By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Matt Salmon is dropping out of Republican primary race for Arizona governor. Tuesday’s move comes a week before early ballots are mailed out and leaves the GOP contest a two-candidate slugfest. Salmon was widely seen as trailing former TV news anchor Kari Lake and
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration’s independent Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted Tuesday to support recommending inclusion of an Omicron-specific component for a Covid-19 booster vaccine. Twenty-one voting members of the FDA’s independent committee voted on the question: “Does the committee recommend inclusion of a SARS-CoV-2 Omicron component
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A British filmmaker who shot interviews with Donald Trump and his inner circle in the final months of the former president’s administration has been subpoenaed to testify in a Georgia investigation into whether Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in the state. Footage
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Bend’s Fourth of July fireworks show from atop Pilot Butte will blaze into the sky next Monday night, and other colorful, traditional displays are on tap around the area, despite challenges from staffing to supply-chain troubles and wildfire concerns that have prompted cancellation of some events around the West.
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Disney is bringing BTS to its streaming services, adding the world’s biggest band to its roster of digital stars. In an announcement shared first with CNN Business, the entertainment giant said Monday that it would add new original shows featuring members of the South Korean pop group
Continue ReadingBy Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Bob Chapek isn’t going anywhere. Disney’s board of directors unanimously voted to extend Chapek’s contract as CEO for another three years, the company said Tuesday. His new contract begins July 1 and runs until 2025. The news is notable not only because Disney is one of the biggest and best
Continue ReadingBy Jim Acosta, CNN Donald Trump documentary filmmaker Alex Holder has been contacted by the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office about his potential cooperation with the grand jury investigating the pressure the former President put on Georgia officials to overturn that state’s 2020 election results, a source with knowledge of the situation told CNN. Fulton
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — At least 2 million Americans don’t have running water or a working toilet at home, a crisis that costs the U.S. economy $8.58 billion each year, according to a report by California-based nonprofit DigDeep. These water access issues disproportionately impact Indigenous tribes, people of color, immigrants,
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — A former assistant soccer coach at the University of Southern California who created fake athletic profiles for the children of wealthy parents in the sprawling college admissions bribery scheme has avoided prison time after helping convict others in the case. Laura Janke was sentenced Tuesday in Boston federal court to time served
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — A former assistant soccer coach at the University of Southern California who created fake athletic profiles for the children of wealthy parents in the sprawling college admissions bribery scheme has avoided prison time after helping convict others in the case. Laura Janke was sentenced Tuesday in Boston federal court to time served
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — Mirar la historia críticamente para que no se repita: ese fue el llamado del presidente de la Comisión de la Verdad de Colombia, el sacerdote Francisco de Roux, al presentar este martes el informe final del grupo que ha dedicado miles de horas a recuperar la memoria del conflicto armado
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN The Bey Hive has another celebrity among its ranks: Lizzo. In a Monday appearance on the “The Late Late Show with James Corden,” the “Good as Hell” singer called Beyoncé her “North Star” during a “Carpool Karaoke” segment. Lizzo said she named her flute “Sasha Flute,” a play on Beyoncé’s alter
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has put on hold a lower court ruling that Louisiana must draw new congressional districts before the 2022 elections to increase Black voting power. With the three liberal justices dissenting, the high court short-circuited an order from a federal judge to create a second majority Black congressional district in
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung and Clare Duffy, CNN Business In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, privacy advocates have expressed renewed concerns about how tech platforms may handle requests from law enforcement for user data in states that outlaw abortion. But whether tech companies intend to hand over data on
Continue ReadingBy Jason Morris, CNN An attorney representing subpoenaed members of Georgia’s General Assembly has filed a motion with the Superior Court of Fulton County asking to quash subpoenas for at least two GOP state lawmakers to appear as witnesses in front of the special purpose grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. añadieron dos destinos a su categoría de riesgo alto de contagio de covid-19, entre los que se encuentra un país caribeño popular por sus playas. La República Dominicana y Kuwait, un país de Medio Oriente conocido por su oferta
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — The Mile High City is now home to three ice hockey champion. There are the Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche. There is also the NCAA champion University of Denver and Denver East High School, which won the national title earlier this year. There has not been
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government says the number of whales entangled in fishing gear has declined recently, but the entanglements remain a critical threat to rare species. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tuesday there were 53 confirmed cases of large whales entangled in gear in the
Continue ReadingBy RICH ROVITO Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — There was a stretch of homelessness while growing up. A constant shifting from one high school to another. The cancellation of an NBA draft training program due to the pandemic. A year proving himself with a G League developmental team. MarJon Beauchamp’s journey to the NBA has
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The news story that reportedly caused former President Donald Trump to throw his lunch against a White House wall came from an AP interview with former Attorney General William Barr. Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson on Tuesday testified before the Jan. 6 committee about
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