By MARGERY A. BECK and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Ten minutes before Vivek Ramaswamy was to take the stage in a dated casino hotel in western Iowa, no one was in the conference room except for two staffers from the Iowa GOP, which organized the event, and a group
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan textbooks contain maps of the region in which students learn to quickly point out their homeland as well as neighboring Colombia, Brazil and Guyana. But the map differs greatly from those in many other sources. It shows a much larger Venezuela, one that includes
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By Daria Markina-Tarasova, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — It can take years to fully train an F-16 fighter pilot. “Moonfish” – a Ukrainian military aviator – has about six months. Moonfish is the call sign of a Ukrainian pilot who is training to fly the United States-designed multirole aircraft. He spoke with CNN via Zoom
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Staring down another frigid winter and desperate to keep the lights on, Ukraine’s power grid operator has surreptitiously imported custom-built equipment designed to withstand Russian electronic warfare attacks with the help of US officials, CNN has learned. Engineers at US tech giant Cisco spent weeks building and stress-testing the new gear in
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Ronald Brownstein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s weakness in polls among non-White voters is boosting Republican hopes that the GOP is poised to extend its most important political breakthrough of modern times – and potentially to reshape the competition between the two parties along the way. The most consequential political gain for
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump may have found his “heads-I-win, tails-you-lose” legal challenge. However the ex-president’s appeal ends against a limited gag order imposed in his federal election subversion case, he can expect a benefit. If Trump prevails – or the three judges who heard the case Monday narrow the terms
Continue Reading By Andrew Carey, Oren Liebermann, Jessie Yeung, Tamar Michaelis and Sugam Pokharel, CNN (CNN) — Tensions are boiling over in Israel as frustrated families of hostages demand answers from the government about the fate of their loved ones and a deal for their release. “I demand their commitment that everyone is returning home. All the
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs were shut out for the third consecutive game in a Super Bowl rematch with Philadelphia on Monday night, allowing the Eagles to rally for a 21-17 victory. The Chiefs have scored just 53 points in the second half of games
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press SAINT THOMAS, Virgin Islands — Led by Alston Mason’s 21 points, the Missouri State Bears defeated the Abilene Christian Wildcats 87-69 at the Paradise Jam.
Continue ReadingBEAVERCREEK, Ohio (AP) — Police say a gunman opened fire inside a Walmart in Ohio and wounded four people before killing himself, the second shooting in 24 hours at a store operated by the retail giant. The attack happened Monday in the Dayton suburb of Beavercreek. Police said Tuesday that 20-year-old Benjamin Charles Jones, of
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jalen Hurts ran for a pair of touchdowns, including a go-ahead tush-push score in the fourth quarter, and the Eagles rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit to beat the Chiefs 21-17 in a Super Bowl rematch. Philadelphia exacted at least a little bit of
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso, Artemis Moshtaghian and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN (CNN) — The man who shot four people at an Ohio Walmart before taking his own life this week may have been at least partially inspired by racially motivated violent extremist ideology, the FBI said Wednesday, citing what it says were the shooter’s journal writings and
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By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Kyle Vogt, the head of General Motors’ self-driving car unit Cruise, resigned from the company late Sunday. His departure came the day after he apologized to the unit’s employees for problems that led to action from state and federal regulators in the wake of a series of
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — Desde Nueva Hampshire hasta Oregon, investigadores intentan descubrir cuál es la causa de una enfermedad respiratoria infecciosa que está contagiando los perros y que, en algunos casos extraños, ha resultado mortal. La misteriosa enfermedad se describe como una “atípica enfermedad respiratoria infecciosa canina”, dijo el Departamento de Agricultura de Oregon en
Continue ReadingBy Jillian Sykes and Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — The suspect in the disappearance of a Washington couple who went missing from their home last week and may be dead was a tenant who was about to be evicted, the sister of the missing woman said Monday. Karen Koep and her husband, Davido, have been
Continue ReadingKING, PAULINE DUTTON, JUSTICE DUTTON, CNN By Jillian Sykes and Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — The suspect in the disappearance of a Washington couple who went missing from their home last week and may be dead was a tenant who was about to be evicted, the sister of the missing woman said Monday. Karen Koep
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Josh Earley scored 19 points and Aquan Smart sank a jumper with 6 seconds left to spark Southeast Missouri State to a 70-68 victory Central Arkansas.
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A US Navy reconnaissance jet with nine crew members aboard crashed into water off the Hawaiian island of Oahu on Monday after overshooting the runway at a US Marine Corps base there, military officials said. There were no casualties aboard the P-8A Poseidon aircraft, a twin-engine
Continue Reading By Melanie Zanona and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson met with former President Donald Trump Monday night at Mar-a-Lago, according to a GOP source familiar with the meeting. Johnson was at Mar-a-Lago for a fundraiser for GOP Rep. Gus Bilirakis of Florida, according to two Trump advisers. Johnson and Trump met briefly, the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council unanimously approved a $575,000 appropriation from the city’s parking fund to buy the building located at 210 Monroe Street, the site of the Jefferson City News Tribune. The city previously approved the sale with the owner, Wehco Media, and the contract is set to close on Thursday,
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