DETROIT (AP) — Toyota is recalling about 751,000 large SUVs in the U.S. to fix a problem with the tabs that hold the front bumper covers on. The recall covers certain Toyota Highlanders from the 2020 through 2023 model years including gas-electric hybrids. The company says in a statement that the SUVs have resin front
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge says some of Georgia’s congressional, state Senate and state House districts are racially discriminatory, ordering the state to draw an additional Black-majority congressional district. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones on Thursday also ordered the state to draw two new Black-majority state
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan government critic María Corina Machado has been declared the winner of an opposition-organized primary to choose a presidential candidate in polling last weekend that has been denounced by the socialist government as illegitimate. The voting Sunday organized by the National Primary Commission drew more
Continue ReadingBy PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is moving closer to giving police broad new authority to arrest migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border. The Texas House on Thursday passed the measure that puts Republican Gov. Greg Abbott closer to a new confrontation with the Biden administrations over immigration. The measure
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Magsaysay, CNN CNN — As a first-generation child of Filipino American immigrants, I grew up with wistful stories my parents told of their homeland, rich in details from their childhoods spent in a country that seemed as foreign to me as the fictitious lands described in fairytales. These stories were told in a
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By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — As overdose deaths continue at a record pace, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced a new government-wide strategy Thursday involving scores of agencies that will target the precursor materials used by traffickers to make fentanyl and other synthetic drugs. Under the plan, CBP will work with
Continue ReadingBy SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio judge has found former Republican state Rep. Bob Young guilty on domestic violence charges over an incident this summer involving his wife. Judge Edward O’Farrell found Young, who waived his right to a jury trial and instead left his fate in the
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that Georgia’s congressional and legislative districts are discriminatory and ordered them redrawn. The judge ruled Thursday, ordering the state to draw an additional Black-majority congressional district. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones, in a 516-page order, also ordered the state to draw two
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities are planning to convert unused military barracks and installations into temporary shelters for migrants to deal with the increased arrival of thousands of people by boat to the Canary islands. A government minister says the authorities are evaluating two barracks in the Madrid region and other installations in the southern
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) – Mike Johnson swiftly ascended to the speakership with unanimous support from his party. Now comes the hard part. A largely inexperienced and untested leader, Johnson has to immediately confront a number of pressing legislative challenges and the deep scars within his bitterly divided party
Continue ReadingBy TODD FEURER, BRAD EDWARDS, SUE MCCANN Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Budding young artists are putting their talents and humanity on display to help children around the globe as part of an effort called Memory Project. Advanced placement art students at Oak Forest High School have put in countless
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge has reaffirmed a $10,000 fine he imposed on Donald Trump over an out-of-court comment that the former president made during his civil business fraud trial. The development came Thursday, after Trump’s lawyers urged Judge Arthur Engoron to rethink
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — The woman who accused actor Jonathan Majors of assaulting her during a dispute in March was arrested Wednesday night on suspicion of assault and criminal mischief related to the same incident, according to a source with knowledge of the matter. Grace Jabbari, Majors’ former girlfriend, voluntarily surrendered to police
Continue ReadingBy DEAN FIORESI Click here for updates on this story SANTA MONICA, California (KCAL) — A hiker was injured when he prevented a pair of mountain lions from attacking his dog in the Santa Monica Mountains on Wednesday. “This morning, an individual walking a small dog on a leash was injured when a young mountain
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The average rate on the benchmark 30-year home loan rose for the seventh straight week, making a significant hurdle for prospective homebuyers. The rate on the long-term loan is 7.79%, up from 7.63% last week and 7.08% a year ago. As mortgage rates rise, they can add hundreds of dollars a
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Newcastle United and Italy midfielder Sandro Tonali has been banned for 10 months for violating betting regulations, the president of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), Gabriele Gravina, said on Thursday. “The agreement has already been reached between the Federal Prosecutor’s Office and Sandro Tonali, which occurred before the referral,
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Oliver Darcy (CNN) — Most news organizations seem eager to sweep last week’s negligent coverage of the Gaza hospital explosion under the rug, moving on from the low moment covering the Israel-Hamas war without admitting any mistakes. While The New York Times and BBC — both of which faced enormous scrutiny for their
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CNN Opinion by Danielle Campoamor (CNN) — On the morning of May 24, 2022, my then-editors at TODAY.com were ready to send me to Ukraine to cover Russia’s unprovoked war. I had done everything necessary to prepare: I completed a three-day hostile environment training; purchased tourniquets and other battlefield medical equipment to carry on my person at all
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE COMSTOCK Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL) — A Los Angeles teenager is working hard to become a professional mixed martial arts fighter so he can show the resiliency coursing through the veins of many in the Jewish community. Nicknamed “The Hebrew Hammer,” Asher Tessler stands at 5-foot-10-inches and
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Two cargo planes recently orchestrated by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to carry supplies into Israel also contained drones, body armor and helmets for the war-ready country, CNN has learned. The Israeli government procured the equipment and asked the state of Florida for help transporting it overseas, a source with
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