By Annie Grayer, Zachary Cohen, Jamie Gangel and Sara Murray, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection asked Kellyanne Conway, who served in the White House as a senior adviser to then-President Donald Trump, about her conversations with Trump after his election loss in an interview that lasted roughly five hours
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By KANIS LEUNG and ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Students in Hong Kong chanted “oppose dictatorship” in a protest of China’s COVID-19 rules Monday after demonstrators on the mainland issued an unprecedented call for President Xi Jinping to resign in the biggest show of opposition to the ruling Communist Party in decades.
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell Judge Juan Merchan reprimanded lawyers for the Trump Corporation for filing motions and new exhibits late Sunday night that they wanted to introduce Monday morning when they questioned Mazars accountant Donald Bender, telling them he will no longer accept any motions from the attorneys. Defense attorneys had submitted 18 exhibits to the
Continue ReadingBy Maeve Reston, CNN The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office issued a letter on Sunday stating that the problems with printers on Election Day at some of their voting locations did not prevent voters from lawfully casting their ballots in Arizona’s most populous county. Monday is the deadline for Arizona’s counties to certify their general election
Continue ReadingBy Daniella Diaz, CNN Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sent four letters to top Democratic leaders asking them to pass a full-year government funding bill, writing in each letter that if they don’t it will “result in significant harm to our people and our programs and would cause harm to our national security and our competitiveness.”
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By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The white gunman who massacred 10 Black shoppers and workers at a Buffalo supermarket pleaded guilty Monday to murder and hate-motivated terrorism charges, guaranteeing he will spend the rest of his life in prison. Payton Gendron, 19, entered the plea Monday in a courthouse roughly two
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN Merriam-Webster’s word of the year — and this you can believe — is “gaslighting.” The online dictionary chose “gaslighting,” which it defines as “the act or practice of grossly misleading someone especially for one’s own advantage,” as its top word of 2022 because it has become the “favored word for the
Continue ReadingBy Nick Krupke Click here for updates on this story HILLSBORO Oregon (KPTV) — To serve and protect by day and to get the calls right by night – local police and sheriff departments and high school officiating associations are always looking for a few new women and men. Two civil servants just earned the
Continue ReadingBy Shanila Kabir Click here for updates on this story KAILUA, Hawaii (KITV) — Many beach goers said instead of seeing seashells washed up – they saw piles and piles of micro-plastics in the sand, water and the canal at Kailua Beach park. “It is crazy that there’s this beautiful beach and so much plastic
Continue Reading By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — When John Fetterman goes to Washington in January as one of the Senate’s new members, he’ll bring along an irreverent style from Pennsylvania. It’s one that extends from his own personal and very casual dress code to hanging marijuana flags outside his current office in the
Continue ReadingBy Danica Sauter Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — After a water main break at the Bridgestone Arena on Friday morning, the Nashville Predators and staff at the Bridgestone Arena plan to reopen their doors to host Tuesday’s game as scheduled. According to NHL.com, while some of the arena’s systems
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN A previously unknown dinosaur with a remarkably flat head lived around 70 million years ago on an island home to dwarfed prehistoric creatures. Discovered in what’s now western Romania, the Transylvanosaurus platycephalus (flatheaded reptile from Transylvania) was 2 meters (6 feet) long — a relatively small size for a dinosaur, according
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell in afternoon trading on Wall Street Monday as protests spread in China calling for President Xi Jinping to step down amid growing anger over severe COVID-19 restrictions. The world’s second largest economy has been stifled by a “zero COVID” policy which includes
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks fell broadly on Wall Street in afternoon trading Monday as protests spread in China calling for President Xi Jinping to step down amid growing anger over severe COVID-19 restrictions. The world’s second largest economy has been stifled by a “zero COVID” policy which includes
Continue Reading By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Search teams digging through meters of mud and debris on the Italian resort island of Ischia for a third day have recovered the body of an eighth victim. He was identified by the Naples prefect as a 15-year-old boy whose younger siblings were confirmed dead over the
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By JAE C. HONG and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a filthy alley behind a Los Angeles doughnut shop, Ryan Smith convulsed in the grips of a fentanyl high — lurching from moments of slumber to bouts of violent shivering on a warm summer day. When Brandice Josey, another homeless addict,
Continue Reading By JAE C. HONG and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a filthy alley behind a Los Angeles doughnut shop, Ryan Smith convulsed in the grips of a fentanyl high — lurching from moments of slumber to bouts of violent shivering on a warm summer day. When Brandice Josey, another homeless addict,
Continue Reading By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Days after flocking to stores on Black Friday, consumers are turning online for Cyber Monday to score more discounts on gifts and other items that have ballooned in price because of high inflation. Cyber Monday is expected to remain the year’s biggest online shopping day
Continue Reading By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Days after flocking to stores on Black Friday, consumers are turning online for Cyber Monday to score more discounts on gifts and other items that have ballooned in price because of high inflation. Cyber Monday is expected to remain the year’s biggest online shopping day
Continue ReadingCNN By Radina Gigova, Larry Register and Tara Subramaniam, CNN North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is planning to build “the world’s most powerful” nuclear force, state news agency KCNA reported on Sunday. The “ultimate goal” behind North Korea’s nuclear program was to possess an “absolute force, unprecedented in the century,” Kim said Saturday as
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