By Paul LeBlanc and Andrew Millman, CNN Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Sunday that she expects 2024 GOP presidential contenders will have to sign a pledge to back the party’s ultimate nominee in order to participate in primary debates. “We haven’t put the criteria out, but I expect a pledge will be part
Continue ReadingCNN By Paul LeBlanc and Andrew Millman, CNN Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Sunday that she expects 2024 GOP presidential contenders will have to sign a pledge to back the party’s ultimate nominee in order to participate in primary debates. “We haven’t put the criteria out, but I expect a pledge will be
Continue ReadingGOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — A suspect has been arrested in connection with a crash that killed two bicyclists and injured 11 others in a Phoenix suburb, authorities said Sunday. Goodyear police announced that 26-year-old Pedro Quintana-Lujan is jailed on suspicion of two counts of manslaughter, three counts of aggravated assault, 18 counts of endangerment and
Continue ReadingST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Two men were killed and three other people were injured in a second shooting outside gatherings to mourn loved ones in St. Paul this weekend. The St. Paul Police Department said all five people were shot around 5 p.m. Saturday during an altercation after a celebration-of-life event. One of the
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — En el boxeo, a menudo hay disgusto entre los peleadores. Ya sea en una trifulca en el pesaje o en una guerra de palabras previa, las rivalidades intensas han sido habituales a lo largo de los años. La rivalidad más reciente tiene un toque muy moderno. En una esquina tenemos a una
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — El sistema de tormentas que trajo advertencias de ventisca al sur de California el viernes y el sábado producirá un evento de viento destructivo significativo en el centro de Estados Unidos el domingo. Más de 20 millones de personas están bajo la amenaza de tormentas severas el domingo desde el oeste
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — It was nipples out on the Milan Fashion Week runway this week during a week of previews of mostly womenswear collections for next fall and winter. And wherever there is a trend, there is always the counter-current. Holding out for what he called the “dignity” of
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Police say at least 21 people in New York City have had their fancy Apple headphones stolen right off their heads by a roving team of moped-riding bandits. The thefts started on Jan. 28 and have typically involved four people on two mopeds riding up to victims from behind, snatching their
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN Missing Chinese CEO Bao Fan is cooperating in an investigation by “certain authorities in the People’s Republic of China,” his company said in a statement Sunday. China Renaissance Holdings Limited, of which Bao is the chairman and CEO, said the company has been trying to locate him and ascertain his status
Continue ReadingCNN By Dana Bash and Abbie Sharpe, CNN A cocktail party on Capitol Hill is often hardly notable. But at one recent soiree, the clinking of glasses had a different ring. Members of both parties joined together to kick off a renewed effort to solve a uniquely American problem: no universal paid family and medical
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette, CNN Attorney Benjamin Crump has been at the forefront of some of the highest-profile cases involving civil rights and racial injustice — but acknowledges there’s much more work to be done. While accepting the Social Justice Impact Award at the NAACP Image Awards on Saturday night, Crump vowed “never to stop fighting
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press MASHANTUCKET, Conn. (AP) — When the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut for three months in 2020, its owners, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, had to reckon with decades of relying heavily on gambling as the tribe’s main source of revenue. “The fact that the casino revenues went
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press MASHANTUCKET, Conn. (AP) — When the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut for three months in 2020, its owners, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, had to reckon with decades of relying heavily on gambling as the tribe’s main source of revenue. “The fact that the casino revenues went
Continue ReadingBy Jasmine Wright and Paul LeBlanc, CNN US national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday vowed there would be “real costs” for China if the country went forward with providing lethal aid to Russia in its war on Ukraine. “From our perspective, actually, this war presents real complications for Beijing. And Beijing will have to
Continue ReadingBy GABRIELA SELSER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Each month, Antón Martínez, 38, sets aside $200 from his wages as a dishwasher in the United States to send home to his mother in Nicaragua. Martínez wishes it could be more, but he’s still trying to find his footing in the new country and pay
Continue ReadingBy RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Hundreds of Afghan refugees facing extreme delays in the approval of U.S. visas are protesting in Pakistan’s capital on, as an American program to help relocate at-risk Afghans fleeing Taliban rule stalls. The U.S. government’s Priority 1 and Priority 2, known as P1 and P2 refugee programs
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press Wilmington, Del. (AP) — As the war in Ukraine enters its second year, CIA Director William Burns said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is being “too confident” in his military’s ability to grind Ukraine into submission. Burns, in a television interview, said the head of Russia’s intelligence services had
Continue ReadingBy MEGAN JANETSKY and FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — When machine gun fire erupts outside the barbed-wire fences surrounding Fontaine Hospital Center, the noise washes over a cafeteria full of tired, scrub-clad medical staff. And no one bats an eye. Gunfire is part of daily life here in Cité Soleil – the
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Random gunfire, repeated break-ins and a decaying city water system are constant challenges at Mom’s Dream Kitchen, the soul food restaurant Timothy Norris’ mother opened 35 years ago in Mississippi’s capital. “I have some cousins that live in Ohio,” said Norris, 54, who now owns
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Random gunfire, repeated break-ins and a decaying city water system are constant challenges at Mom’s Dream Kitchen, the soul food restaurant Timothy Norris’ mother opened 35 years ago in Mississippi’s capital. “I have some cousins that live in Ohio,” said Norris, who has spent most
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