CNN By Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has the upper hand over President Joe Biden in two critical battleground states – Michigan and Georgia – with broad majorities in both states holding negative views of the sitting president’s job performance, policy positions and sharpness, according to new CNN
Continue ReadingBy DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — All top-flight soccer matches in Greece will be played without fans in the stadiums for the next two months, in the latest crackdown on supporter violence following a sport-related riot last week that left a police officer with life-threatening injuries. The government said it would introduce
Continue ReadingBy Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — The Executive Committee of Harvard University’s Alumni Association on Monday announced their unreserved support for President Claudine Gay. The group’s backing comes as the Harvard Corporation, one of the governing bodies running the university, is expected to announce a decision on the fate of Gay on Tuesday,
Continue ReadingBy Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — As the war between Israel and Hamas enters its third month, reports of hate crimes and bias incidents targeting Jews, Muslims and Arabs continue to surge across the United States. New data from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) reveal a dramatic spike in
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Dozens of attacks on U.S. military facilities by Iran-backed factions in Iraq over the past two months as the Israel-Hamas war has raged have forced Baghdad into a balancing act that’s becoming more difficult by the day. A rocket attack on the sprawling U.S.
Continue ReadingBy Tori Morales Pinales, CNN (CNN) — US-based advocacy groups are reporting a sustained spike in hate incidents against Jewish and Muslim individuals since the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas. The Anti-Defamation League found that in the eight weeks since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, antisemitic incidents in the US increased 337%, according
Continue ReadingBy Kaanita Iyer, Katelyn Polantz, Holmes Lybrand and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — After his first day in a Washington, DC, courtroom where a jury will determine how much he owes two former Georgia election workers for defamation, former Donald Trump election attorney Rudy Giuliani still insists everything he said about the two women was true. The
Continue ReadingBy LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet We often talk about 401(k)s and 403(b)s as if they’re the same, but they’re not. While both can help you save for retirement, 403(b)s have fewer consumer protections and can be a bad deal for the people — often teachers — they’re supposed to serve. If your employer offers a
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL, JAMEY KEATEN and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Visibly tired and frustrated top United Nations officials urged climate talks to push harder for an end to fossil fuels. Time seems to be running out both in the talks in Dubai and for action that could keep warming
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Thousands of protesters are expected to gather in Brussels on Tuesday to protest what they perceive as new austerity measures as the 27 European Union countries discuss ways to overhaul rules on government spending. Finance ministers from the bloc have been negotiating for months a reform of
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The surest way to stress less at the airport during the holidays? Arrive with time to spare, of course. At least two hours early is fine for domestic flights, according to standard Transportation Security Administration advice. A good timing strategy will be crucial if you’re among the record crowds
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The Austrian interior minister says a 16-year-old teenager has been arrested for allegedly planning to attack a synagogue in Vienna. Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said Monday that the teenager who was arrested Thursday had announced in online chats that he intended to procure a weapon to attack an unspecified synagogue in Vienna.
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish police say several people have been seriously injured after a temporary elevator crashed to the ground on a building site in Stockholm. A rescue service spokesman said the construction elevator on Monday fell 20 meters (66 feet) with four or five people inside in Sundbyberg, in the north of the
Continue ReadingBy Alayna Treene, Kristen Holmes and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — A last-minute announcement scrapping plans to testify at his New York civil fraud trial. A “Commit to Caucus” event in Iowa on Wednesday. A rally in New Hampshire next weekend. Donald Trump’s schedule just weeks before the Iowa caucuses offers a preview of the balancing act the former
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Reporter WASHINGTON (AP) — With inflation edging closer to the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, its policymakers are facing — and in some cases fueling — hopes that they will make a decisive shift in policy and cut interest rates next year, possibly as soon as spring. Such a move would
Continue ReadingBy TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Coaching Derrick Henry almost seems too easy, so Tennessee Titans coach Mike Vrabel switched Tony Dews to overseeing tight ends this season. Call it a resume booster for Dews, involving him more in the passing game to help someone the Titans believe in
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The head of the Philippine military says he was with his forces aboard a supply boat when it was blasted with a water cannon, surrounded and shoved by Chinese coast guard ships over the weekend in the disputed South China Sea. China, meanwhile, accused the United
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces battled Palestinian militants in Gaza’s two largest cities on Monday, with civilians still trapped in the fighting even after hundreds of thousands have fled to other parts of the besieged territory. Israel has pledged to keep fighting until it removes
Continue ReadingBy Sana Noor Haq and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — In October, Refaat Alareer was deliberating whether to stay at his home in the heart of Gaza City, or flee further south with his wife and six children. As Israeli warplanes bombarded northern Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told civilians to evacuate their homes immediately and go south. Civilians like
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Pressure is mounting on Hungary not to veto the start of European Union membership talks and the supply of economic aid to Ukraine at a pivotal EU summit this week. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban wants the issue to be struck from the agenda. Ukraine is desperate
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