AP Aerospace Writer SpaceX launches are on hold after a booster rocket toppled over in flames while landing Wednesday. The Federal Aviation Administration grounded the company’s Falcon 9 rockets and ordered an investigation following the predawn accident off the Florida coast. No injuries or public damage were reported. It’s too early to know how much
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan subpoenaed a company connected to the daughter of New York State Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan as Republicans continue to claim that her political work influenced how Merchan handled the hush money case against former President Donald Trump. Republicans have targeted the political work of Judge Merchan’s
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Negev, Israel (CNN) — After more than 300 days in Hamas captivity, a frail and malnourished Farhan Al-Qadi sat in a large tent set up by his family and friends in the Negev desert, where loved ones came by to welcome him home on Wednesday. “I am well,” Al-Qadi told reporters, adding that he wishes
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Traffic was impacted by a major closure on the Palm Desert side of Highway 74 on Wednesday morning. The incident started when a vehicle went 200 feet over the side of the roadway near Vista Point at around 9:40 a.m., CAL FIRE confirmed. The patient suffered moderate injuries and was airlifted to the hospital for
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — The Nebraska Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case that could upend voting rights for tens of thousands of people convicted of felonies in the state and threaten a law that’s been on the books for nearly two decades. The court hearing over the constitutionality of two laws restoring voting
Continue ReadingBy Richard Roth and Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN (CNN) — The World Food Programme is freezing employee movement in Gaza after one of its vehicles was targeted with repeated gunfire just meters from an Israeli checkpoint, according to a statement by the humanitarian agency. “Despite being clearly marked and receiving multiple clearances by Israeli authorities
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A Riverside County sheriff’s deputy in his patrol unit and two people in a sedan were injured when the vehicles impacted in Mead Valley, authorities said today. The crash happened shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Brown and Oakwood streets, according to the California Highway Patrol. Officer Javier Navarro said the
Continue ReadingCNN By Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The FBI has released new photos of the gun used to shoot Donald Trump during a July rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, as well as the backpack and explosives the shooter had in his car at the rally. The pictures were released Wednesday as
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith had to take a hammer to some parts of his election subversion case against former President Donald Trump after the Supreme Court’s sweeping ruling that Trump had at least some presidential immunity in the prosecution. But with the superseding indictment handed up by a grand
Continue ReadingDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An escaped water buffalo is headed to a large animal hospital days after it wandered away from a suburban Iowa property and through the neighborhood. Officials say the injured animal was located in a wooded area in Des Moines on Wednesday. Police say they responded to a call on Saturday
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KHIRBET KARKUR, Israel (AP) — An Israeli hostage rescued from Gaza returned to a hero’s welcome tinged with a bitter reality. Much of the small village he calls home is targeted for demolition. Qaid Farhad Alkadi is one of Israel’s 200,000 Bedouin Arabs, a poor and traditionally nomadic minority that has a complicated
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Nebraska’s Supreme Court has heard arguments in a lawsuit that challenges election officials’ refusal to restore the voting rights of those who’ve been convicted of a felony. A lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union asked the court on Wednesday to order Secretary of State Bob Evnen to follow a law passed this
Continue ReadingAP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — Police has been eliminated in most parts of the world, but the infectious disease is still spreading in a small number of countries. The recent polio infection in an unvaccinated baby in Gaza is the first time the disease has been reported in the territory in more than 25
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Hall of Fame pro wrestler Bill Goldberg isn’t just another celebrity that Colorado coach Deion Sanders has walking along the sideline. He’s not just another big name brought in for motivational speeches. Goldberg’s got a vested interest in the program because his son is a freshman walk-on linebacker
Continue ReadingCROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — Two Indiana men have been charged in the deaths of nine dogs that succumbed to heat-related illnesses last year after being transported in the back of an uncooled box truck during hot weather. Michael McHenry and Jessee Urbaszewski both face 18 misdemeanor counts of neglect of a vertebrate animal. The
Continue ReadingAP Health Writer At least nine people have died after being infected with listeria from eating Boar’s Head deli meats tied to a massive recall last month. Five new deaths were reported in five states: Florida, New Mexico, South Carolina, Tennessee and New York. Federal health officials announced those deaths on Wednesday. They had previously
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Oakland Athletics outfielder Miguel Andujar will have season-ending, manager Mark Kotsay said Wednesday. “We are going to miss him,” Kotsay said. “He was a big contributor and a big part of this club’s success over the past few months. Hopefully the surgery will go well. We’ll definitely look forward to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) — A former Massachusetts police officer pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of killing a woman he is accused of sexually exploiting when she was underage and then trying to stage the death as a suicide after she told him she was pregnant. Matthew Farwell, 38, entered the plea during an
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Workers breached the final dams on a key section of the Klamath River on Wednesday, clearing the way for salmon to swim freely through a major watershed near the California-Oregon border for the first time in more than a century as the largest dam removal project in U.S. history nears completion. Crews used
Continue ReadingAP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Caroline Garcia, a U.S. Open semifinalist two years ago, is drawing attention to the problem of cyberbullying in tennis, particularly by people who bet on matches. Garcia wrote on social media on Wednesday after her first-round loss at the Grand Slam tournament that harassing messages hurt players and
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