CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Clare Foran and Ted Barrett, CNN The Senate voted Wednesday to pass a long-awaited bill aimed at boosting US semiconductor production in a bid to increase American competitiveness. It passed with broad bipartisan support, 64 to 33. The measure now goes to the House for approval before it can be sent to
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story CHINO HILLS, California (KOVR) — More than 200 beagles that were rescued from a Virginia lab have arrived in Southern California and will soon be up for adoption. Priceless Pets, a volunteer rescue shelter located in Chino Hills, welcomed the former dogs who were previously
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WCBS) — Police say a man was stabbed in an unprovoked attack while working at a fruit stand in Brooklyn. It was caught on camera Wednesday afternoon on Lafayette Avenue in Fort Greene. Surveillance video shows the suspect grab the man
Continue ReadingIRVINE, Scotland (AP) — Lydia Ko has shot a second straight 7-under 65 to lead by two strokes after two rounds of the Scottish Open on the LPGA Tour. Ko finished strongly at the Evian Championship last week to tie for third place and has continued her good form in perfect conditions over the Dundonald
Continue ReadingBELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Spain’s prime minister has kicked off his tour of the Western Balkans with a visit to Serbia. He is offering his country’s support for the integration of the volatile region into the European Union. Pedro Sanchez held talks with Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade on Friday. In the coming days
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee intends to hold a hearing on Major League Baseball’s antitrust exemption as it relates to the employment of players in the minor leagues. There are two categories of minor league players. There are those with major league contracts on 40-man rosters, who are represented by the Major
Continue ReadingBy ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s no reason for China and the U.S. “to come to blows” should House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visit Taiwan during an Asia trip she is expected to make soon, the White House said Friday, underscoring the international tensions surrounding her travel plans. The remarks by National Security
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Cuando docenas de pueblos de Italia empezaron a vender edificios en ruinas por el precio de un espresso, gente de todo el mundo se animó a entrarle a la acción, y por una variedad de razones. No siempre se trata de perseguir el sueño idílico de vivir la Dolce Vita en
Continue ReadingBy DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Kwon Alexander is reuniting with Robert Saleh and adding a veteran presence to the New York Jets’ linebacker corps. The 27-year-old Alexander signed a one-year deal with the Jets on Friday. The move came after the team worked him out during the
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Samuel Alito mocked foreign leaders’ criticism of the Supreme Court decision he authored overturning a constitutional right to abortion, in his first public comments since last month’s ruling. The justice’s remarks drew more criticism as well as some support. Speaking in Rome at a religious liberty
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Voting technology company Smartmatic on Thursday subpoenaed former Attorney General Bill Barr in its $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, demanding he turn over any communications with the right-wing television channel’s personalities, executives, and owners. Specifically, the subpoena from Smartmatic seeks by September 16 any communication Barr had with
Continue ReadingBy RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Kabul emergency hospital says a grenade explosion during a game of cricket wounded 13 spectators at the stadium in the Afghan capital. No one claimed responsibility for the explosion on Friday afternoon at the International Cricket Stadium in Kabul, where several hundred people had gathered to
Continue ReadingBy CRISTINA MENDEZ Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — A vehicle explosion inside a parking garage that injured two people remains under investigation. Around 3 p.m. Wednesday, the Baltimore Fire Department and several other agencies responded to the 805 S. Caroline Street in Fells Point, which is the Caroline Street
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand and Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Russian government officials requested that a former colonel from the country’s domestic spy agency who was convicted of murder in Germany last year be included in the US’ proposed swap of a notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout for Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, multiple sources familiar with the
Continue ReadingBy Courtney Carpenter Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — When we call 911, we rely on them to quickly connect us to the help we need. During a 911 call placed last week, the caller says he was placed on hold for about three minutes, then when his call was
Continue ReadingST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — American golfer Sean Crocker retained his one-stroke lead at the Hero Open after shooting 6-under 66 in the second round of the European tour event. The star of Day 2 was Ewen Ferguson after the Scot made 11 birdies in a bogey-free 61 at Fairmont St. Andrews. Crocker backed up
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by phone to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday in the highest-level known contact between the two sides since Russia invaded Ukraine, with Blinken urging Russia to accept a deal to win the release of American detainees Brittney Griner
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NeighborImpact is using state funds to help people on the brink of homelessness stay off the streets, but they’re running out of funds to do so.
Continue ReadingBy Jasmine Minor Click here for updates on this story INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — John Akers has spent 26 years protecting and serving the community in law enforcement and working as a school resource officer. But over the years, he says his conversations have changed with the students he works to keep safe. He often is
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press MCDONOUGH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is taking aim at what he calls the “Biden recession” and spreading blame to Democrat Stacey Abrams while at the same time arguing his own state’s economy is good. Kemp said in a Friday speech in suburban Atlanta that his policies would
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