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Month: December 2023

The Constitution’s insurrection clause threatens Trump’s campaign. Here is how that is playing out

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s bid to win back the White House is now threatened by two sentences added to the U.S. Constitution 155 years ago. The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday barred Trump from the state’s ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which prohibits anyone

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Meta attorneys ask judge to dismiss suit claiming that directors’ obligations extend beyond company

By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Attorneys for Meta and Mark Zuckerberg asked a Delaware judge on Wednesday to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit asserting novel claims about the roles of corporate leaders and arguing that the loyalties of Meta directors should not lie exclusively with the social media giant. James McRitchie,

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Ryan Gosling reimagines his ‘Barbie’ power ballad ‘I’m Just Ken’ for Christmas, shares new EP

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — She’s Barbie. He’s just Ken. And now, it’s Christmas. On Wednesday, Ryan Gosling — the Ken to Margot Robbie’s “Barbie” in the film — released the “I’m Just Ken” EP alongside collaborators Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt. It features the original Grammy-nominated, ’80s-style power ballad

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Paris 2024 insists on tower construction for next year’s Olympic surfing venue despite opposition

By Maya Szaniecki, Chris Liakos and Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — Paris 2024 organizers say they are going ahead with their plan to build a new aluminum judging tower in Tahiti, French Polynesia in spite of opposition from the International Surfing Association (ISA), locals and surfers. In a statement Wednesday, organizers insisted that building the

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Indictment against high-ranking Hezbollah figure says he helped plan deadly 1994 Argentina bombing

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A high-ranking member of Hezbollah’s Islamic Jihad Organization has been charged in a New York federal court with terrorism offenses, though he remains at large. Charges contained in an indictment unsealed Wednesday in Manhattan accuse Samuel Salman El Reda of playing a major role in Hezbollah’s

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