CNN By Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump won their respective primaries in Michigan on Tuesday, but a glance under the hood of the results reveals serious concerns for both campaigns as they pivot to a likely November rematch that is looking more volatile by the day. Biden’s
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — A California federal judge has scheduled a late April jury trial for the former FBI informant charged with lying about President Joe Biden’s family and their alleged dealings in Ukraine, according to the court docket. The trial for Alexander Smirnov is scheduled to begin on April 23 in Los
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo and Morayo Ogunbayo, CNN (CNN) — Firefighters in Australia are battling a huge blaze that has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people amid some of the worst fire conditions the country has seen in recent years. Hot, dry and windy conditions have created “extreme to catastrophic fire dangers” in
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean and U.S. troops will begin their expanded annual military drills next week in response to North Korea’s evolving nuclear threats, the two countries said Wednesday, a move that will likely enrage North Korea because it views its rivals’ joint training as an invasion
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian markets were mostly lower on Wednesday after U.S. stocks held near their record levels in a quiet day of trading. U.S. futures and oil prices fell. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 edged 0.3% lower to 39,173.50. Shares in Hong Kong and Shanghai sank after the territory’s
Continue ReadingLIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — One person was injured when a tour helicopter crashed on a remote beach on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The Kauai Fire Department said Tuesday an aircraft operated by Jack Harter Helicopters crashed at Honopu Beach on the Napali Coast, which is a rugged stretch of Kauai that is only accessible
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The judge presiding over the Mar-a-Lago documents case on Tuesday denied efforts by Donald Trump’s co-defendants to view the classified records they allegedly moved around the former president’s Florida residence for him. The men, political aide Walt Nauta and property staffer Carlos De Oliveira, wanted to view the classified records to prepare
Continue ReadingCANADIAN, Texas (AP) — Rapidly moving Texas wildfires Tuesday prompted evacuation orders in small towns and shut down a nuclear facility as strong winds, dry grass and unseasonably warm temperatures fueled the blaze in the state’s rural Panhandle. The main facility that assembles and disassembles America’s nuclear arsenal shut down its operations Tuesday night in
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press The mayor of Connecticut’s most populous city has won a do-over election, months after a judge threw out the result of the last one because of allegations of absentee ballot box stuffing. Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim on Tuesday defeated fellow Democrat John Gomes, the city’s former acting chief administrative officer.
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Blaine, CNN (CNN) — A Michigan court has affirmed the removal of Kristina Karamo as the state’s Republican Party chair, in a move that could settle a bitter leadership dispute just days before the party’s convention this weekend. In a preliminary injunction issued Tuesday, Kent County Circuit Court Judge J. Joseph Rossi said Karamo
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Jury selection is slated to resume tomorrow for the trial of a convicted felon accused of killing his 27-year-old girlfriend and her unborn child during an argument at their San Jacinto home. Angel Martine McIntire, 29, of Beaumont was arrested in 2022 following a nearly two-year Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation into the disappearance of
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Trial began today for a Desert Hot Springs man suspected of fatally shooting his wife of three years in their home and endangering their children, who were all under 4 years old. James Daniel Fidler III, 34, is charged with one felony count each of murder and inflicting corporal injury on a spouse, along with
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Initial plans are underway for a new bridge project on Avenue 50, a portion of which is prone to flooding and oftentimes shuts down during stormy weather. The City Council last week approved an agreement with Mark Thomas & Company to provide plan specifications and engineering services for the project, which will replace the existing
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A rocket exploded late Tuesday night off the side of a ship traveling through the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen, authorities said, the latest suspected attack to be carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The attack comes as the Houthis continue a
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won the Michigan primaries on Tuesday, further solidifying the all-but-certain rematch between the two men — yet early results from the state were highlighting some of their biggest political vulnerabilities ahead of the November
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in Texas ruled Tuesday that the US House of Representatives violated the Constitution in how it used proxy voting to pass a major spending bill in late 2022. US District Judge James Wesley Hendrix ruled that the House violated the Constitution’s Quorum Clause when it did not have
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Courtroom testimony by an independent gun expert Tuesday cast new doubt on Alec Baldwin’s account that his gun went off without pulling the trigger in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer during a 2021 rehearsal on the set of the Western movie “Rust.” Baldwin has
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won the Michigan primaries on Tuesday, further solidifying the all-but-certain rematch between the two men — yet early results from the state were highlighting some of their biggest political vulnerabilities ahead of the November
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It has now been two years since the war in Ukraine began and many charities are still working to provide aid to nearly every region of the country, that includes fixing damaged homes. The organization “Shelterbox” is providing shelter-repair kits, designed to patch up windows and roofs damaged by blasts. It also provides solar lanterns,
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — At least one quarter of Gaza’s population – 576,000 people – are one step away from famine and virtually the entire population desperately needs food resulting in some aid trucks being shot at, looted and overwhelmed by hungry people, top U.N. officials said Tuesday. The
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