By Betsy Klein and Tami Luhby, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration has finalized a new rule bolstering protections for career federal workers, marking a move to preemptively halt or significantly slow any efforts by former President Donald Trump, should he win in November, to reduce or alter the federal workforce. “Today, my administration
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Eric Musselman has been hired as Southern California men’s basketball coach.
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump left the White House facing a cash crunch and a tattered reputation after his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, threatening the viability of his business empire. Soon, though, a new source stepped forward to provide a financial lifeline when many longtime lenders refused. Over
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump left the White House facing a cash crunch and a tattered reputation after his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, threatening the viability of his business empire. Soon, though, a new source stepped forward to provide a financial lifeline when many longtime lenders refused. Over
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Markus Hinterhäuser has been given a third five-year term as artistic director of the Salzburg Festival, extending his tenure in one of Europe’s most influential cultural roles to the longest since Herbert von Karajan’s reign from 1956-89. The festival says its board of directors agreed to a contract through 2031 with
Continue ReadingBy TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Democratic leaders announced Thursday they had come to an agreement on a plan that would reduce the state’s staggering multibillion-dollar shortfall by $17.3 billion through a combination of spending cuts, delays and deferrals. Gov. Gavin Newsom had enjoyed unprecedented surplus budgets of more than $100
Continue ReadingBy TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Democratic leaders announced Thursday they had come to an agreement on a plan that would reduce the state’s staggering multibillion-dollar shortfall by $17.3 billion through a combination of spending cuts, delays and deferrals. Gov. Gavin Newsom had enjoyed unprecedented surplus budgets of more than $100
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department will help police in Mississippi’s capital city to revamp policies for performing next-of-kin death notifications. The announcement Thursday came months after men in and around Jackson were buried in a pauper’s cemetery without their relatives’ knowledge. NBCNews.com reports that seven
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump offered a tough message to Israel over its war against Hamas on Thursday, urging the country to: “Get it over with.” In an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, Trump said that Israel is “absolutely losing the PR war” and called
Continue ReadingBy ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Does time — and a new host — heal all wounds? Fourteen years after Conan O’Brien was messily ousted from NBC’s “The Tonight Show” to make way for the return of Jay Leno — the comedian is finally back. O’Brien will appear on the April 9 show to promote his
Continue ReadingBy ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Does time — and a new host — heal all wounds? Fourteen years after Conan O’Brien was messily ousted from NBC’s “The Tonight Show” to make way for the return of Jay Leno — the comedian is finally back. O’Brien will appear on the April 9 show to promote his
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Caitlin Clark hasn’t officially entered the WNBA draft yet. Iowa fans shouldn’t get their hopes up that she’s returning for another season. Clark, who said on social media before the women’s NCAA Tournament began that she would enter the draft, has been busy. Iowa plays UConn
Continue ReadingARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — A new partnership between The Jockey Club UK and The Stronach Group’s 1/ST will give the winners of turf races in North America and England automatic entries to races in both countries in an effort to increase the number of horses competing on both sides of the Atlantic. The winner of
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump continues to make false claims about the New York civil fraud case he lost – including a wildly inaccurate declaration on Tuesday that an appeals court previously said that he had “won the case.” Trump has made similar claims for months. He delivered an
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slammed into reverse on Thursday after a Federal Reserve official said it may deliver none of the cuts to interest rates this year that Wall Street has been banking on, unless inflation improves. The S&P 500 was 0.8% lower in late trading after
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — A hot air balloon pilot had an elevated level of an anesthetic in his system at the time of a January crash that killed four people in Arizona, according to a newly released toxicology report. Authorities said tests show 37-year-old Cornelius van der Walt had a high amount of ketamine content in
Continue ReadingThe husband of Florida’s Senate president has died after falling while the couple was hiking in Utah. The Senate notified members Wednesday that John Passidomo was fell at Bryce Canyon National Park on Monday and later died after suffering head and other injuries. The 72-year-old lawyer and Republican Senate President Kathleen Passidomo were on vacation
Continue ReadingCNN By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — The wave of drones and missiles that flew towards Israel overnight on Sunday brought with it a new phase of tension, uncertainty and confrontation in the Middle East. Iran launched the unprecedented attack in response to a suspected Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria, earlier
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson and Cindy von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — The pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed in Arizona in January, leaving four people dead, had high levels of the psychedelic drug ketamine in his blood system, according to a forensic examination report from the Pinal County Medical Examiner’s Office. The autopsy report
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, Tierney Sneed, Sara Murray, Jason Morris and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump was dealt two major setbacks Thursday in his efforts to derail the criminal cases against him, with judges in the Georgia election interference case and in the federal classified documents case both rejecting bids by the
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