CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former US Representative Beto O’Rourke. Personal Birth date: September 26, 1972 Birth place: El Paso, Texas Birth name: Robert Francis O’Rourke Father: Patrick O’Rourke, former county commissioner and El Paso county judge Mother: Melissa O’Rourke, furniture store owner Marriage: Amy (Hoover Sanders) O’Rourke
Continue ReadingCHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An independent report says the test failure of the Mountain Valley Pipeline in May resulted from a manufacturer defect and not corrosion. It says the May 1 rupture was caused by a manufacturer’s defect in an elbow joint. Mountain Valley owner said in a letter that the breach was the only
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Bad Bunny’s sports representation firm has been held in contempt by a federal judge, who ordered it to withdraw from a new arbitration proceeding it filed against the Major League Baseball Players Association. U.S. District Judge Camille L. Vélez-Rivé also ordered Rimas Sports to pay the union’s legal fees
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Atlantic Coast Conference has spent years working to find more money to reduce the gaps with the Big Ten and Southeastern conferences. The league is hoping a new wrinkle to how it divvies up payments to its member schools can help and provide some stability about its
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Hunter Biden is set to go on trial Thursday for alleged tax crimes, in a case that was once seen as a potential political liability for President Joe Biden, but is now a sordid closing chapter to his presidency. Special counsel David Weiss, who has investigated Hunter Biden’s finances and
Continue ReadingGRAND HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — An ultra swimmer’s attempt to cross Lake Michigan is over after 40 hours. Jim Dreyer was back on shore Wednesday, according to his online tracker. Dreyer, who is nicknamed The Shark, began swimming Monday night in Grand Haven, Michigan. His goal was to get to Milwaukee in Wisconsin, more than
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — By a landslide, “The Apprentice” is the most controversial movie of the fall. It stars Sebastian Stan as a young Trump under the tutelage of Roy Cohn while he’s trying to make a name for himself in 1980s New York real estate. “The Apprentice” has had one of
Continue ReadingAP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — To hear Frances Tiafoe tell it, Taylor Fritz predicted this sort of moment for the two of them. And for American men’s tennis. It was during an early morning plane ride together a few years ago that the conversation turned to the future and possibilities, Tiafoe recounted after
Continue ReadingAP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — To hear Frances Tiafoe tell it, Taylor Fritz predicted this sort of moment for the two of them. And for American men’s tennis. It was during an early morning plane ride together a few years ago that the conversation turned to the future and possibilities, Tiafoe recounted after
Continue ReadingCalMatters Nearly four years after California voters approved better wages and health benefits for ride-hailing drivers and delivery workers, no one is actually ensuring they are provided, according to state agencies, interviews with workers and a review of wage claims filed with the state. Voters mandated the benefits in November 2020 when they approved Proposition
Continue ReadingCNN By Sean Lyngaas, Evan Perez, Kylie Atwood, Zachary Cohen and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration announced a sweeping set of actions to tackle a major Russian government-backed effort to influence the 2024 US presidential election on Wednesday, including unveiling criminal charges against two Russian nationals, sanctions on 10 individuals and entities, and the
Continue ReadingBy Kayla Tausche, Tami Luhby and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris proposed increasing the long-term capital gains tax rate to 28% for wealthy Americans during an economic speech in New Hampshire on Wednesday, breaking with the policy laid out by President Joe Biden in his 2025 budget by suggesting a lower rate. The current long-term capital
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By Isabel Rosales, John Miller, Nick Valencia, Dakin Andone and Sharif Paget, CNN Winder, Georgia (CNN) — The 14-year-old suspect in the fatal mass shooting at a Winder, Georgia, high school will be booked Wednesday night, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey said at an evening news conference. Colt Gray will be charged with
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Firefighters contained a fire in the walls of Duke’s Mini Mart in Rancho Mirage. The fire was first reported just before 9:15 a.m. at the market, located near the intersection of Frank Sinatra Drive and Highway 111. A CAL FIRE spokesperson said the first responding units arrived at the scene with nothing showing initially, however,
Continue ReadingJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A man serving time on a 20-year prison sentence for threatening officials in New Jersey has made it onto Alaska’s general election ballot for the state’s lone U.S. House seat this November. Eric Hafner was convicted in 2022 of threatening to kill judges, police officers and others and sentenced to serve
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere affairs says the U.S. is mulling a U.N. peacekeeping operation in Haiti as one way to secure funding and staffing for a current mission led by Kenya to quell gang violence in the Caribbean country. Brian Nichols spoke hours after
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain’s king has pardoned 457 prisoners to mark his 25th anniversary as the island nation’s ruler, with one activist saying many of those freed appear to be political prisoners. The announcement Wednesday night by the state-run Bahrain News Agency marks another mass release of prisoners in the
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Coachella Valley residents are preparing to cast their votes — as local elections approach. Riverside County recently released the full list of all local and state candidates. Palm Springs In Palm Springs — 2 longterm coucilmembers are running for different offices — leaving their positions open. Councilmember Lisa Middleton, representing district 5 — is running for
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Two loggers have been killed by the reclusive Mashco Piro Indigenous tribe deep in Peru’s Amazon. The loggers encroached on their land, according to local rights groups, in the latest event of rising tensions between the two sides and mounting pressure for government intervention. There have been several other
Continue ReadingAP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The questions wouldn’t stop for Jessica Pegula: Why was she 0-6 in Grand Slam quarterfinals heading into her U.S. Open matchup against No. 1 Iga Swiatek? What could Pegula do to change that? Came up during her on-court interview after winning in the previous round. And again at
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