By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A second U.S. Attorney has testified to Congress that the prosecutor overseeing the Hunter Biden investigation had full authority over filing charges, rebutting whistleblower claims that Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss didn’t have the final say on the case against the president’s son. The allegation that Weiss
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — A “small number” of Ukrainian pilots began F-16 training in the US this week, according to an Air Force spokesperson. The pilots will train with the 162nd Wing of the Arizona Air National Guard, a unit that specializes in training international partners on the fourth-generation fighter jet. The training is expected to
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Ya está en la cárcel un sujeto que junto a otro entraron a robar dos veces a la tienda Gucci de El Paseo en Palm Desert de donde el 7 y el 18 de octubre se robaron una gran cantidad de mercancía con valor de miles de dolares. Después del segundo atraco el escuadrón especial
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO, STEPHEN GROVES, FARNOUSH AMIRI and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans unanimously elected Rep. Mike Johnson as House speaker on Wednesday, eagerly elevating a deeply conservative but lesser-known leader to the major seat of U.S. power and ending for now the weeks of political chaos in their majority. Johnson, 51,
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Kaczynski and Allison Gordon, CNN (CNN) — Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has a history of harsh anti-gay language from his time as an attorney for a socially conservative legal group in the mid-2000s. In editorials that ran in his local Shreveport, Louisiana, paper, The Times, Johnson called homosexuality a “inherently unnatural”
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlyn Schwanemann, CNN (CNN) — Three Midwestern chapters of the National Audubon Society, a nonprofit bird conservation group, are dropping the “Audubon” branding over namesake John James Audubon’s racist views and ties to slavery. The society’s chapters in Detroit, Chicago and Madison, Wisconsin, have announced they will now be known as chapters of the
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s military has simulated a nuclear strike in a drill overseen by President Vladimir Putin. Wednesday’s exercise followed by hours a vote in the upper house of parliament to rescind the country’s ratification of a global nuclear test ban. The bill to end ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and LEE KEATH Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The U.N. warned Wednesday that it is on the verge of running out of fuel in the Gaza Strip, forcing it to sharply curtail relief efforts in the territory blockaded and devastated by Israeli airstrikes since Hamas militants launched an
Continue ReadingBy SUMAN NAISHADHAM and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Major corporations in water-guzzling industries such as apparel, food and beverage, and tech want to be better stewards of the freshwater resources they use. But a nonprofit that advocates for sustainability said an analysis of 72 companies found that few are close to reaching
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Two Metropolitan Police officers have been dismissed from the force after a disciplinary panel concluded that they committed gross misconduct over the stop and search of two Black athletes. Professional sprinters Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos told the police watchdog that they were racially profiled by
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — A large majority of Americans – 71% – believe the climate crisis is causing at least some harm to people in the US, while slightly less than two-thirds of the population believe harmful climate impacts will get worse over their lifetimes, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron sought to promote — with little success so far — the creation of an international coalition to fight the armed Palestinian group Hamas, during a two-day trip to the Middle East that started in Israel. Leaders he met with in Israel, the West
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO, STEPHEN GROVES, FARNOUSH AMIRI and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans eagerly elected Rep. Mike Johnson as House speaker Wednesday, elevating a deeply conservative but lesser-known leader to the seat of U.S. power and ending for now the political chaos in their majority. Johnson of Louisiana swept on the first
Continue ReadingCUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple Inc. is raising the prices for its AppleTV+ streaming and Arcade gaming plans as well as its bundled Apple One service that includes streaming, music and other subscriptions. Arcade will now cost $6.99, up from $4.99. AppleTV+ is now $9.99, up from $6.99. Apple One will increase to $19.95 from
Continue ReadingBy MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Government health advisers say gay and bisexual men at high risk for mpox infection should get vaccinated for the virus even after the current outbreak ends. The committee made the recommendation Wednesday. It now goes to the director to the Centers for Disease Control and
Continue ReadingOXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Funeral services were being held Wednesday for longtime U.S. District Judge Neal Brooks Biggers Jr. of Mississippi, who issued significant rulings about prayer in public schools and funding of historically Black universities. Biggers died Oct. 15 at his home in Oxford. He was 88. Services were being held in Corinth, according
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jury selection continued Wednesday in the federal trial of the captain of a scuba dive boat that caught fire in 2019, killing 34 people on board and becoming the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history. Captain Jerry Boylan is charged with one count of misconduct
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jury selection continued Wednesday in the federal trial of the captain of a scuba dive boat that caught fire in 2019, killing 34 people on board and becoming the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history. Captain Jerry Boylan is charged with one count of misconduct
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union appears to be edging closer to a tentative contract agreement with Ford that would be critical to ending the union’s 6-week-old strikes against the three major Detroit automakers, two people with knowledge of the talks said Wednesday. The people said the
Continue ReadingBy BEN FINLEY Associated Press NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A heated debate has emerged about the once-unimaginable shooting of a teacher by her 6-year-old student: How should the school district take care of the teacher? Should she only get workers’ compensation? Or does she deserve millions of dollars over claims that the school system
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