By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The Northern Hemisphere may be transitioning into fall, but there has been no let up from extreme heat. New data shows last month was the hottest September – the fourth consecutive month of such unprecedented heat – putting 2023 firmly on track to be the hottest year in recorded
Continue ReadingCNN By Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — As Kevin McCarthy was on the brink of losing his speakership, some of his allies delivered a not-so-veiled threat to GOP Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina: If you vote to oust McCarthy, the party might not be willing to help raise money for your
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s dog, Commander, is “not presently on the White House campus” following a series of biting incidents involving White House staff and U.S. Secret Service officers, a spokesperson for first lady Jill Biden said late Wednesday. Elizabeth Alexander, the first lady’s communications director, said Biden
Continue ReadingBy Macie Goldfarb, CNN (CNN) — The city of Seattle has agreed to pay nearly $2 million to the family of a man who died after medics waited to enter his home because his apartment was marked with an outdated “caution note,” according to the family’s attorney. William Yurek died in November 2021 at age
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say three Philadelphia police officers responding to a home where people were arguing about a video game were wounded in a shootout Wednesday evening. Acting Police Commissioner John Stanford told reporters the suspect was killed. The officers were taken to an area hospital, where they are in stable condition. Stanford said
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press Donald Trump’s campaign says it raised more than $45.5 million in the third quarter of the year. The haul announced Wednesday far surpasses Ron DeSantis, the man once seen as his fiercest rival. The Trump campaign says it ended September with over $37.5 million cash on hand, bolstered by
Continue ReadingBy MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Full construction on the final phase of the Motown Museum’s expansion will get underway in the spring of 2024, the museum’s CEO announced Wednesday night. Robin Terry also said that fundraising for the expansion has reached $59 million, “nearing our goal of $65 million.” “Although we are
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An image of King Charles III will soon appear on Australian coins, more than a year after the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II, officials said Thursday. The gold Australian dollar coin will be the first with an image of the new British monarch, who
Continue ReadingHONOLULU (AP) — Officials briefly paused flights at Honolulu’s main airport on Wednesday while medical personnel attended to an employee in the air traffic control room. The Federal Aviation Administration says normal operations have since resumed at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. The Hawaii Department of Transportation says flights were grounded from 12:25 p.m. to
Continue ReadingCNN By Hannah Rabinowitz and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has complained repeatedly that the civil trial in New York, where he’s accused of business fraud, does not have a jury – and the fate of the case is up to Judge Arthur Engoron. Trump’s lawyers say the New York state
Continue ReadingWINDSOR, Conn. (AP) — Police in Connecticut say a man suspected of stealing a car with a 17-month-old child in the back seat and then robbing a bank died after the vehicle struck a tree. The toddler was awake and responsive after the Wednesday morning crash in Windsor, just north of Hartford. The suspect was
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign said Wednesday that the Republican presidential frontrunner raised more than $45.5 million for his political operation during the third quarter of this year, improving his haul over the previous three-month period. His campaign credited “overwhelming grassroots” support for the sums raised
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It’s been one year since Rose and Sage, two orphaned mountains lions, were taken in by The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert. The cubs were found separately in Northern California in dire circumstances. Rose was found first in April 2022. She was malnourished on the side of a road in San Mateo
Continue ReadingBy Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — More than 40 firearms and 10 high-capacity magazines that belonged to a suspect in New York’s Gilgo Beach killings appear to be illegally possessed, prosecutors said in a court filing Tuesday in Suffolk County. The firearms came to light after lawyers for Rex Heuermann, charged with murder in the
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN AND TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Workers in California will soon receive a minimum of five days of paid sick leave annually, instead of three, under a new law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Wednesday. The law, which takes effect in January, also increases the amount of sick
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden’s 2-year-old German shepherd, Commander, has been involved in more biting incidents than previously reported at the White House, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN. While the US Secret Service has acknowledged 11 reported biting incidents involving its personnel,
Continue ReadingCNN By Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — Nadine Arslanian Menendez, wife of Sen. Bob Menendez, hit and killed a pedestrian in a 2018 car crash, according to a police report. That car crash, which took place prior to her marriage to the New Jersey Democrat, is alleged to be the inception of a bribe in
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CARSON, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California police officer who was a hero of the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting died Wednesday when his motorcycle was hit by a car on a Los Angeles-area highway, authorities said. Manhattan Beach Police Officer Chad Swanson was likely heading to work when the collision happened shortly after 5
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Bob Melvin will be back as manager of the big-spending San Diego Padres following the most disappointing season in franchise history, general manager A.J. Preller said Wednesday. The GM also downplayed reports of a fractured relationship with Melvin, who has guided the Padres to the
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities have announced an arrest in the case of a motorcyclist seen smashing in the back of a woman’s car while her two small children were inside in Philadelphia and then waving a gun at her after she confronted him. Prosecutors said 26-year-old Cody Heron is charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment
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