WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican businessman Perry Johnson has suspended his long-shot bid for president after failing to gain traction in the race. Johnson said Friday that his inability to participate in the debates contributed to his decision, though he said he would keep a small political team on staff in case the trajectory of the
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Friday laid out the details of a $105 billion national security package that includes military and humanitarian assistance for the conflicts in Ukraine and Israel. The supplemental request would provide security support to Israel, bolster Israeli efforts to secure the release of hostages and extend
Continue ReadingCNN By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Friday laid out the details of a $105 billion national security package that includes military and humanitarian assistance for the conflicts in Ukraine and Israel. The supplemental request would provide security support to Israel, bolster Israeli efforts to secure the release of hostages and
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street racked up more losses Friday to close out its worst week in a month. The S&P 500 fell 1.3% for a fourth straight drop. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 286 points, or 0.9%, and the Nasdaq composite tumbled 1.5%. The stock market
Continue ReadingFRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The Chinese owner of an unauthorized central California lab that fueled conspiracy theories about China and biological weapons has been arrested on charges of not obtaining the proper permits to manufacture tests for COVID-19, pregnancy and HIV, and mislabeling some of the kits. Jia Bei Zhu, 62, was arrested Thursday after
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian government has rejected any notion that it has violated international law in asking Canada to recall diplomats so that both governments have roughly the same number stationed in each country. Canada said Thursday it was recalling 41 of its 62 diplomats in India after what it said was New
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A national Muslim civil rights group is moving its annual banquet out of a Virginia hotel it says received bomb and death threats. The Council on American-Islamic Relations says it will relocate its annual banquet Saturday from the Marriott Crystal Gateway in Arlington. CAIR says the
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue and Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court declined to revive a controversial Missouri law on Friday that prohibits local law enforcement from helping federal officials enforce federal gun regulations. The Justice Department had challenged the 2021 law – called the Second Amendment Preservation Act – arguing it interferes
Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Presidential candidate and Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will bring lawmakers back to Tallahassee for a special session to impose additional sanctions on Iran. His office said Friday that no date has been set. Details of proposed legislation haven’t been released. The special session is being called because Iran supports Hamas
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A valet to former President Donald Trump and a co-defendant in the federal classified documents case against him has told a judge that he wants to keep his lawyer despite a potential conflict of interest. Prosecutors maintain lawyer Stanley Woodward, who
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Families of the more than 200 people whom the Israeli military says were taken hostage by Hamas militants in southern Israel on Oct. 7 are holding out hope after the news that two hostages have been released. Judith and Natalie Raanan, an American woman and her teenage daughter, were released Friday
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will hold a rally in Florida as counter-programming to the third Republican presidential primary debate, which he is once again choosing to skip. Trump’s campaign says he will hold a rally the evening of Nov. 8th at a stadium in Hialeah, Florida
Continue ReadingBy BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Documents show the office of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has settled a former employee’s claim she was sexually harassed by a senior aide earlier this year by agreeing to pay her and her lawyers $295,000. The details of the settlement were released Friday through
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI, STEPHEN GROVES and KEVING FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans abruptly dropped Rep. Jim Jordan on Friday as their nominee for House speaker, making the decision during a closed-door session after the hard-edged ally of Donald Trump failed badly on a third ballot for the gavel. The outcome left
Continue ReadingFRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The Chinese owner of an unauthorized central California lab that fueled conspiracy theories about China and biological weapons has been arrested on charges of not obtaining the proper permits to manufacture tests for COVID-19, pregnancy and HIV, and mislabeling some of the kits. Jia Bei Zhu, 62, was arrested Thursday after
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Protests erupted around the Arab world on Friday as the Gaza war raged and an Israeli ground operation with the potential to displace millions of Palestinians loomed. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen and the West Bank after Islamic Friday prayers to
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump was fined $5,000 on Friday after his disparaging social media post about a key court staffer in his New York civil fraud trial lingered on his campaign website for weeks after the judge ordered it deleted. Judge Arthur Engoron avoided holding
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press The U.S. is warning other democracies that Russia appears to be opening up a new front in its covert campaign against democracy by sowing doubts about the reliability of elections in general. Encouraged by its success amplifying doubts about election procedures like mail balloting used in the 2020 U.S. presidential
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium’s justice minister resigned on Friday over what he described as a “monumental error” after it was discovered that Tunisia was seeking the extradition last year of an Islamic extremist who shot dead two Swedes and wounded a third this week. Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne said
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is closing out its worst week in a month with more losses on Friday. The S&P 500 was 0.9% lower in late trading and on track for a fourth straight drop. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 188 points, or 0.6%, as
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