By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The NASA Lucy mission had its first encounter with a space rock. The spacecraft, launched in October 2021, successfully completed a flyby of the small asteroid Dinkinesh, the agency confirmed on Wednesday. Lucy was expected to come within 265 miles (425 kilometers) of the asteroid’s surface during its closest
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Danish wind developer Orsted is halting the development of two massive New Jersey offshore wind projects due to cascading economic pressures, including skyrocketing interest rates and a supply chain crunch – two factors that have dogged wind energy projects up and down the East Coast. The decision is ominous news
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran and Haley Talbot, CNN An effort to expel indicted GOP Rep. George Santos failed in the House on Wednesday as a Republican-led resolution fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass. The final vote was 179 to 213. Ahead of the vote, Santos defended his right to “the presumption of innocence.” “I
Continue ReadingFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — U.S. Rep. Kay Granger of Texas says she won’t seek reelection in 2024. The Republican chairwoman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee is the nation’s longest-serving GOP congresswoman. The 80-year-old congresswoman said Wednesday that “it’s time for the next generation to step up.” Her decision ends a barrier-breaking career that
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish prosecution dismissed two separate cases against former defense minister, Claus Hjort Frederiksen, and ex-head of the country’s foreign intelligence service, Lars Findsen, due to the inability to divulge classified information in court. Both were charged with leaking state secrets. In a statement, Denmark’s prosecution
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In a closing argument, a prosecutor told a New York jury to follow overwhelming evidence and the “pyramid of deceit” that FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried constructed to conclude he’s guilty of fraud charges. Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicolas Roos launched a day of closings in Manhattan federal
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — King Charles III will attend the UN’s COP28 climate summit in Dubai this year and deliver an address at the opening ceremony, Buckingham Palace said Wednesday. Last year, the UK government, led by then-Prime Minister Liz Truss, advised the British monarch against attending the 2022 annual talks, which
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press BLETCHLEY PARK, England (AP) — Delegates from 28 nations, including the U.S. and China, agreed Wednesday to work together to contain the potentially “catastrophic” risks posed by galloping advances in artificial intelligence. The first international AI Safety Summit, held at a former codebreaking spy base near London,
Continue ReadingBy JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libyan authorities say an international conference seeking to reconstruct one of Libya’s coastal city’s, decimated in a fatal flood in early September, has begun. The two-day conference marks a tentative step toward the rebuilding of the city of Derna, with at total of 400 participants convening there
Continue ReadingSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria has expelled a Russian journalist for allegedly engaging in activities that pose a threat to the country’s national security. The State Agency for National Security said the correspondent for Russian state-run newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta was barred from entering Bulgaria and other European Union member nation. The agency says Alexander Gatsak
Continue ReadingBy Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — An armed pilot on a commercial airliner threatened to shoot the flight’s captain if they diverted the flight for a passenger medical event, according to a statement from the US Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General and court documents. Jonathan J. Dunn was indicted by a Utah grand
Continue ReadingBy MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints investment arm misused hundreds of thousands of dollars donated by three men by investing the money instead of using it for charitable purposes as they claim was promised. The legal action brings
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — An antisemitic phrase scrawled on a Holocaust survivor’s home in California. A display supporting Israeli hostages kicked over in Minnesota. Palestinian nationalist messaging spray-painted on a non-profit’s building in Rhode Island. All, according to local reports, are among the latest acts of vandalism to shake Jewish communities in the
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The extension of the U.S. program allowing sub-Saharan African countries duty-free access to U.S. markets is expected to be high on the agenda of the U.S. Africa Growth and Opportunity Act trade forum that will begin in South Africa on Thursday. Officials including U.S. trade representative Ambassador
Continue ReadingINEZ, Ky. (AP) — At least one of two workers trapped at a collapsed 11-story coal preparation plant that was being demolished at an abandoned mine site in eastern Kentucky has died, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Wednesday. The building at Martin Mine Prep Plant collapsed around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, trapping the men beneath multiple floors
Continue ReadingBy RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A Ugandan military spokesperson says troops have captured a commander of an extremist group whose fighters are accused of killing two tourists last month. The spokesperson said that a senior commander with the Allied Democratic Forces was in military custody after being captured during an exchange
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting higher Wednesday as Wall Street waits to hear what will come out of the Federal Reserve’s latest announcement on interest rates. The S&P 500 was up 0.4% in afternoon trading, coming off its third straight losing month largely because of higher
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German government has approved legislation that would allow asylum-seekers to start working sooner and a plan to stiffen punishment for people who smuggle migrants. The package backed on Wednesday by the Cabinet, which still requires parliamentary approval, is the latest in a series of steps taken
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI, SEUNG MIN KIM and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has announced that President Joe Biden’s administration is developing a national strategy to combat Islamophobia. But the effort is being met with skepticism from many Muslim Americans because of the administration’s staunch support of Israel’s military assault in
Continue ReadingBy MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press SANTA MARÍA ATZOMPA, México (AP) — Ana Martínez is eager to welcome her deceased loved ones back home. Martínez and others in southern Mexico’s Oaxaca state wait with anticipation for Day of the Dead celebrations every Nov. 1, when families place homemade altars to honor their dearly departed and
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