By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to determine whether former President Donald Trump can keep running for the White House. Trump on Wednesday appealed a ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court that he’s ineligible for the presidency because he violated a rarely used constitutional prohibition on those
Continue ReadingBy CNN staff (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump formally asked the US Supreme Court to reverse a Colorado state Supreme Court ruling disqualifying him from the state’s 2024 ballot under the Constitution’s “insurrectionist ban.” The high court is facing growing pressure to settle the question of whether the Republican front-runner can be disqualified from
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Matthew Stafford, Aaron Donald, Kyren Williams, Cooper Kupp and linebacker Ernest Jones will not play in the playoff-bound Los Angeles Rams’ regular-season finale at San Francisco, coach Sean McVay said Wednesday. Carson Wentz will make his Rams debut when they visit the 49ers on
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling barring him from the Colorado ballot, setting up a high-stakes showdown over whether a constitutional provision prohibiting those who “engaged in insurrection” will end his political career. Trump appealed a 4-3 ruling
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CATALINI Associated Press A New Jersey imam was shot multiple times and killed outside his mosque Wednesday, and authorities continue to search for the shooter, officials said. Imam Hassan Sharif was in his vehicle when he was shot more than once near the Masjid-Muhammad Mosque in Newark, Essex County Prosecutor Ted Stephens said
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Concealed carry weapons permit holders in California are no longer allowed to have their firearms in most public places, at least for now, after a new state law took effect on Monday. On Saturday, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals suspended a U.S. District Court judge’s previous ruling that had temporarily blocked Senate Bill
Continue ReadingNOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — A March 21 trial date was set Wednesday for an Arizona rancher accused of fatally shooting a migrant on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border last year. George Alan Kelly rejected a plea deal offered by prosecutors Wednesday that would have reduced charges to one count of negligent homicide if he
Continue ReadingNOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — A March 21 trial date was set Wednesday for an Arizona rancher accused of fatally shooting a migrant on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border last year. George Alan Kelly rejected a plea deal offered by prosecutors Wednesday that would have reduced charges to one count of negligent homicide if he
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Quarterback Brock Purdy will sit out the San Francisco 49ers’ regular-season finale after the team already wrapped up the No. 1 seed in the NFL playoffs. Coach Kyle Shanahan said Wednesday that Sam Darnold will start in place of Purdy on Sunday against
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, Kaitlan Collins, Devan Cole, Marshall Cohen, Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump has formally asked the US Supreme Court to overturn the Colorado state Supreme Court ruling that removed him from the state’s 2024 ballot under the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist clause.” “In our system of ‘government of the people, by
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have found a way to help Alzheimer’s drugs seep inside the brain faster — by temporarily breaching its protective shield. The novel experiment was a first attempt in just three patients. But in spots in the brain where the new technology took aim, it enhanced
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts hired first-year coach Shane Steichen to take them in a new direction. He wasted no time hiring assistants the players could trust, installing an offense they could embrace and making sure his rookie quarterback knew the playbook while urging the backup to stay
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — A warm start to the winter season has left the Great Lakes virtually ice-free and with their lowest ice cover to kick off a new year in at least 50 years. On New Year’s Day, only 0.35% of the Great Lakes were covered in ice, the lowest on record
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is criticizing House Republicans on the campaign trail, lamenting to a crowd in southwestern Iowa that he has “not noticed much of a difference” since they edged into the majority after the 2022 midterm elections. “I’m sick of Republicans always
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Republicans want to unseat Maine’s secretary of state for barring former President Donald Trump from the primary ballot. However, they will face long odds impeaching Shenna Bellows, a stalwart and influential Democrat whose party holds firm control over both Legislative houses. Bellows is the first secretary
Continue ReadingNEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Police are working to identify and arrest the shooter of an imam outside a mosque in Newark, New Jersey. Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said the cleric was shot after 6 a.m. outside the Masjid Muhammad-Newark Mosque. There have been no arrests. It’s unclear what led to the violence and if
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Black people accounted for nearly 13% of traffic stops in California in 2022, far above their 5% share of the state’s population, according to a report released Wednesday under a law designed to address racial profiling of motorists and pedestrians by police. The annual report, compiled by California’s Racial and Identity
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Black people accounted for nearly 13% of traffic stops in California in 2022, far above their 5% share of the state’s population, according to a report released Wednesday under a law designed to address racial profiling of motorists and pedestrians by police. The annual report, compiled by California’s Racial and Identity
Continue ReadingBy VALERIE GONZALEZ and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson led about 60 fellow Republicans in Congress on a visit Wednesday to the Mexican border to demand hard-line immigration policies in exchange for backing President Joe Biden’s emergency wartime funding request for Ukraine. He expressed serious doubts
Continue ReadingBy VALERIE GONZALEZ and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson led about 60 fellow Republicans in Congress on a visit Wednesday to the Mexican border to demand hard-line immigration policies in exchange for backing President Joe Biden’s emergency wartime funding request for Ukraine. He expressed serious doubts
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