By Dan Merica and David Wright, CNN Running against Washington is nothing new. Running against Washington while your party controls the White House, Senate and House is something significantly more complicated. That is the knotty path Senate Democratic incumbents are attempting to walk as they run for reelection while their party controls most every lever
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NEW YORK (AP) — Dean Baquet, outgoing executive editor of The New York Times, will lead a fellowship program at the newspaper for local and state journalism projects. The newspaper announced that Baquet and other investigative editors will help train selected journalists and the work they produce will be offered to news publications in the
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business The Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Lael Brainard as the Federal Reserve’s vice chair, approving a key Biden nominee empowered to help lead the central bank’s fight against high inflation. Brainard, currently a governor at the Fed, received some bipartisan support, with multiple Republicans supporting her nomination to a
Continue ReadingBy Darleene Powells Click here for updates on this story JURUPA VALLEY, California (KCAL, KCBS) — Two people broke into the Jurupa Valley Shelter to steal three dogs that had been impounded over the weekend, the second such theft in less than four months. Riverside County sheriff’s deputies were called to the Jurupa Valley shelter
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas saw a 4.1% increase in the number of abortions performed in the state in 2021 compared with 2020. More Missouri residents but fewer Oklahoma and Texas residents came into the state to terminate their pregnancies. A preliminary report Tuesday from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment showed that 7,849
Continue Reading TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas saw a 4.1% increase in the number of abortions performed in the state in 2021 compared with 2020. More Missouri residents but fewer Oklahoma and Texas residents came into the state to terminate their pregnancies. A preliminary report Tuesday from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment showed that 7,849
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks guard Jrue Holiday has been named the NBA’s teammate of the year for the second time in three seasons. A panel of league executives selected 12 finalists for the honor, which is officially named the Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award. More than 300 current NBA players voted on the
Continue ReadingBy KCAL/KCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — A 20-year-old man was killed and his brother was injured when both were struck by the driver of a stolen pickup truck in Koreatown early Tuesday morning. The driver sped away and remains on the loose. The collision occurred at
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto, el general Mark Milley, dijo este martes a Jim Sciutto de CNN, que todo el “orden de seguridad internacional global” establecido después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial está en juego si Rusia sale “libre” tras su invasión de Ucrania. El alto general estadounidense habló en
Continue Reading By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Panthers general manager Scott Fitterer has informed current starter Sam Darnold the team plans to add another quarterback soon. Whether that will be with the No. 6 pick in the draft or via trade for a veteran remains to be seen. While this is
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The parents of a 14-year-old Missouri boy who was killed while riding a 430-foot (131-meter) drop-tower ride at a Florida amusement park say their son’s death was preventable. Nekia Dodd, the mother of Tyre Sampson, speaking Tuesday at a news conference in downtown St. Louis, said
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of Lael Brainard to a four-year term as vice chair of the Federal Reserve, elevating her to the Fed’s No. 2 post in the midst of the central bank’s toughest fight against inflation in four decades. Her confirmation came
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball and the players’ association are allowing teams to have an additional pitcher for most of May. MLB and the union says teams may carry as many as 14 pitchers from May 2 through May 29, a change the league said was “for player health purposes.” The sides had
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By Megan Marples, CNN Venus and Jupiter will appear to touch each other in the sky at the end of the month, despite actually being millions of miles apart. The two planets will appear closest together around 3 p.m. ET on April 30, with Venus 0.2 degrees south of Jupiter, according to EarthSky. The distance
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou softball’s Kimberly Wert was named the SEC Player of the Week Tuesday for the second time this season. This comes after Wert dominated the series against No. 12 Kentucky. She batted .857 with four home runs, including two grand slams, and 13 RBI in the three-game sweep. This is her second
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — LGBTQ rights advocates called Tuesday for a Kansas state lawmaker to be formally censured after she publicly said she didn’t want to share the women’s restrooms at the Statehouse with a transgender colleague. The Kansas House’s top Republican called GOP state Rep. Cheryl Helmer’s comments
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Cuando Hajar Benjida comenzó a fotografiar a bailarinas exóticas del área de Atlanta, no quería obtener las típicas imágenes de ellas sobre el escenario. En cambio, retrató a muchas de ellas en sus casas, como a Cleo, quien recientemente había dado a luz a un niño llamado Andy. Una de las
Continue Reading By MATT O’BRIEN and TOM KRISHER Associated Press Coming up with $44 billion to buy Twitter was the easy part for Elon Musk. Next comes the real challenge for the world’s richest person: fulfilling his promise to make Twitter “better than ever” as a lightly regulated haven for free speech. Many of Musk’s proposed changes
Continue Reading By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bulls might have to get by without Zach LaVine when they try to avoid playoff elimination by the Milwaukee Bucks. The two-time All-Star is in the NBA’s health and safety protocols. The Bucks lead the first-round series 3-1 and will try to wrap up
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — Female soccer players in Italy will finally be able to turn professional next season after years of amateur-only status that limited their salaries. The Italian Soccer Federation’s executive board approved new regulations on Tuesday that open the way for a women’s professional era starting July 1. Federation president Gabriele Gravina says it’s
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