By Cheri Mossburg and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A man who was facing a firearms charge walked into a California courthouse on the day of his arraignment Wednesday morning and threw a bag containing an explosive that went off, injuring several people, officials said. The incident at a courthouse in Santa Maria appears to
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, Katie Lobosco and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris said Wednesday that women don’t need Donald Trump to be their “protector,” but instead need the former president “to trust them” to make their own reproductive decisions. Harris’ comments, in an interview with MSNBC, came two days after Trump said
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, Annie Grayer and Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday criticized Volodymyr Zelensky and claimed the Ukrainian president “refuses to make a deal” amid Russia’s war in Ukraine, marking Trump’s most explicit criticism of Zelensky’s handling of the war to date. “Those cities are gone, they’re gone, and we
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, Morgan Rimmer and Danya Gainor, CNN Washington (CNN) — House Democrats immediately tried to reprimand GOP Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana from the floor of the chamber on Wednesday over a since deleted social media post calling Haitian migrants “thugs” and “slapstick gangsters” who needed to get “their a** out of our
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CNN By Annie Grayer, Morgan Rimmer and Danya Gainor, CNN Washington (CNN) — House Democrats immediately tried to reprimand GOP Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana from the floor of the chamber on Wednesday over a since deleted social media post calling Haitian migrants “thugs” and “slapstick gangsters” who needed to get “their a** out of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have helped Black families reclaim or be compensated for property that was unjustly taken by the government. The bill would have created a process for families to file a claim with the state if they believe the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have helped Black families reclaim or be compensated for property that was unjustly taken by the government. The bill would have created a process for families to file a claim with the state if they believe the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two researchers write in a new paper that Russia was able to brace for the financial penalties imposed after its invasion of Ukraine because of the lessons learned from sanctions imposed in 2014 after it invaded Crimea. Also, the impact was weakened by the failure to get more countries to
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California governor vetoes bill to help Black families reclaim land seized by the government.
Continue ReadingPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities say at least 25 people have been killed in days of clashes between armed Shiites and Sunni Muslims over a lingering land dispute in northwest Pakistan. The clashes — which started over the weekend in Kurram, a district in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan — continued on Wednesday.
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Ivonne Valdés (CNN Español) — El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, afirmó en una entrevista con CNN que la sociedad venezolana “de todos los bandos” no tuvo libertad para participar en las elecciones presidenciales de julio. El comentario de Petro se refiere tanto a la decisión del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia de Venezuela de no permitir
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says that he will soon resume discussions with the International Monetary Fund and foreign creditors to plot a way out of the worst economic crisis in the country’s history. The future of the economic recovery plan drafted by former liberal President
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Sarah Ferris, Lauren Fox and Haley Talbot, CNN Washington (CNN) — Congress set up a chaotic, high-stakes fight over spending at the end of the year, after both chambers voted on Wednesday to avert a government shutdown. The Senate approved the stopgap spending bill – which will fund the government until December
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Palm Springs reached 114° this afternoon, tying the record set in 1947. Although the ridge of high pressure delivering the heat has shifted to the east, it’s still having a big influence on Southern California’s weather. An Excessive Heat Warning will take effect for the Coachella Valley beginning at 10 AM on Friday. High temperatures
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Former President Donald Trump described Ukraine in bleak and mournful terms Wednesday, referring to its people as “dead” and the country itself as “demolished,” and further raising questions about how much the former president would be willing if elected again to concede in a negotiation over the country’s future. Trump argued Ukraine should
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El paro de estibadores que se anunció en Estados Unidos a partir del 1 de octubre no incluirá a los trabajadores de Puerto Rico, según informó la directiva de la matrícula de Puerto Rico de la Asociación Internacional de Estibadores (ILA por sus siglas en inglés) en una carta enviada
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Rusia planea atacar plantas de energía nuclear en Ucrania y desconectarlas de la red eléctrica, dijo el miércoles el presidente de Ucrania Volodymyr Zelensky y advirtió que tales ataques corren el riesgo de causar un desastre nuclear. “La radiación no respeta las fronteras estatales”, dijo Zelensky el miércoles en
Continue ReadingBy Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Two-thirds of registered voters say that the increasing number of people of different races, ethnic groups and nationalities in the United States serves to enrich the nation’s culture, the latest CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds. But a rising minority, centered largely within the Republican Party, say they see it as
Continue ReadingAP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The past two weeks have exposed flaws on the San Francisco 49ers’ defense that typically aren’t an issue for what has been one of the league’s top units. Fixing those problems will be an even bigger challenge now that star defensive tackle Javon Hargrave is likely
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland says the prosecution of six former law enforcement officers who tortured two Black men in Mississippi is an example of the Justice Department’s action to build public trust after it is violated. Garland spoke Wednesday in Jackson, Mississippi — in the same courthouse where the
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