By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Education on Thursday released a new report, recommending that colleges and universities adopt several strategies to increase diversity on campuses in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling that gutted affirmative action. “A college degree remains one of America’s surest pathways to a rewarding career, upward
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By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — While working in the West Wing under President George W.Bush, then-US Surgeon General Dr. Richard Carmona got a terrible telephone call from his daughter. After he had been missing, she found Carmona’s adult son in a catatonic state. He sat in the corner of his father’s home for two days
Continue ReadingBy Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — The husband of the owner and operator of the Bronx day care where a 1-year-child died of suspected fentanyl exposure appeared in California federal court to face charges, two days after authorities captured him in Mexico, officials announced. Felix Herrera Garcia, who had been on the run since the
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A driver who took an 18-wheel tractor-trailer inside a tunnel between Manhattan and Brooklyn despite height restriction warnings got wedged in. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says the truck driver entered the Hugh L. Carey tunnel going toward Brooklyn around 10 a.m. and made it a little more than halfway before getting
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s top elections official says the No Labels party can’t block candidates from using its ballot line to run for office. That could boost efforts by opponents to force the movement for a third-party presidential ticket to release more information about its anonymous donors. The determination
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN) — Los hackers chinos que vulneraron la seguridad de varias agencias del Gobierno de Estados Unidos en mayo robaron aproximadamente 60.000 correos electrónicos de altos funcionarios del Departamento de Estado, incluida información sobre itinerarios de viajes oficiales, dijo a CNN un miembro del personal del Senado. En una sesión informativa para senadores
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The second Republican presidential debate this week attracted fewer viewers than the first debate in August, with an estimated 9.5 million tuning into Wednesday night’s event. The debate was the second in a row that the front-runner, former President Donald Trump, skipped to have the spotlight follow him instead of his
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los republicanos de la Cámara de Representantes comenzaron este jueves su primera audiencia de investigación de juicio político contra el presidente Joe Biden exponiendo las acusaciones que presentarán, aunque sus testigos expertos reconocieron que los republicanos aún no tienen pruebas para demostrar la acusación que están formulando. La audiencia de este
Continue ReadingOpinion by Julian Zelizer, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans are weaponizing the government yet again. While a faction of hard-right Republicans in the lower chamber are driving the government towards a shutdown, the House Oversight Committee tried to connect the president to his son’s overseas business dealings in its first impeachment inquiry hearing on Wednesday. Several of
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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, Natasha Chen and Jack Hannah, CNN New York (CNN) — California is raising the minimum wage for fast food workers, marking a hard-won victory for those workers and union organizers. Amid chants of “when we fight, we win” from fast food employees and Service Employees International Union members in Los Angeles, California,
Continue ReadingBy RICH ROVITO Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Garrett Mitchell doubled, walked twice and scored in his first big league game since April, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0. Corbin Burnes, Julio Teheran and Ethan Small combined on a six-hitter for the NL Central champions. Burnes struck out four and walked
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El Instituto Nacional Electoral de México decidió en una sesión extraordinaria de su Consejo General que habrá tres debates entre los aspirantes a la presidencia del país. Las elecciones presidenciales se llevarán a cabo el 2 de junio de 2024. En la reunión, la consejera electoral Paola Ravel
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation and local law enforcement are asking drivers to put their phones down as traffic deaths continue to rise in Missouri. MoDOT held its Missouri Highway Safety and Traffic Conference this week where they discussed several topics including what is leading to the increase. “I think if you
Continue ReadingBy BROOKE SCHULTZ and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A senior adviser to Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro who abruptly resigned this week was accused earlier in the year of sexual harassment by a former coworker. The woman says Shapiro’s former legislative affairs secretary, Mike Vereb, subjected her to lewd and unwanted
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El caimán al que le falta la mitad de su mandíbula, y que fue llevado al parque de vida silvestre Gatorland después de que lo vieran deambulando en Florida, ya tiene nombre, anunció el establecimiento en un video publicado en redes sociales este miércoles. Y la inspiración del nombre elegido proviene de
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press A hostage situation in Nebraska has ended with the victim’s release and the armed suspect’s arrest. A woman was released from the western Nebraska home Wednesday afternoon after being held hostage for nearly 24 hours. Several hours later, police arrested a 37-year-old man who had crashed into the home’s garage
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Javier Milei, el presidente electo de las elecciones presidenciales de Argentina, se presentó como un “outsider” con un discurso agresivo y directo contra los políticos tradicionales que recuerda a otros líderes del mundo, como los expresidentes de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump o el de Brasil, Jair Bolsonaro. Sin embargo, este
Continue ReadingBy Danny Freeman, Brynn Gingras and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The family of Eddie Irizarry has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against two Philadelphia police officers, including the one who fired the gunshots that killed the 27-year-old during a traffic stop last month. The civil lawsuit seeks at least $150,000 in monetary damages, claiming
Continue ReadingBy DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Locals are still suffering from a massive 2014 waste spill at a copper mine in the northern Mexican border state of Sonora, officials with the country’s environmental agency say. They are confirming that the spill was not solely caused by dramatic rainfall, as was initially reported,
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The new chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says he’s considering policy changes toward Egypt, Turkey and other countries as he took over the powerful leadership of the panel. Veteran Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland is replacing indicted Sen. Bob Menendez,
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