By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s top election chief Jay Ashcroft is running for governor as a Republican. Secretary of State Ashcroft announced his campaign Thursday. GOP Gov. Mike Parson is prohibited by term limits from running again in 2024. Ashcroft has served as secretary of state since 2017. His
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen and Katherine Dillinger, CNN On Thursday, the US Food and Drug Administration announced its final decision to withdraw its approval of Makena, a drug approved more than a decade ago to reduce the risk of preterm birth that had been the only medication approved for the condition. The FDA says that the
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN The banking crisis caused by the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank has increased the odds of a US recession, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon told CNN’s Poppy Harlow in an exclusive interview on Thursday. Speaking in his first interview since the failure of SVB, Dimon said that
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN The banking crisis caused by the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank has increased the odds of a US recession, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon told CNN’s Poppy Harlow in an exclusive interview on Thursday. Speaking in his first interview since the failure of SVB, Dimon said that
Continue ReadingBy Rob McMillan Click here for updates on this story FONTANA, California (KABC) — A Sequoia Middle School language arts teacher is being criticized after she was caught on video repeatedly using a racial slur in class. According to students, the class was reading a Mark Twain novel when someone asked the teacher about the
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN The forthcoming overhaul of the Internal Revenue Service is intended to increase audits of the wealthy and big corporations while leaving audit rates on average households the same, according to a plan released by the agency Thursday. The highly anticipated outline details how the IRS will spend a new $80 billion
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El Servicio de Control de Inmigración y Aduanas de EE.UU. (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés) informó este miércoles en un comunicado que el fin de semana fue extraditado a EE.UU. Jorge Iván Gastélum Ávila, de 42 años, de nacionalidad mexicana, conocido con el alias de “Cholo Iván” y miembro
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Flay, Michelle Fisher Click here for updates on this story SILVER LAKE, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — More than a dozen trees were torched last month in Silver Lake, sending investigators on the hunt for a possible serial arsonist. There have been 20 tree fires since March 1, according to the Los Angeles Fire
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By ZEKE MILLER and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday laid the blame on his predecessor, President Donald Trump, for the deadly and chaotic 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan that brought about some of the darkest moments of Biden’s presidency. The White House publicly released a
Continue ReadingBy CNN The White House released a summary Thursday of the Pentagon reviews of the 2021 US withdrawal from Afghanistan. Read the summary here. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
Continue Reading By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed new rules for monitoring and limiting harmful emissions from chemical plants. The agency said it would significantly reduce cancer risk for residents who live near these facilities. The proposal would affect about 200 chemical plants that would have to monitor emissions at their
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE and LAÍS MARTINS Associated Press BLUMENAU, Brazil (AP) — They sent their seven-year-old to day care Wednesday and plunged into the deepest nightmare of any parent’s life. A man with a hatchet jumped over a wall and burst into a children’s center in southern Brazil, killing Larissa Maia Toldo and three other
Continue ReadingBy WCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story FAIR LAWN, New Jersey (WCBS) — Plans to demolish the once popular Nabisco plant in Fair Lawn, New Jersey have been put on hold. The plan was set for implosion a week from Saturday, but CBS2 has learned it will be postposed. A new date
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN The World Health Organization is monitoring the Omicron subvariant XBB.1.16, which has been identified in about two dozen countries. The subvariant has not been found in the United States, but it is similar to the XBB.1.5 subvariant that has been dominant in the country since January. XBB.1.16 has one additional mutation
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press The five people who were killed when a tornado barreled through their Missouri village were inside a mobile home or adjacent camper that were obliterated, authorities said Thursday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol released the names of the victims. Glenn Burcks, 62, lived in the mobile home.
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Las autoridades de México buscan a 23 personas provenientes de Guanajuato que desaparecieron en el vecino estado de San Luis Potosí, según le dijo a CNN una fuente de la Gobernación de Guanajuato este jueves. Aclaró que el grupo de 16 personas que la Fiscalía de San Luis Potosí anunció este miércoles
Continue ReadingBy WAKISHA BAILEY, KERRI CORRADO Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — An officer was injured after hundreds of juveniles caused chaos in Center City Wednesday night, Philadelphia police said. Police said the group was out of control — disrupting the city and vandalizing property. The incident unfolded at 11th and Market
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: CNN presenta el trabajo de The Conversation, una colaboración entre periodistas y académicos para proporcionar análisis y comentarios de noticias. El contenido es producido únicamente por The Conversation. (CNN) — Todos nos sabemos la rutina de memoria: “Por favor, asegúrense de que sus asientos están en posición vertical, las bandejas
Continue ReadingBy KOVR Staff Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — Authorities are investigating the death of an inmate at the Sacramento County Main Jail. According to the Sheriff’s Office, the 35-year-old man was taken into custody by California Highway Patrol on Wednesday for numerous felony assault and firearms charges. Later in the
Continue ReadingBy AMANDA STARRANTINO Click here for updates on this story MARTINEZ (KPIX) — Bay Area air quality regulators have released a new report mapping the areas affected by an alleged toxic release from a Martinez refinery and the results have prompted prosecutors to review the violations discovered for possible charges against the refinery. It has
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