By COLLIN BINKLEY and ANNIE MA Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Columbia University’s president took a firm stance against antisemitism in a congressional hearing on Wednesday, but she faced bruising criticism from Republicans who say her actions haven’t supported her words, especially when it comes to disciplining faculty and students accused of bias. Nemat
Continue ReadingCNN By Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju, Annie Grayer and Lauren Fox, CNN Speaker Mike Johnson announced he will not change the procedure for removing him from the speakership, after hardliners reacted with fury to a proposed change to House rules. “Since the beginning of the 118th Congress, the House rule allowing a Motion to Vacate
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES, LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says that he strongly supports a proposal from Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. His words send crucial bipartisan support to the effort to approve $95 billion in funding for the U.S.
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER, REBECCA BOONE, CLAUDIA LAUER and CHRISTOPHER L. KELLER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A new report shows that the head of Maui’s emergency management agency dragged his heels about returning to the island as wildfires ripped across the island last August. That came as a broader communications breakdown left authorities in
Continue ReadingCNN By Arit John and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — The Republican-controlled Arizona House of Representatives once again failed to advance a repeal of the state’s 160-year-old abortion ban Wednesday, days after the state Supreme Court roiled state politics by reviving the law. The vote is a blow to reproductive rights as well as GOP candidates in competitive races, who
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Air National Guard flew 159 civilian search-and-rescue missions last year in the nation’s largest state, often during vicious storms that prevented air ambulances from taking off. It also patrolled the skies for spy balloons and missiles from China, Russia and North Korea, and supported
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press A Republican lawmaker says he plans to mount another effort to limit diversity, equity and inclusion practices at Kentucky’s public universities. The move comes after GOP supermajorities failed to resolve differences on the issue during the recently ended legislative session. Kentucky lawmakers will convene again in early January. State Sen.
Continue ReadingBy MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Diversity, equity and inclusion staff members’ jobs in North Carolina’s public university system could be at risk. The University of North Carolina Board of Governors committee quickly voted to repeal a DEI policy adopted in 2019. The policy will now be sent to the full board
Continue ReadingBy ARNIE STAPLETON AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — The Denver Nuggets met coach Michael Malone’s challenge not to let up after winning the franchise’s first NBA title. Nikola Jokic somehow got even better with another historic season that made him the odds-on favorite to win the MVP award for the third time in four
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, Emma Tucker, Sara Smart and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A new report on the disastrous Maui infernos that left 101 people dead and $6 billion in damages reveals officials rejected additional help before the Lahaina fire obliterated hundreds of homes and became the deadliest US wildfire in more than a
Continue ReadingBy Alessandra Castelli, CNN (CNN) — Police in Brazil have detained a woman suspected of wheeling a dead man, who she said was her uncle, to a bank to withdraw a four-figure loan. Footage of the woman’s encounter with the bank has sparked a nationwide discussion in Brazil after going viral on social media. It
Continue ReadingBy Rosa de Acosta and Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — A mammoth exercise in democracy is underway in India, where nearly a billion people will go to the polls over the next six weeks to vote in the world’s largest ever general election. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is standing for a rare third term in
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After an hours-long meeting, the Anaheim City Council early today gave preliminary approval to a major Disneyland expansion project. The Disneyland Forward project is meant to expand development and add hotel rooms to the theme park by utilizing about 57 acres of parking and unused land. The plan is essentially a shuffling around of
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Dawn Staley has gotten plenty of prominent congratulations since winning her third national title earlier this month. Staley may have been most thrilled over the flowers, merchandise and note she got from the “Queen B” herself, Beyonce. Staley gushed in a video posted to social media Wednesday where
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Despite the big crowds, snarled traffic and other challenges, the number of arrests during the first weekend of the 2024 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival were down 20% compared to last year’s starting weekend, authorities said today. The Indio Police Department’s detention and citation figures for Friday morning to Sunday night at the
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A civilian contractor sent to work as an interrogator at Iraq’s infamous Abu Ghraib prison resigned within two weeks of his arrival and told his corporate bosses that mistreatment of detainees was likely to continue. Jurors saw the October 2003 email from the interrogator who worked
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are debating ways to ramp up sanctions against Iran as concern grows that the country’s unprecedented attack on Israel could fuel a wider war in the Middle East. French President Emmanuel Macron At a summit in Brussels on Wednesday urged his
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — President Joe Biden promised cheering unionized steelworkers on Wednesday that his administration would block the acquisition of U.S. Steel by a Japanese company, and he called for a tripling of tariffs on Chinese steel, seeking to use trade policy to win over working-class votes
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has dismissed all impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, ending the House Republican push to remove the Cabinet secretary from office over his handling of the the U.S.-Mexico border and ending his trial before arguments even began. Senators voted to dismiss both
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has dismissed all impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, ending the House Republican push to remove the Cabinet secretary from office over his handling of the the U.S.-Mexico border and ending his trial before arguments even began. Senators voted to dismiss both
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