CNN By Clare Foran, Manu Raju, Haley Talbot, Melanie Zanona and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans picked Rep. Steve Scalise as their nominee for speaker on Wednesday, but the Louisiana Republican lacks the votes needed to win the gavel and it remains unclear whether he will be able to win over holdouts. Republicans
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Speaker of the House Dean Plocher (R-St. Louis) announced his bid for Lieutenant Governor on Wednesday in a press release. In his press release, Plocher describes himself as a conservative and showed support for Missouri’s abortion ban, as well as the Save Women’s Sports Act that was signed by
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE and FATIMA SHBEIR Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hallways filled with screaming voices. A terrible stench in the air. Wounded people streaming through the doors. Lifeless bodies and bags of body parts arriving in bedsheets. The scene at Shifa Hospital was a grisly reflection of the chaos around it.
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By Richard Roth, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Caitlin Hu, CNN (CNN) — At least 11 United Nations employees have been killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza since the weekend, the UN said Wednesday, even as it called for emergency funding to continue humanitarian work in the embattled Palestinian enclave. The UN staffers who were killed paid
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CNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s marriage has been a topic of interest for many in recent years, even to Chris Rock, according to Pinkett Smith. “Every summer all the reports would come out that me and Will were getting a divorce,” Pinkett Smith told People magazine.
Continue ReadingBy DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican government official says the military continues to obstruct the search for truth decades after the country’s so-called “dirty war” against leftist dissidents. The deputy minister leading the inquiry said Wednesday that the team of investigators withdrew last month after discovering military officials were hiding,
Continue ReadingBy SAM McNEIL Associated Press KIBBUTZ BE’ERI, Israel (AP) — Trudging down a cul-de-sac turned to rubble, an Israeli army commander stopped in front of one scorched home, its front wall blown wide open. Look at what Hamas militants have done, he said, to this close-knit community that only days ago brimmed with life. “Children
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — One of the people being sued by the Mississippi Department of Human Services over allegations of misspending welfare money has filed a separate lawsuit against Gov. Tate Reeves, saying the Republican is trying to protect political allies including a former governor. Austin Garrett Smith filed
Continue ReadingALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Spending more than three and a half days aloft and traveling more than 1,653 miles, a French ballooning team has traveled the farthest in the world’s oldest and most prestigious air race. Pilots Eric Decellières and Benoît Havret landed Wednesday just shy of the North Carolina coast. They and 15 other
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By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — The United Auto Workers union surprised Ford with a major escalation of its strike, ordering workers off the job at the company’s largest plant. Late Wednesday night, the union told 8,700 workers to strike at the Kentucky Truck Plant, which builds some of Ford’s most important vehicles, including the
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union significantly escalated its strikes against Detroit Three automakers Wednesday when 8,700 workers walked off their jobs at Ford’s Kentucky truck plant. The surprise move about 6:30 p.m. took down the largest and most profitable Ford plant in the world. The sprawling
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s promise for the US to “stand with Israel” continues a special relationship that dates back to 1948, when President Harry Truman became the first world leader to recognize the Jewish state, moments after its creation. There’s now a kibbutz named after Truman in Israel,
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — En América existe un rechazo cada vez mayor a la figura de Cristóbal Colón, el navegante que el 12 de octubre de 1492 llegó, sin saberlo, a lo que hoy son las Bahamas, logrando el llamado “encuentro entre dos mundos”. Hay razones para que así sea. No se trata
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Luisa González, del Movimiento Revolución Ciudadana, es una de las candidatas presidenciales que participará en las elecciones de segunda vuelta en Ecuador del próximo domingo 15 de octubre. En la primera vuelta del 20 de agosto, González obtuvo 33,25% de los votos, contra el 23,73% conseguido por Daniel Noboa, del Movimiento
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Daniel Noboa Azin fue la sorpresa en las elecciones anticipadas de Ecuador. Muchos atribuyen su paso a la segunda vuelta a su desempeño en el debate presidencial, en donde expuso algunas de las propuestas con las que pretende devolver al país la seguridad y el crecimiento económico, y derrotar al
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Eclipses are fairly common across the globe as the moon and earth frequently pass between each other and the sun. A solar eclipse is possible this weekend for parts of the United States, though nowhere will see total coverage. The upcoming eclipse on Saturday will be an “annular” eclipse, known for its distinctive ring of
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN) — El primer ministro de Israel, Benjamín Netanyahu, aseguró en agosto pasado que la cuestión palestina se había convertido en una mera “casilla de verificación” para los estados árabes que buscan establecer vínculos con el Estado judío, sugiriendo que se trataba de un asunto de dientes para afuera en favor de una
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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — First, it was Girl Scout cookies. Now, inflation is hitting Chipotle’s burritos and tacos. “For the first time in over a year, we will be taking a modest price increase to offset inflation,” Laurie Schalow, Chipotle’s chief corporate affairs officer, said in a statement sent to CNN.
Continue ReadingBy CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer After serving more than a month of in-school suspension over his dreadlocks, a Black student in Texas was told he will be removed from his high school and sent to a disciplinary alternative education program on Thursday. Darryl George, 18, is a junior at Barbers Hill High School in
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By MJ Lee, Zachary Cohen, Evan Perez and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration is still searching for concrete details about the condition of the handful of Americans believed to have been taken hostage by Hamas, including exactly how many the terror group may be holding captive in Gaza, or if they
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