By Tierney Sneed, CNN Jenna Ellis was censured by a disciplinary judge in Colorado Wednesday, in the latest effort to hold accountable attorneys who boosted former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election reversal gambits. Ellis signed a stipulation stating that several comments she made about the 2020 election violated professional ethics rules barring reckless, knowing or
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By NASSER NASSER Associated Press JABA, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian officials say three Palestinian militants were killed after Israeli security forces entered a village in the northern occupied West Bank. The Israeli police said Thursday that troops carried out a raid in Jaba to apprehend suspects wanted for attacks on Israeli soldiers in the
Continue Reading By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had to be airlifted on Thursday to the country’s main international airport for an official overseas trip, after throngs of cars and protesters prevented him from driving there. The demonstrations were part of nationwide protests underway for more than two
Continue Reading By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer BRUSSELS (AP) — A senior legal adviser says UEFA rules on homegrown players are partially incompatible with the European Union’s free movement laws but they might be legitimate to develop and recruit youngsters. Advocate General Maciej Szpunar says UEFA-backed homegrown player quotas are “likely to create indirect discrimination” against
Continue Reading SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military said it detected that North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile toward waters off its western coast on Thursday. The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the weapon was fired at around 6:20 p.m. from an area around the western coastal city of Nampo. It did not
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By David Goldman, CNN The White House lashed out at Fox News host Tucker Carlson Wednesday in an extraordinary rebuke of the late-night commentator who has been airing false depictions of the January 6, 2021, attack this week. Carlson, given access to about 40,000 hours of US Capitol security camera footage by Republican House Speaker
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By Juliana Liu and Wayne Chang, CNN Europe’s biggest producer of advanced chipmaking technology has joined the United States in its escalating standoff with China. The Netherlands announced Wednesday, via a letter from its trade minister to parliament, that new restrictions on overseas sales of semiconductor technology were needed to protect national security. While the
Continue Reading By Juliana Liu and Wayne Chang, CNN Europe’s biggest producer of advanced chipmaking technology has joined the United States in its escalating standoff with China. The Netherlands announced Wednesday, via a letter from its trade minister to parliament, that new restrictions on overseas sales of semiconductor technology were needed to protect national security. While the
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Unruly passengers continue to be an issue on flights across the US, adding to a host of challenges impacting the aviation industry. In this week alone, punches were thrown on a Southwest Airlines plane, and a United Airlines flight attendant was attacked by a man wielding a broken metal utensil. Here’s
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Unruly passengers continue to be an issue on flights across the US, adding to a host of challenges impacting the aviation industry. In this week alone, punches were thrown on a Southwest Airlines plane, and a United Airlines flight attendant was attacked by a man wielding a broken metal utensil. Here’s
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — The pay package for Shell’s CEO jumped by half last year to nearly $12 million. Oil and gas companies have made record profits from skyrocketing energy costs that have driven a cost-of-living crisis. In figures released Thursday, Shell paid Ben van Beurden a total of 9.7 million pounds, or $11.5 million, in
Continue Reading By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea and Japan say their leaders will meet next week in Japan. Their announcement comes days after South Korea announced a major step toward resolving strained bilateral ties stemming from Tokyo’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will
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By Nicole Chavez and Jalen Brown, CNN Heather Thomas spent months pleading with Tennessee legislators to vote against a ban on gender-affirming health care for minors, which she says saved the life of her transgender son. “It’s just so important. I mean, it saved his life. Why would I not share that to try to
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By Kate Sullivan and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is calling for changing the retirement age for Americans currently in their 20s and limiting Social Security and Medicare benefits for wealthier Americans, staking out a position on the politically controversial issue of entitlement reform that’s already been the subject of attacks from
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Unruly passengers continue to be an issue on flights across the US, adding to a host of challenges impacting the aviation industry. In this week alone, punches were thrown on a Southwest Airlines plane, and a United Airlines flight attendant was attacked by a man wielding a broken metal utensil. Here’s
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By Paula Newton, CNN For expectant parents Shakina Rajendram and Kevin Nadarajah, the doctor’s words were both definitive and devastating: Their twins were not “viable.” “Even in that moment, as I was hearing those words come out of the doctor’s mouth, I could still feel the babies very much alive within me. And so for
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By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer All Paris Saint-Germain can win this season is the French league title after being knocked out of the Champions League by Bayern Munich. It was PSG’s fifth elimination from the last 16 in seven years. France striker Kylian Mbappé says this is the maximum PSG can achieve with its
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Murió Chaim Topol, el actor más conocido por interpretar a Tevye en “El violinista en el tejado”, según anunció el primer ministro de Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu. Tenía 87 años. Netanyahu rindió homenaje a Topol este jueves y le transmitió sus condolencias, calificándolo de “artista polifacético, con gran carisma y energía.”
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Oscar Holland, CNN Audrey Hepburn in Givenchy, Nicole Kidman in Dior, Halle Berry in Elie Saab. History’s great Oscars outfits are iconic, era-defining — and almost exclusively female. This is hardly surprising. Male attendees have long been expected to abide by a black-tie dress code, and most appeared happy to oblige. Even stars known for
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By JOHN HANNA and TOM DAVIES Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Conservative Republicans who want to thwart socially and environmentally conscious investing are now being pushed to water down their proposals by backlash from powerful business groups and fears that state pension systems could see huge losses. In both Kansas and Indiana bankers associations
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