By Alfredo Meza, Stefano Pozzebon and Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — The United States has said “it is clear” that President Nicolas Maduro lost the popular vote in Venezuela’s election last week, as a key opposition leader said she is in hiding in fear for her life. “Given the overwhelming evidence, it is clear to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A divided federal appeals court has ruled that separate, distinct minority groups cannot join together in coalitions to claim their votes are diluted in redistricting cases under the federal Voting Rights Act. Thursday’s 12-6 ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans overturns years of
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (AP) — A powerful Mexican drug cartel leader has made his second appearance in federal court in Texas after being taken into U.S. custody last week. Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada used a wheelchair for the hearing Thursday before U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone in El Paso. The 76-year-old Zambada is the longtime
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has found tremendous success from the very first moment he stepped onto the presidential stage by stoking racial animus. Democrats expressed new outrage this week at the former president’s derisive and false charge that Vice President Kamala Harris, who is of Jamaican and Indian heritage, only recently
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The fiery North Dakota derailment that burned for days early last month was the latest train crash to involve flawed tank cars the National Transportation Safety board has been trying to get off the tracks for decades. The NTSB said in a preliminary report released Thursday that the July 5 derailment near the
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri is banning the sale of drinks, candy and other foods made with hemp-derived intoxicating substances. Republican Gov. Mike Parson issued an executive order Thursday, citing health concerns and lack of research on Delta-8 THC and similar substances. The order will ban sales beginning Sept. 1. Candies and drinks with
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A former corrections officer at the Walker County jail has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal charge in the death of a mentally ill man who died of hypothermia after being held naked in a concrete cell for two weeks. Federal court records show that Joshua Conner Jones
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One is sparking speculation that he’ll be the choice by forgoing a weekend of swanky fundraisers in the Hamptons. Another watched TV commentators speculate about his viability as the pick while getting in a workout. A third is sticking to praising the newly minted presidential candidate who is closing in
Continue ReadingHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — More than a dozen third-party candidates for president, U.S. Senate and three statewide offices have filed paperwork to get on November’s general election ballot in Pennsylvania. The deadline to file was Thursday at 5 p.m. Pennsylvania is expected to have a decisive role in the Nov. 5 presidential election. A third-party
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Court filings are providing new details of what happened in the nation’s first execution using nitrogen gas. Kenneth Smith was executed in Alabama on Jan. 25. A corrections officer said in a sworn statement that Smith had normal blood oxygen levels for longer than he expected. The state theorized
Continue ReadingBy Cindy VonQuednow and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — The former bookmaker at the center of the gambling scandal involving Dodgers baseball star Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter Ippei Mizuhara has pleaded guilty to operating an illegal sports betting business, the Justice Department says. Matthew Bowyer, 49, pleaded guilty during a hearing on Friday to federal charges
Continue ReadingAP National Writer PARIS (AP) — Sunisa Lee gave herself the internal validation she needed by earning a bronze medal Thursday night in the Paris Olympics women’s gymnastics all-around finals. Lee was the defending champion in the event, but she dealt with two kidney diseases between Games that caused her weight to fluctuate. She finished
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Four Las Vegas teenagers accused in the fatal beating of their high school classmate have agreed to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter in a deal that will keep them from being tried as adults, lawyers said Thursday. The teens originally were charged in January as adults with second-degree murder
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two New York City police sergeants were shot Thursday as they struggled with a man suspected of sticking up a Manhattan mahjong parlor and stealing women’s purses. Police say one sergeant was hit in the groin and will be kept at a hospital overnight for observation. The other sustained
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A slew of legislation passed by Louisiana’s GOP-dominated legislature earlier this year went into effect Thursday. Between new conservative Gov. Jeff Landry, Republicans holding every statewide elected office in Louisiana and a GOP supermajority in the state’s House and Senate, measures mirroring national conservative priorities had a clear
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois sheriff whose deputy fatally shot Sonya Massey in her home after she called 911 for help says it will take the rest of his professional life to rebuild trust in his agency. Sheriff Jack Campbell said Thursday in an interview with The Associated Press that he was
Continue ReadingGRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say they have recovered the body of a North Carolina man who fell 400 feet near a scenic viewpoint on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. Park rangers say they received a report about a park visitor falling from Pipe Creek Vista around 10:30 a.m.
Continue ReadingBy Meghan Pryce, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Another reason to hate turbulence: one airline is removing a popular hot snack from its long-haul flights because of the burn risk — but only if you’re in economy class. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day: 5 things 1️⃣ Riches
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Rapp, CNN (CNN) — A suspect was arrested and charged with a hate crime in connection to the antisemitic vandalism of a Brooklyn art museum director’s home earlier this summer, the New York Police Department said Thursday. Taylor Pelton, 28, from Queens, was arrested Wednesday and has been charged with criminal mischief and criminal mischief as a hate
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — The head of the new governing body that hopes to run the next Olympic boxing tournament says he strongly supports the IOC’s policies at the Paris Olympics. He urged those without deep understanding of gender identity issues to leave those discussions to medical professionals and scientists. World Boxing
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