Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s rare move to keep two Navy aircraft carriers in the Middle East over the past several weeks has now finished, as the USS Theodore Roosevelt is heading home, according to U.S. officials. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had ordered the Roosevelt to extend its deployment for a short
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s rare move to keep two Navy aircraft carriers in the Middle East over the past several weeks has now finished, as the USS Theodore Roosevelt is heading home, according to U.S. officials. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had ordered the Roosevelt to extend its deployment for a short
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators said Thursday they’re investigating one of Google’s artificial intelligence models over concerns about its compliance with the bloc’s strict data privacy rules. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said it has opened an inquiry into Google’s Pathways Language Model 2, also known as PaLM2. It’s part of wider
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators said Thursday they’re investigating one of Google’s artificial intelligence models over concerns about its compliance with the bloc’s strict data privacy rules. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said it has opened an inquiry into Google’s Pathways Language Model 2, also known as PaLM2. It’s part of wider
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia state court judges have disqualified presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz from running for president in the state. The judges said Wednesday that electors for West and De la Cruz didn’t file the proper paperwork. The decisions mean votes for West and De la Cruz won’t
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A U.S. Army soldier has been arrested in Hawaii on charges that he repeatedly struck a police officer with a flagpole during a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol more than three years ago. A court filing unsealed on Wednesday says 31-year-old Alexander Cain Poplin was captured on video repeatedly striking a Metropolitan
Continue ReadingAP Media Writer An estimated 67.1 million people watched the presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, a sharp increase from the June debate that eventually led to President Joe Biden dropping out of the race. The debate was run by ABC News but shown on 17 different networks, the Nielsen company said. The
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A woman accused of breaking into an Indio storage unit and stealing items including the ashes of the victim’s deceased son pleaded guilty to a felony count of burglary today. Judge Melissa Hale immediately sentenced Taylor Spencer, 32, to 24 months of formal probation and 270 days of custody Wednesday at the Larson Justice Center
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A Norco man was arrested on suspicion of starting the Line Fire, which has burned more than 34,000 acres as of Tuesday night in San Bernardino County. The suspect, Justin Wayne a 34-year-old, was arrested Tuesday evening in Norco, county jail records show. He initially being held on $80,000 bail at the Central Detention Center,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Three Libertarian candidates running for Congress in Iowa will not be named on the ballot this November. The Iowa Supreme Court’s decision is the final word on the case that has already delayed the certifying of ballots before they can be printed. It’s an outcome that could benefit
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea. Thursday’s launches detected by South Korea and Japan are North Korea’s first public weapons firing activities in more than two months. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles flew about 220 miles before landing in
Continue ReadingBy Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder, Lauren Izso, Kara Fox, Sana Noor Haq and Mohammad Al Sawalhi, CNN (CNN) — At least 18 people, including United Nations staff, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a UN school-turned-shelter in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza on Wednesday, according to the Gaza Civil Defense and hospital officials.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Prosecutors say a Minnesota medical examiner with a history of delivering false or misleading reports may have mishandled at least seven murder cases in which his testimony helped send people to prison. The cases were handled by Dr. Michael McGee. McGee is a former Ramsey County medical examiner
Continue ReadingBy Caitlin Stephen Hu, Rafael Romo and Belisa Morillo, CNN (CNN) — 1568 Nome Street sits empty these days, with windows and doors boarded up and signs warning of danger posted outside. No one lives here anymore – the city of Aurora, Colorado, evicted several hundred tenants and shuttered the apartment complex last month, citing
Continue ReadingRight-wing activist and influencer Laura Loomer has joined Republican nominee Donald Trump in New York and Pennsylvania as he commemorated the anniversary of the attacks. Last year, Loomer shared an unfounded conspiracy theory that 9/11 was an “inside job.” The 31-year-old influencer has become one of Trump’s biggest advocates on social media and has traveled
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Hurricane Francine made landfall Wednesday. It rapidly strengthened over oceans that were warmer than average. Warm water helps fuel these storms, increasing evaporation and producing more rainfall. Right now, heat stored in deeper parts of the ocean is as intense as it has been in the last decade, providing good conditions for strong
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the process of impeachment, a misconduct charge that leads to a trial to determine whether a public official is guilty of abuse of power or other offenses. A conviction leads to removal from office. Process in the United States Article I of the Constitution gives the
Continue ReadingBy John King, CNN (CNN) — Joan London knew when Tuesday’s debate began she would not vote for Donald Trump. But when it ended, she was in a most unfamiliar place: ready to cast her first vote for a Democrat for president. In battleground Pennsylvania, by the way. “Harris clearly won,” said London, an attorney who
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court says it would hear a lawsuit that could determine whether the state’s top elections official can remain in her post. This comes after Republicans who controlled the state Senate sought to fire her last year. The liberal-controlled court says it would hear the case but
Continue ReadingKENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Authorities have recovered the body of a diver who went missing while exploring a Lake Michigan shipwreck. The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department says authorities recovered the body of 72-year-old Patrick Kelly of Winthrop Harbor, Illinois, from the area around the S.S. Wisconsin on Wednesday morning. The agency says Kelly had been
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