By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press When gun accessories known as bump stocks first hit the market more than a decade ago, the U.S. government initially concluded the devices did not violate federal law despite enabling semi-automatic weapons to spray bullets at the rapid-fire rate of a machine gun. That changed after a gunman with bump
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Actor Hunter Schafer was among dozens of war protestors arrested at NBC’s headquarters in Manhattan during President Joe Biden’s appearance on “Late Night with Seth Myers” earlier this week. Protest organizers confirmed Wednesday the 25-year-old “Euphoria” star was among more than 100 demonstrators who packed the lobby at 30 Rockefeller Plaza
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden appeared Wednesday on Capitol Hill for a defiant, closed-door deposition with lawmakers, a critical moment for Republicans as their impeachment inquiry into his father and the family’s business affairs teeters on the brink of collapse. “I am here today to provide the committees with the
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Antisemitism would be defined in Florida law under a bill whose sponsor warned that an increase in acts against Jewish people will lead to extremism against other groups. The Senate unanimously passed the bill Wednesday. The bill language was taken from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are planning an $800 million renovation to Arrowhead Stadium that would begin after the team plays host to games for the 2026 World Cup and take about four years to complete. The plan is to bring the third-oldest stadium in
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press CANADIAN, Texas (AP) — A cluster of wildfires scorched the Texas Panhandle on Wednesday, including a blaze that grew into one of the largest in state history, as flames blackened the landscape across a vast stretch of small towns and cattle ranches. Authorities warned that the damage
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CNN By Dakin Andone, Ed Lavandera and Ashley Killough, CNN Huntsville, Texas (CNN) — The state of Texas on Wednesday executed death row inmate Ivan Cantu, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the 2000 murders of his cousin and his cousin’s fiancée – though he insisted until his death that he was innocent. Cantu,
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Un hombre demandó a Walt Disney Parks and Resorts y al Raglan Road Irish Pub & Restaurant después de que su esposa, una doctora residente en Nueva York, muriera repentinamente tras comer en el restaurante. La demanda afirma negligencia por parte del personal de sala, que conocía las graves alergias alimentarias
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Supporters who want to make South Carolina the next-to-last U.S. state to pass a hate crimes law increasing penalties for some crimes fueled by race, gender or sexual orientation are running out of time. The hate crimes bill has sat undebated on the state Senate calendar
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El director del equipo Red Bull, Christian Horner, ha sido absuelto de cargos tras una investigación externa sobre acusaciones de comportamiento inapropiado, dijo el miércoles la empresa matriz del equipo de Fórmula Uno, Red Bull GMBH, en un comunicado. Red Bull inició la investigación independiente en febrero después de
Continue ReadingKOVR, INSTAGRAM, @MONDOREZPHOTO, YOLANDA’S TAMALES, CNN, Instagram/@MONDOREZPHOTO By Ashley Sharp Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — One Sacramento small business quickly became a fan favorite of the famous, serving up food to the stars not once, not twice, but eight times. The region has been buzzing with news of Leonardo
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Sharp Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — One Sacramento small business quickly became a fan favorite of the famous, serving up food to the stars not once, not twice, but eight times. The region has been buzzing with news of Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Teyana Taylor and Regina
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have discovered three previously unknown moons around Uranus and Neptune, the most distant planets in our solar system. The find includes one moon spotted orbiting Uranus — the first discovery of its kind in more than 20 years — and two detected in Neptune’s orbit. “The three newly
Continue ReadingWBZ By Kristina Rex Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — It’s been confirmed that 24 Farnsworth Street in the Fort Point neighborhood of Boston’s Seaport will be the next overflow shelter for up to 100 migrants, and beyond that, neighbors in the area are eager for more information. “We have no
Continue ReadingBy Kristina Rex Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — It’s been confirmed that 24 Farnsworth Street in the Fort Point neighborhood of Boston’s Seaport will be the next overflow shelter for up to 100 migrants, and beyond that, neighbors in the area are eager for more information. “We have no additional
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv Nota del editor: Anna Arutunyan es periodista, analista y autora especializada en política rusa. Es autora de “Guerreros híbridos: representantes, autónomos y la lucha de Moscú por Ucrania” y coautora, junto con Mark Galeotti, del libro “La caída: Prigozhin y Putin, y la lucha por el futuro de Rusia”, próximo a publicarse. Las
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Madonna has honored a request from the estate of the late R&B singer Luther Vandross. The singer has removed an image of Vandross from her tribute performance of “Live to Tell” in her “Celebration Tour” that includes a visual montage of artists such as Freddy Mercury, Keith Haring
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting Wednesday and edging a bit lower from their all-time highs. The S&P 500 was down 0.3% in afternoon trading, continuing a quiet and listless run since it set a record last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 109 points,
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL TACKETT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history who maintained his power in the face of dramatic convulsions in the Republican Party for almost two decades, will step down from that position in November. McConnell, who turned 82 last week, announced his decision Wednesday in the well
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press A nuclear weapons facility was forced to evacuate most of its staff due to threats from a fast-moving wildfire blazing across the Texas Panhandle. The Pantex plant, northeast of Amarillo, removed nonessential staff Tuesday night as the fire grew into the second-largest in state history. Pantex is one of six
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