By Sam Fossum, Kayla Tausche and Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday used his last speech in front of the United Nations General Assembly to herald the virtues of democracy as he aimed to burnish both his own legacy and US leadership on the world stage, but he did not offer
Continue ReadingRICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — An accused drug dealer has been arrested in the killings of two confidential police informants whose bodies were stashed in trash bags and dumped in a northeastern Indiana river. Authorities say the 29-year-old man was expected to be formally charged Wednesday with murder. He was arrested Monday in Richmond, Indiana, 73
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson says his campaign has hired a law firm to help investigate a CNN report stating he made explicit racial and sexual posts on a pornography website’s message board — something he denies. Tuesday’s announcement comes as more North Carolina Republicans disturbed by
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Another storm system is taking aim at Florida. Helene became a hurricane Wednesday after rapidly strengthening in the Caribbean Sea and moving north along Mexico’s coast on a path toward the U.S. Helene’s center was near Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on Wednesday. It is forecast to grow stronger and
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff and Cameron Polom Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX, Arizona (KNXV) — A Valley woman is preparing to hike to the top of the second-tallest peak in Ecuador to raise awareness and funding for amputees who don’t have access to prosthetic care. Leslie Martinez will be among a group of
Continue ReadingKNXV, LESLIE MARTINEZ, ROMPGLOBAL.ORG, RANGE OF MOTION PROJECT, @LMOPCLIMBFORPATIENTS, INSTAGRAM, SECURE.QGIV.COM, CNN, Leslie Martinez, rompglobal.org, Range of Motion Project, @lmopclimbforpatients/Instagram, secure.qgiv.com By Web Staff and Cameron Polom Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX, Arizona (KNXV) — A Valley woman is preparing to hike to the top of the second-tallest peak in Ecuador to
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MIssouri (KSHB) — The Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department responded around 10:15 a.m. Tuesday to a high-angle rescue downtown near 12th and Baltimore. A KCFD spokesperson confirmed a window washer’s hardware broke, causing the worker to be suspended near the 23rd floor of
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The quiet part about the evolving landscape of name, image and likeness compensation in college athletics was bound to be said out loud, and it wasn’t that shocking when Tennessee’s athletic department stepped forward, cleared its collective throat and stated the obvious. A week has passed since the
Continue ReadingBy Pooja Lodhia Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man has died after witnesses say he was hit by a train just before noon Monday in Houston’s Fifth Ward. It happened on the railroad tracks at Lyons Avenue and St. Elmo Street, and sadly, those who live nearby say
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) –– Durante más de dos semanas, el expresidente del Gobierno de España, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, ha sido el protagonista de varios rumores que lo situaban como posible mediador de la salida del candidato presidencial Edmundo González de Venezuela. Esta es una versión que él mismo confirmó este martes tras varias
Continue ReadingAP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — One year since House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was booted from office after Congress voted to fund the federal government, the new House Speaker Mike Johnson finds himself courting, but so far avoiding, a similar fate. Johnson is preparing to lead the House on Wednesday in passing legislation to fund
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden will make his long-awaited visit to Africa next month. He will travel to Germany and Angola from Oct. 10-15. Biden had promised during a summit of African leaders in Washington in late 2022 to visit Africa the following year. It was part of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The head of New York City’s public schools system says he will step down at the end of the calendar year, becoming the latest high-ranking departure from Mayor Eric Adams’ administration amid an escalating federal inquiry. In a retirement letter shared with The Associated Press, David Banks said he
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Allison Morrow and Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — A federal judge sentenced FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s former girlfriend to two years in prison, citing her extensive cooperation with prosecutors that led to the conviction of the former face of the cryptocurrency industry in one of the largest financial frauds in US
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A new lawsuit seeks to overturn two provisions of a Georgia election law related to voter challenges. The Georgia State Conference of the NAACP and the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda filed the suit on Tuesday. They argue that a law passed earlier this year by lawmakers unfairly discriminates
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A conservative appeals court raised concerns that Republicans’ arguments for forbidding the counting of mail ballots that arrive after Election Day require throwing out votes cast before Election Day. A panel of three judges – all appointees of former President Donald Trump – on the US 5th Circuit Court of
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer No, this is not a typo or somebody’s idea of a joke: Illinois and Indiana, two perennial also-rans in the mighty Big Ten, are both 4-0 and sitting atop the conference standings. The last time both of those schools were unbeaten after the first four games was in 1910. The last time
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hospitals are facing questions about why they denied care to pregnant patients and whether state abortion bans have influenced how they treat those patients. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, sent inquiries to nine hospitals ahead of a hearing Tuesday looking at whether abortion bans have prevented
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, habló durante su intervención en la Asamblea General de la ONU sobre las crisis en varios países, y en particular sobre Venezuela se refirió a la lucha por la democracia que ―dijo― no ha sido reconocida. El discurso de Biden ante la ONU:
Continue ReadingCLEVES, Ohio (AP) — Students in school buildings and residents in nearby homes have been told to evacuate near Cincinnati after a dangerous chemical began leaking from a railcar. Aerial video shows firefighters spraying down the car as it sat upright on tracks between a highway and an asphalt plant. Authorities say a pressure release
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