By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans issued another series of subpoenas Monday as part of an ongoing investigation into what they contend is the mistreatment of parents who protested “woke” school board policies. Rep. Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, demanded documents and testimony from three individuals, including the
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Durante las últimas semanas, las altas temperaturas han batido récords. Es posible que muchos se hayan despedido ya del invierno y hayan dado paso a la primavera. Pero no te acostumbres demasiado a condiciones más cálidas. Podría llegar un gran cambio en las temperaturas la semana que viene, y no será
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Después de la audiencia de formulación de cargos dentro del Caso Sinohydro este domingo, el juez de la Corte Nacional de Justicia de Ecuador Adrián Rojas ordenó el inicio de la instrucción fiscal que durará 90 días y dispuso medidas cautelares contra el expresidente Lenín Moreno, seis miembros de su
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With an eye on 2024, President Joe Biden will showcase his election-year budget plan this week in must-win Pennsylvania rather than the usual White House setting. Biden’s trip to Philadelphia on Thursday is a sign that the president’s budget proposal is part of
Continue Reading By ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press A top oil company CEO who will lead international climate talks later this year told energy industry power players on Monday that the world must cut emissions 7% each year and eliminate all emissions of the greenhouse gas methane — strong comments from an oil executive. But speaking at Ceraweek
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The University of Missouri said Monday that an agricultural researcher received a $10 million grant that will double the area of cover crops used in the United States by 2030.
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By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer The staple tests at the NFL combine consist of the 40-yard dash, the 225-pound bench press, the vertical and broad jumps, the three-cone drill and the 20-yard shuttle. Acing any one of them can vault a prospect up the draft board. But killing it at the combine doesn’t
Continue Reading By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is outsourcing testing of at least 550 rape kits to a private Florida lab under a $1.5 million federal grant. On Monday, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced the move that aims to cut down turnaround times that have drawn scrutiny. In a news release,
Continue Reading By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey utility regulators are seeking additional offshore wind farm projects to generate electricity. The Board of Public Utilities approved a third solicitation of offshore wind projects Monday. Three wind farms have already been approved. The move comes as opponents of offshore wind push a
Continue Reading INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Guard Andrew Vorhees of Southern California closed the NFL’s annual scouting combine Monday with a flourish, bench pressing 38 reps at 225 pounds with an injured leg. It was the most all week in Indianapolis. Guards Anthony Bradford of LSU and Jovaughn Gwynn of South Carolina tied for second at 34. That
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Recognizing the inevitably hit-miss nature of sketch comedy, the main question for “History of the World, Part II” is whether the Hulu series yields enough good stuff to justify this extension of the 1981 movie from Mel Brooks, rightfully billed here as an “American treasure.” The show squeaks by, barely,
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man tried to open an airliner’s emergency door on a cross-country flight from Los Angeles to Boston and then tried to stab a flight attendant in the neck with a broken metal spoon, federal prosecutors alleged Monday. Francisco Severo Torres, 33, of Leominster, was tackled and restrained with the aid
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By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan, Laura Ly and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN As federal investigators visit the site of another Norfolk Southern train derailment in Ohio, the company vowed new safety measures in response to its toxic train wreck that ravaged the town of East Palestine. Norfolk Southern will revamp its hot bearing detector network as
Continue Reading By JEFF MARTIN and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — More than 20 people from around the country faced domestic terrorism charges Monday after dozens in black masks attacked the site of a police training center under construction in a wooded area outside Atlanta where one protester was killed in January. The site has
Continue Reading By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Earthy scents pricked guests’ noses as they entered the venue for Stella McCartney: A manege. Shivers from the cold were quickly succeeded by gasps, when seven horses suddenly galloped in from a side door followed by an exuberant handler. The show Monday that incorporated equestrian themes
Continue Reading PEKIN, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois man has received an 18-month prison sentence after being convicted of illegally giving his son an assault-style rifle he later used in a 2018 shooting attack that killed four people at a Waffle House in Tennessee. A judge last May convicted Jeffrey Reinking of illegal delivery of a firearm
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By Kaitlan Collins, CNN Former Vice President Mike Pence has filed a motion asking a judge to block a federal grand jury subpoena for his testimony related to January 6 on the grounds that he is protected by the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause, according to a source familiar with the filing. Pence had publicly
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A student-led vigil will be held in Chariton County on Monday night to celebrate the life of a Salisbury basketball and football player.
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Un grupo de disidentes cubanos irrumpió en una cena de la embajadora de Cuba en Estados Unidos, Lianys Torres Rivera, con políticos y líderes empresariales locales, en un restaurante francés de lujo en Tampa, Florida, la noche del pasado viernes. Roberto Pizano, de 84 años, ha vivido exiliado en Estados Unidos desde
Continue Reading By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Major League Baseball’s new limits on infield shifts are raising batter spirits this spring. They might be bosltering batting averages, too. Batting averages across the league are up slightly from last spring training, from .259 to .263. Left-handed hitters seem to be benefitting most,
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