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By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — It’s official: Eight candidates will be on stage at Wednesday’s Republican presidential primary debate. The Republican National Committee announced who met its donor and polling thresholds late Monday. The eight candidates include Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, and former Vice President
Continue ReadingBy Kalea Gunderson Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (WTAE) — The future of policing in Pittsburgh will soon be the topic of five conversations open to the public, offering people a chance to address the city’s police chief directly. These meetings will provide a space for the police chief to hear from
Continue ReadingBy COSTAS KANTOURIS and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ALEXANDROUPOLIS, Greece (AP) — Firefighters on Tuesday found the burnt bodies of 18 people believed to have been migrants who had crossed the Turkish border into an area of northeastern Greece where wildfires have raged for days. The discovery near the city of Alexandroupolis came as hundreds
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has fined Philadelphia 76ers guard James Harden $100,000 for public comments he made about his status with the team. Harden said last week he would not perform the services called for under his player contract unless he were traded. The league talked to Harden as part of its investigation
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican army says drug cartels have increased their use of roadside bombs or improvised explosive devices this year. Mexico’s defense secretary said 42 soldiers, police and suspects have been wounded by IEDs so far in 2023, up from 16 in 2022. Particularly on the rise are drone-carried bombs, with 260
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials say that Israeli security forces stormed into a town in the north of the occupied West Bank, leading to fighting that killed a 17-year-old Palestinian. The Israeli military was conducting an arrest raid Tuesday in the town of Zababdeh, south of the militant hotbed
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in Puerto Rico are investigating the deaths of 35 cats at a horse racing facility. Authorities said Tuesday that a security guard making the rounds at the Camarero Hippodrome in the northern town of Canovanas found the dead cats and contacted police. Police say a necropsy is being
Continue ReadingBy Jason Burger Click here for updates on this story NEWKIRK, Oklahoma (KOCO) — A 16-year-old girl was rushed to the hospital after she was hit by a semitrailer outside of Newkirk High School. KOCO 5 learned she was walking on the crosswalk from the high school to a nearby Sonic Drive-in. “About that time,
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo will visit China next week at a critical time for the world’s second-largest economy — and for the Biden administration’s relationship with the country and its leaders. China’s economy is in trouble, and some economists and market analysts fear the contagion
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urielblanco (CNN Español) — Un autobús que transportaba migrantes, en su mayoría venezolanos, chocó este martes con un tráiler y dejó al menos 15 muertos y 36 heridos, informó la Secretaría de Gobernación de Puebla en X, antes conocida como Twitter. El hecho ocurrió en el kilómetro 91 de la autopista Cuacnopalan-Oaxaca, cerca de los
Continue ReadingBy Nick Catlin Click here for updates on this story ROSWELL, New Mexico (KOAT) — A 10-year-old girl died yesterday after being shot by a firearm in Roswell, according to Roswell police. The shooting happened at 2 p.m. on Sunday at the 3000 block of West Eighth Street. Police believe the shooting was accidental and
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — A guard was abducted by inmates at a downtown St. Louis jail, but freed hours later after a police SWAT team intervened. Officials with the St. Louis Department of Public Safety say the 70-year-old guard was abducted Tuesday by two inmates while serving breakfast. Other inmates eventually joined in, but authorities
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Klinger Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — Grocery store chain Hy-Vee responded Monday after a social media firestorm over the firing of an Omaha employee with special needs. Family members of a worker named Anthony who they describe as “intellectually disabled” wrote a Facebook post on Aug. 17
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La tormenta tropical Harold tocó tierra en el sur de Texas, en Padre Island, a unos 80 kilómetros al sur de Corpus Christi, a las 11 am ET, según el Centro Nacional de Huracanes (NHC, por sus siglas en inglés). Se trata de la primera llegada a tierra en EE.UU.
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — On New Year’s Eve, Colombian superstar Maluma bid farewell to his musical alter ego Papi Juancho. “Fue un placer,” he wrote on Instagram. “It was a pleasure.” Then he teased a new era. Don Juan, coming 2023. Now, the wait is over. On Friday, Maluma
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The UK government went all out to prop up the economy through the Covid pandemic and the initial phase of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Now, the bill is starting to bite. Interest payable on UK central government debt hoovered up £7.7 billion ($9.8 billion) last month alone, hitting
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press An ambitious but failed attempt by Russia to return to the moon after nearly half a century has exposed the massive challenges faced by Moscow’s once-proud space program. The destruction of the robotic Luna-25 probe, which crashed onto the surface of the moon over the weekend, reflects the endemic problems that
Continue ReadingOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say that a 1-year-old girl died after being left inside a day care center’s van on a sweltering day in Nebraska and that the driver of the van was arrested. Omaha police say officers and medics were called Monday afternoon to Kidz of the Future Childcare as the temperature reached
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A New York City man who menaced Black Lives Matter protesters wearing a glove with serrated blades and then got in his SUV and tried to run them over has been convicted of nine counts of attempted murder. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz says 57-year-old Frank Cavalluzzi was found guilty on
Continue ReadingEAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan fruit grower who opposes same-sex marriage has won a key decision in a religious liberty lawsuit against East Lansing, Michigan. The city had barred Steve Tennes from its seasonal public market in 2017 after learning that he wasn’t allowing same-sex weddings at his orchard, 22 miles away. Now
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