By LARRY NEUMEISTER and KEN SWEET Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former FTX executive and onetime billionaire testified against the cryptocurrency exchange’s founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, on Monday at his fraud trial, saying his admiration for him faded as he watched excessive spending on investments, property and celebrities precede a $13 billion shortfall that
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER and KEN SWEET Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former FTX executive and onetime billionaire testified against the cryptocurrency exchange’s founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, on Monday at his fraud trial, saying his admiration for him faded as he watched excessive spending on investments, property and celebrities precede a $13 billion shortfall that
Continue ReadingCNN By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Zahid Mahmood, CNN Gaza and London (CNN) — Ibrahim Dahman and his family entered the hotel room and looked out toward the blue of the Mediterranean Sea. His two young sons were excited to spot a swimming pool below their window, but this was no vacation. “But they don’t strike…
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Zahid Mahmood, CNN Gaza and London (CNN) — Ibrahim Dahman and his family entered the hotel room and looked out toward the blue of the Mediterranean Sea. His two young sons were excited to spot a swimming pool below their window, but this was no vacation. “But they don’t strike… they
Continue ReadingBy SYLVAIN PLAZY, RAF CASERT and LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian police early Tuesday hunted for a gunman with suspected terrorist motives who killed two Swedes with stunning viciousness before disappearing into the night. He created such fear that authorities shut down a Belgium-Sweden soccer match and held 35,000 fans inside for
Continue ReadingBy FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — The Negro River, the Amazon’s second largest tributary, has reached its lowest level since official measurements began near Manaus 121 years ago. Monday’s record confirms that this part of the world’s largest rainforest is suffering its worst drought, just a little over two years after its
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN, COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Authorities in Colorado say the driver of a semi-trailer truck was killed when a train derailed and a bridge collapsed, spewing coal and mangled train cars across a major highway near Pueblo on Sunday. Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Gayle Perez says
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Federal wildlife officials said Monday they are delaying a long-awaited decision to declare the ivory-billed woodpecker extinct, months after grainy photos and videos emerged that purported to show the bird flying through a Louisiana forest. In 2021, the agency seemed ready to declare the so-called Lord God Bird extinct:
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN and RAF CASERT BRUSSELS (AP) — A soccer match between host Belgium and Sweden has been suspended at halftime after two Swedes were killed in a shooting in central Brussels before kickoff. Fans remained inside the King Baudouin stadium after the European Championship qualifier was stopped and chanted “All together, All together!”
Continue ReadingBy Macie Goldfarb, CNN (CNN) — Four inmates, including a man charged with murder, are on the run from authorities after escaping a central Georgia jail through a damaged second-floor window and getting through the perimeter fences, according to authorities. The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office said the inmates escaped from the Bibb County Detention Center
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On what would have been her 77th birthday, flowers were placed today on the Hollywood Walk of Fame star of actress Suzanne Somers, who died over the weekend. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Suzanne Somers (@suzannesomers) The floral wreath was placed late Monday morning on her star adjacent to the Hollywood
Continue ReadingBy HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature have admitted that a vote to fire the state’s top elections official last month has no legal effect. In a change of course from recent calls to impeach nonpartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe for not leaving
Continue ReadingNATCHITOCHES, La. (AP) — Northwestern State’s home game against Southeastern Louisiana has been moved to this Thursday night so that the contest won’t conflict with a wake and funeral services for recently slain Demons defensive back Ronnie Caldwell. Officials from both schools agreed to change the game time from Saturday after learning services for Caldwell
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Biden administration to continue regulating so-called ghost guns – untraceable homemade weapons – as firearms under federal law. The court’s brief order grants the Justice Department’s request to wipe away a lower court order and allow the
Continue ReadingFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez announced Monday that he’s running for Congress. Nez, a 48-year-old Democrat, will vie for the seat occupied by incumbent Eli Crane, a Republican who has represented Arizona’s redrawn 2nd Congressional District since last year. The district covers a large portion of northern and eastern Arizona
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ordered two internet sellers of gun parts to comply with a Biden administration regulation aimed at ghost guns, firearms that are difficult to trace because they lack serial numbers. The court had intervened once before, by a 5-4 vote in August, to keep the regulation in effect after
Continue ReadingBy Yahya Abou-Ghazala (CNN) — When Palestinians in north Gaza heeded the warnings issued in the Israeli military’s phone calls, text messages, and fliers advising them to head south, they thought they were fleeing to potential safety. The Israeli Defense Forces issued the guidance Friday, telling all civilians in north Gaza to evacuate to areas
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The Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) unveiled its 2024 poster ahead of the upcoming event, which will take place January 4-15, 2024. The poster is a collaboration with renowned American artist and Palm Springs resident, Shag. PSIFF organizers said this year’s bold and colorful design is inspired by midcentury modern aesthetics, celebrating the Festival’s
Continue ReadingBy SYLVAIN PLAZY and RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities have raised the terror alert to its highest level in the capital late after the fatal shooting of two Swedes in Brussels that Prime Minister Alexander De Croo has linked to terrorism. The shooter remains at large. The killings happened some 3
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rallied Monday as some of last week’s moves in financial markets driven by worries about war in the Middle East unwound. The S&P 500 rose 1.1% for its best day since the Oct. 7 surprise attack on Israel by Hamas. The Dow Jones
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