By MOHAMMAD ZAATARI and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press HEBBARIYE, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon’s state news agency says Israeli airstrikes killed nine people in southern Lebanon, including paramedics who were preparing to respond to the first strike. That raises the number of people killed by Israeli strikes Wednesday to 16, making this the deadliest day in
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Former President Trump is planning to attend the wake for a New York City police officer who was fatally shot during a traffic stop. His campaign says Trump is expected to be at a visitation Thursday on Long Island for Officer Jonathan Diller. The news came as one of the suspects
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice broke with the GOP-majority Legislature to veto a bill that would have loosened one of the country’s strictest school vaccination policies. West Virginia is only one of a handful of states in the U.S. that offers only medical exemptions to
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who nearly won the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore in the disputed 2000 election and who almost became Republican John McCain’s running mate eight years later, has died, according to a statement issued by his
Continue ReadingST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A court ordered the eviction Wednesday of MyPillow from a suburban Minneapolis warehouse that it formerly used, but company founder and prominent election denier Mike Lindell said that it’s just a formality because the landlord wants to take the property back. Lindell denied in an interview with The Associated Press
Continue ReadingBy Benjamin Brown and Eugenia Yosef, CNN Near Haifa, Israel (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told a group of US members of Congress that “victory” in Gaza and “getting” Hamas’ senior leadership in the enclave are just “a few weeks away.” Speaking to a bipartisan group from Congress on Wednesday, Netanyahu said:
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By Jake Tapper, Stephen Collinson and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Joe Lieberman, the first Jewish vice-presidential nominee of a major party, whose conscience and independent streak later led him on a journey away from his home in the Democratic Party, has died at 82, according to a statement from his family. The former Connecticut
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — A federal judge appeared skeptical Wednesday of arguments from Hunter Biden’s lawyers that his felony tax indictment should be dismissed, potentially teeing up a trial this summer. At a hearing in downtown Los Angeles, US District Judge Mark Scarsi said he would decide by April 17
Continue ReadingROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say four people were killed and five were wounded in stabbings in northern Illinois. Rockford Police Chief Carla Redd says Wednesday that a suspect is in police custody and has been questioned. Authorities say they do not know a motive at this time. Three people died at multiple crime scenes
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An audit of a $19,000 lectern that was purchased for Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is nearing completion, but officials are awaiting a response from the governor’s office on it. Legislative Auditor Roger Norman told lawmakers Wednesday that a draft report of the audit has
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A San Bernardino man was arrested in connection with a theft earlier this month at an outlet mall in Cabazon. The suspect, a 39-year-old man, is suspected of stealing property at a business in the 48000 block of Seminole Drive in Cabazon. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, when deputies arrived, the four suspects
Continue ReadingWALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — Prosecutors and police say a pickup truck driver accused of crashing into and killing a Massachusetts police officer and a utility employee at a work site has been indicted on two counts of second degree murder and other charges. Fifty-four-year-old Peter Simon of Woodsville, New Hampshire, is also accused of pulling
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Kari Lake, a Republican Senate candidate in Arizona who says she lost a 2022 race for governor because of fraud, is declining to defend against a defamation lawsuit filed by a top election official. Lake this week asked a judge to jump directly to the damages
Continue ReadingBy Louis Mian and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — There are “reasonable grounds” to believe Israel is “committing the crime of genocide against the Palestinians as a group in Gaza,” the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories has said. Francesca Albanese made the remarks Wednesday following the submission of her
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW CHOI The Texas Tribune WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee. The bipartisan panel made the announcement Tuesday. It did not specify the focus of the investigation, but the Republican from Richmond said it was related to his campaign’s finances. The committee announced it was
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians have expressed pride and gratitude toward their men’s national soccer team for qualifying for the European Championship, a rare bit of good news and a welcome distraction from the war with Russia. Though celebrations after Ukraine’s 2-1 win over Iceland were muted as Russian missiles kept raining down on the
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose to a record Wednesday after breaking out of their three-day lull. The S&P 500 climbed 44.91 points, or 0.9%, to 5,248.49. It was the first gain for the index since setting its last all-time high on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration issued a final rule Wednesday aimed at curbing methane leaks from oil and gas drilling on federal and tribal lands, its latest action to crack down on emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to global warming. The rule issued by
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — One day after the Supreme Court heard arguments in the first abortion-related case since Roe v. Wade was overturned, retired Justice Stephen Breyer told CNN that the justices will be forced to consider abortion “more and more and more.” In an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Breyer chided the
Continue ReadingBy Curt Devine, Casey Tolan and Isabelle Chapman, CNN (CNN) — When a container ship slammed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday, it led to the disastrous collapse that left six people presumed dead and took out one of the region’s key infrastructure links. But it wasn’t the first time that kind of
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