CNN Analysis by Ronald Brownstein, CNN (CNN) — Heading into Super Tuesday, former President Donald Trump remains on track to potentially win more primaries and caucuses than any previous Republican presidential candidate other than an incumbent. His performance so far reflects his success at transforming the Republican Party in his image. He’s reshaped the GOP
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Novels that give voice to the often unheard stories of migrants around the world are among the nominees for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction. The 16-book longlist announced Tuesday for the 30,000 pound ($38,000) award includes works by writers from Ghana, Barbados, Britain, the United States,
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By Katie Lobosco, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Education imposed a record $14 million fine on Liberty University, a Christian college located in Virginia, over violations of a campus safety law, officials said Tuesday. The Department of Education said it was the largest fine ever imposed for violating the Clery Act, which requires colleges
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KYW, CNN Opinion by Amy Bass (CNN) — Jason Kelce has left the building. And there wasn’t a dry eye that witnessed it. Monday afternoon, Jason’s now globally famous brother Travis entered the Philadelphia Eagles’ press room as his usual snazzy self – two-tone shirt, dark glasses and a pair of friendship bracelets circling his right wrist (including one that connected
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has donated his congressional papers to Tulane University’s Louisiana Research Collection. Gingrich earned a master of arts and a doctorate in education at the New Orleans university. He later became a teacher at West Georgia College before his selection to Congress in 1978. The Republican was
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Top State Department official Victoria Nuland will retire in the coming weeks, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Tuesday. Nuland departs her role as undersecretary of state for political affairs – where she played a key role in the US response to the war in Ukraine – as funding
Continue ReadingBy EVENS SANON, JOSHUA GOODMAN and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s prime minister landed in Puerto Rico on Tuesday, answering a key question on the minds of all Haitians ever since armed gangs plunged the long-suffering Caribbean nation into near anarchy: Where in the world is he? The embattled Ariel Henry,
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By Ibrahim Dahman and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Israeli forces opened fire on people waiting for aid on Monday night in northern Gaza, eyewitnesses told CNN. The shooting took place at the Kuwait Roundabout on Rasheed Street in Gaza City shortly before midnight, said one eyewitness, who had traveled there to try to get
Continue ReadingBy Steve Large Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — Sacramento friends and families are in mourning following the tragic deadly shooting of a dentist in San Diego. That dentist, killed by a disgruntled patient, was from California’s capital city. He was a member of the Mosaic Law Congregation synagogue. A class
Continue ReadingBy Dave Pehling Click here for updates on this story San Pablo (KPIX) — Police in San Pablo on Monday confirmed the recent arrest of a suspect in connection with the disappearance and murder of his wife and mother-in-law, according to authorities. According to the press release issued by the San Pablo Police Department, on
Continue ReadingBy Karen Morfitt Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — Plans are in the works to develop public transit to Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre as well as other mountain parks to the west of Denver. Red Rocks was the best-attended outdoor venue in the country last year with 1.65 million tickets
Continue ReadingBy JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press A Texas fire chief whose small town was among the hardest hit last week by historic blazes sweeping across the Panhandle died Tuesday while fighting a house fire, authorities said. The house fire that Fritch Fire Chief Zeb Smith, 40, responded to wasn’t caused by a wildfire, but Smith had
Continue ReadingBy Kirsten Mitchell and Anthony Bettin Click here for updates on this story COON RAPIDS, Minnesota (WCCO) — A man planning to help flip a house found himself in the middle of a massive rescue mission. Nearly 80 cats were found cramped and living in filth inside a foreclosed house on the 3800 block of
Continue ReadingBy Mike Sullivan Click here for updates on this story WOBURN, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A Woburn man is cleaning up the environment with sweat equity and his invention to catch trash in the waterways. It’s called the “crap trap”. It can be found floating in the water near Horn Pond. It is the creation of
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By Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — Goldbugs are rejoicing as their favorite precious metal continues to reach new heights. The price of gold rose on Tuesday to settle at $2,141.90 a troy ounce, notching another record high as investors continue to bet the Federal Reserve will cut rates in the back half of
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press The co-founder of a specialty pharmacy that was at the center of a deadly national meningitis outbreak has pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter in Michigan. Barry Cadden was co-founder of New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts. About 800 patients in 20 states were sickened with fungal meningitis or other
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Scientists have confirmed the presence of a whale off New England that went extinct in the Atlantic Ocean two centuries ago — an exciting discovery, but one they said that illustrates the impact of climate change on sea life. Researchers with the New England Aquarium in
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By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Former tennis world No. 1 Simona Halep has been cleared to return to the sport after having a backdated four-year ban reduced to nine months, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced Tuesday. The two-time grand slam winner was handed the ban in September 2023 after being found guilty of anti-doping rule
Continue ReadingOpinion by Daniel McCarthy (CNN) — If practice makes perfect, Nikki Haley is only making Donald Trump stronger by dragging out the race for the Republican nomination. The former US ambassador to the United Nations has no realistic path to becoming the nominee, losing almost every primary to date by wide margins. Yet she doggedly
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer Cardinals ace Sonny Gray sustained a “mild strain” of his hamstring in his most recent outing of spring training. President of baseball operations John Mozeliak said Tuesday the injury could keep him from starting on opening day. The three-time All-Star left his start Monday against the Nationals after 20
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