeón de major, según un documento que presentó este viernes el abogado de Herman en Florida. Woods está acusado de mantener una relación sexual con Herman mientras ella trabajaba para él
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal Palace have both condemned alleged racial abuse towards South Korean forward Son Heung-min after the teams faced each other on Saturday. In a statement on Sunday, Crystal Palace said the club is “aware of a video circulating online (as well as reports made directly to us) regarding
Continue ReadingCNN By Dan Heching, CNN Due to the continued film and TV writers’ strike, “Saturday Night Live” did not air a new episode on Saturday evening, as originally planned. Former cast member Pete Davidson was set to return as host for the long-running NBC comedy sketch show, along with musical guest Lil Uzi Vert. Davidson
Continue Reading BY AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — LaJoia Broughton, a 41-year-old small-business owner, considers herself a fan of President Joe Biden. He’s provided opportunities for Black-owned business while bringing integrity to the White House, she said. Her decision for 2024 is not in doubt. “Biden has proven himself in the last few years,
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