By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is blasting a Republican-ordered investigation into the 2020 presidential election as a “$700,000 boondoggle” and says election clerks should be “lawyered up.” Even more attention is being focused on Wisconsin and other states where Republicans are pursuing reviews of last year’s election
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Syria says invitations have been issued for a sixth meeting of the committee charged with producing a new constitution for war-torn Syria in October. The five previous meetings of Syrian government, opposition and civil society representatives have failed to make
Continue Reading By MAE ANDERSON and DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Businesses that have announced vaccine mandates say some workers who had been on the fence have since gotten inoculated against COVID-19. But many holdouts remain — a likely sign of what is to come once a federal mandate goes into effect. Even
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri couple have pleaded guilty for their roles in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in January. The Kansas City Star reports that 30-year-old Kelsey Wilson and 32-year-old Zachary Wilson, both of Springfield, each pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to a misdemeanor count of knowingly entering or remaining in
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By Annie Grayer, Clare Foran and Ali Zaslav, CNN Congress is barreling toward a mid-October deadline to raise the national debt limit, but Democrats and Republicans are locked in a stalemate over the issue with no clear resolution and the clock ticking down. Democrats want Republicans to join with them in a bipartisan vote to
Continue ReadingBy AYAH GALAL, ROB POLANSKY Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) — The state Senate will gather for a special session on Tuesday to decide if the governor will get to keep his emergency pandemic powers. If approved by state senators, it would be the sixth extension. Gov. Ned Lamont said
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Los padres de Brian Laundrie, el prometido de Gabby Petito, aseguraron en las últimas horas que no saben dónde está su hijo y que esperan que “el FBI pueda localizarlo”. Los padres de Laundrie emitieron un comunicado a través de su abogado Steven Bertolino, según varios medios de comunicación. El comunicado
Continue Reading By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a man who killed five people at a newspaper to more than five life sentences without the possibility of parole. Anne Arundel County Judge Michael Wachs ordered the sentence for Jarrod Ramos on Tuesday. In July, a jury found Ramos criminally responsible
Continue Reading By LORI HINNANT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Victims of the November 2015 terror attacks on Paris have begun testifying about the night that left 130 dead and dozens wounded. Five weeks of victims’ testimony is expected to lay bare the scars it has left among those who survived — and the people who lost
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By BRUCE SCHREINER, TOM KRISHER and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press GLENDALE, Ky. (AP) — When Ford revealed plans to ramp up its commitment to the electric vehicle sector, the automaker chose two states where Republican leaders have vilified the push for green energy and defended fossil fuels. The project is expected to create nearly 11,000
Continue Reading By BRUCE SCHREINER, TOM KRISHER and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press GLENDALE, Ky. (AP) — When Ford revealed plans to ramp up its commitment to the electric vehicle sector, the automaker chose two states where Republican leaders have vilified the push for green energy and defended fossil fuels. The project is expected to create nearly 11,000
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN The National Inventors Hall of Fame lineup is full of familiar faces: Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, the Wright brothers and Eli Whitney, along with many other mostly White men. Joining them in the next class of inductees are two Black women inventors who changed the way we work and see.
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin Nueva York (CNN Business) — Una semana épica en Washington está en marcha: el Congreso está lidiando con la reconciliación presupuestaria, un plan de infraestructura y el techo de la deuda, todo al mismo tiempo. El resultado sigue siendo incierto, y la prosperidad y los bolsillos de Estados Unidos están en juego.
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By John Sinnott, CNN English football is mourning the death of Liverpool striker and World Cup winner Roger Hunt at the age of 83. Hunt, who scored 285 goals in 492 appearances for Liverpool, died peacefully at his home on Monday following a long illness, said the English club in a statement on its website.
Continue Reading By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez praised Art Acevedo as “America’s best chief” when he recruited him to lead Miami’s police force just six months ago. Acevedo had a national profile as a progressive law enforcer in Texas. And as a Cuban refugee, born in Havana, he was
Continue Reading By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. military officer has told Congress he knew former President Donald Trump wasn’t planning to attack China and it was his job to reassure the Chinese of that fact in phone calls that have triggered outrage from some lawmakers. Army Gen.
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is sounding an urgent call for Congress to raise the U.S. government’s borrowing limit, a day after Senate Republicans blocked consideration of a bill that would have done so. Yellen is testifying to a Senate committee at a hearing to update Congress
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks fell broadly in morning trading on Wall Street Tuesday, led by more declines in Big Tech companies. The S&P 500 fell 1.4% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq gave up 2%. Microsoft, Google’s parent company and Facebook were down between 2.5% and 3.3%. The weakness in tech came as
Continue Reading By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence declined for the third straight month in September amid ongoing worries about the rapidly-spreading delta variant of the coronavirus. The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to a reading of 109.3 in September, down from 115.2 in
Continue Reading By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. military officer has told Congress that he knew former President Donald Trump wasn’t planning to attack China and it was his job to reassure the Chinese of that fact in phone calls that have triggered outrage from some lawmakers. Army
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