By FREIDA FRISARO, TERRY SPENCER and DANIEL KOZIN Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A tropical disturbance that brought a rare flash flood emergency to much of southern Florida delayed flights at two of the state’s largest airports and left vehicles waterlogged and stalled in some of the region’s lowest-lying streets. “Looked like the
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are holding a vote as part of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s effort to drive an election-year contrast with Republicans on reproductive care. Many took to the Senate floor Thursday to make a series of speeches that highlighted personal stories of how people have been
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has made a triumphant return to Capitol Hill to meet with House and Senate Republicans for the first time since the Jan. 6, 2021 attack. GOP lawmakers find themselves newly energized and reinvigorated by Trump’s bid to retake the White House. This is despite
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By Angus Watson and Hilary Whiteman, CNN Sydney (CNN) — Australian authorities are investigating the distribution of deepfake pornographic images of around 50 schoolgirls, allegedly created by a teenager using artificial intelligence. The discovery comes as the federal government pushes for new laws to impose prison sentences on offenders who create and share images made
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The five Republicans battling for Utah’s only open U.S. House seat have agreed in a debate that they see an urgent need to reduce federal spending. But only some say cutting military aid to Ukraine would be an effective way to achieve that goal. The
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Robert De Niro showed up outside a Manhattan courthouse to decry Donald Trump as his New York hush money trial was winding down, it sparked a life-imitates-art screaming match with a nearby group of the former president’s supporters. “You are gangsters!” De Niro, who starred in
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Desperate hands clutched at Ali Elwan’s arms, legs and neck, and screams misted his ears, as he spat out saltwater and fought for three hours to keep afloat in the night, dozens of miles from land. Although a poor swimmer, he lived — one of just
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies have agreed to engineer a $50 billion loan to help Ukraine in its fight for survival. Interest earned on profits from Russia’s frozen central bank assets would be used as collateral. Details of the deal were being hashed out
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press BARI, Italy (AP) — A Group of Seven summit is opening Thursday with agreement on a U.S. proposal to back a $50 billion loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets as collateral, giving Kyiv a strong show of support even as Europe’s political chessboard shifts to the right. Diplomats confirmed
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — When the Group of 7 posed for its ritual family photo Thursday on the rocky Adriatic coast of Italy, the image was not of leaders at the height of their political strength. Instead, nearly to a person, the leaders assembling at a luxury resort in Puglia find themselves weakened
Continue Reading By Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene, Melanie Zanona and Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is back in Washington for the first time since becoming the presumptive Republican nominee as well as a convicted felon, holding a pair of significant, closed-door meetings with key congressional allies, vice presidential hopefuls and even a few former
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden is leading the world’s richest democracies in sending a beefed-up message to Russian President Vladimir Putin that the West will not forsake Ukraine despite political shocks casting doubts over its commitment. Biden meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Italy on the sidelines of the
Continue Reading By Lucas Lilieholm (CNN) — Israel’s military denied striking a designated “safe zone” in Gaza on Thursday after the official Palestinian news agency WAFA said a region filled with refugees was hit by “land, sea and air strikes.” Al-Mawasi, a coastal region west of Rafah previously designated by Israel as a safe zone for Palestinians
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COLUMBIA, Mo. The Columbia Housing and Development Commission has about $1 million to recommend for housing projects next year. On Wednesday, nine members held an hour-long discussion at City Hall to decide what recommendations they wanted to send to the City Council for the 2025 budget. Each organization that requested funding was given a score.
Continue ReadingBy SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown shared a long hug after helping Boston avoid the biggest collapse in an NBA Finals game since at least 1997. The reward? The Celtics stars are on the brink of joining the litany of big-name predecessors to put a banner above
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The head of the U.N. refugee agency says he understands that the Biden administration enacted new restrictions on asylum-seekers entering the United States, but cautioned that some aspects of the executive order may violate refugee protection required under international law. Filippo Grandi, the U.N. high commissioner for
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hunter Renfroe’s left big toe is not fractured, the Kansas City Royals said two days after the team initially announced it was broken by a foul ball. Kansas City said Renfroe is expected to miss two-to-three weeks, down from six-to-eight weeks. Renfroe was hurt Monday when he fouled off a
Continue Reading CNN By Kaitlan Collins, Zachary Cohen and Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — Former special prosecutor Nathan Wade says he believes Donald Trump will “absolutely” be put on trial in Georgia in the 2020 election subversion case – even if he wins a second term and he’s in the White House at the time. Wade resigned
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jose Trevino capped a six-run first inning with a three-run homer, Gleyber Torres added a three-run drive in the seventh and the New York Yankees romped over the Kansas City Royals 11-5 for their third straight win in the four-game series. Giancarlo Stanton hit a 449-foot, two-run homer into shrubbery
Continue Reading By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department on Wednesday began testing an updated online passport renewal program, according to a State Department spokesperson. The program will accept a small number of online applications each day for several months to track and address any issues, the department spokesperson said. The number of
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