TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Another U.S. congressional delegation is visiting Taiwan as tensions with China remain high over its claims to the self-governed island. A steady stream of U.S. visitors has come to meet with Taiwanese officials since U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited in early August. China in response has stepped up its military
Continue Reading INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Coroners say an Indianapolis man and his three young children who were found dead in a car submerged in a pond after leaving for a fishing trip died accidentally, and the man was intoxicated. The Marion County Coroner’s Office said Wednesday that 27-year-old Kyle Moorman and his children _ 1-year-old Kyran Holland,
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — El mundo tiene una necesidad apremiante de agua. La sequía y el aumento de las temperaturas amenazan con afectar casi cualquier sector de la economía, desde la energía, hasta la agricultura y el transporte de mercancías. Los mercados toman nota. El índice S&P Global Water Index, que sigue
Continue Reading By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Restaurant owners are moving to at least temporarily block a nation-leading new California law giving more power to fast food workers by putting the question before voters. If they gather enough signatures, the law that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed on Labor Day wouldn’t take effect unless
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States says it has evidence that “hundreds of thousands” of Ukrainian citizens have been interrogated, detained and forcibly deported to Russia. Russia immediately dismissed the claim as “fantasy,” calling it the latest invention in a Western disinformation campaign. The charge was made Wednesday
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By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN A federal judge rejected Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes‘ efforts to fire his two attorneys and delay his weeks-away trial for seditious conspiracy relating to the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, telling the leader there was no “legitimate reason” to make the eleventh-hour change. According
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By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Kyle Shanahan knows what the talk will be around the San Francisco 49ers if quarterback Trey Lance struggles in his first season as the starter with Jimmy Garoppolo waiting on the bench. There will be calls from some fans for a change back
Continue Reading By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas-area elected public official has been arrested and identified by police as the suspect in the fatal stabbing of a veteran newspaper reporter whose investigations of the official’s work preceded his primary loss in June. Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, a Democrat, was
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge hit his major league-leading 55th home run in the only blemish of Louie Varland’s otherwise outstanding big league debut, Oswaldo Cabrera’s single capped a two-run 12th and the New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 5-4 in the opener of a doubleheader. Judge
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By Dana Bash, CNN Former President Barack Obama plans to campaign for a variety of candidates this fall as the 2022 midterms approach, a source familiar with his plans tells CNN. He will publicly appear with candidates in congressional and gubernatorial races but will also campaign with candidates for some secretary of state races in
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By Tierney Sneed and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN A federal judge’s move to bring in a special master to review materials seized from former President Donald Trump’s home has opened up an extraordinarily murky, sensitive and high-stakes task of finding an attorney to serve in that role and defining what exactly he or she will
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By Tierney Sneed, CNN The Justice Department and former President Donald Trump’s lawyers face a Friday midnight deadline for submitting proposals for how the special master review of the documents seized at Mar-a-Lago — including classified documents — should work. They’ll be filing the briefs even as the Justice Department appeals the order requiring the
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN A federal judge’s move to bring in a special master to review materials seized from former President Donald Trump’s home has opened up an extraordinarily murky, sensitive and high-stakes task of finding an attorney to serve in that role and defining what exactly he or she will
Continue Reading By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Davante Adams and Derek Carr say nothing will be different about their first game together with the Las Vegas Raiders. The pair were college teammates at Fresno State and have spent plenty of time training together over the years. The Raiders traded for Adams in the
Continue Reading By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly’s former business manager has testified at the singer’s federal trial in Chicago that he never believed allegations of sexual misconduct that first emerged against his boss in the late 1990s. Taking the stand Wednesday, Derrell McDavid said he came to understand that fending
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By Tami Luhby, CNN Food insecurity among families with children fell in 2021, reversing a spike during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a US Department of Agriculture report released Wednesday. Some 6.2% of households with children, or 2.3 million families, were unable at times to provide adequate, nutritious food for their
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By Marianne Garvey Singer Lewis Capaldi has revealed that he has been diagnosed with Tourette syndrome, a a neurological disorder that causes involuntary movements and sounds. Capaldi shared the news during an Instagram Live, explaining that the condition is something he deals with “all the time.” “The worst thing about it is when I’m excited
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By Lauren Kent, CNN Big oil companies are spending millions to portray themselves as taking action on climate change, but their investments and lobbying activities don’t live up to their planet-friendly claims, according to a new report. An analysis from London-based energy and climate think-tank InfluenceMap found that the amount of climate-positive messaging used by
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By Jason Hanna, Melissa Alonso and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A man suspected of abducting and killing a Memphis teacher who was out jogging was temporarily ordered held without bond Wednesday on a murder charge that was added after her body was identified. Cleotha Henderson, accused of killing 34-year-old Eliza “Liza” Fletcher after kidnapping her in
Continue Reading By BEN ROSS Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Rookie Spencer Strider overcame a rough start, Vaughn Grissom and Dansby Swanson homered and the Atlanta Braves won their seventh in a row, beating the Oakland Athletics 7-3. Robbie Grossman, Marcell Ozuna and Ronald Acuña Jr. also drove in runs for Atlanta, which beat Oakland for
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