By Katelyn Polantz and Paula Reid, CNN Hunter Biden’s stunt appearance on Capitol Hill on Wednesday is part of a more aggressive, forward-leaning strategy that his legal team, led by lawyers Abbe Lowell and Kevin Morris, has adopted to confront his detractors in the last year. Hunter Biden’s lawyers are aware that despite Congress holding
Continue ReadingCNN By Annie Grayer, Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN House Republicans hoped to turn over a new leaf in the new year. But they returned to the Capitol this week confronting the same exact problems that plagued the party last year: a razor-thin majority, a rebellious right flank and looming threats of
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías won’t be charged with a felony after his arrest in September on suspicion of domestic violence. According to a charge evaluation worksheet from the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office, Urías was arguing with his wife when he “pushed (her) against a fence and
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press UNION, N.J. (AP) — Federal investigators are looking into a dockside cargo ship fire that killed two New Jersey firefighters at Port Newark. The Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board held a hearing Wednesday about the July 5 blaze aboard the Grande Costa d’Avorio. The Italian-owned vessel was
Continue ReadingBy OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Fighters with al-Qaida’s East Africa affiliate al-Shabab attacked a United Nations helicopter that made an emergency landing Wednesday in territory controlled by the extremists in Somalia, killing one passenger and abducting five others, officials said. The minister of internal security of Galmudug state in central Somalia,
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN DENVER (AP) — The ex-husband of U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert was arrested on misdemeanor charges stemming from an apparent altercation with her at a Colorado restaurant, police said Wednesday. Authorities would not say whether Lauren Boebert could also face charges in Saturday’s incident in the town of Silt. Police Chief Mike Kite
Continue ReadingBy TOM MURPHY and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Prescriptions for ADHD treatments surged among adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, helping to fuel lingering shortages that are frustrating parents and doctors. A study published Wednesday in JAMA Psychiatry says new prescriptions for stimulants used to treat the condition jumped 30% for young adults and women during
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient DNA helps explain why northern Europeans have a higher risk of multiple sclerosis than other ancestries: It’s a genetic legacy of horseback-riding cattle herders who swept into the region about 5,000 years ago. The findings come from a huge project to compare modern DNA with
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A Maryland man who set fire to several US Supreme Court vehicles in 2020 – burning himself in the process – pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal arson charge. Cody Tarner, 26, poured gasoline on several official vehicles in a employees-only parking lot for the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, before setting the
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer UCLA’s dynasty under coach John Wooden began in the 1960s with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, then known as Lew Alcindor, and kept right on going with Bill Walton in the ’70s. With the big redhead — and Deadhead — in the middle, the Bruins won consecutive national championships to stretch Wooden’s
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer Dean Smith returned North Carolina to national prominence in the 1970s, regularly taking the Tar Heels on deep NCAA Tournament runs. But it was in 1982 that he took them to the March Madness mountaintop — with a little help from Michael Jordan. Before becoming one of the greatest
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — The head of the U.N. health agency said Wednesday holiday gatherings and the spread of the most prominent variant globally led to increased transmission of COVID-19 last month. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said nearly 10,000 deaths were reported in December, while hospital admissions during the month jumped 42% in nearly 50 countries —
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer The first memory that comes to mind with Jim Valvano is typically the aftermath of the 1983 national championship game, the North Carolina State coach frantically running around the court trying to find someone to hug. The next usually is the speech Valvano delivered 10 years later at the
Continue ReadingBy AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer One season ended with an surprise team making an unforgettable run to the national championship. The other never found resolution due to a global pandemic. As The Associated Press marks the 75th anniversary of its Top 25 men’s college basketball poll, the 1982-83 and 2019-20 seasons stand as the
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to appoint a 34-year-old prime minister surprised many because of his age and relatively short career. But Gabriel Attal has become one of the most prominent and ambitious figures on the French political scene in recent years, saying there’s “nothing greater than
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The man who became an unwitting figurehead of theories around the January 6 US Capitol attack has been sentenced for his actions that day to one year of probation. James Ray Epps, who pleaded guilty in September to disorderly conduct in a restricted area, was sentenced Tuesday, marking the
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A veteran Laotian diplomat recently appointed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ special envoy to Myanmar, has arrived on his first mission to the strife-torn nation. He is meeting with the head of the ruling military council and other top officials. Alounkeo Kittikhoun faces the tough challenge
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer Sustained excellence is difficult to achieve in any sport. It takes hiring the right coaches, year after year. A constant stream of great players to replace those that depart. It takes luck, to be sure, but also passionate fans, elite facilities, proper marketing and the flexibility to adapt to
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has confirmed a new leader for India’s Syro-Malabar Church in a step toward healing a decades-long liturgical dispute. Francis confirmed the election of His Beatitude Mar Raphael Thattil as major archbishop of an area in the southern state of Kerala, where many of India’s Christians live.
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Marching ahead with multiple impeachment plans, House Republicans set their sights Wednesday on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who they intend to prove is “derelict in his duty” over handling the surge of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. The chairman of the Homeland Security
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