CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A robocall using artificial intelligence to mimic President Joe Biden’s voice is urging voters in New Hampshire to skip the state’s pivotal primary today. Tracking data suggests up to 25,000 fraudulent calls were made to residents across the Granite State as investigators quickly try to find the identity
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked for now a new law approved by North Carolina legislators that tightens a rule on when a ballot cast by someone who is simultaneously registering to vote is removed from election counts. The preliminary injunction from Judge Thomas Schroeder over
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — State media in China say a magnitude 7.1 earthquake has struck a remote part of China’s western Xinjiang region. The state-run Xinhua News Agency cited the China Earthquake Networks Center as saying the quake rocked Wushu county in Aksu prefecture shortly after 2 a.m. local time. There were no immediate reports of damage
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Heavy rainfall around the U.S. on Monday prompted first responders in San Antonio, Texas, to conduct water rescues while flash floods inundated streets and homes in San Diego, California. In San Antonio, firefighters investigated whether five homeless people were swept away by rushing waters early Monday morning,
Continue ReadingBy ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada has announced a two-year cap on international student visas to ease the pressure on housing, health care and other services at a time of record immigration. Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Monday there will be a 35% reduction in new study visas in 2024. He said
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed Border Patrol agents to resume cutting for now razor wire that Texas installed along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border that is at the center of an escalating standoff between the Biden administration and the state
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy has released the names of the two SEALs who were lost at sea during a raid on a boat carrying illicit Iranian-made weapons to Yemen. The two were lost in the roiling high seas off the coast of Somalia. U.S. officials say Navy
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A judge on Monday ordered court records to be made public in the divorce involving a special prosecutor hired in the election case against Donald Trump and others and accused of having an affair with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. The
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s is demanding an investigation into how U.S. military-grade weapons are increasingly being found in the hands of Mexican drug cartels. Mexico’s army is finding weapons like belt-fed machine guns, rocket launchers and grenades that are not sold for civilian use in the United States. Mexico’s top diplomat says the defense
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A former U.S. Army soldier who was convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting a handcuffed cow herder in Iraq has been arrested on charges that he attacked police officers with a baton during the U.S. Capitol riot three years ago. The FBI says 40-year-old Edward Richmond Jr. was wearing a
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck a remote part of China’s western Xinjiang region early Tuesday, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported. Xinhua cited the China Earthquake Networks Center as saying the quake rocked Wushu county in Aksu prefecture shortly after 2 a.m. local time. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake occurred in
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Police in Cyprus are making a renewed bid to clamp down on violence at soccer games. It says fan security screening will be increased at stadium entrances and team fan clubs shuttered if deemed necessary. The police also will call for matches to either be canceled or halted if safety is
Continue ReadingPORT CLINTON, Ohio (AP) — Coast Guard officials say 20 people have been rescued from an ice floe in Lake Erie. The Coast Guard’s Ninth District Great Lakes station said it received a report about 10:20 a.m. Monday that the people were stranded on a mile-long floe about a half-mile off Catawba Island State Park
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A man who admits stealing ruby slippers used in “The Wizard of Oz” did it for “one last score,” according to a document filed Friday in federal court. Terry Martin, 76, pleaded guilty to theft in October. He stole the shoes from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids,
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Apple, Inc, creator of the Mac computer and the iPhone. Facts The corporate headquarters are in Cupertino, California. As of September 2023, the company reported that it employs approximately 161,000 people full-time. Timeline April 1, 1976 – Apple Computers, Inc. is founded by Steve Jobs and
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the eurozone. Twenty countries in the European Union use the euro as their currency, and comprise the eurozone. Facts The countries in the eurozone are: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at space accidents that have affected astronauts or other staff related to spaceflight. Accidents that involved unmanned spacecraft are not included. Timeline October 24, 1960 – The first space-related fatalities occur when a rocket explodes at the Soviet Union’s Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, killing 165 people,
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University has shed fresh light on the ongoing investigation into plagiarism accusations against former president Claudine Gay, including that an independent body recommended a broader review after substantiating some of the complaints. In a letter Friday to a congressional committee, Harvard said it learned of the
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear an appeal from Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, who has steadfastly maintained his innocence and averted multiple attempts by the state to execute him. Glossip was sentenced in a 1997 murder-for-hire of the owner of the motel where he worked. The
Continue ReadingNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A suburban Philadelphia woman accused of fatally shooting her parents and dismembering their bodies with a chainsaw has notified officials that she intends to use an insanity defense. The (Pottstown) Mercury reports that 44-ear-old Verity Beck’s trial in Montgomery County trial has been delayed until April to allow prosecutors to have
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