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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Maya Rudolph, you are up. If it’s election season, it’s also the time when “Saturday Night Live” writers come together for plenty of satire surrounding politics. The late-night show may already have an incumbent when it comes to portraying Vice President Kamala Harris: Maya Rudolph. The former “SNL”
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The House Republican campaign arm is developing a targeted plan of attack to pin specific pieces of Vice President Kamala Harris’ record against Democrats running in competitive House races as Harris marches toward the Democratic nomination. The framing of GOP attacks on down-ballot Democrats are starting to take shape
Continue ReadingBy Michael Williams, MJ Lee and Kayla Tausche, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden will deliver a speech on his decision to drop out of the 2024 race on Wednesday. “Tomorrow evening at 8 PM ET, I will address the nation from the Oval Office on what lies ahead, and how I will finish
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. envoy for Yemen is warning that recent developments in the Red Sea, Israel and inside the country “show the real danger of a devastating region-wide escalation.” Hans Grundberg also pointed to a glimmer of hope, saying that Yemen’s warring parties – the internationally recognized government and Houthi
Continue ReadingNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say they’ve arrested a second man in the shooting of a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says Trooper Adam Cothron stopped a car driven by Timothy Davis Jr. on Friday night and when the trooper approached, the driver shot Cothron, critically wounding him. He remains hospitalized.
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — After the last few years of skyrocketing home prices and elevated mortgage rates, Americans have been feeling overwhelmingly dejected about their prospects of buying a home. But there are now signs that maybe, just maybe, the worst could be over for homebuyers. “June, in particular, has started to show
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By Nimi Princewill, Mek Tekeste and Louis Mian, CNN (CNN) — The death toll from two landslides in a remote region of southern Ethiopia on Monday has risen to 229, according to local authorities. The communication affairs department of Gofa Zone said Tuesday that 148 males and 81 females had been killed. A local official,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KENITRA, Morocco (AP) — Golden fields of wheat no longer produce the bounty they once did in Morocco. A six-year drought has imperiled the country’s entire agriculture sector, including farmers who grow cereals and grains used to feed humans and animals. The North African nation projects this year’s harvest will be smaller than
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Four years ago, a Zoom meeting to build support for Kamala Harris as the Democratic vice presidential nominee attracted just 90 participants. On Sunday night, an estimated 90,000 Black women and allies logged on at the same time to support her brand-new presidential campaign. Zoom typically maxes out at
Continue ReadingBy Evan Perez, Lauren Fox, Tierney Sneed, Holmes Lybrand and Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has tendered her resignation amid scrutiny of security lapses related to the recent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump, sources tell CNN. The move comes as lawmakers and an internal government watchdog move forward
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s Forest Service has announced a plan to bring a massive area of Amazon rainforest currently vulnerable to illegal deforestation under national governance Tuesday. The South American country, which holds two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest, plans to make an area the size of Costa Rica available for selective logging
Continue ReadingBy Elle McLogan Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Queens resident Lou Harris is on a mission to make the sport of surfing more inclusive. Founded in 2016, his program Black Surfing Rockaway helps young people of all backgrounds conquer waves, build community, and embrace the beach in their own
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s population crossed the 23 million residents mark for the first time this year because of the influx of people moving from other states, according to state demographic estimates. As of April 1 of this year, Florida had 23,002,597 residents, according to estimates released earlier this month by the
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Sharks living off the coast of Brazil have tested positive for cocaine, according to new research, the first time that the drug has been detected in free-ranging sharks. Scientists tested 13 Brazilian sharpnose sharks in the waters off the city of Rio de Janeiro and found cocaine present in
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Many Americans regularly worry they won’t be able to make ends meet. Nearly four in ten (39%) of US adults say they worry most or all of the time that their family’s income won’t be enough to meet expenses, according to a new CNN poll. That’s up
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Three-time Olympic gold medalist Charlotte Dujardin of Britain has withdrawn from the Paris Games after a video emerged that she says shows her behaving inappropriately while coaching other riders. Dujardin said in a statement that the video from four years ago “shows me making an error of judgment during a coaching session.”
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El Presidente Joe Biden renunció a su reelección el pasado fin de semana, hablamos con líderes sobre sus reacciones ante su inesperado anuncio. Joe Biden dio un paso sorprendente al renunciar a su cargo para las elecciones presidenciales y apoyó el domingo a la Vicepresidenta Kamala Harris para que fuera su sucesor. La Presidenta de
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s lower house of parliament has passed legislation expanding the reach of a law on declaring foreign-funded organizations undesirable. The measure passed its final reading in the Duma on Tuesday. It goes next to the upper house and then to President Vladimir Putin to become law. It adds the criterion to an
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Wiz, a cloud security firm based in New York, has rejected a proposed $23 billion acquisition deal offered by Google parent Alphabet, according to a Wiz memo seen by CNBC. Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport said the company would now focus on an initial public offering. That ends the prospect of what
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Life may sometimes imitate art, but Vice President Kamala Harris is not the fictional politician Selina Meyer in “Veep.” However, given the number of memes and videos in circulation comparing the HBO comedy series and Harris, the show’s creator felt compelled to state the obvious. “Don’t forget we
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