By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s finance minister told his peers during a G20 meeting in Sao Paulo that countries should implement a global tax on the super-rich in an effort to tackle rampant tax evasion. Fernando Haddad said Thursday that tax evasion can be resolved through international cooperation so
Continue ReadingBy CNN Staff House Republicans conducting the impeachment investigation into President Joe Biden released on Thursday afternoon a transcript of their closed-door deposition with Hunter Biden conducted the day before. Read the transcript as provided by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability below: The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2024 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros.
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland State House is locked down for an undisclosed security threat. An aide to Maryland House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones told reporters with offices on the ground floor of the building to lock their doors shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday. Police later escorted reporters out
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge has declared that three state laws restricting abortion access are unconstitutional, including a ban on abortions beyond 20 weeks of gestation. Thursday’s ruling granted a motion for summary judgment filed by Planned Parenthood of Montana. One law sought to ban telehealth prescriptions
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in California are criticizing Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom because a new law he signed to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers includes an exception that benefits one of his wealthy campaign donors. California’s minimum wage is $16 per hour. But starting April
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in California are criticizing Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom because a new law he signed to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers includes an exception that benefits one of his wealthy campaign donors. California’s minimum wage is $16 per hour. But starting April
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW and JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Republicans in swing state Arizona are broadcasting a tough border stance with legislation aimed at punishing migrants who enter the United States illegally. The proponent of one bill has suggested it would lawfully allow property owners to shoot and kill migrants criminally trespassing on
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Indiana approved a bill that would make first-time voters prove where they live and would increase the power of the state to verify all voters’ addresses. Voting advocates worry the legislation passed Thursday could inadvertently remove lawfully registered voters. They say the changes could
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT and STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writers GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani stunned the Los Angeles Dodgers — and many around the world — with his marriage announcement on Thursday, so manager Dave Roberts said any gift the team gives the two-time MVP would be like most of the money in his
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT and STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writers GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani stunned the Los Angeles Dodgers — and many around the world — with his marriage announcement on Thursday, so manager Dave Roberts said any gift the team gives the two-time MVP would be like most of the money in his
Continue ReadingBy EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Heavy gunfire has paralyzed Haiti’s capital and at least four police officers have been killed as a powerful gang leader announced he will try to capture the country’s police chief and government ministers. The move comes with the prime minister in Kenya looking
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In honor of Rare Disease Day, we honor four-year-old Matty, who lives without the middle part of his brain. Mathius, also known as Matty, is a Coachella boy with a rare genetic disorder since birth. It is called Agenesis of the corpus callosum. Matty is intellectually disabled. His mother, Kassie Ortiz, found out her son
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A shirtless candidate for U.S. Senate broke through the ice of a Madison lake Thursday hoping to pour cold water on any notion that he’s a soft Californian, not a hardy Wisconsinite. And then Eric Hovde challenged his Democratic opponent, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, to take
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin faced pointed bipartisan criticism at a congressional hearing Thursday for his failure to promptly notify President Joe Biden and other U.S. leaders about his hospital stay last month. Republicans demanded to know why no one has been disciplined. Members of the House
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Three dozen leaders at news organizations around the world are expressing solidarity with reporters doing the dangerous work of covering the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. The Committee to Protect Journalists is organizing the effort. It estimates that at least 89 journalists and media workers have
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is looking to fuse its artificial intelligence systems into the bodies of humanoid robots as part of a new deal with robotics startup Figure. Sunnyvale, California-based Figure announced the partnership Thursday along with $675 million in venture capital funding from a group that includes Amazon founder Jeff
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A tourist driving in the early morning dark on the southern tip of Hawaii’s Big Island accidentally drove his rented Jeep off a cliff. But the man was able to swim to shore until firefighters pulled him up with a rope and helicopter. The Hawaii County
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, KAREEM CHEHAYEB and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops fired on a crowd of Palestinians racing to pull food off an aid convoy in Gaza City on Thursday, witnesses said. More than 100 people were killed in the chaos, bringing the death toll since the start of
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal agents searched two properties owned by a top adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday morning. The FBI confirmed the raids conducted Thursday at two Bronx addresses. Records show the homes there are owned by Winnie Greco, a longtime
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Jack Teixeira, the Air National Guardsman accused of posting a trove of classified documents online, is expected to plead guilty to federal charges on Monday, according to a source familiar with the matter. In a court filing Thursday, prosecutors in Boston asked for a so-called Rule 11 hearing –
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