By Arlette Saenz and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN Washington (CNN) — Mitch Landrieu is stepping down from his role as White House infrastructure coordinator, according to a statement from the White House. A campaign official told CNN that Landrieu will join the Biden campaign as co-chair. Deputy chief of staff Natalie Quillian will lead the infrastructure
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Jonathan Majors has broken his silence in his first extensive remarks since being found guilty of reckless assault in the 3rd degree and a non-criminal charge of harassment as a violation. The actor sat down for an emotional and exclusive conversation with ABC News anchor Linsey Davis that
Continue ReadingBy RAHIM FAIEZ and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban-appointed prime minister has met with one of Pakistan’s most senior politicians in an attempt to reduce lingering tensions between the two countries. Both sides confirmed the meeting with Fazlur Rehman, whose Jamiat Ulema Islam party is known for backing the Afghan Taliban.
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By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Bill Belichick has said it’s “way too early” to make any decision on his future as the head coach of the New England Patriots. After 24 seasons and winning six Super Bowl titles with the team, rumors about the 71-year-old’s continued tenure in the head coach role swirled, with
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Sen. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) is working on legislation that would increase the penalty for swatting, following a swatting call to the secretary of state’s house on Sunday night. Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft was a target of a swatting attempt at his home Sunday night, Ashcroft posted on his social
Continue ReadingOpinion by Gene Seymour (CNN) — A handful of conflicting impulses were in play during Sunday evening’s 81st running of the Golden Globe Awards. The first, of course, is how much to take them seriously, a dilemma we’ve been struggling with for years. We’ll get back to that later. For now, we can say for
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El papa Francisco calificó de “crímenes de guerra” los ataques contra civiles durante las guerras, incluidas las de Gaza y Ucrania, y advirtió que el mundo se está deslizando hacia un conflicto global. “No hay conflicto que no acabe de alguna manera golpeando indiscriminadamente a la población civil. Los sucesos
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, who defeated Donald Trump-backed rivals twice in Republican-leaning Kentucky, announced the formation of a federal political action committee on Monday to support candidates across the country as he seeks to broaden his influence beyond the Bluegrass State. Beshear launched a PAC called
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By Yong Xiong, Simone McCarthy and David Culver, CNN San Diego, California (CNN) — They come with backpacks carrying a few spare changes of clothes and whatever money and phones they weren’t robbed of by criminals or cartels along the way, arriving at the United States-Mexico border exhausted from the stress of the journey north.
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — White House infrastructure coordinator Mitch Landrieu is leaving his post after two years and is expected to help push publicly for President Joe Biden’s reelection. The Democratic president tasked the former New Orleans mayor with setting up a system to spend more than $1 trillion over the
Continue ReadingBy MARK LEWIS Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Norwegian mass killer Anders Breivik has launched his second attempt at suing the state by accusing the Justice Department of breaching his human rights. Breivik murdered 77 people in a far-right terror attack in 2011. He claims that prison isolation since he was jailed in 2012
Continue ReadingBy JACQUES BILLEAUD and ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has vowed to bring accountability to a school voucher program that’s expected to top $900 million this year. She also said in her second annual state of the state address on Monday that she will seek to update laws that
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Welcome to the first real trading week of the year. Yes, last week technically marked the beginning of trading in 2024, but the volume of trading was lower than usual as investors savored the final morsels of their winter vacations. That meant that the trades made
Continue ReadingCNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is turning the last dash to the Iowa caucuses into a showcase for his claims of political persecution as he seeks to suck oxygen from his trailing Republican opponents. Trump’s expected juggle of courtroom appearances and campaign events this week will stand as an metaphor
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By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — There was a time when Chris Kirk thought he might never play on the PGA Tour again, let alone win a tournament. In Hawaii on Sunday, he saw in 2024 with his second triumph in less than a year. A stunning birdie at the penultimate hole fired the American
Continue ReadingBy ALI ZERDIN Associated Press LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia’s rescuers have successfully extracted five people who had been trapped in a cave for more than two days because of high water levels. A doctor says no one needed medical help and all have taken the ordeal well. A family of three adults and their
Continue Reading By Arya Jyothi, CNN (CNN) — The 900-year-old Tower of London is the UK’s most popular historic attraction, with more than 3 million visitors entering its gates to explore its ancient corridors, view the royal Crown Jewels, and encounter its legendary ravens and distinctively attired “Beefeater” Yeoman Warder guards. But there’s one secret they don’t
Continue ReadingBy SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — The slaying of a South Korean woman during an initiation process for a group that called itself Soldiers of Christ has shocked the large Korean American community in metro Atlanta. Community leaders say Korean Americans need to be more vigilant to protect against religious cults and
Continue Reading By Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — Rescuers successfully freed five people from a cave in Slovenia on Monday, two days after the group went missing. Two guides and three tourists entered the cave, named Križna Jama (or “Cross Cave”), in southern Slovenia on Saturday morning, after a period of heavy rain, and failed to return later that
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The number of people applying for asylum in Germany rose to 351,915 in 2023, an increase of 51.1% compared with the year before. Germany’s Federal Office for Migration and Refugees said Monday that the largest number of asylum-seekers came from Syria, with 104,561 applications, followed by 62,624 Turkish citizens and 53,582 Afghans.
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