By Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell addressed his colleagues behind closed doors on Wednesday about his health, telling them that his cognitive ability is not impaired and saying that he intends to stay atop the conference he has led for the past 16 years. McConnell, 81, went
Continue ReadingBy Mike Brookbank Click here for updates on this story LAKEWOOD, Ohio (WEWS) — Making waves in a hobby typically dominated by men. Statistics show that in 2020, women shopping for boats increased by a whopping 75%. That sharp increase has not surprisingly led to more females becoming boat captains and instructors. Good Morning Cleveland
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WEWS By Mike Brookbank Click here for updates on this story LAKEWOOD, Ohio (WEWS) — Making waves in a hobby typically dominated by men. Statistics show that in 2020, women shopping for boats increased by a whopping 75%. That sharp increase has not surprisingly led to more females becoming boat captains and instructors. Good Morning
Continue ReadingBy MEAD GRUVER Associated Press Strong backing from rural voters has enabled a former congressional staffer to win a Republican special primary to fill a soon-to-be vacated congressional seat in Utah. Celeste Maloy defeated two others to get the GOP nod to replace Republican U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart. The reliably Republican district covers northern Salt
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Abusada Click here for updates on this story NORTH RIDGEVILLE, Ohio (WEWS) — There’s a whole lot of history in Northeast Ohio, and some of the buildings here have been around for a lot of it. One of them, the Century Tavern, was built in 1818, just eight years after the first settlers
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The politically divided Virginia General Assembly has approved long-overdue budget legislation, sending it to Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Legislators met in a brief special session Wednesday to sign off on the bill. The spending plan would both reduce taxes and boost spending on public education and
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press A man awaiting sentencing for killing a Missouri police officer is challenging the constitutionality of a state law that allows judges to hand down the death sentence. A jury in June convicted 45-year-old Ian McCarthy of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Clinton Police Officer Gary Lee Michael Jr.
Continue ReadingCNN By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday called for “accountability” for the events of January 6, 2021, marking a notable departure from the White House’s policy of silence on former President Donald Trump’s legal issues. “Let the evidence, the facts, take it where it may,” Harris told the Associated
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) –Las autoridades del estado brasileño de Rio Grande do Sul confirmaron 39 muertos por el ciclón que azotó la región esta semana. También dicen que nueve personas siguen desaparecidas y 3.575 han sido desplazadas. El gobernador Eduardo Leite firmó un decreto por el que se declara el estado de calamidad pública en los
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi, Kyung Lah and Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday called on his party to turn away from what he described as a growing threat of populism led by his former White House boss Donald Trump and “his imitators.” In a speech delivered at the New Hampshire
Continue ReadingBy JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Faculty at West Virginia University have approved a symbolic motion expressing no confidence in President E. Gordon Gee as the university addresses a $45 million budget shortfall. The university’s faculty assembly also passed a second motion Wednesday calling for WVU to freeze ongoing academic program and
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Soaked with sweat as the temperature neared 95 degrees Fahrenheit (35 Celsius) on the hottest day at this year’s U.S. Open, 2021 champion Daniil Medvedev walked slowly to towel off between points of his victory Wednesday, looked into a courtside camera and issued what sounded
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Angela Bassett is going to have to wait a little bit longer to get her Oscar. The 14th Governors Awards has been delayed from November until January, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Wednesday. The Academy, which puts on the Oscars, decided to delay the event
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Mar-a-Lago IT worker Yuscil Taveras has struck a cooperation agreement with the special counsel’s office in the federal case over former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents, Taveras’ former defense attorney said in a new court filing. Taveras struck the deal with prosecutors after he was threatened with
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By Caroline Hogan Click here for updates on this story Kansas (KSHB) — John Ross and his wife, Lisa, joke that they’re attached at the hip. The two have been married for 31 years. At one time, they worked together at their company, Phoenix Photography. “She ran the company, she ran the business, and I
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing the Georgia case that accuses former President Donald Trump and others of illegally trying to overturn the 2020 election in the state on Wednesday denied requests by two of the 19 defendants to be tried alone, instead saying the pair would be tried together
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Today: Afternoon highs increase just below 80 degrees with partly cloudy sky conditions. Winds remain out of the northwest at 12-16 mph. Tonight: Overnight lows cool to the upper 50s with clearing skies. Winds remain out of the northwest at 4-8 mph. Extended: The remainder of the week sees drier conditions with plenty of sunshine
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By Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — A Washington-based advocacy group filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to block former President Donald Trump from the 2024 Republican primary ballot in Colorado, citing the 14th Amendment’s ban on insurrectionists holding public office. In recent weeks, a growing number of liberal and conservative legal scholars have embraced the
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story NANTUCKET, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Nantucket police said they arrested a man after a woman was rushed to the hospital from a yacht in the harbor. Photos taken by the Nantucket Current showed officers on the 70-foot-yacht Wednesday. Police said the woman was taken to Nantucket
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By Ryan Young, Kevin Conlon and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — More than 60 people have been named in a state RICO indictment filed in connection with the yearslong campaign by protesters in Georgia to thwart construction of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center – dubbed “Cop City” by detractors. “All 61 defendants have been
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