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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The legal team representing former President Donald Trump is taking issue with special counsel Jack Smith’s office providing him evidence for his federal criminal trial for election interference in the latest spat over a potential delay of the March 4 trial date. On Monday, prosecutors turned over an exhibit
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces raided one of the last functioning hospitals in Gaza’s north and bombarded the south with airstrikes that killed at least 28 Palestinians, pressing ahead with their offensive Tuesday with renewed backing from the United States, despite rising international alarm. In
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is ticking upward and near all-time highs amid hopes that Tuesday’s moves by Japan’s central bank to keep interest rates easy for investors could be a preview for the rest of the world. The S&P 500 was 0.4% higher in midday trading, just
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration proposed new steps Tuesday to conserve and restore the nation’s old-growth forests in a move it projects could combat greenhouse gas emissions and counter the effects of climate change. The proposal from the US Department of Agriculture would amend all 128 forest land management plans
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government is defending a decision to remove a piece of artwork on display at its consulate in New York. The pink-and-white quilt in the design of the Greek flag was part of a campaign against domestic violence. The piece was put on display at the consulate Friday. A Greek government
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macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– La Policía Nacional de Ecuador informó este jueves que detuvo a una persona, a quien identificó solo como Byron M., a quien acusó de ser “uno de los presuntos implicados” en el homicidio de cuatro niños y su madre tras ser atacados este lunes. Conmoción en Ecuador tras el homicidio por
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) — Residents in a western Pennsylvania county are calling for the resignation of an official who is facing felony animal cruelty charges after authorities say her dog starved to death. Washington County Controller April Sloane was arrested last week at her county office. North Strabane police filed the charges after a necropsy
Continue ReadingBy Rayvin Bleu and Hannah Mose Click here for updates on this story MIDLAND, Michigan (WNEM) — A couple of weeks ago, two mid-Michigan civilians and a Midland police officer put themselves at risk to rescue people trapped inside a burning van, and on Monday, all three were recognized for their selfless act. David Bleck
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN Washington (CNN) — US and allied law enforcement agencies around the world have seized the main website that a prolific Russian-speaking cyber gang has used to pressure its victims to pay ransoms, according to a notice posted on the website on Tuesday. The FBI also developed a software key that allowed victims of
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The physicians’ group behind Ohio’s new reproductive rights amendment is urging a local prosecutor to drop criminal charges against a woman who miscarried in the restroom at her home. The felony abuse-of-corpse charge against 33-year-old Brittany Watts, of Warren, has touched off a national firestorm
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso, Diksha Madhok and Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Google has agreed to pay $700 million and allow more competition in its Play app store, according to the terms of an antitrust settlement with US states and consumers filed in federal court on Monday. Roughly 102 million US consumers will be eligible to receive
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An open records lawsuit against former Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Patience Roggensack has been dismissed after Roggensack turned over all records she had related to her work investigating possible impeachment of a sitting justice. None of the records Roggensack produced earlier this month shed any
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government says it’ll give Northern Ireland 3.3 billion pounds, or about $4.2 billion, to ease a budget crisis if stubborn lawmakers stop boycotting the suspended power-sharing Belfast government. Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said on Tuesday that the financial package was a final offer and
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — It has been a busy year for bookworms. In 2023, literary heavyweights Bret Easton Ellis, Salman Rushdie, Margaret Attwood and Zadie Smith returned to the scene and published new work, in some cases, for the first time in over a decade. In the summer, authors such as Eliza Clark,
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina voting-rights advocates have sued to overturn redistricting plans drawn by Republicans for the 2024 elections, saying legislative leaders unlawfully weakened the electoral influence of Black voters. The North Carolina chapter of the NAACP, Common Cause North Carolina and eight Black residents filed a
Continue ReadingBULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities continue to investigate the cause of a house fire in northwestern Arizona that left five people dead, including three young children. Bullhead City police said the fire broke out about 5 p.m. Saturday and it was extinguished in nine minutes, but there were no survivors. There also wasn’t an
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Marvel had more riding on Jonathan Majors than perhaps any other actor. Now it’s parting ways with him, and throwing years of plans for its cinematic universe in disarray. Marvel Studios and the Walt Disney Co. dropped Majors from all future projects following the actor’s
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — When the next Powerball numbers are drawn Wednesday evening, a lucky lottery player somewhere in the country could head into the holidays with a $572 million jackpot. When no tickets matched the numbers for the $543 million prize in Monday night’s drawing, the jackpot continued to swell, according to the multistate
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN) — Las líneas del frente en las que Ucrania y sus aliados esperaban lograr un avance en el verano son ahora el ejemplo más claro del sombrío y oscuro invierno que se avecina: el resurgimiento de Rusia y las crecientes pérdidas de Kyiv. “Como nos gusta decir en el Ejército, el plan
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ green light for Catholic priests to offer blessings to same-sex couples is in many ways a recognition of what has been going on in some European parishes for years. But his decision to officially spell out his approval could send a message of tolerance to
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