By MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Republican presidential primary debates have been scheduled in Iowa and New Hampshire in January, not long before each state’s GOP nominating contest. CNN said Thursday it will host a Jan. 10 debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. That’s five days before the state’s first-in-the-nation
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is facing a record $68 billion budget deficit, state officials announced Thursday, forcing hard choices for Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in his final term as he works to build his national profile. The nation’s most populous state — with an economy that is the fifth
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is facing a record $68 billion budget deficit, state officials announced Thursday, forcing hard choices for Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in his final term as he works to build his national profile. The nation’s most populous state — with an economy that is the fifth
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump will appeal the decision by a federal judge in Washington, DC, to reject his attempts to dismiss the election subversion case against him. Trump’s attorneys also asked for the judge to pause all proceedings in the case until the appeal is resolved. They notified the
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An ex-Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut the engines of a passenger flight while off-duty and riding in an extra seat in the cockpit can be released from jail pending trial, an Oregon judge said Thursday. Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Ryan made
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An ex-Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut the engines of a passenger flight while off-duty and riding in an extra seat in the cockpit can be released from jail pending trial, an Oregon judge said Thursday. Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Ryan made
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government says that Russia’s intelligence services have targeted high-profile British politicians, civil servants and journalists with cyberespionage and “malicious cyberactivity” as part of sustained attempts to interfere in U.K. political processes. The Foreign Office says Russia’s FSB agency was responsible for a range of cyberespionage
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is appealing a ruling that found he is not immune from criminal prosecution as he runs out of opportunities to delay or even derail an upcoming trial on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020
Continue ReadingBy SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON and JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s recreational marijuana users are officially in a state of limbo. Growing and possessing cannabis became legal for adults in the state Thursday, but there’s still no legal way to buy it. That’s because Gov. Mike DeWine and state lawmakers
Continue ReadingBy MARIA VERZA and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United States and Mexico have agreed to monitor foreign investments and regularly share information about the screening process. Announcement of the deal Thursday in Mexico City comes as more Chinese money is flowing into Mexico. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR and JAKE COYLE AP Film Writers The Associated Press’ Film Writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle’s picks for the best movies of 2023: LINDSEY BAHR 1. “Oppenheimer” Christopher Nolan has had so many major films in a relatively short time, that “ Oppenheimer ” might seem like a given, rather than the
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer Oregon quarterback Bo Nix is The Associated Press Pac-12 offensive player of the year and UCLA’s Laiatu Latu is the defensive player of the year. Washington’s Kalen DeBoer earned Pac-12 coach of the year honors and Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders is the newcomer of the year in the team
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — London police have charged a deputy U.S. Marshal in the United Kingdom with entering an aircraft while drunk after he was arrested on allegations of misconduct aboard a flight from New York. The 39-year-old was arrested on Thursday upon arrival at Heathrow Airport. The flight crew had
Continue ReadingBy Tamar Michaelis, CNN Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — Gal Meir Eisenkot, the son of Israeli government minister Gadi Eisenkot, has been killed in northern Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Thursday. Master Sgt. (Res.) Gal Meir Eisenkot, 25, a combat soldier in the 551st reserve commando Brigade’s 699th Battalion, died in battle, the
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is facing a $68 billion budget deficit, the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office said Thursday. Most of the deficit comes from lower than expected tax revenues this year, the office said. California delayed its tax filing deadline to November this year because a series of damaging
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s nonpartisan legislative analyst says state faces record $68 billion budget deficit.
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is appealing a ruling that found he is not immune from criminal prosecution over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to court papers filed Thursday. Lawyers for the 2024 Republican presidential primary frontrunner filed a notice of
Continue ReadingBy BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels is The Associated Press college football player of the year, the school’s second winner in the past five seasons. Daniels received 35 of the 51 first-place votes and 130 total points from AP Top 25 poll voters. The Heisman Trophy
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Republicans who control the Georgia legislature on Thursday finalized a new congressional map that safeguards their party’s dominance in state politics and dashes, for the time being, Democrats’ hopes of adding an additional US House seat. Critics of the court-ordered map, approved in a special legislative session, argue it
Continue ReadingBy ANNIE MA and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ivy League presidents are facing backlash over their remarks to on-campus antisemitism. The presidents of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology faced swift criticism for their responses earlier this week during a Congressional hearing on antisemitism on college campuses,
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