Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is seriously considering proposals to establish term limits for U.S. Supreme Court justices, and an ethics code that would be enforceable under law amid growing concerns that the justices are not held accountable, according to three people briefed on the plans. It would mark a major shift
Continue ReadingONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — The long-unidentified remains of a World War II service member who died in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines in 1942 were returned home to California on Tuesday. The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Pvt. 1st Class Charles R. Powers, 18, of Riverside, were flown to Ontario International Airport
Continue ReadingONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — The long-unidentified remains of a World War II service member who died in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines in 1942 were returned home to California on Tuesday. The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Pvt. 1st Class Charles R. Powers, 18, of Riverside, were flown to Ontario International Airport
Continue ReadingBy Arit John, Jeff Zeleny and Kate Sullivan, CNN Milwaukee (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley endorsed Donald Trump’s campaign Tuesday night in her Republican National Convention speech, her latest step toward embracing her former rival and unifying the party after their bitter presidential primary. “I’ll start by making one thing perfectly clear: Donald Trump
Continue ReadingBy Simone Pathe, CNN (CNN) — The excitement at the Republican National Convention isn’t just about Donald Trump and his new running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance – it also extends to Senate candidates who the party believes can help deliver the former president a GOP majority on Capitol Hill. While Democrats in competitive Senate
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say the leader of a violent neo-Nazi extremist group based in eastern Europe has been charged with plotting to have an associate dress up as Santa Claus and hand out poisoned candy to Jewish children in New York City to sow terror. The 21-year-old man from the Republic of Georgia
Continue ReadingBy Abel Alvarado and Osmary Hernández, CNN (CNN) — Seventy-one “arbitrary detentions” have been reported within days of the start of campaigning for Venezuela’s presidential election, according to a human rights NGO. A report by Laboratorio de Paz released Monday said that 48 of those detentions involved people who had provided some type of service
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department says a former CIA employee and senior official at the National Security Council has been charged with serving as a secret agent for South Korea’s intelligence service. Sue Mi Terry accepted luxury goods, including fancy handbags, and expensive dinners at sushi restaurants in exchange for advocating
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s election board has certified a political party that wants to put Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the state’s presidential ballot this fall. The board voted Tuesday to recognize the We The People party. It means the party can place Kennedy on statewide ballots. But the election board’s
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The legal team representing Pvt. Travis King, the US soldier who ran across the border from South to North Korea last year, is in plea negotiations with military prosecutors, according to King’s attorney. King was expected to appear for a preliminary hearing in a military court, on Tuesday at Fort Bliss, Texas, but
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Naomi Pomeroy, an award-winning chef who helped put Portland, Oregon, on the map as a culinary destination, has drowned in an inner tubing accident. She was 49 years old. The Benton County Sheriff’s Office says Pomeroy drowned Saturday evening in the Willamette River near Corvallis after the group she
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani says he has “no regrets” about falsely accusing two Georgia election workers of rigging the 2020 election. “I have no regrets at all. I’m on the side of justice, right and truth,” Giuliani said in an interview Tuesday on the convention floor of
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s longest-serving lawmaker has died. Peter Courtney was 81. Gov. Tina Kotek says Courtney died Tuesday morning at his home in Salem of complications related to cancer. Courtney served 38 years in the Legislature, including stints in the House and Senate. He spent 20 years in the powerful role of Senate
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is seriously considering publicly endorsing major reforms at the Supreme Court, a move that would make him the first sitting president in generations to back seismic changes to the way the nation’s highest court operates, according to two sources familiar with the deliberations.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Houston’s prolonged outages following Hurricane Beryl has some fed-up and frustrated residents taking out their anger on repair workers who are trying to restore power across the city. Authorities say some workers have had guns drawn on them or rocks thrown their way, or had threatening messages sent to them.
Continue ReadingVACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Power was restored Tuesday at an overcrowded California men’s prison that ran on emergency generator power for three days following a major electrical outage amid a heat wave. The problem was fixed shortly after 2 p.m. at California State Prison, Solano, according to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The electricity
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Jewell Loyd had 30 points and seven assists, Nneka Ogwumike added 23 points, 10 rebounds and six steals against her former team, and the Seattle Storm beat the Los Angeles Sparks 89-83 on Tuesday. Seattle (17-8), which played a game on the road for the first time since June 19, closed
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America WASHINGTON (AP) — Usha Chilukuri Vance, wife of JD Vance, is a Yale law graduate and attorney. She stood next to her husband on Monday as he was named the Republican vice presidential nominee at the Republican National Convention. The 38-year-old Chilukuri Vance was raised in San Diego, by Indian immigrants.
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge’s decision to toss out Donald Trump’s classified documents criminal case means the former president can now talk to his co-defendants and potential witnesses about what happened at Mar-a-Lago without facing consequences. The conditions of release the Southern District of Florida court placed on Trump and his
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ohio police officers in Wisconsin for the Republican National Convention shot and killed a man who was wielding two knives near the convention, Milwaukee’s police chief said Tuesday. Five members of the Columbus, Ohio, police department fired on the man, who had a knife in each hand, refused police commands
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