By Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson, Zahid Mahmood and Tom Booth, CNN The raids started after midnight in Xinjiang. Hundreds of police officers armed with rifles went house to house in Uyghur communities in the far western region of China, pulling people from their homes, handcuffing and hooding them, and threatening to shoot them if they
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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema says activists who confronted her outside an Arizona State university classroom and filmed her inside a restroom were not engaging in what she called a legitimate protest. The Democratic senator said in a statement Monday that the activists unlawfully entered the suburban Phoenix campus building, which was closed
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court — for the first time in more than a year — returned to its majestic courtroom on Monday to begin a new blockbuster term that will include a major Second Amendment dispute and a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade. The justices are taking
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NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball drew 45.3 million fans this year as fans gradually were allowed to return, down from 68.5 million over 2019 in the last season before the coronavirus pandemic. The commissioner’s office says this year’s MLB season averaged 18,901 for 2,397 dates. The Los Angeles Dodgers led the major leagues
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Wyandotte County Republican leader has filed a battery complaint against a Republican leader in neighboring Johnson County saying he forcibly kissed her at an anti-abortion event in August. Wyandotte County Republican Party Vice Chairwoman Stephanie Cashion told the Associated Press that she made a complaint to police last month accusing
Continue Reading By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Canada is getting deeply involved in a dispute over an oil pipeline in Michigan. Canada informed a judge that it is invoking a 1977 treaty with the United States. That step should suspend a lawsuit by Michigan to shut down the pipeline. Line 5 is operated by
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By JIM SALTER Associated Press Pope Francis has joined the chorus of people calling on Missouri Gov. Mike Parson to grant clemency to a death row inmate who is set to be executed for killing three people during a 1994 convenience store robbery. Ernest Johnson is scheduled to die by injection at 6 p.m. Tuesday
Continue Reading By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin is scheduled for a hearing next week on whether she should be held in contempt of court for failing to comply with a judge’s order in a public records lawsuit. Fourth District Judge Steven Hippler ordered the contempt hearing set for
Continue Reading By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin is scheduled for a hearing next week on whether she should be held in contempt of court for failing to comply with a judge’s order in a public records lawsuit. Fourth District Judge Steven Hippler ordered the contempt hearing set for
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Canadian National sharpened its criticism of the investor pressuring it to make changes at the railroad. The criticism of London-based investment firm TCI Fund came as Canadian National set the date for a special shareholder meeting for March 22. The meeting will allow shareholders to
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Canadian National sharpened its criticism of the investor pressuring it to make changes at the railroad. The criticism of London-based investment firm TCI Fund came as Canadian National set the date for a special shareholder meeting for March 22. The meeting will allow shareholders to
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Chen, CNN When New Jersey native Lauren Cho moved to California late last year she dreamed of a fresh start. The cross-country trip came at the right time, friends say, because the pandemic was wearing on her. A change of scenery was enticing and the 30-year-old was excited about the chance to work
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Chen, CNN When New Jersey native Lauren Cho moved to California late last year she dreamed of a fresh start. The cross-country trip came at the right time, friends say, because the pandemic was wearing on her. A change of scenery was enticing and the 30-year-old was excited about the chance to work
Continue Reading By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A court has set a Dec. 23 deadline for former President Donald Trump to undergo questioning in a former “Apprentice” contestant’s defamation lawsuit over what he said in denying her sexual assault allegations. Lawyers for Summer Zervos and Trump discussed the case during a Manhattan court
Continue Reading The Associated Press A global investigation has revealed how the rich and powerful have being hiding their investments in mansions, exclusive beachfront property, yachts and other assets for the past quarter-century. Collectively these assets are worth trillions of dollars. The investigation, dubbed the Pandora Papers, was published late Sunday and involved 600 journalists from 150
Continue Reading The Associated Press A global investigation has revealed how the rich and powerful have being hiding their investments in mansions, exclusive beachfront property, yachts and other assets for the past quarter-century. Collectively these assets are worth trillions of dollars. The investigation, dubbed the Pandora Papers, was published late Sunday and involved 600 journalists from 150
Continue Reading SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean police say they’ve detained an international group of migrant traffickers who have sent more than 1,000 migrants out of the South American nation, including lone children heading to the United States. The group also is accused of slipping people illegally into Chile. The Investigative Police said Monday that while making
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By Casey Tolan, CNN The company that operates the pipeline responsible for the oil spill off the Southern California coast has been cited by federal regulators for more than 100 violations over the past 11 years, including at least two that led to worker injuries, government and court records show. Beta Operating Company LLC, has
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — France and Spain are pressing for changes to rules governing the European Union’s energy markets as prices for gas and electricity surge. Sharp demand and limited supply are ramping up already-high utility bills. At a eurozone meeting in Luxembourg on Monday, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said “it’s time to have
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By Eric Levenson, CNN A leak in an oil pipeline caused a major spill off the coast of Southern California, sending oil spewing into the local environment and potentially harming wildlife and nearby human residents. The volume of the spill pales in comparison to some of the US’ largest such incidents, such as the 1989
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