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By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer After more than two decades as America’s best-selling beer, Bud Light has slipped into second place. Modelo Especial, a Mexican lager, overtook Bud Light in U.S. retail dollar sales in the month ending June 3, according to Nielsen data analyzed by Bump Williams Consulting. Modelo controlled 8.4% of U.S.
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By John Miller, CNN (CNN) — A Manhattan grand jury has indicted Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran who held the homeless Black man and street artist Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold on the New York City subway, a Manhattan District Attorney’s spokesperson told CNN. Penny, 24, was indicted on second-degree manslaughter charges. An arraignment is
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Ivana Zlotogwiazda (CNN Español) — Argentina tiene 19 feriados, entre inamovibles (12), trasladables (4) y turísticos (3). En junio hay un feriado inamovible el día 20, que conmemora el fallecimiento de Manuel Belgrano, creador de la bandera nacional y general de la guerra de la independencia, además de promotor de la educación pública. Este año,
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — The House and Senate are careening toward a major spending standoff that could consume Congress this fall, raise the threat of a government shutdown and once again test House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s ability to keep his narrow Republican majority behind him. It’s a showdown that was likely always going
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN) — La cerveza más vendida en Estados Unidos ya no es estadounidense: Bud Light perdió su título de décadas ante un competidor mexicano. Modelo Especial, la lager mexicana elaborada cerca de la Ciudad de México por Constellation Brands, se impuso como la cerveza más vendida en mayo, desbancando a Bud
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By JOE HARRIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mike Yastrzemski is comfortable at the plate with the game on the line and he showed it on Wednesday. Yastrzemski hit a game-tying two-run homer in the ninth inning and Thairo Estrada had the go-ahead single in 10th, and the San Francisco Giants rallied to complete
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — An active-duty Marine and another individual have been charged with using a Molotov cocktail to firebomb a Planned Parenthood clinic in Costa Mesa, California, in March 2022, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. According to the DOJ, the two men from California – Chance Brannon, a corporal
Continue Reading SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — An annual “Beach Report Card” released Wednesday concludes historic winter precipitation in California is resulting in high rates of runoff and dirtier water along the coast. Heal The Bay said just two beaches statewide made its 2022-2023 Honor Roll — Bean Hollow State Beach in San Mateo County, just south
Continue Reading By CLAIRE RUSH and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury in Oregon says the electric utility PacifiCorp must pay punitive damages for causing devastating wildfires in 2020. That’s on top of an earlier verdict already expected to amount to billions of dollars. The decision Wednesday came two days after the jurors
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street swung to a mixed finish after the Federal Reserve hinted it may raise interest rates two more times this year, even as it held them steady Wednesday. The S&P 500 finished the day 0.1% higher after pinballing between gains and losses following the
Continue Reading By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say Russian forces fired cruise missiles at the southern city of Odesa and shelling has destroyed homes in the eastern Donetsk region. At least six people were reported killed and more than a dozen injured in the strikes. A Ukrainian military spokesman said Wednesday
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Venturing back into the nation’s culture wars, the Republican-controlled House has approved legislation that GOP lawmakers say would protect gas stoves from overzealous government regulators. A bill passed Tuesday would prohibit use of federal money to regulate gas stoves as a hazardous product, while a separate measure
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Venturing back into the nation’s culture wars, the Republican-controlled House has approved legislation that GOP lawmakers say would protect gas stoves from overzealous government regulators. A bill passed Tuesday would prohibit use of federal money to regulate gas stoves as a hazardous product, while a separate measure
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen and Sean Lyngaas, CNN Washington (CNN) — Georgia election officials have been aware of existing vulnerabilities in the state’s voting software for more than two years but continue to insist the system is safe and won’t be updated until after 2024, according to a report that was unsealed this week as part
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US military deployed F-22 fighter jets to the Middle East this week due to concerns about ‘unsafe and unprofessional behavior,’ by Russian aircraft, the US military announced on Wednesday. “Russian Forces’ unsafe and unprofessional behavior is not what we expect from a professional air force.
Continue Reading LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Sarah Huckabee Sanders is heading to Europe for her first trade mission as Arkansas governor. The Republican announced Wednesday that she plans to travel to France and Germany to urge businesses to invest in the state. Sanders’ trip will include visiting the Paris Air Show and she plans to meet
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A Black North Carolina teacher has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against a Charlotte charter school, alleging he was fired after some White parents opposed his teaching of a novel about a Black teen struggling with “racial injustice” during Black History Month. Charlotte Secondary School hired Markayle Gray
Continue Reading By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Johnny Miller was back behind a microphone on Wednesday and the subject was himself. Specifically, the 1973 U.S. Open championship that he clinched with a final-round 63 at Oakmont that remains one of the greatest rounds in major championship history. Miller was honored with the
Continue ReadingBy Faith Abercrombie Click here for updates on this story TUCSON, Arizona (KGUN) — Despite men filling up more than 90% of the construction industry, a mother-daughter duo is working towards careers in construction. The Pima Community College students are building a new future. “I was homeless not too long ago,” said mom, Irene Rivera.
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Tom Hanks has starred in some of the most iconic films of all time, but he passed up the opportunity to star in a certain 1989 classic because of a personal matter, according to wife Rita Wilson. “People probably don’t know this but Tom was offered ‘When Harry Met
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