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By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The federal court that struck down Louisiana’s congressional map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander is giving state lawmakers until the beginning of June to redraw the map themselves. In the meantime, the court is setting up a schedule for proposals for a new congressional plan to be considered by
Continue ReadingBy JIM MORRIS Associated Press SURREY, British Columbia (AP) — Two of the three men charged in the slaying of Canadian Sikh separatist leader Singh Nijjar in June made a brief first court appearance. His killing became the center of a diplomatic spat after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in September that there were
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court has cleared the way for utilities to finish building a high-voltage power line across a Mississippi River refuge. American Transmission Company, ITC Midwest and Dairyland Power Cooperative are in the final stages of constructing a 102-mile transmission line linking Iowa’s Dubuque County
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Porn actor Stormy Daniels took the witness stand Tuesday in the hush money case against Donald Trump, who looked on as she detailed their alleged sexual encounter and the payment she got to keep it quiet. Prosecutors allege Trump paid Daniels to
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A panel of federal judges say the Louisiana Legislature must pass a new election map by June 3 or face having the court impose one on the state. The order on Tuesday came from a panel that recently threw out a congressional election map giving the
Continue ReadingCHINO HILLS, Calif. (AP) — A contract worker was killed and another was seriously injured when a box truck veered onto the shoulder of a Southern California freeway, authorities said. The crash happened Monday morning as a cleanup crew of about seven employees hired by Caltrans was working behind a guardrail along State Route 71
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — As the third week of witness testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money trial takes place, all eyes are on Stormy Daniels, who took the stand Tuesday morning and recounted for jurors the lead-up to meeting Trump and a 2006 sexual encounter she has said the two engaged in. Trump denies the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has hosted Klaus Iohannis, the president of Romania, at the White House. The two leaders on Tuesday celebrated their joint cooperation on issues including international security, the economy and continued support for Ukraine. The meeting in the Oval Office was meant to mark Romania’s two decades as
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — The CFL has suspended Toronto Argonauts quarterback Chad Kelly for at least nine regular-season games following its investigation into a lawsuit filed by a former strength-and-conditioning coach against both the player and club. T he league announced Tuesday that Kelly is also suspended for Toronto’s two preseason games for violating its gender-based
Continue ReadingCNN By Betsy Klein, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday issued a call to fight a “ferocious surge” of antisemitism, saying such hate has no place in America as he connected the horrors of the Holocaust to Hamas’ attack on Israel. Biden’s speech was a somber – yet impassioned – moment of
Continue ReadingCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A woman who fell from the stands to her death during a graduation ceremony at Ohio State University last weekend has been identified as a Georgia resident, authorities announced Tuesday. The Franklin County Coroner’s Office said Larissa Brady, 53, was pronounced dead at the scene, just outside Ohio Stadium in Columbus
Continue ReadingPRINCETON, Minn. (AP) — Two people have died in the explosion of a mobile home in Minnesota in a blast heard miles away. A sheriff’s deputy told the Minneapolis Star Tribune the explosion occurred in Princeton just after 4 a.m. Tuesday. Authorities identified the victims as 61-year-old Katherine A. Kreger and her 60-year-old husband, Royce
Continue ReadingCUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple on Tuesday unveiled its next generation of iPad Pros and Airs — models that will boast faster processors, new sizes and a new display system as part of the company’s first update to its tablet lineup in more than a year. The showcase at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California, comes
Continue ReadingCUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple on Tuesday unveiled its next generation of iPad Pros and Airs — models that will boast faster processors, new sizes and a new display system as part of the company’s first update to its tablet lineup in more than a year. The showcase at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California, comes
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Caitlin Clark’s first WNBA game in Los Angeles is being moved to a bigger stage. The Los Angeles Sparks said Tuesday that their home game against Clark and the Indiana Fever on May 24 is being moved from Walter Pyramid on the Long Beach State campus to Crypto.com Arena in downtown
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER, BARBARA SURK and PIETRO DE CRISTOFARO Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — Campus protests by pro-Palestinian activists have spread across Europe as some call for a break in academic ties with Israel over the war in Gaza. Schools increasingly face the question under debate in the U.S. of whether to allow them or
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson is working to position himself as in control in the face of a looming vote for his ouster. He insisted Tuesday he’s not negotiating with far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene as she weighed whether to proceed with a vote
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — US, UK and Australian authorities on Tuesday announced sanctions and criminal charges against a 31-year-old Russian man for being the alleged mastermind of a cybercriminal group that has extorted $500 million in ransom payments from thousands of victim organizations in the US and worldwide. Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev is accused
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Porn actor Stormy Daniels has testified at Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial that she first met Trump at a 2006 Lake Tahoe celebrity golf outing where her studio was a sponsor. Daniels is at the center of the case because she
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Belarus has launched drills involving missiles and warplanes capable of carrying tactical nuclear weapons. Close ally Russia has deployed the nuclear weapons there amid tensions with the West over Ukraine. The Belarusian maneuvers began a day after Russia announced plans to hold similar drills. Moscow cast the drills as a response to
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