By Annie Grayer and Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans are planning to plow ahead with their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden in the event of a government shutdown, though a lapse in federal funding could present logistical challenges to their investigative work. In recent days, House Republicans – like all federal agencies
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CNN By Shawna Mizelle and Gregory Krieg, CNN Washington (CNN) — The political walls are closing in on Sen. Bob Menendez, the New Jersey Democrat under a federal indictment accusing him of corruption-related offenses. New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker’s decision on Tuesday to call for Menendez’s resignation, after days of silence on the matter, was
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Al menos 20 muertos, 34 personas detenidas, 600 minas antipersonales neutralizadas y nueve campamentos guerrilleros desmantelados es el saldo de las operaciones militares que las Fuerzas Armadas de Colombia mantienen en el departamento de Cauca, informó el Gobierno de Colombia a través de un comunicado. Las autoridades añadieron que las operaciones
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Among the first families to return to the burn zone in Lahaina is that of Leola Vierra, who spent nearly 50 years living in a home she designed before it burned down Aug. 8 in the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century. Vierra,
Continue ReadingBy TOM KERTSCHER Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers clinched the NL Central title for the third time in six seasons Tuesday night, despite a 4-1 loss to the last-place St. Louis Cardinals and with the help of a come-from-behind win by the Atlanta Braves. Milwaukee clinched its second division crown in three
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CNN By David Culver, Karol Suarez and Rachel Clarke, CNN Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico (CNN) — There’s a bustling trade in people and goods across the Guatemala-Mexico river border this week. But almost the entire flow of people skirts the route across the road bridge and tries to avoid official eyes by floating across the water.
Continue Reading By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The Republican-led House Oversight Committee subpoenaed a bank for Hunter Biden’s records and obtained two wire transfers from Chinese nationals to Hunter Biden in 2019 that listed President Joe Biden’s Wilmington, Delaware, home as the beneficiary address, the panel announced Tuesday. The subpoena, which was quietly issued on Monday,
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek says she has directed state police to launch new strategies aimed at disrupting the fentanyl supply chain and holding sellers of the illegal and often deadly drug accountable. Kotek made the announcement at a Tuesday meeting of her task force created to revitalize downtown Portland. The statement
Continue ReadingBy DANIEL SHAILER The Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Chanting from one to 43, relatives of students abducted nine years ago counted out the number of the missing youths as they marched through Mexico City Tuesday to demand answers to one of Mexico’s most infamous human rights cases. With President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — La huelga de guionistas de Hollywood terminó después de 148 días. Los líderes del Sindicato de Guionistas de Estados Unidos (WGA, por sus siglas en inglés) votaron de manera unánime para autorizar a sus miembros a volver al trabajo, luego del acuerdo tentativo que este domingo alcanzaron los negociadores sindicales con los
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By Yoonjung Seo, CNN (CNN) — Gaming has achieved an unprecedented milestone by being selected as an official medal sport for the Hangzhou Asian Games in the form of esports, but participating in the competition holds significant importance – and possibly life-changing implications – for some players. For South Korean male participants, winning a gold
Continue ReadingBy Fabiana Chaparro and Morayo Ogunbayo, CNN (CNN) — A migrant worker from Mexico died at a North Carolina farm earlier this month on a day when temperatures approached 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and his death is now being investigated by the state’s labor department. Paramedics responded to Barnes Farming in Spring Hope after receiving a
Continue ReadingBy JOHN O’CONNOR Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has obtained an original 1858 photograph of the future president with an interesting backstory. Abraham Lincoln gave the image as a memento to a severely injured man. Lincoln stopped for a campaign rally in a western Illinois town during
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — A pocos días de que el Gobierno de Estados Unidos se quede sin fondos, el Senado presentó un proyecto de ley bipartidista para evitar el cierre, pero no hay garantías de que se apruebe en la Cámara de Representantes, ya que un bloque de conservadores se opone a la perspectiva de
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Las últimas palabras de Angus Cloud, estrella de “Euphoria”, a su madre estuvieron llenas de amor. “Te quiero, mamá. Eres la mejor”, le dijo el difunto actor a Lisa Cloud, su madre, la noche de su muerte, según le relató ella a la revisa People. “Te veré en la mañana”, añadió
Continue ReadingBy DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Akil Baddoo and Parker Meadows hit consecutive homers to lead off a four-run eighth inning and the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 6-3 on Tuesday night. Zack Greinke pitched five shutout innings, and saw his winless streak grow to 22 games (19 starts) since a
Continue Reading By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Two fake GOP electors in Michigan asked a judge this week to dismiss their charges, arguing that state Attorney General Dana Nessel conceded that they didn’t have criminal intent when she said they were “brainwashed” after the 2020 election. Attorneys for fake electors Mari-Ann Henry and Clifford Frost on
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CNN By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman, Mark Morales, Evelio Contreras and Rachel Clarke, CNN New York (CNN) — Jean Carlos Marin-Espinoza has a smile as bright as the lights of New York City. Standing on a corner in midtown Manhattan, he talks about the generosity shown so far to him and his family –
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia held a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the columbia fire department’s new station, Fire Station No. 11. The new station – located at 6909 South Scott Boulevard — will have three apparatus bays, a training center and a Columbia Police Department substation. Columbia Fire Chief Clayton Farr Jr.
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By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The inauguration of two new electricity-generating units in Zimbabwe’s Hwange power station last month was not an unfamiliar scene when it comes to major infrastructure projects in Africa. There, in a rural corner of the southern African nation, government officials and the Chinese ambassador gathered to ribbon-cut
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