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By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Some Iowa teamsters descended Wednesday on the Iowa Statehouse, pushing back against a bill they say weakens Iowa unions. Our cameras captured a plane flying around the Capitol reading “Kill Senator Dickey’s Union Busting Bill.” Watch the video above for
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A federal judge in California will consider whether a former FBI informant charged with lying about a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden’s family must remain behind bars while he awaits trial after prosecutors pushed to have him locked up over fears that he would flee the country.
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy and John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — Reddit, the message board site known for its chronically online userbase and for originating much internet discourse, filed for its long-anticipated initial public offering on Thursday. The move would make Reddit the first major social media company to go public since Snapchat in 2017.
Continue ReadingBy Jessica DuLong, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: Shift Your Mindset is a monthly series from CNN’s Mindfulness, But Better team. We talk to experts about how to do things differently to live a better life. The charmer who once sent shivers down your spine morphs into the familiar face over the breakfast table. The fancy
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president is defending his decision to disclose a reporter’s telephone number, saying a law that prohibits officials from releasing personal information doesn’t apply to him. Press freedom groups say the decision to make public the phone number of a New York Times reporter was an attempt to punish critical reporting,
Continue ReadingSHASTA LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Two children were killed when a hillside collapsed along a river in Northern California, which has been hit by a series of winter storms. The Shasta County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that the two victims were caught in the debris and fell down the hillside Thursday morning near
Continue ReadingSHASTA LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Two children were killed when a hillside collapsed along a river in Northern California, which has been hit by a series of winter storms. The Shasta County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that the two victims were caught in the debris and fell down the hillside Thursday morning near
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY, SHARON JOHNSON and JEFF MARTIN Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Police said Friday that they are questioning a “person of interest” in the death of a nursing student whose body was found on the University of Georgia campus after not returning from a run. Police identified the victim as 22-year-old Laken
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox, Melanie Zanona and Haley Talbot, CNN A number of congressional Republicans running in 2024 are swiftly distancing themselves from a controversial Alabama Supreme Court ruling seen as infringing on IVF, the latest obstacle for GOP candidates in the post-Roe era. From House to Senate races, new candidates and incumbents alike are aggressively
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WSB, CNN By Rebekah Riess, Caroll Alvarado, Holly Yan and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Campus police arrested a suspect in the killing of an Augusta University College of Nursing student on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, according to local authorities. Campus police said they are recommending charges against Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, of
Continue ReadingBy Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — Maternal mental illness is the leading cause of pregnancy-related deaths in the US, according to a new evidence review, but national initiatives developed to combat the issue often fail to prioritize mental health. The maternal mortality rate in the US is two- to threefold greater than in other high-income
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An unexploded World War II bomb was safely transported Friday through the eerily empty streets of the southwestern English port city of Plymouth before being placed on a boat for its next and final journey to sea where it will be blown up by naval divers. In
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — El secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Antony Blinken, declaró este viernes que cualquier expansión de los asentamientos israelíes en la Ribera Occidental sería incompatible con el derecho internacional, revirtiendo una posición de la era Trump que rompía con una política estadounidense de larga data. “Ha sido una política de larga data
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A federal judge in California will consider whether a former FBI informant charged with lying about a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden’s family must remain behind bars while he awaits trial after prosecutors pushed to have him locked up over fears that he would flee the country.
Continue ReadingBy MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A rural Pennsylvania county and its elected officials may have to pay the state’s elections agency hundreds of thousands of dollars to reimburse it for legal fees and litigation costs. The request made in recent days by Secretary of State Al Schmidt that Fulton County and
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press LA PARAGUA, Venezuela (AP) — The collapse of the open-pit gold mine that killed at least 16 people has underscored the dangers of working in a poorly regulated industry. It has also shown the crucial role that mining plays in the survival of thousands of people, who take a
Continue ReadingBy STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has been convicted of making false statements to a parliamentary inquiry into alleged corruption in his first government. He has been given an eight-month suspended sentence. The verdict Friday at the Vienna criminal court followed a four-month trial. The case marked the
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A court document shows a college student accused of killing his roommate and another person in a Colorado dorm room this month told his roommate a month earlier he would “kill him” if he was asked to take out the trash again. According
Continue ReadingBy Scott Heidler Click here for updates on this story PALM BAY, Florida (WESH) — A plea deal was reached on Wednesday for a Palm Bay pastor after the death of her 11-month-old baby — including no jail time and two years’ probation. The incident happened last May when police say she left the baby
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden pidió a los republicanos de la Cámara de Representantes que aceptaran el acuerdo fronterizo bipartidista, calificándolo como “el acuerdo fronterizo más sólido que el país haya visto jamás”, e instó a los gobernadores a presionar al Congreso para que apruebe el proyecto de ley. En una reunión de
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