By Arit John, Eva McKend and Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips formally launched his presidential campaign Friday and filed to run in New Hampshire’s Democratic primary, kicking off his long-shot challenge to President Joe Biden. Surrounded by a small crowd of supporters, staff and curious bystanders outside the New Hampshire State
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story BOONE COUNTY, Iowa (KCCI) — Twenty-three-year-old Jesse Leopold left his job in Jewell on Oct. 13, 2016. He has not been seen since. Seven years later, an additional search has been scheduled, and the Boone County Sheriff’s Office is asking for volunteers to help. Three
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Mauricio Umansky and Emma Slater are explaining why they were seen in public holding hands. The real estate agent and the “Dancing with the Stars” pro, who are partners this season on the ballroom competition show, took to Instagram on Thursday to thank viewers for voting them through to
Continue ReadingBy DIDI TANG and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden met Friday with China’s top diplomat, a conversation that’s viewed as the precursor to a potential sit-down with Chinese President Xi Jinping next month. The encounter with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was the latest in a series of high-level contacts
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story NORWALK, Iowa (KCCI) — Some people may consider actor and Norwalk graduate Jason Momoa to be a dream boyfriend. But for one central Iowa woman, that was a reality in high school. Lindsey Aaron recently reunited with the Aquaman star when he was in town
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Washington (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff met on Friday morning with family members of Americans who remain unaccounted for in Israel, some of whom are believed to be held hostage by Hamas. The roughly hour-and-a-half meeting was held at the US State Department and led
Continue ReadingBy Fletcher Keel Click here for updates on this story CINCINNATI (WLWT) — A disbarred attorney who has previously practiced law in Cincinnati has been arrested on charges of using a false identity to gain employment with at least three law firms, the U.S. Department of Justice says. Federal prosecutors say Richard Louis Crosby III,
Continue ReadingBy MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR (AP) — El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has registered to run for reelection next year. Critics say the move is unconstitutional, but it is supported by a 2021 Supreme Court ruling. The United States assistant secretary for the Western Hemisphere said Friday the issue is for Salvadorans to
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE and DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street slipping Friday following the latest batch of corporate earnings and some mixed readings on the U.S. economy. The S&P 500 was 0.6% lower in afternoon trading, coming off its ninth loss in 11 days and its lowest level in
Continue ReadingBy Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — New satellite images capture the scale of destruction Category 5 Hurricane Otis wrought in Acapulco and southern Mexico. Few in history have endured a storm as strong as Otis – Acapulco never has. Its 165-mph winds and stronger gusts were akin to a slow-moving, 30-mile-wide, EF3 tornado. At least
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Sigue siendo uno de los mayores misterios de la ciencia: ¿cómo se divide y reproduce una célula humana, demasiado pequeña para verla a simple vista, hasta convertirse en un cuerpo humano formado por más de 30 billones de células? Desde el momento en que el espermatozoide se fusiona con el óvulo,
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Glaciers in East Antarctica could lose ice faster in the future than previously thought, scientists reported Friday, in an alarming feedback loop where glacier meltwater is triggering even more ice loss and sea level rise as the planet warms. The findings come less than a week after scientists reported
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — The Anti-Defamation League sent an open letter to more than 200 colleges and universities Wednesday, urging administrators to investigate campus chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine for allegedly supporting Hamas. The letter, written in conjunction Brandeis Center, a Jewish human rights legal advocacy group, said that
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP, PATRICK WHITTLE, HOLLY RAMER and MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Authorities scoured the woods and hundreds of acres of family-owned property, sent dive teams with sonar to the bottom of a river and scrutinized a possible suicide note Friday in the second day of their intensive search for
Continue ReadingMOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho judge has declined to dismiss a grand jury indictment against a man accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students. Bryan Kohberger is charged with four counts of murder in connection with the deaths at a rental house near the campus in Moscow, Idaho, last November. Kohberger’s attorneys
Continue ReadingBy Eli Brand Click here for updates on this story HAMMOND, Louisiana (WDSU) — It was an average Monday when Robert Hall’s wife, Jennifer got a call from a Baton Rouge number that she didn’t recognize. She was at work as a middle school vice-principal, so she let the call go to voicemail. She received
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — The United Auto Workers union is getting close to tentative labor deals with both General Motors and Stellantis, according to three sources familiar with negotiations. If deals with the two automakers are reached, it would be the beginning of the end of America’s longest
Continue ReadingBy FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has led a special prayer service in St. Peter’s Basilica for a world he says is in “great danger” from what he describes as the “folly of war.” Francis delivered his remarks in the form of a prayer to the Virgin Mary and didn’t
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