By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Washington Sen. Patty Murray received a call early Friday morning that Sen. Dianne Feinstein had died, she immediately started calling her fellow female senators. The Democrat’s first call was to Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who had worked with Feinstein almost as long as she had.
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Washington Sen. Patty Murray received a call early Friday morning that Sen. Dianne Feinstein had died, she immediately started calling her fellow female senators. The Democrat’s first call was to Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who had worked with Feinstein almost as long as she had.
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Staring down a likely government shutdown, the White House wants to make sure any blame falls at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue — specifically on House Republicans. After all, it’s House Republicans who have been paralyzed by their inability to pass a funding
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Having stood out in two presidential debates, Nikki Haley has booked her largest venue in Iowa since launching her campaign. She’s hoping to fill a 600-person hall in a western Des Moines suburb on Saturday. That would be a huge number for most of her
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) –La lluvia sin precedentes que azotó la ciudad de Nueva York este viernes colapsó el sistema de alcantarillado y causó inundaciones generalizadas en calles, sótanos, escuelas, vehículos y hasta el metro de la ciudad más poblada de Estados Unidos. El agua subió rápidamente, tomando por sorpresa a algunas personas que se
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By Steve Contorno and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Tim Scott on Wednesday successfully pinned down Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for the first time on whether he would support a 15-week federal abortion ban. “Yes, I will,” DeSantis replied to Scott in a moment lost in the crosstalk that engulfed the messy Republican primary
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By Akanksha Sharma, CNN (CNN) — One man is dead and another in hospital after a boat reportedly struck by a whale capsized in waters off Sydney, Australia, early Saturday morning local time. Police responded to reports that two people were in the water just outside the headland past Botany Bay around 6 a.m. local
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By Joe Sutton and Amanda Jackson, CNN (CNN) — A man was shot Thursday during a protest against plans to reinstall a statue of a controversial Spanish conquistador in northern New Mexico, police say. Demonstrators were gathered in the city of Española, where officials had planned to reinstall a statue of Juan de Oñate but
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By Clare Foran, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, CNN (CNN) — Congress remained on track Friday to trigger a government shutdown, as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy suffered another high-profile defeat when the chamber failed to advance a last-ditch stopgap bill to extend government funding past a critical deadline. McCarthy is under intense pressure as House
Continue Reading By Vedika Sud, Sahar Akbarzai and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — An Indian minister has accused Canada of giving “operating space” to terrorists and extremists, as he rejected claims by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that the Indian government may have played a role in the assassination of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil. “The Canadian
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres will spend the offseason wondering what went wrong. The high-spending Padres were eliminated from postseason contention on Friday night despite a 3-2 win over the Chicago White Sox, a finality that prompted Manny Machado to give teammates a postgame pep talk. “We did what we were supposed to
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus and Mengchen Zhang, CNN (CNN) — China’s rail ambitions just keep growing. The latest addition to the country’s portfolio is a 277-kilometer (172-mile) high-speed train line along the southeastern coast, connecting the cities of Zhangzhou, Xiamen and Fuzhou, all three of which are in Fujian province. The maximum speed of the trains
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A fourth Bahraini soldier has died of his wounds after an attack earlier this week by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted forces patrolling Saudi Arabia’s southern border. The state-run Bahrain News Agency, citing a military statement Friday night, identified the slain soldier as 1st Lt. Hamad Khalifa al-Kubaisi. Yemen’s Iranian-backed
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: Llamado a la Tierra es una serie editorial de CNN comprometida con reportar los desafíos ambientales que enfrenta nuestro planeta, además de mostrar las soluciones a esos retos. La iniciativa Perpetual Planet de Rolex se ha asociado con CNN para crear conciencia y educación sobre los asuntos de sostenibilidad claves
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By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — A federal court judge in Ohio denied Friday an attempt by the US Chamber of Commerce to immediately stop the Biden administration’s implementation of Medicare’s new drug price negotiation program. The ruling was the first time a federal court has weighed in on the multiple lawsuits filed against the
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El gobernador de California, Gavin Newsom, fue uno de los muchos líderes políticos que emitieron declaraciones el viernes por la mañana poco después del anuncio de la muerte de la senadora estadounidense Dianne Feinstein a la edad de 90 años. La oficina de Feinstein dijo que murió el jueves por la noche en su casa
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By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump said he plans to attend his civil fraud trial in New York next week after recent court orders “materially altered the landscape,” according to a judge’s order in an unrelated case. A federal judge in Florida overseeing Trump’s lawsuit against his former attorney Michael Cohen laid out
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN) — A un aficionado del béisbol y a su caimán de apoyo emocional, llamado Wally, no los dejaron entrar a un estadio de la Major League Baseball para conocer a jugadores de los Phillies de Filadelfia este miércoles, aunque espera que un encuentro en el futuro pueda ocurrir. Joie Henney y Wally
Continue ReadingCésar López (CNN Español)– La pelea de Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez contra Jermell Charlo pondrá en juego los cuatro cinturones que ostenta el mexicano como campeón indiscutido de los pesos supermedianos y, por lo tanto, representará otra ganancia millonaria para el púgil tapatío. Y, por supuesto, también para Charlo. Históricamente, Canelo ha sido uno de los
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By Aaron Pellish (CNN) — Environmental lawyer and 2024 presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday teased a “major announcement” in upcoming weeks amid speculation he is considering dropping his bid to primary President Joe Biden as a Democrat and instead running for president as an independent or on a third-party ticket. “I want
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