By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press PARKER, Colo (AP) — In a basement event space in the Denver suburb of Parker, Tina Peters surveyed a crowd of Colorado Republicans last week and made an unusual pitch for why she should become chair of their beleaguered party: “There’s no way a jury of 12
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By Em Steck, Andrew Kaczynski and Olivia Alafriz, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis once strongly supported arming Ukraine to fight Russia, urging then-President Barack Obama to do so as a deterrent to Russian aggression in Eastern Europe — a position at odds with his statements this week questioning the United States’ involvement in the conflict.
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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN At least 64 people including children and women died after a wooden boat carrying migrants from Turkey broke apart on rocks off the coast of Calabria on Sunday, Italian authorities said. More bodies were being pulled from the Mediterranean Sea on Monday, where bad weather hampered search efforts and made
Continue Reading By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press VUHLEDAR, Ukraine (AP) — The murky water oh so slowly trickles from the filthy drainpipe into her grimy container — the ticking seconds ramping up the risk that Emilia Budskaya could lose life or limb to Russian artillery strikes torturing her front-line town in eastern Ukraine. Gaping
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NEW DELHI (AP) — Marcel Siem ended his long wait for a fifth European tour title with victory at the Hero Indian Open by a single shot on Sunday. The German’s last win on the tour came eight years and 116 days ago at the 2014 BMW Masters but a closing 68 saw him edge
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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN The possibility of a 2023 market rally ground to a halt last week amid an onslaught of unfortunate inflation and economic data that spooked investors and increased the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will continue its economically painful rate hikes campaign for longer than Wall Street hoped. All major indexes notched
Continue Reading By MEG KINNARD Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is accustomed to increased attention in the years leading up to presidential elections, with the state hosting the South’s first voting contests for several of the last cycles. But even by those standards, 2024 feels different. Democrats elevated South Carolina to the top of
Continue Reading By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — If you get health care coverage through Medicaid, you might be at risk of losing that coverage over the next year. Roughly 84 million people are covered by the government-sponsored program, which has grown by 20 million people since January 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
Continue Reading CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Sofia Goggia has raced toward another World Cup downhill title with a fifth win in her dominating season. Goggia raced through lightly falling snow at Crans-Montana in the Swiss Alps to finish 0.15 seconds ahead of Federica Brignone. Brignone started after Goggia when snow had stopped falling and sunshine broke through.
Continue Reading By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A delegation of senior Mideast lawmakers is in Syria for talks with President Bashar Assad on bringing his country back into the fold of the Arab world. Sunday’s visit follows a mini-summit in Baghdad the previous day that affirmed the Arab League’s intentions of having Syria rejoin
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, CNN After hearing from dozens of witnesses in the high-profile murder trial of Alex Murdaugh, a South Carolina jury last week heard from the man himself after he took the stand — a move legal experts say was risky but could have helped his case. In dramatic testimony, which included heated exchanges
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, CNN After hearing from dozens of witnesses in the high-profile murder trial of Alex Murdaugh, a South Carolina jury last week heard from the man himself after he took the stand — a move legal experts say was risky but could have helped his case. In dramatic testimony, which included heated exchanges
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Police say three Hungarians have died after the car they were in collided with a bus on a snowy Alpine pass in Austria. Police said the 25-year-old driver appeared to have lost control of his car on the snow-covered road near Leogang, in central Austria, on Saturday. His 29- and 36-year-old passengers
Continue Reading By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian gunman seriously wounded two people when he opened fire at an Israeli car in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, casting a shadow on a high-level meeting between Palestinian and Israeli delegations meant to reduce surging violence ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Continue Reading By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — At least 43 migrants perished when their overcrowded wooden boat smashed into rocky reefs just off southern Italy at dawn Sunday, the Italian Coast Guard said. “As of now, 80 persons were recovered alive — some of whom succeeded in reaching the shore after the shipwreck —
Continue Reading By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian president’s office says a high-level Palestinian delegation will meet with top Israeli officials in Jordan. The meeting on Sunday is an attempt to reduce surging tensions in the region ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Israel said the prime minister’s national security adviser
Continue Reading By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s currency has fallen to a new record low, plunging to 600,000 to the dollar for the first time. The effects of nationwide anti-government protests and the breakdown of the 2015 nuclear deal continued to roil the economy. Iranians have formed long lines in
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN Two people have been arrested in the shooting that wounded nine children at a Columbus, Georgia, gas station earlier this month, police announced Friday. The suspects were identified as 35-year-old D’Angelo Robinson, Sr., and an unnamed 15-year-old male, who were both taken into custody on aggravated assault charges, according to a
Continue Reading By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Egypt’s parliament speaker is heading a Mideast delegation on a visit to Syria for talks with President Bashar Assad. Sunday’s visit follows a mini-summit in Baghdad the previous day that affirmed the Arab League’s intentions of bringing Syria back into the region’s fold. Speaker Hanafy el-Gebaly is
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TODAY: Overcast and mild with steadily warming temperatures. Sprinkles could begin as early as midmorning and expand in coverage through the afternoon. Winds also increase to around 20-25 mph ahead of storms tonight. TONIGHT: Showers increase in intensity steadily past sundown, with a strong round of storms possible after midnight along a cold front. For
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