By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate negotiators are laboring to win support for a deal on border policy as they enter what could be a pivotal stretch for a painstakingly negotiated compromise that could open the door for Republican support to replenish U.S. wartime aid for Ukraine. A core group of negotiators
Continue ReadingBy Ted Barrett, Morgan Rimmer, Lauren Fox and Clare Foran, CNN Senate GOP Whip John Thune said on Monday that the price tag for the border security provisions in a national security package that negotiators are working to finalize could rise above the $14 billion President Joe Biden initially requested for border security. “That’s being discussed,” Thune
Continue ReadingBy KATHLEEN FOODY and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A man shot and killed 8 people at three locations in the Chicago suburbs and remains loose, authorities said Monday, while neighbors were left on edge as the hunt for the suspect continued. Police in Will County and the city of Joliet said they
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Carey, Ivana Kottasová, Jessie Gretener and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine has rejected suggestions by Slovakia’s new Prime Minister Robert Fico that it will need to cede territory to Russia to end the war. “There can be no compromise on territorial integrity, neither for Ukraine, nor for Slovakia, nor for any other
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A fifth suspect has been ordered to stand trial in an ambush shooting that killed a 14-year-old and wounded several other teenagers outside a Philadelphia high school after a football scrimmage in 2022. A judge ruled Monday that there was enough evidence to hold 17-year-old Dayron Burney-Thorn for trial in the September
Continue ReadingBy AnneClaire Stapleton and Adam Pourahmadi, CNN (CNN) — An Iranian protester with a mental health condition will be executed on Tuesday over the death of a local official during Iran’s 2022 mass demonstrations, his lawyer Amir Raesian said Monday. Writing on X, Raesian said he received a notification from the Tehran General and Revolutionary Court that
Continue ReadingBy Nic F. Anderson, CNN (CNN) — A man wanted in connection with the 1991 killing of his wife was extradited earlier this month from Costa Rica, putting an end to his more than three decades on the run, officials said in a news conference Monday. Jose Lazaro Cruz was arrested in Costa Rica in
Continue ReadingBy Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — Israel has proposed that Hamas senior leaders could leave Gaza as part of a broader ceasefire agreement, two officials familiar with the ongoing international discussions told CNN. The extraordinary proposal, which has not been previously reported, comes as Israel has struggled to achieve its stated goal of completely destroying Hamas. Despite its nearly four-month war in Gaza, Israel
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis first took office in 2019, he surprised many with actions indicating he’d be a much more moderate leader than anticipated: He corrected a decades-old racial injustice, took the side of medical marijuana supporters over GOP leaders and hired a liberal Democrat
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Before the Golden State Warriors returned to the practice floor Monday following an extended break to grieve, they gathered to watch a tribute a world away in Serbia, where two teams in Belgrade celebrated beloved former coach and player Dejan Milojević. The Warriors assistant coach
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and KEN RITTER Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge is being asked to issue a stop-work order on a $10 billion transmission line being built through a remote southeastern Arizona valley to carry wind-generated electricity to customers as far away as California. A 32-page lawsuit filed on Jan.
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and KEN RITTER Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge is being asked to issue a stop-work order on a $10 billion transmission line being built through a remote southeastern Arizona valley to carry wind-generated electricity to customers as far away as California. A 32-page lawsuit filed on Jan.
Continue ReadingBy DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky gun shop that sold the AR-15 used to kill five people at a Louisville bank is facing a lawsuit from survivors and families of the victims. The civil suit filed Monday in Louisville alleges River City Firearms should have been more suspicious of the
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Illinois authorities are warning people to be aware of a man they called “armed and dangerous” after multiple shootings in the Chicago area since Sunday. Joliet Police said Monday afternoon they were investigating “multiple” people found dead and shared the man’s photo and images of a red Toyota Camry. The office says
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The speaker of the Nebraska Legislature has vowed to use his discretion to avoid a repeat of the non-stop filibusters that disrupted the last legislative session. Speaker of the Legislature Sen. John Arch said Monday that if a filibuster is obstructive, he will end the
Continue ReadingBy Celine Alkhaldi and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — Medical facilities in Khan Younis in southern Gaza have been battered amid an Israeli assault in the area Monday, Palestinian health officials said, as the number of people killed in Israel’s siege on Gaza continues to rise. Dozens of people have been killed and wounded in the latest offensive
Continue ReadingCAGLIARI, Sardinia (AP) — Gigi Riva, the all-time leading goalscorer for Italy men’s national team who was known as the “Rombo di Tuono” (Rumble of Thunder), has died. He was 79. The Italian soccer federation confirmed Riva died on Monday as tributes started flooding in for the player, who earned his nickname because of the
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By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The two Navy SEALs who the US Navy declared dead after they went missing while conducting an operation on January 11 off the coast of Somalia have been identified as Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Christopher Chambers who was 37 and Navy Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class Nathan
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Flash floods inundated streets and homes in San Diego as torrential rain hit much of the U.S. on Monday, leading authorities in San Antonio, Texas, to fear that several homeless people living in storm drains might have been swept away by the deluge. In San Antonio, firefighters
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Flash floods inundated streets and homes in San Diego as torrential rain hit much of the U.S. on Monday, leading authorities in San Antonio, Texas, to fear that several homeless people living in storm drains might have been swept away by the deluge. In San Antonio, firefighters
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