Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who authorities say staked out Donald Trump for 12 hours on his golf course in Florida and wrote of his desire to kill him was indicted Tuesday on an attempted assassination charge. Ryan Wesley Routh had been initially charged with two federal firearms offenses. The upgraded charges contained
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian judge has suspended the preventive arrest of one of the country’s most popular country music stars in connection with a money laundering investigation. That’s according to a court source with access to the ruling. A court staffer in the state of Pernambuco confirmed Tuesday that local
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Firefighters responded to a fire that was confined to the garage area of a home in Coachella Tuesday morning. The fire was reported just before 11:00 a.m. near the intersection of Calendula Avenue and Hibisco Street. CAL FIRE confirmed the structure was a single-story, single-family dwelling. The first arriving unit reported smoke coming out of
Continue ReadingMore than a decade after retiring from football, Brett Favre says he has Parkinson’s disease. Favre told a congressional hearing Tuesday that he had been recently diagnosed. There are nearly 90,000 new Parkinson’s cases each year in the U.S. Parkinson’s is a neurologic disease that robs people of control over their movements. It typically starts
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Donald Trump is again criticizing the Biden administration’s financial support for Ukraine in its war against Russia. This time he appeared to praise Russia’s military record from defeating Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler during World War II and French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte during an invasion. He argues a defeat may
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — The humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders says new mothers and their children in the Sudanese region of South Darfur are experiencing one of the “worst” health emergencies in the world, one of the consequences of the violence that has engulfed the country since April 2023. Doctors Without Borders, also known as MSF,
Continue ReadingBy Morgan Rimmer, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Senate unanimously passed a bill guaranteeing that former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris receive the same level of Secret Service protection as a sitting president. Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida brought the legislation to the floor almost days after the House of Representatives
Continue ReadingCNN By Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! The slumping job market in the US is taking a toll on people’s moods. A consumer survey showed
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! The slumping job market in the US is taking a toll on people’s moods. A consumer survey showed that
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 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 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 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 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 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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