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By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Republican attorney general in Kansas is working to keep transgender people from intervening of his state-court lawsuit against changing the sex listings on their state driver’s licenses. Five transgender individuals are seeking to intervene, and Attorney General Kris Kobach said Thursday that he opposes
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urielblanco (CNN Español) — Hugo Carvajal, exjefe de la Dirección de Inteligencia Militar de Venezuela, fue presentado y procesado este jueves en una corte del Distrito Sur de Nueva York. Luego de conocer los cargos, Carvajal se declaró inocente ante un juez. “Son 15 años de investigación en este caso y nunca ha conseguido una
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s Thursday trip to a Philadelphia shipyard came at the intersection of key planks of his reelection argument: union jobs, clean energy, and his economic policies – and all in battleground Pennsylvania, where he’s visited 27 times since taking office. Biden’s economic message is
Continue ReadingBy MARCIO SANCHEZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A tiny neighborhood store in downtown Los Angeles sold the winning ticket for the Powerball jackpot worth an estimated $1.08 billion, the sixth largest in U.S. history and the third largest in the history of the game. The winning numbers for Wednesday night’s drawing were: white
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are slipping Thursday following a mixed set of profit reports, forcing a cooldown for Wall Street’s torrid rally. The S&P 500 was 0.4% lower in afternoon trading, coming off its highest close since early April 2022 and its seventh gain in the last eight
Continue ReadingWESTFIELD, Ind. (AP) — Indiana authorities have recovered two complete human DNA profiles from bones and bone fragments found on property once owned by a long-deceased businessman suspected in a string of killings in the 1980s and 1990s. Hamilton County Coroner Jeff Jellison says Indiana State Police’s laboratory was able to produce the two DNA
Continue ReadingBy JACK JEFFERY and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Families and a rights defender say two prominent figures from Egypt’s human rights community have been released from prison. The releases of Patrick George Zaki, an activist and postgraduate student in Italy, and Mohamed el-Baker, a human rights lawyer, come a day after they
Continue ReadingBy DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer A screening tool the federal government is using to decide which neighborhoods have a disproportionate amount of pollution and climate risk could worsen air pollution exposure disparities along racial lines, according to a new analysis. Researchers from several universities around the United States who modeled the potential effects of
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. officials say North Korea hasn’t responded to their attempts to discuss the American soldier who bolted across the heavily armed border. That underscores that the serviceman’s prospects for a quick release are unclear at a time of high tensions and inactive communication channels. Without
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By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Rex Heuermann left his office near the Empire State Building and strolled down a still-bustling Fifth Avenue as the sun set on a hot Thursday evening in Manhattan. The 59-year-old architect, whose customers included Catholic Charities, American Airlines and other tenants at John F. Kennedy International Airport, is seen
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — Padres right-hander Robert Suarez was activated off the 60-day injured list before Thursday afternoon’s game against the Blue Jays. Suarez signed a $46 million, five-year contract to stay with the Padres last November but has not pitched this season because of a sore elbow. Right-handed knuckleballer Matt Waldron was optioned to Triple-A
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — A tentative deal was reached on Thursday between the union representing 1,500 stagehands and other backstage workers and Broadway producers, theater owners and operators to avert a strike that could have shut down shows in New York and touring shows across the country as
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Los Ángeles (CNN) — Este viernes, el sindicato SAG-AFTRA, que representa a unos 160.000 actores de Hollywood, se declaró oficialmente en huelga tras no llegar a un acuerdo con los grandes estudios. Esto significa que los actores y guionistas de Hollywood están en huelga simultáneamente por primera vez en más de 60 años,
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Lakamp Click here for updates on this story BUFFALO, New York (The Buffalo News) — A judge has rejected a request that federal prosecutors share their criminal evidence against Buffalo mass shooter Payton Gendron with lawyers hired by the victims’ families. Gendron’s public defenders made the request, which the civil lawyers have said
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN (CNN) — The union representing pilots flying cargo planes for UPS say they will not cross picket lines if Teamsters strike next month, a spokesperson for the Independent Pilots Association confirmed to CNN. The union representing 3,400 pilots has vowed solidarity “by not ‘turning an aircraft wheel’ on
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Female orcas, like their human counterparts, live decades beyond their reproductive years. Scientists are trying to untangle why. In doing so, researchers are aiming to uncover more clues to the evolutionary purpose of menopause — a rare phenomenon in the animal kingdom. Earlier research has suggested that postmenopausal orcas are
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Barbie, the doll, may be 64 years old, but “Barbie,” the movie, is a pandemic baby. Greta Gerwig, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind “Little Women” and “Lady Bird,” started dreaming it up at a time when she wasn’t sure movies would ever come back. “I wanted to channel something that
Continue ReadingBy WEB STAFF Click here for updates on this story AURORA, Colorado (KCNC) — A midnight ceremony was held in Aurora to remember the victims of the Aurora theater shooting. Twelve people were killed and dozens and dozens were left injured on July 20, 2012, after a gunman walked into a movie theater during a
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Popeyes is now selling its own version of the viral “girl dinner” trend with a variety of sides that make a meal, including mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, Cajun fries, coleslaw, biscuits and red beans with rice. Unlike a traditional combo deal, this promotion consists of side
Continue ReadingBy FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A street-food salesgirl who became a tech entrepreneur and senator is shaking up the contest to succeed Mexico’s popular president and offering many voters the first real alternative to her country’s dominant party. Xóchitl Gálvez, 60, helped her family as a girl by selling tamales on
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