By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Republican Daniel Cameron says he would move quickly as Kentucky’s governor to revive a push to require some able-bodied adults to work in exchange for Medicaid health coverage. Cameron is challenging Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear this year. If he succeeds, Cameron says his administration would seek
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge is weighing whether to revoke Sam Bankman-Fried ‘s bail after prosecutors said Wednesday that the FTX founder used the news media to harass a key witness against him and should be locked up until trial. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan didn’t immediately
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge is weighing whether to revoke Sam Bankman-Fried ‘s bail after prosecutors said Wednesday that the FTX founder used the news media to harass a key witness against him and should be locked up until trial. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan didn’t immediately
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL) — Two months ago no one living in an apartment complex along East Hollywood’s North Serrano Avenue would’ve expected they’d have to deal with a naked man roaming around the hallways outside of their units. “He just roams around our building to
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CNN By Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke Saturday at the Fancy Farm picnic, one of Kentucky’s classic political events, but his remarks were largely drowned out by jeers from the Democratic side of the crowd, who stomped their feet and yelled, “RETIRE,” and “DITCH MITCH” as he spoke. McConnell’s
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — After years of contentious negotiations, the board of Walt Disney World’s governing district now made up of Gov. Ron DeSantis appointees approved a contract for its firefighters on Wednesday and also proposed reducing property taxes. The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District voted unanimously to approve the
Continue ReadingBy Michael Cusanelli Click here for updates on this story BRATTLEBORO, Vermont (WPTZ) — Tyson Foods is donating 40,000 pounds of meat to help Vermonters affected by recent flooding. The Arkansas-based company will donate the food, which they said is equivalent to 160,000 servings, to the Vermont Food Bank in Brattleboro on Thursday, July 27.
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas Aces guard Riquna Williams, a veteran WNBA player and member of last year’s championship team, has been accused of felony domestic violence involving a person authorities say is her spouse. A judge on Wednesday allowed Williams, 33, to be freed from jail without bail
Continue ReadingBy KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — As John Wilson gears up to premiere the third and final season of his cult documentary series, “How To With John Wilson,” the filmmaker reflected on how a video camera changes people’s behavior — and how he exploits that for his show. Each episode of the
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate Wednesday for the 11th time in 17 months, a streak of hikes that are intended to curb inflation but that also carry the risk of going too far and triggering a recession. The move lifted the Fed’s benchmark
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell briefly left his own press conference Wednesday after stopping his remarks mid-sentence and staring off into space for several seconds. McConnell approached the podium for his weekly press conference and began speaking about the annual defense bill on the floor, which
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Es normal que por esta época del año comiencen a aumentar las noticias relacionadas a tiburones. Nueva York, por ejemplo, incrementó sus patrullajes luego de que se registraran cinco ataques en dos días; también quedaron captados en cámara al menos 50 tiburones frente a Long Island, y los bañistas observaron un
Continue ReadingBy DEJANAY BOOTH Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — A former real estate investor from Michigan is sentenced to six and a half years for a $3 million fraud scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s office announced Monday. Sean Tissue pleaded guilty in February to wire fraud and withholding information in a
Continue ReadingBy Viviana Lopez, Steve King, Tara Jakeway Click here for updates on this story DELRAY BEACH, Florida (WPBF) — A call of a suspicious item in the water turned into a police investigation involving human remains. That suspicious item, recovered by Delray Beach police, was a suitcase found along the Intracoastal Waterway near the 1000
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Budget Office reports that economic and job growth so far this year has been stronger than forecast in February, but an updated outlook sees parts of the economy as weakening through 2024. The latest 10-year budget and economic outlook from the nonpartisan
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — La Reserva Federal elevó su tasa de préstamo de referencia en un cuarto de punto este miércoles, con lo que las tasas de interés se ubican en su nivel más alto en 22 años. Es el undécimo aumento de tasas desde que la Fed comenzó con los aumentos en marzo de 2022
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Underwood Click here for updates on this story PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire (WMUR) — A Portsmouth woman is raising awareness of a lack of sanitary products for young girls in rural communities and around the world. “These are students who are living on less than 1 dollar a day,” Faith Doucette, of KenyaConnect, said.
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A prominent journalist in Belarus has been sentenced to six years in prison, the latest step in a years-long crackdown on opposition figures, independent journalists and human rights activists. On trial in the city of Grodno in western Belarus, Pavel Mazheika, 45, was found guilty Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James and his high school sweetheart, Savannah Brinson, were still teenagers when they welcomed their first child a few months after James won the NBA’s Rookie of the Year award with the Cleveland Cavaliers. They named him LeBron James Jr., but everyone soon called
Continue ReadingBy Jim Keithley Click here for updates on this story DIXFIELD, Maine (WMTW) — Rollins Ridge Road in the town of East Dixfield is a crumbled mess Tuesday, after several inches of rain fell within a two-hour period Monday night. A large culvert was left exposed. Arlie Hetrick, who lives on Severy Hill Road said
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