By LISA MASCARO, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Democratic leaders in Congress have edged close to a deal on their big package of social services and climate change strategies. They’ve gone past Friday’s informal deadline, but negotiations are expected to continue into the weekend in an
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Rick gathered force off Mexico’s southern Pacific coast and is forecast to hit that coast by Monday as a Category 3 storm. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Rick may be a major hurricane with winds as high as 120 miles per hour (195 kph) before hitting land somewhere between
Continue ReadingBy Dan Merica, CNN Former President Barack Obama urged voters to shake off their exhaustion with politics during his first in-person foray onto the campaign trail in 2021, telling voters in Virginia, “we can’t afford to be tired.” Obama, in remarks supporting Virginia’s Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe, lambasted his opponent Glenn Youngkin, repeatedly mocking
Continue ReadingBy Dan Merica, CNN Former President Barack Obama urged voters to shake off their exhaustion with politics during his first in-person foray onto the campaign trail in 2021, telling voters in Virginia, “we can’t afford to be tired.” Obama, in remarks supporting Virginia’s Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe, lambasted his opponent Glenn Youngkin, repeatedly mocking
Continue ReadingBy Alejandra Palacios Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Street Angels Milwaukee Outreach is raising awareness on the needs of the homeless community with a 48 hour challenge and fundraiser where a group of volunteers put themselves in the shoes of those who are homeless by living outside in the
Continue Reading By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan police say one person has been killed and seven others injured in an explosion at an eatery in a suburb of the capital, Kampala.Police said in a statement late Saturday that it had deployed a bomb squad following “a serious blast” around 9 p.m. local
Continue Reading By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va (AP) — Former President Barack Obama has offered a sharp rebuke of the Republican candidate for Virginia governor while campaigning for the Democrat in the closely contested race. Obama spoke at a rally Saturday in Richmond and accused Republican Glenn Youngkin of encouraging what Obama called “lies and
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Prepárate para llorar. Meadow Walker, hija del fallecido actor Paul Walker, se casó con el actor Louis Thornton-Allan a principios de este mes. El coprotagonista de “Fast & Furious” de Walker, Vin Diesel, entregó en el altar a la hija de su viejo amigo. El momento fue capturado en una
Continue Reading THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — The California highway connecting visitors to the world’s two largest sequoia trees will stay closed so crews can remove as many as 10,000 trees weakened by wildfires, drought, disease or age. A fire closed the highway and it will stay closed after the blaze is out so that crews can
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) – El descubrimiento de los restos de Brian Laundrie pone fin a una persecución que se había apoderado del país durante semanas mientras los investigadores buscaban en una reserva natural de Florida al joven de 23 años, quien regresó a casa el mes pasado de un viaje por carretera sin su
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AVERY OSEN Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Caleb Williams threw two touchdown pass, ran 40-yards for a score on a pivotal fourth down and No. 3 Oklahoma rallied to beat Kansas 35-23 and avoid an enormous upset. The Sooners trailed by double figures on two occasions — including 10-0 at the half —- but
Continue Reading LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Skylar Thompson passed for 296 yards and the game-winning touchdown and Kansas State came up with sacks on Texas Tech’s final two plays to take a 25-24 victory Saturday. Thompson’s TD pass to Deuce Vaughn with just over six minutes left helped the Wildcats snap an eight-game Big 12 Conference losing
Continue Reading BARDSTOWN, Ky. (AP) — Striking workers at one of the world’s largest bourbon producers are scheduled to vote on a new contract with Heaven Hill on Saturday. About 420 members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 23D went on strike about six weeks ago. They formed picket lines at the company’s operations in Bardstown,
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BARDSTOWN, Ky. (AP) — Striking workers at one of the world’s largest bourbon producers are scheduled to vote on a new contract with Heaven Hill on Saturday. About 420 members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 23D went on strike about six weeks ago. They formed picket lines at the company’s operations in Bardstown,
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Detectives have made an arrest in the death of a 21-year-old man who was shot in northeast Des Moines. Police said Saturday in a news release that 27-year-old Darren Antwon Diggs was charged with first-degree murder and robbery. Police say Digg and the victim knew each other and that the
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The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 5.6% on Saturday. An additional 877 new COVID-19 cases were added bringing the total of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic is now 697,441. There have also been 149,857 probable antigen test results being positive, with 310 added Saturday. Three new deaths were
Continue Reading By CEDAR ATTANASIO, MORGAN LEE and MICHELLE L. PRICE The Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Hours before actor Alec Baldwin fired a fatal gunshot from a prop gun that he had been told was safe, seven camera crew members for the movie he was filming walked off the job to protest conditions and
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By Alaa Elassar and Melissa Alonso, CNN One person was killed and seven more were injured in a shooting incident at an off-campus party near Fort Valley State University (FVSU) in Georgia on Saturday. The Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GBI) is investigating the fatal overnight shooting, the agency said in a tweet. It was Homecoming
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A 69-year-old man is dead after getting out of a vehicle to check damage to a car that had just hit a deer. The Iowa State Patrol says Steven Kohli of Iowa City was on the side of the road Friday evening checking damages to the car when the driver
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By Kareem El Damanhoury, CNN Saudi Arabia plans to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2060, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) said Saturday ahead of COP26, the 26th UN Climate Change Conference. The country aims to reach its goal “through its circular carbon economy approach in line with the kingdom’s development plans,” bin Salman said
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