Anaylsis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis runs for president looks to the final year of his first term in office, he is, again, turning to the nonexistent notion of widespread voter fraud to bolster his appeal with the Republican base. His latest proposal is the creation of something called the
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James is using a court filing to outline much of the evidence her investigators have gathered so far in her yearslong investigation of former President Donald Trump. The legal memo filed Tuesday claimed the Republican’s company used “fraudulent or misleading” valuations of its assets while seeking
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James is using a court filing to outline much of the evidence her investigators have gathered so far in her yearslong investigation of former President Donald Trump. The legal memo filed Tuesday claimed the Republican’s company used “fraudulent or misleading” valuations of its assets while seeking
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A cyberattack on a contractor used by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has compromised the personal data of more than 515,000 “highly vulnerable people,” including people separated from their families by conflict and disaster, the organization said Wednesday. The hack has forced the Red Cross to shut down
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CNNEE (CNN) — Indonesia aprobó esta semana el traslado de la capital de Jakarta a Kalimantan, una zona selvática al este de la isla de Borneo, donde se eirigirá la ciudad de Nusantara. El país había anunciado que cambiaría la capital en en parte porque se está hundiendo en el mar de Java. Pero no
Continue Reading By DIANE JEANTET and DIARLEI RODRIGUES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Some 1,200 police officers have been deployed to Rio de Janeiro’s working-class Jacarezinho neighborhood, marking the start of a state effort seeking to reclaim territory. It remains unclear how the program will differ from a prior initiative along similar lines. The operation,
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Cuando el nuevo coronavirus que causa la enfermedad del covid-19 — desconocido hasta ese momento—, llegó a pasos agigantados a Colombia, Patricia, una profesora de una escuela primaria de Concepción, Santander, en el nororiente del país, se sintió confundida por lo que podría pasar con ella y sus estudiantes.
Continue Reading By Zoe Brown, Shain Bergan Click here for updates on this story JACKSON COUNTY, Missouri (KCTV) — A man is facing several charges after a woman was found dead in the bathtub and her daughter was bludgeoned and left for dead on the bed this past weekend in Kansas City. They were discovered some 14
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By Paula Reid, CNN Congressional investigators are demanding information from former President Donald Trump’s onetime lawyer Rudy Giuliani about contacts with members of Congress and state election officials, his fee arrangements and any evidence to back up bogus and sometimes outlandish claims of voter fraud. A source who has seen the subpoena from the House
Continue Reading By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the Supreme Court’s conservative majority seem sympathetic to Sen. Ted Cruz in his challenge to a provision of campaign finance law that limits the repayment of federal candidates’ loans to their campaigns. The Texas Republican says the provision has the effect of deterring the loans.
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — At a Wednesday news conference marking his first year in office, President Joe Biden has called on the Federal Reserve to do more to fight inflation by pulling back on its monetary boosting of the U.S. economy. With inflation at nearly a 40-year high, public support for
Continue Reading By MORGAN LEE and CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is asking National Guard troops and state bureaucrats to volunteer to serve as substitute teachers as preschools and K-12 public schools struggle to keep classrooms open amid surging COVID-19 infections. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Wednesday announced an unprecedented effort
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Police say that a man serving a life sentence in Virginia on a murder conviction has now confessed to two additional slayings, one of which goes back 35 years. Fairfax County Police said at a press conference that Charles Helem has been charged with murder
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks have closed broadly lower on Wall Street and deepened the losses for major indexes this year following another choppy day of trading. The major indexes bounced between gains and losses throughout Wednesday, largely following the direction of technology stocks, which sold off in the afternoon. The sector
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks have closed broadly lower on Wall Street and deepened the losses for major indexes this year following another choppy day of trading. The major indexes bounced between gains and losses throughout Wednesday, largely following the direction of technology stocks, which sold off in the afternoon. The sector
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City man who attended the U.S. Capitol insurrection last year was sentenced to home detention and probation after he apologized for his actions. Carey Jon Walden was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days of home detention, three years’ probation and 60 hours of community service. The Kansas City Star
Continue Reading Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Ford, US Bancorp fall; Bank of America, Tegna rise.
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By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Wall Street has had a rocky start to the year: Stocks again finished lower Wednesday and the Nasdaq Composite closed in correction territory, defined as a minimum 10% drop from its high. For the Nasdaq, that last peak was its record close on November 19. On Wednesday the tech-heavy index
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Wall Street has had a rocky start to the year: Stocks again finished lower Wednesday and the Nasdaq Composite closed in correction territory, defined as a minimum 10% drop from its high. For the Nasdaq, that last peak was its record close on November 19. On Wednesday the tech-heavy index
Continue Reading By Karen Morfitt Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — The National Western Stock show honored the life of Martin Luther King Jr. Monday night by hosting the MLK Junior African American Heritage rodeo, part of the Bill Pickett Rodeo. It’s dedicated to celebrating Black cowboys and cowgirls and where the best
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