By MJ Lee, Senior White House correspondent (CNN) — The White House continues to argue that it is entirely up to House Republicans to avert a government shutdown: “The ball is completely in their court,” a White House official told CNN on Wednesday, just three days out from the end-of-month funding deadline. White House aides
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By Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — Three people, including two minors, were arrested after multiple 3D-printed firearms were found inside a Manhattan day care, New York City officials said Wednesday. The arrests come nearly two weeks after a 1-year-old boy died of suspected fentanyl exposure and two other children overdosed at a Bronx day care.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum is moving up festivities for the former president’s 99th birthday because of the threat of a partial federal government shutdown. Events originally set for Sunday, Carter’s birthday, now will be held Saturday on the Atlanta campus of the library and the adjacent
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Follow along for live updates on the second 2024 Republican presidential debate. The field’s early front-runner, Donald Trump, is skipping the event, just as he did the first. He’ll be 2,000 miles away trying to woo union workers in Michigan amid a labor strike. The candidates on stage will be Florida
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Police say a murder suspect who was mistakenly released two weeks ago from jail in Indianapolis was captured Wednesday by the U.S. Marshals Service in Minnesota, where he faces charges in a 2021 killing. Marion County Sheriff Kerry Forestal says 28-year-old Kevin Mason was apprehended Wednesday afternoon in St. Paul. Officials have
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urielblanco (CNN Español) — La Fiscalía de Delitos Administrativos de Guatemala solicitó este miércoles el levantamiento de la inmunidad de los magistrados titulares del Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE) por la posible comisión de delitos de fraude, incumplimiento de deberes y abuso de autoridad. Según el comunicado del Ministerio Público, el objetivo es comenzar las investigaciones
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street yo-yoed to a mixed finish Wednesday after rising oil prices and bond yields cranked up the pressure even higher on the stock market. After taking several U-turns through the day, the S&P 500 inched up by 0.98, or less than 0.1%, to 4,274.51
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Amid an “unprecedented behavioral health crisis” with an “alarming” suicide rate, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday that it has awarded $232.2 million in grants toward efforts to prevent suicide and to boost behavioral health care for people who are a part of communities that
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Haynes, Peter Eliopoulos Click here for updates on this story SAUGUS, Massachusetts (WCVB) — Officials on the North Shore have scheduled an emergency meeting after a loud noise like “jet fighters” boomed across a Massachusetts town for about 20 minutes Monday night. According to Saugus Fire, at about 8:30 p.m., the Wheelabrator WIN
Continue Reading By Caitlin Hu, Marlon Sorto and Shirin Zia Faqiri, CNN (CNN) — Costa Rica’s president has ordered a state of emergency, citing a surge of migrants crossing through the country toward the United States. “The people that arrive are passing across Costa Rica trying to get to the United States, basically,” President Rodrigo Chaves told
Continue ReadingBy Nick Sloan Click here for updates on this story GREENWOOD, Missouri (KMBC) — Greenwood, Missouri Mayor Levi Weaver was removed from office Tuesday night by the Greenwood Board of Aldermen. The removal comes after the approval of three impeachment articles earlier this year. The vote was unanimous. The first article alleged that Weaver threatened
Continue ReadingBy Ophelie Jacobson Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Note to readers: KCCI is not naming the woman’s son in this report because, at this point, he has not been charged. The mother of a man who threatened to end his life by jumping off a bridge Monday afternoon
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred hopes owners will hold a vote on the Oakland Athletics’ proposed move to Las Vegas when they meet from Nov. 14-16 at Arlington, Texas. Manfred discussed the timetable Wednesday during an interview with The Associated Press discussing 2023 attendance. Las Vegas would become the fourth home for
Continue ReadingBy ANGELA CHARLTON and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The French government is promising a series of measures to curb bullying in schools, reacting to nationwide concern over recent suicides of schoolchildren. The proposals announced Wednesday include blocking school bullies from social networks and giving all children weekly empathy classes. The government also
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden was raising campaign cash in San Francisco on Wednesday while seven Republican presidential hopefuls held a debate down the coast in Simi Valley. Biden wasn’t paying them much attention because he’s already zeroing in on Donald Trump, the GOP
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden was raising campaign cash in San Francisco on Wednesday while seven Republican presidential hopefuls held a debate down the coast in Simi Valley. Biden wasn’t paying them much attention because he’s already zeroing in on Donald Trump, the GOP
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Follow along for live updates on the second 2024 Republican presidential debate. The field’s early front-runner, Donald Trump, is skipping the event, just as he did the first. He’ll be 2,000 miles away trying to woo union workers in Michigan amid a labor strike. The candidates on stage will be Florida
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Haley Talbot, Morgan Rimmer, Kristin Wilson and Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — With just four days before government funding expires, there is still no clear path to avert a shutdown. The House and Senate are on a collision course as House Republicans have thrown cold water on the prospect of passing a
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court has ordered all judges to address people in court by the pronouns they use or by “other respectful means.” Justice Elizabeth Welch says gender identity is an individual’s identity, “regardless of whether others agree.” For example, there are a growing number of people
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer Lisa Lazarus has gotten countless calls and messages from trainers across horse racing since new medication and anti-doping rules went into effect this spring, many of which she found inspiring. “For the first time ever, they feel like they have a real chance that when they get up to
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