Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — Los republicanos ganarán el control de la Cámara de Representantes, proyecta CNN, alcanzando el umbral de 218 escaños necesarios para una mayoría en esa parte del poder legislativo. La victoria no será suficiente para la esperada “ola roja”, pero frustrará la agenda interna del presidente Joe Biden y probablemente someterá a
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By Melanie Zanona and Clare Foran, CNN Winning the House majority, even with a smaller margin than they’d hoped, will give Republicans some newfound power to set the agenda when they take over the chamber in January. House Republicans will have subpoena power in the majority and control over powerful committees — and they plan
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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press A judge sentenced a man who killed six people and injured many others when he drove his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee to life in prison with no chance of release Wednesday, rejecting arguments from him and his family that mental illness drove him to do it.
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Rep. Karen Bass defeated developer Rick Caruso Wednesday to become the next mayor of Los Angeles, as voters elevated the first Black woman to hold the post as City Hall contends with multiple scandals that have shaken trust in government, an out-of-control homeless
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO, BRIAN SLODYSKO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Mitch McConnell was reelected as Republican leader Wednesday, quashing a challenge from Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, the Senate GOP campaign chief criticized after a disappointing performance in the midterm elections that kept Senate control with Democrats. McConnell, of Kentucky,
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will likely have a $25 billion budget deficit next year. The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office said Wednesday that state revenues are $41 billion below expectations. Revenue has increased steadily in the nation’s most populous state for the past decade. Earlier this year, lawmakers approved a
Continue Reading By STEVE PEOPLES and BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is joining several leading Republican officials insisting that it’s much too early for the GOP to focus on the next presidential election. He made the comments Wednesday morning, roughly 12 hours after former President Donald Trump formally launched his
Continue Reading MENTONE, Texas (AP) — A strong earthquake shook a sparsely populated patch of the West Texas desert Thursday, causing tremors that were felt as far away as the Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez. National Weather Service meteorologist Jim DeBerry says the magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck around 3:30 p.m. DeBerry says the quake’s epicenter was about
Continue Reading By Stephen Collinson, CNN Republicans will win the House of Representatives, CNN projects, in a victory that will fall short of their hopes of a “red wave” but thwart President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda and will likely subject his White House to relentless investigations. The fact that the GOP finally passed the threshold of 218
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los accidentes no suelen ser la forma en que las grandes guerras se hacen más grandes. Pero la amenaza de una escalada salvaje se ha sentido fuertemente sobre la torpe y brutal invasión rusa de Ucrania casi desde el principio, y el estallido de un misil el martes en Polonia puso
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A Columbia man accused of murdering a woman learned that his charges would be upgraded Wednesday afternoon because he is considered a persistent offender.
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By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Baker Mayfield is running out of time to make a good impression as the Carolina Panthers’ quarterback. The No. 1 overall pick in 2018 needs to stack some quality performances together to offset his poor play earlier this season before becoming an unrestricted free agent
Continue Reading SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California water polo coach has been convicted of sexually assaulting teenage girls during underwater training sessions while he claimed to be preparing them for competition. Prosecutors say a jury on Wednesday convicted Bahram Hojreh of felony counts including sexual battery on nine teenage victims from 2012 to 2017.
Continue Reading By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A Ukrainian man wanted for over a decade by the FBI for a multimillion-dollar hacking scheme has been arrested in Switzerland and is awaiting extradition to the US, Swiss authorities confirmed to CNN Wednesday. Vyacheslav Penchukov, known as “Tank” online, is accused of being a major player in a racketeering ring
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers swingman Dylan Windler could miss six more weeks with an ankle injury, yet another setback for the former first-round pick whose NBA career has been slowed by numerous injuries. The Cavs said Windler, who has missed 12 games this season, recently received a PRP (platelet-rich
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By The Associated Press Kansas State has the inside track at earning a spot in the Big 12 championship game against No. 4 TCU. The Wildcats are alone in second place and will play for the title if they win both of their remaining games. They also could get in with a win Saturday and
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Kansas State has the inside track at earning a spot in the Big 12 championship game against No. 4 TCU. The Wildcats are alone in second place and will play for the title if they win both of their remaining games. They also could get in with a win Saturday and
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By Elizabeth Cohen and John Bonifield, CNN Another woman has come forward with the harrowing details of how the Supreme Court’s decision four months ago to overturn Roe v. Wade put her life in danger. CNN has told the stories of several women — including one from Houston, one from central Texas and one from
Continue Reading AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Spain defender José Luis Gayà had to leave practice after spraining his right ankle ahead of the team’s final warmup before the World Cup on Thursday. The Spanish soccer federation says Gayà sustained a low grade lateral sprain and was waiting on results from an MRI to determine the full extent
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Now that Anthony Rizzo has decided to remain in New York Yankees pinstripes, he’d like to see Aaron Judge stick around, too. Rizzo agreed to a $40 million, two-year contract, a week after turning down a $16 million player option. He says “I hope Judge
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