By JON GAMBRELL, JAMEY KEATEN, SIBI ARASU and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A stark standoff between countries that want a dramatic phase-out to fossil fuels causing damaging warming and those that don’t crushed hopes for an on-time finish to a critical climate summit Tuesday. The United Nations-led summit known
Continue ReadingBy GABRIELA SELSER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The director of the Miss Nicaragua pageant, Karen Celebertti, has announced her retirement from the organization, nine days after the Nicaraguan police accused her of “conspiracy” and other crimes along with her husband and son, who are detained. “The time has come for my retirement,” Celebertti
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar, already wracked by a brutal civil war, has regained the unenviable title of world’s biggest opium producer. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said in a report released Tuesday that Myanmar’s output has topped that of Afghanistan, where the ruling Taliban imposed a ban
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — Tissue samples from the brain of the shooter who killed 18 people during an October rampage at a bowling alley and a restaurant in Maine have been sent to CTE experts in Massachusetts, according to the state’s medical examiner’s office. Robert Card, 40, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His
Continue ReadingBy Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — A man accused of firing a shotgun into the air outside of an Albany, New York, synagogue before Hanukkah observance last week has been charged with a second firearms offense, federal prosecutors announced. Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, 28, is now facing a charge of conspiracy to make a false statement during
Continue ReadingAsian markets advanced Tuesday following a positive close on Wall Street. Investors are eagerly awaiting a crucial U.S. inflation report later in the day, which will likely set the tone for the Federal Reserve’s final meeting of the year on Wednesday. U.S. futures and oil prices also were higher. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 added 0.1% to
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A missile suspected to have been fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels slammed into a Norwegian-flagged tanker in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen near a key maritime chokepoint, authorities said Tuesday. The assault on the oil and chemical tanker Strinda expands a
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Monday touted his “unshakeable” support for “the safety of the Jewish people and the security of Israel and its right to exist,” but he also offered a stark warning about the volatility of public opinion. “We’ll continue to provide military assistance to
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH B. FREDERICK, JENNIFER PELTZ and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Firefighters said they didn’t find anybody trapped in an enormous mound of rubble Monday after a corner of a seven-story Bronx apartment building collapsed, leaving apartments exposed like a stack of shelves and a convenience store partly buried under bricks
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — The far-right House Freedom Caucus has elected Rep. Bob Good of Virginia to be its next chairman, according to a source familiar. Good is a staunch fiscal conservative and was one of the eight Republicans who voted to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker earlier this year. Hardliners in the
Continue ReadingWCCO, JUSTICE FOR MARVIN HAYNES 16, CNN By Cheri Mossburg, Brad Parks, Rachel Webb and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Marvin Haynes has spent most of his life behind bars for a crime he never committed. Even the current local prosecutor said what happened to Haynes, who was 16 when he was charged with murder in
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY WASSON and AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — The heart of Lahaina, the historic town on the Hawaiian island of Maui that burned in a deadly wildfire that killed at least 100 people, reopened Monday to residents and business owners holding day passes. The renewed access marks an important emotional milestone
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — NBA star Ja Morant testified in court Monday that a teenager hit him in the face with a one-handed basketball pass at close range during a pickup game last year and that the Memphis Grizzlies guard punched the teen once in the face. Morant said on
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The Our Lady of Guadalupe Pilgrimage walk is set to commence on Tuesday, featuring a 30+ mile journey honoring the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The event kicks off at 4:00 a.m. with traditional Mañanitas, followed by a mass service at 5:00 a.m. The pilgrimage walk officially begins at 6:00 a.m., starting from the
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Reliever Joe Kelly is switching uniform numbers after finalizing his $8 million, one-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday, opening No. 17 for Shohei Ohtani. Kelly will wear No. 99 with the Dodgers. Ohtani’s 10-year contract with Los Angeles — worth a record $700 million — was announced by
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Private intelligence firms say a ship off the coast of Yemen in the Red Sea has been attacked. The attack on the vessel comes as threats have increased from Yemen’s Houthi rebels on commercial shipping in the area over the Israel-Hamas war raging in
Continue ReadingBy Ryan Young and Pamela Kirkland, CNN (CNN) — Gretchen Hankins says she waited a year and seven months to find out what had happened to her missing son – only to learn he had died and already been buried. Earlier this month, journalists told the family Jonathan David Hankins’ body had been buried in
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California State Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia will not seek reelection in 2024, his spokesperson confirmed. Garcia’s spokesperson did not share specifics behind the assemblymember’s decision. His term ends in Dec. 2024 Garcia was first elected to the assembly in 2014. He also served on the Coachella City Council from 2004 to 2006. He became the youngest
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has hosted a Hanukkah reception at the White House. He is vowing to continue to stand with Israel in its war with Hamas, and says that a “surge of antisemitism” around the globe “is sickening.” Nearly 800 guests filled the East Room to almost
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Palestinians are hoping that a vote Tuesday in the U.N. General Assembly on a nonbinding resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire will demonstrate widespread global support for ending the Israel-Hamas war, now in its third month. After the United States vetoed a resolution in
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