By Eric Bradner and Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy is set to field questions from Iowa voters Wednesday night at a CNN town hall, less than five weeks before the state’s January 15 caucuses kick off the 2024 Republican presidential nominating contest. Ramaswamy, who has dominated GOP primary debates with attacks
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — One is a small-town girl from Spain’s northern coast whose family once owned a world champion cow and today supplies milk for much of the country and parts of Europe. The other is a well-traveled city girl from Barcelona with deep basketball pedigree as her
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Inside the Numbers dives into NFL statistics, streaks and trends each week. For more Inside the Numbers, head here. ___ In a season when much of the NFL is clustered around break even, the AFC can boast a record number of winning teams headed into Week 15 while
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY of The Associated Press and STEPHEN FOWLER of Georgia Public Broadcasting ATLANTA (AP) — An analysis by news organizations finds it’s unclear if enough eligible Atlanta voters signed a petition to force a citywide referendum on a police training center. Organizers of the “Stop Cop City” effort say they have 116,000 signatures,
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Rina Gonoi came forward in summer 2022 to demand a reinvestigation of the case that authorities dropped nearly a year earlier, saying the sexual assault caused her to give up her military career. Now, with her court case won and widespread problems uncovered in the organization, she
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s prime minister says his government will block a proposal to start talks on European Union membership for Ukraine at a summit of the bloc’s leaders this week. Speaking to lawmakers in Hungary’s parliament Wednesday, Viktor Orbán said that the time for bringing Ukraine into the
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian militants ambushed Israeli troops in a dense Gaza City neighborhood, killing at least nine of them, the military said Wednesday, as Hamas put up stiff resistance in areas that Israel has isolated and pounded with airstrikes for over two
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is recalling more than 2 million vehicles across its model lineup to fix a defective system that’s supposed to ensure drivers are paying attention when they use Autopilot. Documents posted Wednesday by U.S. safety regulators say the company will send out a software update to
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece say a powerful bomb explosion has damaged a commercial apartment block housing stores and businesses near the port of Piraeus, southwest of Athens. Police confirmed the night-time blast early Wednesday was caused by a bomb. The explosion resulted in no injuries but caused extensive damage to ground-floor stores
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two missiles fired from territory held by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have missed a commercial tanker carrying jet fuel near the key Bab el-Mandeb Strait, That’s according to two U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters. An American warship shot
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — World shares were mixed Wednesday ahead a decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve on interest rates. European markets opened higher after a mixed session in Asia. U.S. futures edged higher while oil prices slipped. On Tuesday, the S&P 500 climbed to its highest level since early
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday will hold his first in-person meeting with the families of eight Americans still unaccounted for and presumed to be taken captive by Hamas during its brutal attack on Israel on Oct. 7, the White House said. A senior administration official
Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer Houston, we have a problem: Where’s Kevin? Perhaps the ultimate coming-home movie, “Apollo 13,” and the ultimate staying-home one, “Home Alone,” are both being honored this year, selected for preservation in the National Film Registry They’re part of an annual group of 25 that this year spans more than
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN House Republicans voted Wednesday to formalize an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden as their investigation reaches a critical juncture and right-wing pressure grows. In a 221-212 vote, all GOP members supported the resolution to formalize the inquiry – including Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado, who had said earlier this week
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, Katie Bo Lillis and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration currently has no plans to place conditions on the military aid it is providing to Israel, officials told CNN, despite growing calls by Democratic lawmakers and human rights organizations for the US to stop providing weapons unless Israel does more to protect
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police have arrested two people who jumped from the visitors’ gallery into the chamber of the lower house of Parliament. It was a major security breach on the anniversary of a deadly 2001 attack on the complex. Speaker Om Birla said Wednesday two accomplices also were arrested outside the chamber.
Continue ReadingBy Akanksha Sharma, Vedika Sud and Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Two unidentified men stormed the lower house of India’s parliament on Wednesday, in a major security breach that fell on the anniversary of a deadly attack on the complex more than two decades ago. Video broadcast live on Sansad TV, the official channel for
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Britain’s National Theatre announced that Indhu Rubasingham will be the next artistic director of the United Kingdon’s pre-eminent public stage company. Rubasingham will be the first woman and first person of color to lead the National. She currently runs the small but influential Kiln Theatre in north London. She will join as
Continue ReadingBy GAURAV SAINI, Press Trust of India and SIBI ARASU, Associated Press Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — United Nations climate negotiators have declared the world must transition away from oil, gas and coal. The decision by nearly 200 countries will likely be considered one of the most important in nearly 30 years
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say the suicide bomber who rammed his car into a police station’s main gate in Pakistan’s northwest used about 264 pounds of explosives. The attack — one of the deadliest in months — killed 23 officers and wounded 32 others on Tuesday. The assault — which also
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