CNN By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Israel on Friday rejected what it called the “grossly distorted” accusation of genocide leveled against it by South Africa, telling the United Nations’ top court the case was an attempt to “pervert the meaning” of the term. In the second and final day of hearings at the International
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, Artemis Moshtaghian and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the White gunman in a racist mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket in 2022, according to a court document – the first time the Justice Department under President Joe Biden has authorized pursuit of the death penalty.
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee and Arlette Saenz, CNN Washington (CNN) — Voting in the Republican primary can’t start soon enough in the minds of President Joe Biden’s campaign advisers. Even as the Biden reelection campaign forges ahead with preparations for another potential general election match-up between Biden and his predecessor, it is grappling with a stubborn reality: The majority
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Top Biden administration officials have spent the last year quietly trying to figure out how to divert billions of dollars in frozen Russian money to cash-starved Ukraine. The proposal the US has hit on, described in detail here for the first time, is based on a novel legal theory
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI AP Sports Writer Christian McCaffrey, Tyreek Hill and Fred Warner are unanimous choices for The Associated Press 2023 NFL All-Pro Team. The 49ers’ McCaffrey and Warner and the Dolphins’ Hill received first-team votes from all 50 members of a nationwide panel of media members who regularly cover the league. “No freakin’ way,”
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI AP Sports Writer Christian McCaffrey, Tyreek Hill and Fred Warner are unanimous choices for The Associated Press 2023 NFL All-Pro Team. The 49ers’ McCaffrey and Warner and the Dolphins’ Hill received first-team votes from all 50 members of a nationwide panel of media members who regularly cover the league. “No freakin’ way,”
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Burberry, the London-based luxury goods fashion house, saw its share price fall after it warned that profits this year would be lower than anticipated. Its share price ended the day 5% lower. Burberry said wealthy shoppers, particularly in the Americas, tightened their belts during the crucial Christmas trading period. The company said
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press The state of Michigan has agreed to pay $1.75 million to an innocent man who spent 35 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of sexual assault. Louis Wright was released in November after authorities said DNA tests ruled him out as the perpetrator. The attack on an 11-year-old girl
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A grand jury has cleared three Austin, Texas, police officers who fatally shot a man who had killed another officer and two other people. The Travis County District Attorney says the grand jury declined to indict the SWAT officers in the November shooting death of Ahmed Mohamed Nassar. Police say Nassar
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A bill to ban tackle football for children under the age of 12 is headed to the State Assembly. On Wednesday, AB 734 was heard by the California Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports and Tourism committee in Sacramento. It was approved 5-2, sending the bill to the State Assembly. The bill was introduced by Sacramento lawmaker,
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — A skier was found dead after an avalanche in a backcountry area of Shoshone County, Idaho, officials said, in a week of snow-related accidents across the West and Northwest. Corey J. Zalewski was found and extracted from the area Friday afternoon, according to the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office. “Our
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Oregon Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear a bid to remove former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban,” saying it’s waiting for the US Supreme Court to rule on the issue. The ruling comes after Colorado and Maine kicked
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A massive winter storm swept the northern U.S. on Friday, with blinding snow in some places, freezing rain in others, and bitter cold temperatures and whipping winds across several states. A man was believed dead after an avalanche in the Idaho backcountry. A
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are drifting in a busy Friday with plenty of cross currents sweeping Wall Street. Oil prices are rising, while bond yields are easing. The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in afternoon trading, still hanging within 0.3% of its all-time high set two years ago,
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer The Washington Commanders have an agreement in place to hire San Francisco 49ers executive Adam Peters as their new general manager, according to a person with knowledge of the move. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Friday because the team had not yet announced
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY RAMER Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Iowa and New Hampshire are about to kick off the 2024 presidential nominating process, but Sen. Joe Manchin says the path for a potential third-party candidate won’t become clear until Super Tuesday in March. The West Virginia Democrat has previously considered a presidential run. He’s visiting
Continue ReadingBy Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. “Do you think that every fingerprint is actually unique?” It’s a question that a professor asked Gabe Guo during a casual chat while he was stuck at home during the
Continue ReadingBy GEROLD ROZENBLAD Associated Press PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — Former Suriname dictator Desi Bouterse, who was sentenced last month to 20 years in prison for the killings of 15 political opponents, has vanished after not turning himself in to authorities as planned. His wife, Ingrid Bouterse-Waldring, told reporters Friday that she did not know where
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — County education boards in West Virginia could contract with military veterans and retired law enforcement officers to provide armed security at K-12 public schools under a bill passed by the Republican-controlled state Senate. Republican Sen. Eric Tarr of Putnam County said the bill passed Friday was
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Haley Talbot, CNN House Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that he remains committed to the topline spending deal he struck with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a blow to hardline conservatives who have been pushing him to walk away from the agreement and yet another example of
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