By JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican National Committee says it is planning a rules change that would force presidential candidates seeking the party’s nomination to sign a pledge saying they will not participate in any debates sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates. If ultimately enacted and enforced,
Continue ReadingBy Liz Stark The US Energy Department is launching a Clean Energy Corps to help implement the recent bipartisan infrastructure law and develop clean-energy solutions to the climate crisis, the agency announced Thursday. The Clean Energy Corps — which will comprise staff from over a dozen offices across the department — will also seek to
Continue ReadingRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil coach Tite has announced his squad for two upcoming World Cup qualifier matches, leaving out injured star Neymar and noting that defender Renan Lodi wasn’t selected because he hasn’t been vaccinated against COVID-19. Team director Juninho Paulista noted that Lodi wouldn’t have been able to enter Ecuador for an
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has sided with conservatives, ruling that absentee ballot drop boxes cannot be located anywhere other than at offices of local clerks and that no one other than the voter may return such a ballot. Thursday’s ruling, if it stands, means that no ballot
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Un tribunal de Alemania condenó a un excoronel del Ejército de Siria a cadena perpetua sin posibilidad de libertad condicional, en el primer juicio por tortura contra el régimen del presidente Bashar al-Assad. Anwar Raslan, un alto funcionario del régimen, lideró la unidad de investigación en un destacado centro de detención de
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Lael Brainard, President Joe Biden’s nominee for the Federal Reserve’s No. 2 spot, said Thursday that combating high inflation is the Fed’s top priority and promised the Fed could bring it down without sacrificing job growth. Brainard’s elevation of inflation-fighting as the Fed’s top goal is
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Lael Brainard, President Joe Biden’s nominee for the Federal Reserve’s No. 2 spot, said Thursday that combating high inflation is the Fed’s top priority and promised the Fed could bring it down without sacrificing job growth. Brainard’s elevation of inflation-fighting as the Fed’s top goal is
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Bolivia informó este miércoles que el juicio contra la expresidenta Jeanine Áñez iniciará próximamente. El anuncio despertó críticas de la defensa de la exmandataria, la cual aseguró a CNN que aún no han recibido una notificación oficial por parte de los tribunales. En un mensaje
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — GOP Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says he has no regrets about his response to the coronavirus pandemic, even if Republican voters who thought he went too far are angry enough to vote him out in the upcoming May primary. DeWine is running for
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Herb, Jennifer Hansler, Alex Marquardt and Kylie Atwood, CNN A senior US official warned Thursday that the “drumbeat of war is sounding loud” following a week’s worth of diplomacy between the West and Russia that wrapped up Thursday. The effort ended without clear breakthroughs over the tens of thousands of Russian troops
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police have dispersed hundreds of Bedouin protesters who blocked a desert highway during a demonstration against a tree-planting campaign they say is aimed at pushing them off disputed land. It was the third consecutive day of demonstrations by Bedouin residents of southern Israel’s Negev desert against a forestry project they say
Continue ReadingWESTBROOK, Maine (AP) — A swirling disk of ice on a Maine river is drawing onlookers in the heart of winter once again. The disk has formed in the Presumpscot River in Westbrook. A handful of dog-walkers and onlookers stopped to gaze at the curious ice formation on a chilly Thursday morning around dawn. The
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Shares of Virgin Galactic — the space tourism company that carried its billionaire founder, Richard Branson, to the edge of space last summer — took a major price hit on Thursday after the company announced it’s raising as much as half a billion dollars in debt. Its stock shed more
Continue ReadingCNN By Tierney Sneed, CNN Former President Donald Trump and Republicans broke with previous Senate tradition to confirm 17 federal appeals court nominees over the objection of Democratic senators representing the states tied to their seats on the bench. Now President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats are using that precedent in their effort to fill
Continue ReadingFreezing rain mixed with snow is a possibility on the mountains today. An accumulation of 2-4″ is possible at the upper elevations. Mountain travelers should be cautious of developing winter driving conditions through the day. Highs will be in the mid to upper 20’s, with gusty westerly winds at 10-20 mph. This will break up
Continue ReadingBy Delano Massey, CNN The Senate on Tuesday passed a bipartisan bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Emmett Till, a teenager savagely killed in 1955 by White supremacists in Mississippi, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, who decided to have an open-casket funeral because she “wanted the world to see what they did
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GOOD THURSDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… We will see a chance of scattered rain showers across the region, however, a modest shift in the air flow will give us some clearing. Skies will be partly cloudy and highs will be in the mid to upper 40’s. Gentle SW breezes this morning will become NW this afternoon. Those
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court has tentatively OK’d a proposal that would give would-be lawyers the option to skip the bar exam and instead become licensed to practice law through experience or supervision. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the state’s highest court in a unanimous vote “expressed approval in concept” to alternative pathways designed
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is prolonging economic sanctions against Russia for six months for failing to live up to its commitments to the peace agreement in Ukraine. The move comes amid concern that Moscow may be preparing to invade its former Soviet neighbor, but is not linked to the tensions. The measures target
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state-run news agency says the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard force has tested the engine for a solid-fuel satellite carrier rocket. Thursday’s report by the IRNA news agency quoted chief of the Guard’s aerospace unit as saying the test was successful. The general says the satellite carrier was made of a
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