By Kyle Blaine, CNN (CNN) — The Republican National Committee said Friday that it has no party-sponsored presidential debates scheduled for January and that GOP candidates are free to participate in any forum or debate of their choosing. “We have held four successful debates across the country with the most conservative partners in the history
Continue ReadingBy MELINA WALLING and JOSHUA BICKEL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A joint initiative from the United States and United Arab Emirates is announcing an additional $9 billion of funding to tackle agriculture’s role in the climate crisis. The announcement came Friday on the sidelines of the United Nations climate talks in
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By ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A French juvenile court on Friday convicted six teenagers for their roles in the 2020 beheading of a teacher by an Islamic extremist, an attack that shocked the country and shone a light on the real-world dangers of online hate speech. Samuel Paty, a history and geography
Continue ReadingTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona woman got a huge shock when surveillance footage showed the thief who stole her backyard cameras was four-legged and fluffy-tailed. Esmeralda Egurrola, of Tucson, noticed on Monday that her three motion-activated cameras appeared off-line. So, she checked the most recent recording in each camera from an app on her
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in Guatemala have asked a court to strip President-elect Bernardo Arévalo of his immunity, the third time they have done so since he won election in August. Arévalo is scheduled to take office on Jan. 14, and it was unclear whether prosecutors’ continued targeting of him and his party could
Continue ReadingBy Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken (CNN) — The House Oversight Committee has launched an investigation into the US Coast Guard’s “mishandling of serious misconduct” — including sexual assault, racism and hazing — after CNN exposed that its leaders concealed reports documenting those problems from its workforce, the public and Congress. The inquiry is the
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, Holmes Lybrand and Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — An appeals court has largely upheld the gag order against former President Donald Trump in the federal election subversion case, saying he can be barred from talking about witnesses as well as prosecutors, the court staff and their family members. But the court said
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks said Friday it’s committed to bargaining with its unionized workers and reaching labor agreements next year, a major reversal for the coffee chain after two years fighting the unionization of its U.S. stores. In a letter to Lynne Fox, the president of the Workers United union, Starbucks Chief
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court in Washington has upheld a gag order on former President Donald Trump in his 2020 election interference case but has eased the restrictions on his speech. The three-judge panel’s ruling Friday modifies the gag order to allow the Republican
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The actor Jonathan Majors begged his former girlfriend not to seek medical attention after an incident that left her with a head injury last year, warning she had “no perspective of what could happen” if the truth got out, according to previously undisclosed text messages read
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — A San Diego police sergeant was wounded in an exchange of gunfire while investigating a possible stolen vehicle, authorities said Friday. The sergeant was in serious but stable condition and the suspect died, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, which investigates shootings involving San Diego Police Department officers. Police
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Universities of Wisconsin and Assembly Republican Speaker Robin Vos have reached a sweeping deal that would freeze hiring for diversity positions across the system in exchange for lawmakers approving employee pay raises and funding for a new engineering building at the flagship campus. Vos blocked
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The second of two former Black Panthers who always maintained their innocence in the 1970 bombing death of a white Omaha police officer has died in prison. A spokesman for the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services said Friday that Ed Poindexter had died a day earlier
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — A bouquet of bright yellow sunflowers recently arrived at Savannah Rennie’s office from a friend at USC who supported her through a life transition last year. “Just because,” the assistant volleyball coach at the University of California explained with a smile. Just as Lauren Crawford,
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN (CNN) — The commander of an Iran-backed Iraqi militia is vowing more attacks on US interests in Iraq after the US Embassy in Baghdad came under mortar fire. On Friday morning local time, a multi-mortar attack was launched against the US Embassy compound in Iraq, a US official
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Researchers have found a tyrannosaur’s last meal perfectly preserved inside its stomach cavity. What was on the menu 75 million years ago? The hind legs of two baby dinosaurs, according to new research on the fossil published Friday in the journal Science Advances. Dinosaur guts and hard evidence of
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China’s state media say top leaders held an annual planning meeting where they agreed to step up spending to help rev up the economy. The official Xinhua News Agency said leader Xi Jinping chaired the meeting that was aimed at boosting growth, defusing risks and ensuring stability. The report gave few details
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, JULIA FRANKEL and LEE KEATH Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel said Friday that the military was rounding up Palestinian men in northern Gaza for interrogation, searching for Hamas militants, while desperate Palestinians in the south crowded into an ever-shrinking area, and the U.N. warned that its aid operation
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