By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Step inside the White House during the holidays by walking beneath the branches of a Christmas tree. Stroll along a hallway decorated with oversized holiday candy and other sweets. See Santa’s sleigh and his eight reindeer suspended above the grand foyer in dramatic fashion. Jill Biden wants
Continue ReadingBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Have a Google account you haven’t used in a while? If you want to keep it from disappearing, you should sign in before the end of the week. Under Google’s updated inactive-account policy, which the tech giant announced back in May, accounts that haven’t been
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The five armed assailants captured by U.S. forces after seizing a commercial ship near Yemen over the weekend were likely Somali and not Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, the Pentagon said Monday. Recent attacks on commercial vessels have been conducted by Houthis, seen as part of a rise in
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, Joseph Ataman and Amir Tal, CNN (CNN) — For more than six weeks, the conditions in which the Israeli hostages captured by Hamas were being held in Gaza were virtually unknown to the outside world. But testimony from some of the hostages released by the militant group in recent days is now
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a national budget for the next three years that increases spending by around 25% and reportedly devotes a record amount to defense as the the country’s military operation in Ukraine drags on. The budget foresees spending in 2024 of 36.6 trillion rubles with an expected deficit
Continue ReadingBy EMMANUEL IGUNZA and BRIAN INGANGA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s government is urging people living in flood-prone areas to relocate to higher ground as heavy rains and flash floods continued to wreak havoc across East Africa. At least 76 people have died and 40,000 displaced from their homes since the rains began
Continue ReadingBy Eva McKend, Nick Valencia and Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — Former President Jimmy Carter is expected to attend the Tuesday memorial service for his late wife, Rosalynn Carter, in Atlanta, his grandson told CNN – a tribute that will also be attended by all of the living former first ladies. The former president is
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — Donald Trump urged a New York appeals court to continue to pause the gag order against him in his civil fraud trial, saying that threats to the judge and his law clerk do not “justify” limiting the former president’s constitutional right to defend himself. Lawyers for the
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN (CNN) — Idaho asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow its state abortion ban that imposes penalties on doctors who perform abortions to take full effect despite federal requirements for emergency room doctors. The case comes to the high court more than a year after the justices overturned a constitutional right to abortion, altering the landscape of abortion
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A hearing has begun to help determine whether a Georgia railroad can legally condemn property to build a rail line. The Georgia Public Service Commission began hearing testimony on Monday. The 4.5-mile line near Sparta would be built by the Sandersville Railroad to serve a rock quarry
Continue ReadingBy Akanksha Sharma, Nimi Princewill, and Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — The president of Sierra Leone has described a foiled assault on a military barracks in the capital Freetown as an “attack on democracy.” In a video statement posted on X, formerly Twitter, late Sunday, President Maada Bio said most of the ringleaders had been arrested and calm restored.
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Stellar freshman Juju Watkins has helped Southern California climb the AP Top 25 to the team’s best ranking in 29 years. The Trojans moved up to sixth in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll Monday, its highest mark since the 1994 season when they reached No. 4. Watkins has
Continue ReadingLIVINGSTON, Ky. (AP) — CSX says a failed wheel bearing on a train car caused a derailment that sparked a chemical fire in a small Kentucky town. The accident happened Wednesday and prompted home evacuations. The company said on Sunday that crews were finishing up restoration of the site just north of Livingston. All 16
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says a group of five militants who seized another commercial ship near Yemen were likely Somali and not Iranian-backed Houthi rebels and were captured by U.S. forces after fleeing the MV Central Park in the Gulf of Aden. Ballistic missiles had been fired shortly after
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Personal Birth date: December 13, 1953 Birth place: Augusta, Georgia Birth name: Ben Shalom Bernanke Father: Philip Bernanke, pharmacist Mother: Edna (Friedman) Bernanke, substitute teacher Marriage: Anna (Friedmann) Bernanke (1978-present) Children: Alyssa and Joel Education: Harvard University,
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. Personal Birth date: December 13, 1950 Birth place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Full name: Thomas James Vilsack Father: Bud Vilsack Mother: Dolly Vilsack Marriage: Christie (Bell) Vilsack (1973-present) Children: Jess and Doug Education: Hamilton College, B.A., 1972; Albany
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state media say the country’s navy has added a destroyer to its Caspian Sea fleet capable of launching cruise missiles. A report on Monday by the state-owned IRNA news agency says the 1,400-ton Deilaman destroyer, named for a town in the north of Iran, is able to launch torpedoes while
Continue ReadingBy LISA RATHKE Associated Press BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Three college students of Palestinian descent out for a walk in Vermont were seriously injured over the weekend when a man shot them at close range on a city street — an attack being investigated as a possible hate crime, authorities said Monday. Jason J. Eaton,
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of comedian and actor Bill Cosby. Personal Birth date: July 12, 1937 Birth place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Birth name: William Henry Cosby Jr. Father: William Henry Sr., US Navy mess steward Mother: Anna (Hite) Cosby Marriage: Camille (Hanks) Cosby (January 25, 1964-present) Children: Evin, 1976;
Continue ReadingManuela Castro (CNN Español) — Javier Milei partió a Estados Unidos este domingo por la noche, en su primer viaje oficial como presidente electo de Argentina. En Washington se reunirá con funcionarios de la Casa Blanca y el Departamento del Tesoro, entre ellos el asesor de seguridad nacional de la presidencia, Jake Sullivan, dijo el
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