By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Biden administration officials held a lengthy meeting Monday with a group of key stakeholders to discuss a recent rise in antisemitism in the wake of Hamas’ October 7 attacks against Israel, CNN has learned. A few dozen Jewish leaders met with White House Coordinator for the Middle East Brett
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana woman who police say repeatedly drove through a group of religious demonstrators allegedly told a clerk at a nearby convenience store that she was upset members of the group were expressing racist views, the clerk says. One person was struck
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — A man shot and killed a woman and two children and critically wounded a third child Monday before fatally shooting himself at a Las Vegas apartment complex, authorities said. What police described as a murder-suicide took place just five days after three professors were fatally shot by a lone gunman at
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Tran Phuong Thao worries for the health of her husband as she takes care of their 2-year-old son who was only two weeks old when the environmental lawyer was detained for tax evasion in 2021. Weak from a hunger strike, Danh Dinh Bach is serving a 5-year sentence on
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s top Republican lawmakers says they are done negotiating with the Universities of Wisconsin over a deal that would have given the university system’s employees a pay raise and paid for the construction of a new engineering building in exchange for reductions in staff positions focused
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH B. FREDERICK, JENNIFER PELTZ and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Firefighters are searching a mound of rubble after a six-story corner of a Bronx apartment building has collapsed, leaving apartments exposed like a stack of shelves. There are no reports of injuries as of early evening Monday. But authorities say
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds signed goaltender Cale Morris to a professional tryout agreement (PTO). Morris, 27, has posted a 7-4-1 record in 13 games played this season for the Firebirds’ ECHL affiliate, the Kansas City Mavericks. Check Out Our Firebirds Section for More Coverage The Larkspur, CO native has appeared in 21 AHL games and 57 ECHL
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is bracing for the possibility that a bonanza in oil income for the nation’s No. 2 oil producing state will end if the world’s thirst for oil falters. A Monday forecast for state government income includes a windfall from the oil and natural
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The remarkably well-preserved skull of a gigantic pliosaur, a prehistoric sea monster, has been discovered on a beach in the county of Dorset in southern England, and it could reveal secrets about these awe-inspiring creatures. Pliosaurs dominated the oceans at a time when dinosaurs roamed the land. The unearthed
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press Three Chilean nationals have been arrested in connection with a series of burglaries of mansions and other high-end homes in suburban Detroit and across Michigan. The charges were announced Monday by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel who said the three are suspected in eight break-ins after they arrived in the
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press Three Chilean nationals have been arrested in connection with a series of burglaries of mansions and other high-end homes in suburban Detroit and across Michigan. The charges were announced Monday by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel who said the three are suspected in eight break-ins after they arrived in the
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL, JAMEY KEATEN, SIBI ARASU and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Negotiators from around the world haggled deep into the night to try to strike a deal to halt global warming at United Nations climate talks, with Western powers and vulnerable developing countries worried that a proposed text
Continue ReadingBy Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — Former New York Rep. George Santos is in talks with federal prosecutors in hopes of striking a plea deal, according to court records released Monday. Santos is expected to appear in federal court in central Long Island for a status conference on Tuesday. Prosecutors are asking for another status
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By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Hunter Biden asked a judge Monday to throw out his three-count felony gun indictment, which was filed earlier this year by special counsel David Weiss. President Joe Biden’s embattled son is challenging the indictment on several fronts, including claims that the case violates his Second Amendment rights, and a
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A former New Hampshire state senator is fighting allegations that he fraudulently obtained a COVID-19 relief loan and used part of the money to buy luxury cars. The state Lottery Commission in August moved to ban Republican Andy Sanborn of Bedford from operating his Concord Casino.
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE, HOLLY MEYER and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — After a March 2020 tornado destroyed the Rev. Jacques Boyd’s Nashville church, his friend, the Rev. Vincent Johnson, lent him space to worship in. Nearly four years later, Boyd has offered to return the favor for the exact same reason. “Whatever
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A six-story corner of a Bronx apartment building has collapsed, leaving apartments exposed like a stack of shelves. There’s no immediate word on any injuries in the incident Monday afternoon. The Fire Department says it was called around 3:40 p.m. about a corner collapse at a building near the University Heights
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks on Wall Street finished modestly higher Monday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s final meeting of the year. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% after drifting between small gains and losses in the early going. The benchmark index finished at its highest level in 20 months.
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A man died after being struck by a vehicle in Cathedral City, police said today. Officers responded at 10:16 p.m. Sunday to a report of a pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle on Date Palm Drive near Victoria Road, according to a statement from the Cathedral City Police Department. Upon arrival, the pedestrian was
Continue ReadingHOUSTON (AP) — Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has announced she’ll seek reelection to Congress in 2024. The Democrat announced Monday she will seek her 16th term in Congress. She first took office in 1995. Her district includes downtown Houston and some of the city’s historically Black neighborhoods. Jackson Lee’s announcement comes after she
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