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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for two Georgia election workers played audio recordings in a Washington courtroom Monday of graphic and racist threats the two women received after Rudy Giuliani falsely accused them of fraud while pushing Donald Trump’s baseless claims after the 2020 election. The recordings
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Donald Tusk, a leader of a centrist party, returned as Poland’s prime minister for the first time in nearly a decade after a vote in parliament on Monday, paving the way for a new pro-European Union government following eight years of stormy national conservative rule. Tusk,
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By Alta Spells, Jason Morris and Olivia LaBorde, CNN (CNN) — A defendant in the racketeering trial against alleged members of Young Slime Life, a street gang prosecutors say is led by Grammy-winning rapper Young Thug, was stabbed overnight at the Fulton County jail, authorities in Atlanta said. Shannon Stillwell is in the hospital, according
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks drifted higher in afternoon trading Monday on Wall Street ahead of the Federal Reserve’s last meeting of the year. The S&P 500 was up 0.3%. The benchmark index hit its highest level in 20 months on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 114
Continue ReadingBy JASMINE ARENAS Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — Denver is currently providing housing for more than 2,600 migrants. The city has aided nearly 30,000 who have come from the southern border at a cost of $33 million. One 74-year-old Colorado woman has made it her mission in life to aid
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — The Atlanta Braves are sending $6.26 million to the White Sox along with Max Stassi, covering all of what the catcher is owed next year except for the $740,000 major league minimum salary. Stassi was traded to the White Sox on Saturday, one day after the catcher was acquired by the Braves
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Braille Institute Coachella Valley is making it easier to find the perfect presents for your friends or family members who may be blind or visually impaired. This holiday season, the institute is teaming up with GiftedBack to host a one-day Holiday Pop-up Shop in Palm Desert. GiftedBack offers products exclusively made by blind and visually
Continue Reading By Paradise Afshar and Jennifer Henderson, CNN (CNN) — Connecticut police are investigating the “desecration” of a menorah near the Yale University campus as a potential hate crime, New Haven Assistant Police Chief David Zannelli said Monday. Police are working with state and federal agencies to learn more about the incident, Zannelli said at a
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Egyptians have resumed voting in a presidential election in which President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi faces no serious challenger and is certain to win another term. That will keep him in power until 2030. Polling centers are open on Monday, the second day of the three-day vote. A runoff is scheduled for Jan.
Continue ReadingBy COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of Harvard faculty members are urging the Ivy League university to keep its president, Claudine Gay, in command as she faces calls from some lawmakers and donors to step down over comments at a congressional hearing on antisemitism. A petition signed by more than 600
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — The National Football League is in an uncomfortable position. The sports and entertainment juggernaut is in talks to renew its $100 million deal with Elon Musk’s troubled social media platform, X, formerly known as Twitter, The Wall Street Journal reported in November. But Musk’s unhinged behavior and the surge in
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Three decommissioned fire companies in Philadelphia have been reopened with the help of federal funding. That includes a ladder truck that would have been the closest responder to a deadly rowhouse blaze last year, which started when a Christmas tree caught fire. President Joe
Continue ReadingBy E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The mother of convicted drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has died in the northern state of Sinaloa, a federal official confirmed Monday. The official was not authorized to speak on the record, but President Andrés Manuel López Obrador acknowledged her death and offered his
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La policía investiga el mortal choque de dos carros que el sábado a las 8:30 de la noche circulaban por el área de la calle Cesar Chávez y la Avenida 50 en Coachella donde al impacto uno de los vehículos estalló en llamas, una persona falleció en la escena y otra fue transportada al hospital.
Continue Reading La policía sigue buscando al chofer del auto que atropello a un ciclista que circulaba por el área del Hwy 111 y la calle Palm en Thermal de donde huyo y después otro carro también impacto al hombre quien murió en la escena. El segundo chofer paro y llamo al 9-1-1 para pedir ayuda. La
Continue ReadingBy Eva Rothenberg and Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Claudine Gay, Harvard University’s embattled president, has strong institutional backing as she faces a flurry of criticism over her handling of alleged antisemitism at one of the nation’s most prestigious universities. In a letter to school officials, the Executive Committee of the Harvard Alumni
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith is asking the Supreme Court to take up and rule quickly on whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election results. A federal judge had ruled the case could go forward,
Continue Reading Una familia está de luto por la muerte de su ser querido quien fue atropellado el sábado pasado a las 11 de la noche mientras caminaba por la calle Vista del Norte cerca de la Dillon Road en Indio. Lamentablemente Fernando Cruz falleció en la escena, mientras que las autoridades arrestaron a un joven de
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French opposition lawmakers have rejected an immigration bill without debating it. Monday’s move comes as a major blow to President Emmanuel Macron’s government, which had championed the proposed law as one of its flagship measures. The government has yet to decide whether to keep pushing for the adoption of the bill or
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president wants to eliminate almost all remaining government oversight and regulatory agencies before he leaves office on Sept. 30, claiming they are “useless” and cost too much. He vowed to send a bill to Congress to eliminate the federal anti-monopoly commission and agencies regulating telecommunications, the energy market and access
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