CNN By Tami Luhby and Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN President Joe Biden and House Republicans may have as little as a month to prevent the US from defaulting on its debt, which would impact millions of Americans and unleash economic and fiscal chaos here and around the world. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Monday that the
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby and Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN President Joe Biden and House Republicans may have as little as a month to prevent the US from defaulting on its debt, which would impact millions of Americans and unleash economic and fiscal chaos here and around the world. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Monday that the government
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — A Missouri man who says cases against participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, siege of the U.S. Capitol are unconstitutional has been sentenced to jail. Lloyd Casimiro Cruz Jr., of Polo, was sentenced Tuesday to 45 days in jail on two misdemeanor counts related to entering the U.S. Capitol. He also has
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold, Richard Allen Greene and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN Israel conducted strikes on the Gaza Strip late Tuesday and militants there fired rockets toward Israel following the death of a prominent Palestinian hunger striker in an Israeli prison. The exchange of fire came after former Islamic Jihad spokesman Khader Adnan died in Israeli custody
Continue ReadingBy Tara John, Caitlin Hu and Karol Suarez, CNN Venezuela’s former opposition leader Juan Guaidó is visiting Washington this week, where he hopes to meet with the Biden administration, he told reporters on Tuesday during a surprise appearance at the Washington Conference on the Americas. Asked if he sought political asylum in the US, he
Continue ReadingBy KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — JuJu Smith-Schuster says his first few weeks as a New England Patriot make him feel as if he’s back in college. He’s been in Foxborough for about three weeks, diving into a new playbook and participating in the team’s offseason conditioning program. He says it’s
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Almost half of all voters in the 2022 midterm elections cast their ballots before Election Day either by mail or through early voting, with Asian and Hispanic voters leading the way, according to new data the U.S. Census Bureau released Tuesday. The heavy use of both early voting and voting
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Almost half of all voters in the 2022 midterm elections cast their ballots before Election Day either by mail or through early voting, with Asian and Hispanic voters leading the way, according to new data the U.S. Census Bureau released Tuesday. The heavy use of both early voting and voting
Continue ReadingBy CBS Miami Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — A bus driver for a South Florida school has been removed and an investigation is underway after the parent of a young girl said her child was left alone on a parked, empty bus. KIPP Miami said in a statement that it
Continue ReadingBy KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Philadelphia made 17 3-pointers and got a 45-point night from James Harden to shock Boston in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinals series. Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla says a film review revealed several late-game mistakes and tactical adjustments they plan to address in Game 2.
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Barcelona kept wasting its chances against 10-man Osasuna at Camp Nou. Its top attackers all squandered good opportunities to break the deadlock. Ansu Fati, Pedri, Ousmane Dembélé and Robert Lewandowski failed to find the target despite clear chances. It took a veteran defender to come through
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN JPMorgan Chase has once again come to the rescue of the banking system by acquiring a doomed bank. And that makes Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren very worried. By blessing JPMorgan’s takeover of First Republic Bank, Warren fears federal regulators just made the” Too Big to Fail” problem even worse. “What happened
Continue ReadingCNN By Sam Fossum Ahead of a highly anticipated meeting between President Joe Biden and Congressional leaders on Tuesday, senior Treasury officials reiterated dire warnings of economic “chaos” and “catastrophe” if the US doesn’t raise the debt ceiling as the country barrels toward default in early June. “I know he wants to set up a
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El Gobierno de Biden planea enviar 1.500 soldados adicionales a la frontera entre EE.UU. y México para adelantarse a la afluencia de migrantes que se espera cuando expire la implementación de la autoridad sanitaria conocida como Título 42 la próxima semana, según informaron a CNN fuentes con conocimiento de la planificación.
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN The Pentagon is set to implement a law that requires them to provide mental health services for troops after a delay of more than a year, according to a defense official with knowledge of the matter. The law is named the Brandon Act after Brandon Caserta, a 21-year-old sailor who took
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill and Duarte Mendonca, CNN Paul Mackenzie Nthenge, the leader of a religious group linked to dozens of deaths in eastern Kenya, could face “possible terrorism charges,” according to his lawyer George Kariuki. Mackenzie appeared in court on Tuesday, where “he was released unconditionally and then rearrested … on possible terrorism charges,” Kariuki
Continue ReadingBy Austin Janos Click here for updates on this story TUCSON, Arizona (KGUN) — The Tucson Police Department released video from an officer-involved shooting, tying back to a case from March 3. On March 3, 2023, officers located 28-year-old Aaron Martinka, who was wanted on multiple charges, including two counts of aggravated assault. The department’s
Continue ReadingBy Brooke Chau Click here for updates on this story TUCSON, Arizona (KGUN) — “If you were to search the term outdoors or outdoorsy in Google, and you’re not going to see faces like ours,” said Toyin Ajayi, Founder of Outdoorsy Black Women. Changing the narrative when it comes to the idea of the outdoor
Continue ReadingBy Tia Maggio Click here for updates on this story COLUMBIA, Missouri (KOMU) — The Columbia City Council is set to vote Monday night on the addition of a new planner position in the Division of Human Services at the Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services (PHHS) to assist with the issue of homelessness,
Continue ReadingBy Tim McNicholas Click here for updates on this story VALHALLA, New York (WCBS) — A 16-year-old in Westchester County is fighting for his life after crashing head on into a school bus. On Monday night, his sister shared what happened before the crash and a word of warning for drivers. Westchester Medical Center says
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