By MEG KINNARD and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Republican Nikki Haley has kicked off her 2024 presidential campaign. She’s highlighting her biography while trying to sidestep the looming presence of her onetime boss, former President Donald Trump. On Tuesday, the former South Carolina governor released a short video announcing her
Continue Reading DENVER (AP) — The death of a man who was handcuffed after a mental health team responded to a call of him walking out into traffic last year was ruled a homicide according to an autopsy report. Lawyers for the family of Kevin Dizmang released the report Wednesday along with body camera footage. The report
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN It’s a new era for pop superstar Rihanna and her partner, rapper A$AP Rocky, is along for the ride. “We’re best friends with a baby,” the Grammy winner said of A$AP Rocky in a new interview with British Vogue. Rihanna added that while the couple have always been “on the same
Continue Reading By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican and Democratic senators who have been arguing over how much money to give the IRS and how it should be spent found at least one point of unanimity Wednesday as they considered President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the agency: Both sides wished Danny Werfel good
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer and Alayna Treene, CNN House Judiciary Republicans have subpoenaed the chief executive officers of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft for information about their companies’ communications with the executive branch over how their content is moderated. The move by committee Chairman Jim Jordan is a notable escalation as part of the House
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN It was party time in Missouri on Wednesday as the Chiefs continued their celebrations after Sunday’s Super Bowl win with a parade through the streets of Kansas City and a rally where two-time Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes told the crowd he was planning to see them in the same place
Continue Reading KINGWOOD, W.Va. (AP) — An arrest has been made in the cold case slaying of a 13-year-old West Virginia boy. News outlets cited a statement on Tuesday from the Preston County Sheriff in reporting that 56-year-old David Monroe Adams was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Jerimiah “Jerry” Matthew Watkins. The teen’s body
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The chancellor at New Mexico State expressed his confidence in athletic director Mario Moccia less than a week after the men’s basketball team was shut down for what the chancellor said was a culture of bad behavior, egregious violations of the student code of conduct and other “despicable acts.”
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed a bill expanding a controversial state program to transport migrants. “Florida is using all tools available to protect our citizens from Biden’s open border policies,” DeSantis wrote on Twitter. “I am glad to have signed legislation to continue the program of transporting illegal aliens
Continue Reading By CURT ANDERSON, MICHELLE L. PRICE and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Matt Gaetz says the Justice Department has ended a sex trafficking case with no charges against him. Gaetz, who represents much of the Florida Panhandle, issued a statement through his congressional office that the long-running investigation was over. Gaetz had
Continue ReadingBy Rick Karle Click here for updates on this story AUBURN, Alabama (WVTM) — Craig Noyes is kind of a big deal. He’s a 20-year-old college sophomore who has big dreams. He’s an Auburn student majoring in sports journalism. He’s never owned a car, never played 18 holes of golf. Today, he’s a superstar. “I
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are mixed on Wall Street Wednesday after a report showed U.S. shoppers opened their wallets at retail stores last month much more than expected. The S&P 500 was little changed in afternoon trading after paring a larger early loss. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
Continue Reading By FATIMA HUSSEIN, JOSH BOAK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Budget Office says it expects the U.S. economy to stagnate this year. It projects that the unemployment rate will jump to 5.1% — a bleak outlook that was paired with a 10-year projection that publicly held U.S. debt would nearly
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope just peered into a celestial Pandora’s box to see what lies beyond a megacluster of galaxies. The space observatory observed Pandora’s Cluster, also known as Abell 2744, where three massive clusters of galaxies are merging. The group of galaxy clusters acts as a magnifying glass for
Continue Reading By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is calling for making preschool available to every 3- and 4-year-old in the state within four years, starting with a $440 million investment to bring 5,000 additional children into the program this fall. Details about the “Smart Start Illinois” program dominated
Continue ReadingBy Joe Vigil Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — Quentin Savwoir, President of the Las Vegas branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, says cell phone footage taken of a student being slammed to the ground is disturbing to him. And he said a public
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s political leaders are making their case for moving the FBI headquarters to the state, arguing that the federal government would be wise to follow the steps of Amazon and other corporate leaders that have come to the commonwealth. Gov. Glenn Youngkin, U.S. Sens. Mark Warner
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — La fiscal Saritha Komatireddy inició este miércoles los alegatos finales de la acusación en el juicio contra el exsecretario de Seguridad Pública de México, Genaro García Luna, lo cuales podrían tomar todo el día. El jueves el caso pasaría a manos del jurado, que se prevé podría seguir deliberando
Continue ReadingBy Marcos Icahuate Click here for updates on this story SAHUARITA, Arizona (KGUN) — Sahuarita High School students helped in the construction of tiny homes as part of a workforce skills course. The school’s Construction Technology and Architectural Drafting teacher Adrian Morales lead the project. “Tiny homes” have become a popular alternative to lower-cost residences
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco, CNN The federal government will be unable to fully pay its obligations sometime between July and September if Congress doesn’t address the debt limit before then, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday. That’s when the agency expects the Treasury Department will exhaust its ability to borrow additional funds using
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