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By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities say an offshore oil spill that led Trinidad and Tobago to declare a national emergency earlier this month has reached the shores of the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire hundreds of miles away. It’s the first sign of how far the leaked oil
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — A Detroit couple is charged with having a dangerous animal causing death after authorities say their three dogs fatally mauled a 35-year-old man. Prosecutors say 40-year-old Roy Goodman was arraigned Wednesday and his wife is expected to be arraigned at a later date. The dogs are alleged to have attacked Harold Phillips
Continue ReadingBy RICK CALLAHAN and BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press Severe storms that appear to have spawned a rare February tornado outbreak sent sleeping Midwesterners scrambling for safety and left a trail of damage and power outages across four Great Lakes states, including the Chicago suburbs, ending a spell of summerlike, sometimes record temperatures. Nearly two dozen
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — President Joe Biden “continues to be fit for duty,” his doctor wrote Wednesday after conducting an annual physical that is being closely watched as the 81-year-old seeks reelection in November. Dr. Kevin O’Connor, Biden’s physician, wrote that the president is adjusting well to
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is facing two prosecutions brought by a federal special counsel and two prosecutions brought by local district attorneys. Trump claimed on social media on Monday that all four prosecutions violate strict Justice Department rules, since he is a candidate for president, and therefore must be stopped
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Today is February 29, a leap day that occurs every four years to keep our calendar in sync with the seasons. Without the extra days, the summer we generally experience in June would eventually arrive in December after several centuries. Here’s what else you need to know to Get
Continue ReadingBy Tara John and Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — France is one step closer to enshrining abortion rights in its constitution after French senators overwhelmingly endorsed the change on Wednesday. A total of 267 senators voted in favor of the change, with 50 voting against it. The constitutional amendment faces a final test next Monday
Continue ReadingMcKINNEY, Texas (AP) — A man was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty in the attacks of four women who were sexually assaulted in their homes throughout the Dallas area, including three women who were alumnae of the same national Black sorority. Jeffery Lemor Wheat, who is 52, entered the pleas Tuesday in
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders have announced a tentative agreement to prevent a government shutdown, for now. Wednesday’s deal comes days before an end-of-the-week deadline that risked shuttering some federal operations. Under the plan, Congress would temporarily extend funding for one set of federal agencies through March
Continue ReadingBy JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Max Scherzer logged at least 179 innings in 10 of his first 16 years in the majors. And the three-time Cy Young Award winner learned some tough lessons on the road to pitching deep into games. That’s one reason why the Texas Rangers right-hander thinks
Continue ReadingBy CNN Staff (CNN) — The White House on Wednesday shared a memo with President Joe Biden’s “current health summary” following his annual routine physical at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The president, Dr. Kevin O’Connor wrote, “feels well and this year’s physical identified no new concerns. He continues to be fit for duty
Continue ReadingKBOI, IDOC – IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, CNN By Dakin Andone and Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — Officials in Idaho on Wednesday halted the execution of death row inmate and serial killer Thomas Creech after they were unable to set an intravenous line to carry out a lethal injection, according to a news release from
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans have blocked legislation that would protect access to in vitro fertilization, objecting to a vote on the issue Wednesday even after widespread backlash to a recent ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that threatens the practice. The objection was to a
Continue ReadingBy Morgan Rimmer, CNN Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi blocked quick passage of a bill on Wednesday afternoon that would have enshrined protections for in vitro fertilization and for the doctors who perform the procedure. Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois requested to pass the bill by unanimous consent, meaning any one senator could block
Continue ReadingBy ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer A social media influencer is suing Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill over an alleged incident that happened at the star’s South Florida home last summer. In a lawsuit that Sophie Hall’s attorneys filed in Broward County circuit court on Feb. 23, the influencer claims that Hill “forcefully and
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Lewis, an acclaimed comedian known for exploring his neuroses in frantic, stream-of-consciousness diatribes while dressed in all-black, leading to his nickname “The Prince of Pain,” has died. He was 76. Lewis, who revealed he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2023, died at
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has approved a Democrat-drawn congressional map that gives the party a modest boost in a few battleground districts. The map approved Wednesday comes as the party’s candidates face a heavily contested election year in which House races in the state could
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders have reached a tentative agreement to prevent a government shutdown, for now. That’s according to two people familiar with the situation and granted anonymity to discuss it. Wednesday’s deal comes days before an end-of-the-week deadline that risked shuttering some federal operations. Under
Continue ReadingBy Danny Freeman and Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — Four of the five family members who died in a chaotic shooting-turned-house fire just outside Philadelphia earlier this month died by gunshot, the Delaware County District Attorney announced Wednesday. District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said one family member killed his brother, sister-in-law and two nieces before ultimately shooting
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Originally Published: 28 FEB 24 17:02 ETUpdated: 28 FEB 24 17:27 ETBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether Donald Trump may claim immunity in special counsel Jack Smith’s election subversion case, adding another explosive appeal from the former president to its docket and further delaying his federal trial.
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