By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — US military bases across Europe were placed on a heightened state of alert last week for the first time in a decade after the US received intelligence that Russian-backed actors were considering carrying out sabotage attacks against US military personnel and facilities, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The intelligence
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CalMatters A blistering California heat wave over the past week and through the Fourth of July holiday could be topped off by the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth. That kind of extreme heat has led to more deaths than wildfires and cost billions of dollars over a decade, according to the state insurance department.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — English police accuse social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother of being serial tax evaders in a civil court case in London. Police in Devon and Cornwall are seeking $3.6 million in unpaid taxes on earnings from their online businesses between 2014 and 2022. The Tates were not present
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle and Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office aims to present a new indictment with new charges against Harvey Weinstein to a grand jury by the fall, a prosecutor said in court Tuesday. Alvin Bragg’s office is working with alleged victims whose claims of forcible rape and sexual abuse
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Russian internet propaganda campaign backed by the Kremlin that spread disinformation in the United States and relied on artificial intelligence has been disrupted. That’s according to the U.S. Justice Department, which announced the development on Tuesday. Officials described the operation as part of an ongoing effort to sow discord
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate will pursue a spending increase next year of about 3.4% for defense and 2.7% increase for non-defense programs under a bipartisan agreement reached by the Senate Appropriations Committee. The deal reached by Sens. Patty Murray and Susan Collins sets up a certain clash later this year with the
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government’s auto safety agency is investigating a potential “loss of motive power” in more than 94,000 Jeep Wrangler 4xe vehicles, after receiving complaints for cars outside the scope of an earlier recall involving an engine shutdown condition in the same SUV model. The National Highway Traffic
Continue ReadingReligion News Service (RNS) — In her early 30s, Rachael Sanborn found herself in a bad relationship and dreaming of an escape to the Camino de Santiago in Spain, a pilgrimage her father had undertaken that had profoundly changed his life. Sanborn, a rebel and adventurer by nature (she dropped out of college to meditate
Continue ReadingReligion News Service (RNS) — In her early 30s, Rachael Sanborn found herself in a bad relationship and dreaming of an escape to the Camino de Santiago in Spain, a pilgrimage her father had undertaken that had profoundly changed his life. Sanborn, a rebel and adventurer by nature (she dropped out of college to meditate
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV says the powerful Revolutionary Guard forces have dismantled a group of armed bandits in the northwest of the country. The TV report said that ground forces of the Revolutionary Guard, known as IRGC in West Azerbaijan province, dismantled a counter-revolutionary terrorist team that was planning to enter Iran
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Democratic power broker charged with racketeering by the state attorney general has pleaded not guilty. George E. Norcross III denies threatening people whose properties he sought to take over and orchestrating tax incentive legislation to benefit organizations he controlled. Norcross and four other co-defendants appeared in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus is hosting Chinese troops for joint military drills near the Polish border, the first such exercise that reflects growing defense ties between the two countries. The 11-day counter-terrorism exercise named Eagle Assault 2024 began on Monday, ahead of NATO’s summit in Washington on Tuesday. The drill is being
Continue ReadingA court in Russia has ordered the arrest of the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny . Tuesday’s decision was made at a hearing conducted in absentia as Yulia Navalnaya lives abroad. The order is part of a sweeping Kremlin crackdown on the opposition. Moscow’s Basmanny District Court ruled that she is to be
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday urged international leaders to promptly aid his war-torn country and “not to wait for November, or any other month.” Zelensky said that “everyone is waiting for November,” including Russian President Vladimir Putin, as the 2024 US presidential election and the
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — New York University is settling a lawsuit filed in November by three Jewish students who allege they were subjected to “pervasive acts of hatred, discrimination, harassment, and intimidation.” The students say the harassment started with the Israel-Hamas war. The settlement announced Tuesday includes undisclosed monetary terms and a commitment from NYU
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Melissa Etheridge realized two career dreams with her new docuseries “Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken”: performing for imprisoned women and recording the concert for a live album. The singer-songwriter had a film crew document her 2023 live show at the Topeka Correctional Facility for Women. Etheridge meets and corresponds
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Hunter Biden has withdrawn a request for a new gun trial, according to court filings. President Joe Biden’s son is still pursuing several other challenges to his felony gun convictions, and is expected to expand those efforts soon by asking an appeals court to throw out the guilty verdicts. His
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A Pennsylvania man accused of killing and dismembering a transgender teenager he met through a dating app has been charged with murder and related counts. DaShawn Watkins was arraigned earlier this month and is being held without bail at the Mercer County Jail. The 29-year-old Sharon man is charged in the death of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The world’s most endangered wolf species got a big boost at a Missouri wildlife reserve — four little puppies born this spring. The April 26 birth of a female American red wolf pup named Otter was followed by a litter of three other pups — Molly and her brothers
Continue ReadingBy Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — Former US Sen. Jim Inhofe, a former chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee who was one of the most vocal climate change deniers in the US Senate, has died, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced on Tuesday. Inhofe, 89, served in the US Senate from 1994 until he
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