By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has long vowed to protect Social Security. But the bevy of tax breaks he’s promised – including pledging to stop taxing Social Security benefits – could hasten the depletion of the beloved entitlement program’s trust funds and leave seniors with smaller monthly payments. Trump’s platform
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is focusing his official office on fighting an abortion rights amendment. He held a campaign-like rally at state expense Monday, two weeks before the election, on state time to criticize the measure that asks voters to protect abortion rights. DeSantis said if abortion rights are
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — A Philadelphia man is facing federal charges for allegedly threatening to skin alive a state party representative who was recruiting poll watchers, according to an indictment unsealed Monday. Prosecutors say that 62-year-old John Pollard sent several text messages to the representative, who isn’t named in court documents. The party
Continue ReadingCalMatters Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes, a Democrat from Corona who is running for state Senate, missed about two-thirds of her votes this year — 1,647 of 2,510 voting opportunities she had based on her committee assignments and floor sessions. In most cases, the missed votes came from two “excused” absences during busy times of the year
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, Alex Marquardt, Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken departed Monday for Israel and other unspecified countries in the Middle East as the United States seeks to move forward on efforts to resolve the conflict in the wake of the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. American officials, led
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Nassieli Pizano MEXICALI, B.C. (T3) – Debido a que el sector salud prevé un repunte de contagios de influenza en esta temporada de invierno, desde hoy inició la campaña masiva de vacunación contra la influenza, covid 19 y ahora se suma la dosis de neumococo que se aplicará a los sectores más vulnerables como son
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, Sara Murray and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Steve Bannon, the right-wing podcaster and former Donald Trump aide, is set to get out of federal prison next Tuesday despite repeated attempts he and his legal defense team have made for him to be released early. The Bureau of Prisons said in a letter to Bannon on Monday that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) — One of two rural Arizona county supervisors who faced criminal charges for refusing to certify the 2022 midterm results by a state deadline pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor of failing to perform her duty as an election officer. Coming two weeks before the Nov. 5 general election, the acknowledgment
Continue ReadingAP Pro Football Writer FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Micah Parsons isn’t sure if the first injury absence of the two-time All-Pro pass rusher’s NFL career will end in a pivotal game for his Dallas Cowboys against rival San Francisco. If Parsons is watching from the sideline Sunday night in California because of his high ankle
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer The Walt Disney Co. is tapping Morgan Stanley executive James Gorman to serve as its next chairman, beginning early next year. The entertainment giant also announced that it anticipates naming its new CEO in early 2026. Gorman will become chairman on Jan. 2, 2025. He will succeed Mark Parker, who is leaving
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump used a Monday visit to North Carolina to repeat debunked lies about the federal response to Hurricane Helene. Speaking to reporters in a hard-hit community near Asheville, Trump kept repeating a false claim that was widely debunked when he made it earlier in October
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Two Naval aviators who were killed when their aircraft crashed near Mount Rainier in Washington State last week had just returned from a Middle East deployment where they took part in strikes against the Houthis in Yemen. Lt Cmdr. Lyndsay P. Evans, 31, and Lt. Serena N. Wileman, 31,
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Deshaun Watson won’t finish the season as Cleveland’s starting quarterback for the second straight year. Watson ruptured his right Achilles tendon in the first half of Sunday’s loss to Cincinnati. His collapse triggered some Browns fans to cheer as he laid on the ground. The team says an MRI
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Attorneys gave opening statements in a federal retrial of Brett Hankison. The former Louisville police officer is accused of firing errant shots during the police raid that left Breonna Taylor dead. Federal prosecutors said Monday Hankison’s gunshots endangered Taylor, her neighbors and even one of Hankison’s fellow police officers.
Continue ReadingYAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has returned to his home country after weeks abroad amid rumors that his health is failing. That’s according to a state-run television station report on Monday. The 91-year-old president of the West African country appeared on television at the airport in the capital Yaounde, shaking hands with
Continue ReadingAP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA players union has decided to opt out of the current collective bargaining agreement, two years before its expiration. The league and players union had the option to do so before Nov. 1. The early opt-out marks a crucial juncture for the league. The WNBA signed a
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Continue ReadingCalMatters A $1,044 outing at a glitzy Hollywood nightclub. A $1,316 meal at a Los Angeles steak and seafood restaurant. A $4,500 experience to see the L.A. Dodgers. Isaac Galvan paid for them all — with campaign cash, a state probe found. In his nine years on the Compton City Council, Galvan frequently spent campaign
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — It’s been over seven years since the NFL star Aaron Hernandez was found dead by suicide in his prison cell at the age of 27. Yet interest in his life – from his high-flying gridiron fame to his two distinct murder trials – remains perhaps as strong as ever.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Seven new lawsuits have been filed against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, including one alleging the rape of a 13-year-old girl. They come as his lawyers tried again Monday to get him freed on bail, and complained that a “fresh wave of publicity” is endangering his right to a fair criminal
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