By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said definitively that rival Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, an acknowledgment the Florida governor made after years of equivocating answers. “Of course he lost,” DeSantis said in an interview with NBC News posted Monday. “Joe Biden’s the president.” DeSantis
Continue ReadingBy Gabe Swartz and Melonne McBride Click here for updates on this story JOHNSON COUNTY, Kansas (KCTV) — A police pursuit for a stolen vehicle that hit a police car started at one QuikTrip location and ended at another with an officer-involved shooting that killed a suspect and left a Fairway Police Officer with critical
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Kaitlyn Bristowe and Jason Tartick have ended their engagement. “The Bachelor” franchise alums took to Instagram Sunday with the news. “After sharing the news with family and close friends first, and taking the time to properly process it ourselves, we are saddened with heavy hearts to share that we
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By Duarte Mendonca, CNN (CNN) — Devastating floods and other adverse weather conditions in Slovenia have killed at least six people and caused $500 million worth of property damage, a government spokesperson told CNN on Monday. Slovenia’s Prime Minister Robert Golob said on Saturday the flooding which began on Friday has become the “worst natural
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CNN By Duarte Mendonca, CNN (CNN) — Devastating floods and other adverse weather conditions in Slovenia have killed at least six people and caused $500 million worth of property damage, a government spokesperson told CNN on Monday. Slovenia’s Prime Minister Robert Golob said on Saturday the flooding which began on Friday has become the “worst
Continue ReadingBy CORA LEWIS and ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Business for scammers is booming. The most recent Federal Trade Commission data from 2022 shows that reported consumer losses to fraud totaled $8.8 billion. That’s a 30 percent increase from 2021. The biggest losses were to investment scams, including cryptocurrency schemes, which cost
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish officials say at least 12 people have been injured in an explosion at a port in the country’s northwest. The blast at a grain depot at the port of Derince on the northern shore of the Gulf of Izmit on Monday sent up plumes of thick smoke and dust. The governor
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CNN By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” tour paid $100,000 to keep all 98 Metro stations in the Washington, DC, area open for an extra hour after Sunday’s show at the outdoor FedExField venue was delayed because of heavy rain and lightning, a news release from the transit authority said. “Due to inclement
Continue ReadingMALE, Maldives (AP) — Incumbent President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and seven other candidates have registered to run in the Maldives’ presidential elections next month, the island archipelago’s fourth since becoming a multiparty democracy in 2008. Solih is expected to face stiff competition after democracy campaigner and ex-President Mohamed Nasheed split off from the ruling Maldivian
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk says he may need to get surgery before a proposed “cage match” with Mark Zuckerberg. The two tech billionaires seemingly agreed to an in-person face-off in late June. It’s unclear if a physical fight will actually end up happening, but Musk and Zuckerberg have continued to fuel interest in
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By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” tour paid $100,000 to keep all 98 Metro stations in the Washington, DC, area open for an extra hour after Sunday’s show at the outdoor FedExField venue was delayed because of heavy rain and lightning, a news release from the transit authority said. “Due to inclement weather
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has expressed concerns over Iran’s advancing uranium enrichment program and its suspected supplying of combat drones to Moscow for Russia’s war on Ukraine. Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi raised the two issues during talks on Monday with his visiting Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amirabdollahian, in Tokyo. Japan’s
Continue ReadingBy FABIANO MAISONNAVE, TERESA DE MIGUEL and ANDRÉ PENNER Associated Press GUAJARA-MIRIM, Brazil (AP) — In late June, the Amazon city of Guajara-Mirim approved a law that designates the Komi Memem River “as a living entity and subject to rights.” The author of the initiative is the Indigenous leader and Councilman Francisco Oro Waram, from
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By Eli Masket, CNN (CNN) — At least one factory worker was injured in an explosion and fire at a Sherwin-Williams paint manufacturing and processing plant in the Dallas suburb of Garland, Texas, fire officials said. Firefighters received a call at 1:21 a.m. Monday, according to a Garland Fire Department public information officer. When the
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — There’s no shaking it. Your chances of winning the lottery are extremely slim. After no big winner Friday night, the Mega Millions jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.55 billion. If someone wins it all on Tuesday, when the next Mega Millions drawing takes place, the prize would
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer WWE’s sponsorship revenue for SummerSlam rose 23% from a year ago to $7 million, the most for any event outside of WrestleMania. Sponsors for the event, which was headlined by Roman Reigns facing Jey Uso, included Slim Jim, C4 and Rocket Mortgage. SummerSlam, which took place Saturday in Detroit,
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una obra que le rinde homenaje a Sinéad O’Connor apareció en la ladera irlandesa en Bray, la ciudad donde se llevará a cabo su funeral este martes. El tributo a la cantante, quien murió el mes pasado a los 56 años, presenta letras blancas que dicen “ÉIRE SINÉAD”, con un
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Two people have been fatally shot on a fifth day of violent protests in the South African city of Cape Town sparked by a dispute last week between minibus taxi drivers and authorities. Police say a person was killed and three others were wounded
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Ryan Gosling knew just what to get his “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig for her birthday. According to the movie’s verified Instagram account, the actor, who portrayed Ken in the hit film, sent Gerwig a flash mob in honor of her special day. “As Kens know…. Sometimes the only
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — A man was charged with first-degree murder Monday after witnesses said a 9-year-old Chicago girl riding a scooter was fatally shot by someone upset over noise. The charge was filed against Michael Goodman, 43, in the death of Serabi Medina, Chicago police announced. “It just didn’t make sense. None of it made
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