By Holmes Lybrand, Kyung Lah and Jack Hannah, CNN Phoenix (CNN) — Rudy Giuliani and 10 others pleaded not guilty in an Arizona court Tuesday to charges of allegedly conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. The former New York mayor was also ordered to post a $10,000 bond after he ducked efforts by
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Two people – a hiker in Oregon and a climber in Alaska – are dead after falling to their deaths while visiting US parks, according to officials. On Monday, the body of a fallen climber was discovered on Alaska’s Denali – the tallest peak in North America, according to
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell joined Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday to celebrate Tennessee’s new law requiring all high schools to keep an automated external defibrillator available during classes, athletic practices and games. Lee signed the legislation earlier this year, but held a formal ceremony Tuesday marking
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, current president and former prime minister of Turkey. Personal Birth date: February 26, 1954 Birth place: Istanbul, Turkey Birth name: Recep Tayyip Erdogan Father: Ahmet Erdogan, coastguard and sea captain Mother: Tenzile Erdogan Marriage: Emine (Gulbaran) Erdogan (July 4, 1978-present)
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — It’s so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees. At least 138 of the midsize primates, who are known for their roaring vocal calls, were found dead in the Gulf Coast state of Tabasco since May 16, according to the Biodiversity
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it’s releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from a Northeast reserve established after Superstorm Sandy in a bid to lower prices at the pump this summer. The sale is from storage sites in New Jersey and Maine and will be allocated in increments
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Caitlin Clark has signed a multiyear deal with Wilson Sporting Goods for a signature basketball line. The No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft will also test, advise and provide feedback on a range of Wilson basketball products. Wilson will release collections that celebrate Clark throughout the rest of 2024, as well
Continue ReadingALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s high court has upheld a rule requiring companies with health insurance plans to cover medically necessary abortions. The decision from the Court of Appeals on Tuesday came after a lawsuit from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany and other religious groups. They argued the rule violates their religious freedoms.
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian authorities say Armed men attacked remote villages in northcentral Nigeria, killing at least a dozen villagers during a late-night raid. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack which follows a similar pattern to yearslong violence in the region blamed on the fight for control
Continue ReadingMONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont’s governor has vetoed a bill to severely restrict a type of pesticide that’s toxic to bees and other pollinators. Republican Gov. Phil Scott says the legislation “is more anti-farmer than it is pro-pollinator.” The bill would have banned uses of a type of neurotoxins know as neonics. It also would’ve
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The defense rested its case in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial on Tuesday after roughly 90 minutes of testimony – and without the former president taking the stand. Trump’s attorneys called two witnesses: a paralegal who entered phone records into evidence and
Continue ReadingCNN Opinion by Norman Eisen (CNN) — After the high drama of Monday’s conflict between Justice Juan Merchan and defense witness Robert Costello, and with the jury in the Manhattan criminal trial of former President Donald Trump being dismissed Tuesday as both sides hashed out jury instructions, my expectations for the day were low. But as has
Continue ReadingBy TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A 10-year-old Tennessee boy who was swept into a storm drain after severe weather two weeks ago has died. James Sullivan posted on social media on Monday that his son Asher’s organs were donated to four other people “so he will live on in them.” Asher
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Leading artificial intelligence companies made a fresh pledge at a mini-summit Tuesday to develop AI safely, while world leaders agreed to build a network of publicly backed safety institutes to advance research and testing of the technology. Google, Meta and OpenAI were
Continue ReadingELY, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say bad weather is hampering the search for two men who went over a waterfall while fishing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of northern Minnesota over the weekend. St. Louis County Sheriff’s Cmdr. Nate Skelton told the Star Tribune of Minneapolis on Tuesday that the cloud cover is
Continue ReadingBy SAM GURWITT Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Politically motivated crime in Germany last year reached its highest level since the government started tracking it more than 20 years ago. The country’s top security official says the greatest threat comes from people with far-right motivations. The interior minister says that “we are a strong democracy,
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Former Arizona Republican Party chair Kelli Ward pleaded not guilty Tuesday in a Phoenix courtroom to nine felony charges stemming from her role in an effort to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss in Arizona to Joe Biden. Ward and at least 11 other people were arraigned Tuesday for conspiracy, forgery and
Continue ReadingBy Louis Mian, CNN (CNN) — The US embassy in London is refusing to pay more than $18.6 million in charges from unpaid congestion fees, according to Transport for London (TfL), which oversees the city’s vast transport network. The congestion charge was introduced in 2003 in order to stem traffic and pollution in central London.
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s top public defender faces the possibility of being fired as an oversight panel decides a possible punishment for what it calls serious misconduct. The state Public Defender Services Commission is scheduled to meet Tuesday but says it won’t announce a decision until next month. The
Continue ReadingBy Sydney Bishop, CNN (CNN) — A grizzly bear attack on a man in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park is the second grizzly bear attack in less than a week. Park officials said they received a report on Sunday about “a 35-year-old male visitor from Massachusetts who was seriously injured by a bear in the
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