By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former baseball MVP Steve Garvey is joining the race to succeed the late California Sen. Dianne Feinstein. The Republican Garvey gives his party a splash of star quality on the ballot in a heavily Democratic state where the GOP hasn’t won a U.S. Senate
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Russia will not be allowed to take part in qualifying for the Under-17 European Championship this month after all. European soccer governing body UEFA decided on Tuesday it could not insert Russia into its men’s and women’s youth competitions following widespread opposition from member federations.
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press WAYNE, Mich. (AP) — On the picket lines at a Ford factory west of Detroit, many striking workers don’t think the electric vehicle revolution is coming for their jobs — at least not in the near future. But just in case, they’re backing United Auto Workers President
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — There should be no effort to impeach a liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justice based on what is known now, a former justice advised the Republican legislative leader who asked him to review the issue. That is what former Justice David Prosser advised Assembly Speaker Robin Vos
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By Chris Isidore and Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — August 2016 was, at the time, the planet’s hottest month on record. In Freehold, New Jersey, where Jim Klenk was driving his usual route for UPS, midday temperatures were hitting highs in the 80s and 90s. During one of those punishing late-summer days, Klenk,
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Arnold Schwarzenegger habla de envejecimiento. El exgobernador de California, estrella de cine de acción y físicoculturista dice que recuerda un momento en el que su cuerpo se sentía “poderoso”. Ahora, a los 76 años, no siente lo mismo. Schwarzenegger apareció en “The Howard Stern Show” de SiriusXM, donde dijo que mantiene
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky and Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — Snack and beverage maker PepsiCo has so far seen “negligible” impact on its business from drugs used for weight loss or diabetes, CEO Ramon Laguarta said during an analyst call Tuesday. Still, he said, the company is keeping an eye on them: “We’re observing
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By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to reducing stigma around suicide, not treating it as the elephant in the room is helpful, say mental health experts. But it’s not just talking about it that matters, it’s also about what you say and how you say it — which is why some have
Continue Reading By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Everything about financing a home purchase surged last year, from mortgage rates to fees and discount points, according to a report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on mortgage costs. After the Federal Reserve began a historic campaign to rein in inflation, mortgage rates skyrocketed from a
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Authorities say several more people suspected of being involved in planning a far-right coup and plotting to kidnap the German health minister have been arrested in raids in a number of regions. Prosecutors have said the group intended to create “conditions similar to civil war” by using explosives to cause nationwide blackouts,
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Más de 100 cadáveres fueron encontrados en el kibutz israelí Be’eri, a medida que se van conociendo detalles del horror que se desató cuando los militantes palestinos de Hamas lanzaron su mortífero ataque sorpresa. Be’eri, una comunidad agrícola autosuficiente de 1.000 residentes cerca de Gaza, fue uno de los primeros
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CNN By Abbas Al Lawati and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Israel has declared war on the Palestinian militant group Hamas after it carried out an unprecedented attack by air, sea and land on Saturday. The large-scale surprise assault has left at least 900 dead in Israel, prompting a lethal volley of retaliatory Israeli airstrikes
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By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — They were only planning to drop in on a friend, but the lives of Robin Johnson and Jim Thaman changed for good when they paid a visit to Cajarc, a small village in southwestern France, in the summer of 2001. The US couple, who had been enjoying a vacation
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — In just one night, more than a thousand migrating birds died after crashing into a single building in Chicago, due to what experts say was a deadly combination of migration season, difficult weather, and a lack of “bird-friendly” building measures. The Chicago Field Museum collected more than a thousand
Continue Reading By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Corporate America is railing against striking workers, claiming unions are demanding too much. Give in, and companies will be less profitable and at a competitive disadvantage, big business has said. So you’d think companies that faced union action would be put in a difficult financial position —
Continue Reading By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — After declaring a national blood shortage and announcing that the United States’ blood supply has fallen to “critically low levels,” the American Red Cross is urging high schools to bring back blood drives. The nonprofit, which provides about 40% of the nation’s blood and blood components, says the distribution
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — A strike at General Motors’ Canadian plants is over less than a day after it started, according Unifor, the union that represents more than 4,000 autoworkers at the company. The strike had begun 11:59 pm Monday when Unifor said GM had refused to agree to a deal
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — A senior Russian diplomat says that Moscow will move to revoke the ratification of a global nuclear test ban to put itself on par with the United States but will only resume nuclear tests if Washington does it first. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters Tuesday that Moscow will rescind the
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — El ministro de Asuntos Exteriores, Unión Europea y Cooperación en funciones, José Manuel Albares, informó este martes en una entrevista concedida al programa de televisión Espejo Público de la cadena Antena 3 que están organizando una operación para repatriar a aquellos españoles que se han quedado atrapados en Israel.
Continue ReadingBy JACKIE VALLEY of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON (AP) — Inside a high school classroom, Bryan Martinez jots down several purchases that would require a short-term savings plan: shoes, phone, headphones, clothes, and food. His medium-term financial goals take a little more thought, but he settles on a car — he doesn’t have one
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