By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats announced they have sealed a deal to lower pharmaceutical drug costs for seniors as part of President Joe Biden’s sweeping $1.75 trillion domestic proposal. The plan would cap out-of-pocket Medicare costs to $2,000 and lower insulin prices, according to Senate Majority Leader Chuck
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By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — The head of the U.N. nuclear agency says atomic power can play a key role in balancing climate concerns and the world’s energy needs. Many environmentalists have long been skeptical of atomic power. They cite the potential for disastrous accidents and the lingering issue of what
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Democrat and former U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore has died at the age of 75. He was a former prosecutor who represented a Kansas City-area district that previously had seemed safe for Republicans. The former congressman’s wife said he died of cancer Tuesday, and he also had Alzheimer’s for several
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By Amir Vera and Amy Simonson, CNN The Las Vegas Raiders released wide receiver Henry Ruggs III Tuesday night after he was charged with driving under the influence (DUI) resulting in a death after his car rear-ended another car and left one person dead, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. LVMPD responded to
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER Associated Press Josh Hawley is coming to the defense of the American male. The Republican senator from Missouri spoke Sunday night at the National Conservatism Conference in Orlando, Florida. According to a text of his speech provided by his office, Hawley accused liberals in government, the media and entertainment of defining “the
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN It’s the space taco party of your dreams. The International Space Station hosted a taco bash for astronauts on Friday as they celebrated the harvest of the first chile peppers grown in space. The crew finally had a chance to taste test the peppers after initially kicking off the plant experiment
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN A first look at the new season of the TLC reality show “I Am Jazz” includes the transgender activist’s struggle with weight gain. In the video featured on TLC’s YouTube channel, Jazz Jennings, 21, reveals that her mental health issues led to binge eating and weight gain of nearly 100
Continue Reading GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The University of Florida has been asked by its accrediting body to explain how denying a request by three professors to serve as paid experts in a voting rights lawsuit conforms to standards for academic freedom and avoids undue political influence. The professors wanted to testify for plaintiffs in a lawsuit
Continue Reading By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — African leaders and campaigners are pressing the international community to do more to support efforts to adapt to climate change, seizing on evidence showing the continent to be the most endangered by the effects of global warming. The head of the African Union, Congolese President Felix
Continue Reading By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — African leaders and campaigners are pressing the international community to do more to support efforts to adapt to climate change, seizing on evidence showing the continent to be the most endangered by the effects of global warming. The head of the African Union, Congolese President Felix
Continue Reading By EMILIO MORENATTI and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press LAS MANCHAS DE ABAJO, Canary Islands (AP) — Antonio Álvarez lost his home and two business. Then he had to watch the lava devour the dozen acres he dedicated to growing the Canary Island banana. Álvarez is one of thousands of farmers and workers on Spain’s La
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By David Williams, CNN First responders in Alberta, Canada, made a daring rescue over the weekend after a BASE jumper slammed into a cliff face and was left dangling after his parachute got caught on a small bit of rock. The BASE jumper, who was not identified, suffered “multiple traumatic injuries” in Sunday’s accident, according
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By Luke McGee, Alicia Lloyd and Ben Kirby, CNN Boris Johnson said he had been humbled to hear the stories of countries on the front lines of the climate crisis and hailed some of the early agreements announced so far at the COP26 summit in an exclusive interview Tuesday with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. Speaking to
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With tensions high, Democrats are working to seal a deal to lower pharmaceutical drug costs for seniors as part of President Joe Biden’s sweeping $1.75 trillion domestic proposal. The plan under consideration would cap out-of-pocket Medicare costs to $2,000 and lower insulin prices. It’s
Continue Reading By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — China’s climate envoy is defending his country’s pace of emissions cuts at the Glasgow, Scotland climate summit. Veteran climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua spoke to reporters at a press conference at the summit Tuesday. China’s dependence on coal power helps make it the biggest current climate polluter,
Continue Reading By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — China’s climate envoy is defending his country’s pace of emissions cuts at the Glasgow, Scotland climate summit. Veteran climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua spoke to reporters at a press conference at the summit Tuesday. China’s dependence on coal power helps make it the biggest current climate polluter,
Continue Reading By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The key witness against a Colombian police captain who leaked sensitive information about U.S. anti-narcotics investigations has been given a sharply reduced sentence for his help. It’s a case that has highlighted concerns about the Drug Enforcement Administration’s operations overseas. Judge Robert Scola sided with federal prosecutors
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks edged higher in afternoon trading on Wall Street Tuesday ahead of more news this week from the Federal Reserve and on the jobs market. The S&P 500 rose 0.3%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.4% and the Nasdaq rose 0.1%. Small-company stocks were
Continue Reading By JIM MUSTIAN and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A reexamined autopsy ordered by the FBI in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene has rejected the Louisiana State Police claim that a car crash caused his fatal injuries. That narrows prosecutors’ focus on the troopers seen on body camera video beating,
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Klopfenstein Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KSL) — A construction worker suffered serious injuries Monday after a portion of a home’s foundation collapsed onto him, authorities said. The accident took place just before 5 p.m. at a construction site on 4th Avenue, according to Salt Lake City
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