Associated Press Comments JD Vance made in 2021 questioning Vice President Kamala Harris’ leadership because she did not have biological children have resurfaced, testing the young conservative senator in his early days campaigning as part of the Republicans’ presidential ticket. During Vance’s bid for the Senate in Ohio, he said in a Fox News interview
Continue ReadingBy Anna Chernova and Nathan Hodge, CNN (CNN) — A Moscow court has sentenced exiled Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar in absentia to eight years and a half years in prison for disseminating “fake news” about the Russian army, the latest conviction in Russia’s campaign of legal retribution against independent and opposition media. Zygar was found
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is zeroing in on four potential candidates as she races to choose a running mate for her fledgling campaign, fast-tracking a process that usually takes months but must be finalized in only a few weeks. Eric Holder, the former U.S. attorney general, and a team of
Continue ReadingCLEVELAND (AP) — A federal judge has struck down part of Ohio’s new 2023 election law, which put restrictions on voters with disabilities who were casting absentee ballots. Voting right advocates argued the law went too far by prohibiting all but a few qualifying family members from helping those with disabilities deliver their ballots. The
Continue ReadingBy Laura Dolan, Lauren Fox and Clare Foran, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey will resign his seat effective August 20, according to a copy of his resignation letter obtained by CNN. In July, Menendez was convicted of 16 counts — including bribery, extortion, wire fraud, obstruction of justice and acting
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York watchdog panel says a judge who engaged in a prolonged, offensive rant after a melee erupted at a high school graduation party should be removed from office. The state Commission on Judicial Conduct says Judge Erin Gall invoked her authority as a judge to try to
Continue ReadingCNN By Manu Raju, Jamie Gangel and Michelle Shen, CNN (CNN) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination for president during a news conference in Washington on Tuesday. “When I spoke with her Sunday, she said she wanted the opportunity to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s only public historically Black university has chosen an interim leader, after the school’s president announced this month that he intends to resign. The board of Florida A&M University chose Timothy Beard to lead the school on an interim basis beginning in August. A former president of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man who spent nearly two decades on South Carolina’s death row for killing two people has been resentenced to life in prison without parole. A judge on Monday approved the deal that prosecutors offered Quincy Allen, two years after his death sentence was overturned by a federal court.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia judge has approved a referendum sought by slave descendants to challenge rezoning changes that residents say threaten one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee communities. McIntosh County Probate Court Judge Harold Webster on Tuesday ordered that a special election be held Oct. 1. He said election officials verified
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, Katelyn Polantz, Sara Murray and Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — Rudy Giuliani’s trip to Milwaukee for last week’s Republican National Convention was bankrolled by the media platform started by “My Pillow Guy” Mike Lindell, Giuliani’s lawyer told a bankruptcy court that is scrutinizing the former New York City mayor’s finances. The letter from Giuliani’s
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Among the throngs of tourists in cowboy attire who flock to Nashville’s famed downtown honky-tonks, a small but unsettling group has distracted locals and visitors from the neon lights lately with Nazi salutes and white supremacist rhetoric. For weeks, neo-Nazis have livestreamed antisemitic antics for shock value in Nashville
Continue ReadingAP College Sports Writer Sonny Vaccaro knew nothing about the law. He did know a lot about college sports and was sure the athletes who were driving millions of dollars in revenue to their schools should be paid. Michael Hausfeld knew nothing about college sports, but it didn’t take long for the attorney who built
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The owners of the NBA’s Chicago Bulls and NHL’s Blackhawks unveiled a $7 billion plan Tuesday to replace the parking lots surrounding the United Center with green space, mixed-income housing, a music hall and more. The 1901 Project, touted as the largest private investment in Chicago’s West Side, is
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The Anti-Defamation League says the Philadelphia school district has failed to protect Jewish students from “a virulent wave of antisemitism” that swept through classrooms after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7. The ADL filed a complaint Tuesday with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights. The Jewish advocacy group wants the
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Maya Rudolph, you are up. If it’s election season, it’s also the time when “Saturday Night Live” writers come together for plenty of satire surrounding politics. The late-night show may already have an incumbent when it comes to portraying Vice President Kamala Harris: Maya Rudolph. The former “SNL”
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. envoy for Yemen is warning that recent developments in the Red Sea, Israel and inside the country “show the real danger of a devastating region-wide escalation.” Hans Grundberg also pointed to a glimmer of hope, saying that Yemen’s warring parties – the internationally recognized government and Houthi
Continue ReadingNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say they’ve arrested a second man in the shooting of a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says Trooper Adam Cothron stopped a car driven by Timothy Davis Jr. on Friday night and when the trooper approached, the driver shot Cothron, critically wounding him. He remains hospitalized.
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, Mek Tekeste and Louis Mian, CNN (CNN) — The death toll from two landslides in a remote region of southern Ethiopia on Monday has risen to 229, according to local authorities. The communication affairs department of Gofa Zone said Tuesday that 148 males and 81 females had been killed. A local official,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KENITRA, Morocco (AP) — Golden fields of wheat no longer produce the bounty they once did in Morocco. A six-year drought has imperiled the country’s entire agriculture sector, including farmers who grow cereals and grains used to feed humans and animals. The North African nation projects this year’s harvest will be smaller than
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