By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are demanding that Hunter Biden appear this month for a closed-door deposition, rejecting his offer to testify publicly while pledging to release a transcript of the private interview for transparency. House Oversight Committee chair James Comer and Judiciary Committee chair Jim Jordan reiterated the parameters
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By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Adam Laxalt, one of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ closest friends in politics, is stepping down from his role as chairman of a super PAC supporting the Republican’s presidential campaign, a source with knowledge of the move confirmed. Laxalt, who was roommates with DeSantis during naval officer training, joined Never
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Michigan regulators have approved a $500 million plan to encase in a protective tunnel a portion of an oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes. The state Public Service Commission on Friday approved the proposal for the tunnel through the Straits of Mackinac. The project still
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By Rhea Mogul, Vedika Sud and Esha Mitra, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Behind the closed doors of bedrooms across India, the anachronistic opinions of a 17th Century jurist still guide the rules of sex between husband and wife. Englishman Matthew Hale famously considered women to become their husband’s possession on marriage, a belief written into English common
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — The bottom of every bottle of Dwayne Johnson’s Teremana tequila is embossed with the letters “TIJASI” – the first two letters of his three daughters’ first names. Sweet? Certainly. But to Johnson – a wrestler turned multi-hyphenate box office behemoth – he hopes it’s also a reminder.
Continue ReadingROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — The International UFO Museum & Research Center in Roswell, New Mexico, is celebrating an out-of-this-world milestone: 5 million visitors. The Roswell Daily Record reported Friday that a father and daughter from Roswell became the lucky visitors when they entered the museum Nov. 21. Chris and Hannah McDonald received balloons, memorabilia and
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — A horas de que venciera el plazo dado por Estados Unidos, el Gobierno de Nicolás Maduro y la Plataforma Unitaria de la oposición venezolana presentaron el procedimiento que acordaron para levantar las inhabilitaciones que pesan sobre varios dirigentes políticos. Noruega, facilitador de la negociación entre las partes, hizo público a
Continue ReadingBy HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man has pleaded guilty to firebombing the office of a prominent anti-abortion group last year. Prosecutors say 29-year-old Hridindu Roychowdhury threw two Molotov cocktails through the window of Wisconsin Family Action’s Madison office on May 8, 2022, less than a week after
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The future of Obamacare is once again in the political spotlight, with former President Donald Trump promising to replace it if he wins the White House next year and President Joe Biden vowing to protect the law if he stays in office. But the Affordable Care Act, as it’s
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE COMSTOCK Click here for updates on this story TEMECULA, California (KCAL) — Parents, students and teacher from Temecula sued their school district after the board approved a gender notification policy and a so-called ban on teaching critical race theory. The lawyers from the nonprofit civil rights law firm “Public Counsel” said that it
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A weeklong cease-fire that brought the exchanges of dozens of hostages held by Hamas for scores of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel gave way Friday morning to resumed fighting between Israel and Hamas. As mediators scuttle between the warring sides in a last-ditch effort to broker another
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Actress Jennifer Garner isn’t a helicopter mom. “I want to be around. But I also think it’s OK if they suffer from a little bit of benign neglect,” she told Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager on NBC’s “Today” this week. “Their lives are their own,” she said. “I’m not
Continue ReadingARLINGTON, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana coroner has identified the remains of a 17-year-old girl who vanished in June and whose body was found this week in a box buried on land owned by a man now charged in her slaying. The remains discovered Tuesday on property owned by suspect Patrick Scott were positively identified
Continue ReadingBy TAMMY MUTASA Click here for updates on this story WORCESTER, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Sara Kane is a brave woman. A armed man tried to breaking into her apartment in Worcester early Wednesday morning and she fought him off with a broom. Ring doorbell video from that morning showed a man stumbling towards the apartment
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to increase the number of troops by nearly 170,000 to a total of 1.32 million. The order came as Moscow’s military action in Ukraine continues into its 22nd month. It is the second such expansion of the army since 2018. Russia’s Defense Ministry
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will host its last home game for nearly a month, when Wichita State comes to Columbia on Sunday, Dec. 3. After that meeting with the Shockers, head coach Dennis Gates and company will be on the road, for 27 days, until they return to Mizzou Arena on
Continue ReadingBy Chelsea Robinson Click here for updates on this story LAKELAND, Florida (WESH) — A Polk County substitute is accused of sending explicit Snapchats to female students. According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, 33-year-old Jerron Dunn is being charged with sex offense on a student by an authority figure and transmission of material harmful
Continue ReadingBy EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The leader of a doomsday cult in Kenya has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for the illegal distribution of films and operating a film studio without licenses. The senior magistrate in the city of Malindi, handed down the sentence for Paul Mackenzie, who had
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TODAY: Steady rainfall has moved east of the area but drizzle and clouds are expected to linger all day. This will keep temperatures steady in the 40s. TONIGHT: Temperatures fall into the 30s, but remain above freezing to keep any slick roads from freezing. Precip should fully come to an end by midnight though clouds
Continue ReadingBy MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Flu is picking up steam while RSV lung infections that can hit kids and older people hard may be peaking, U.S. health officials said Friday. COVID-19, though, continues to cause the most hospitalizations and deaths among respiratory illnesses — about 15,000 hospitalizations and about 1,000
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