By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd, who announced his 2024 Republican presidential campaign earlier Thursday with an anti-Donald Trump message, said he won’t sign the Republican National Committee’s pledge to back the party’s ultimate nominee in order to participate in primary debates. “I won’t be signing any kind of pledges,
Continue ReadingJacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — The pandemic almost killed it and its production ended sooner than anticipated in 2021, but the A380 simply refuses to die. With more and more superjumbos soaring back into the skies amid a post-pandemic resurgence in commercial aviation, the aircraft is back in the spotlight as one new airline is
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Democratic institutions in the United States and around the world have grown “creaky,” former President Barack Obama warned in an exclusive CNN interview Thursday, and it remains incumbent on American leaders to find ways to sustain them into the future. He told CNN Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour that
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A rare Maurice Sendak picture story, originally a pamphlet for a 1970 museum fundraiser, will be coming out in book form next year. HarperCollins Publishers announced Thursday that Sendak’s “Ten Little Rabbits” is scheduled for Feb. 6. “Ten Little Rabbits” is a “count-along picture book,”
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent (CNN) — As Amanda Zurawski walked into a Capitol Hill hearing room in April, she was awestruck at what she was about to do: testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Presidents had testified in this room. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of her heroes, had testified
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose and Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN (CNN) — State Sen. Angela Paxton, the wife of embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, will no longer be allowed to vote in her husband’s upcoming impeachment proceedings as a result of new rules the state Senate approved Wednesday night. The Dallas-area Republican state senator had previously vowed
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Opponents of Myanmar’s military government are applauding fresh financial sanctions imposed by the United States on the Southeast Asian nation. But they want to see further measures to pressure its ruling generals to restore peace and democracy. The U.S. Treasury Department announced Wednesday it was imposing the
Continue ReadingCNN By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — If you have a sweet tooth, take note: Cocoa prices have been soaring — and that could drive chocolate prices higher. Higher prices can be helpful for struggling cocoa farmers. But those prices, along with high prices of other key chocolate ingredients, might not be great
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Firefighters who responded to February’s fiery train derailment in Ohio struggled to immediately identify the hazardous chemicals the train was hauling due to a lack of communication from the railroad, officials said Thursday. During a public hearing in East Palestine — where thousands of residents
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The International Boxing Association has been banished from the Olympic family but the sport will stay on the program for the 2024 Paris Games. The IOC’s decision ends a years-long dispute fueled by boxing officials defying advice and instructions from the Olympic body. The International Olympic
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The International Boxing Association has been banished from the Olympic family but the sport will stay on the program for the 2024 Paris Games. The IOC’s decision ends a years-long dispute fueled by boxing officials defying advice and instructions from the Olympic body. The International Olympic
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza Corea del Sur (CNN) — La Policía de Corea del Sur dice que solicitó una orden de arresto para una mujer acusada de matar a dos de sus hijos recién nacidos y mantener sus cuerpos en su congelador durante años. Un agente de la Policía Provincial de Gyeonggi Nambu le dijo a
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer One of Marty Walsh’s priorities when he took over as executive director of the NHL Players’ Association was to put more focus on helping members after their on-ice careers are over. His arrival happened to coincide with a program two years in the making based off feedback from players
Continue ReadingBy Jim Sciutto, Chief National Security Correspondent (CNN) — In its early phases, Ukraine’s counteroffensive is having less success and Russian forces are showing more competence than western assessments expected, two western officials and a senior US military official tell CNN. The counteroffensive is “not meeting expectations on any front,” one of the officials said.
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El fiscal especial Jack Smith comenzó a presentar pruebas en el caso de los documentos de Mar-a-Lago a Donald Trump, según un expediente judicial publicado este miércoles que insinúa que los investigadores recopilaron para el caso múltiples grabaciones del expresidente, no solo el audio de una entrevista que Trump dio
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A US Coast Guard ship “conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit” on Tuesday, according to a statement released by the US Navy. “The Legend-class national security cutter USCGC Stratton (WMSL 752) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit on June 20 (local time) through waters where high-seas
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Bret swirled close to St. Vincent late Thursday as it began pushing into the eastern Caribbean, where islands were shut down to brace for torrential downpours, landslides and flooding. The storm’s center was about 5 miles (10 kilometers) east of St. Vincent
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Bed Bath & Beyond will live on. The brand, that is, not the stores. The retailer’s name, intellectual property and digital assets were purchased by Overstock.com for $21.5 million, according to court documents released Thursday. However, the deal won’t keep its stores open, which are currently closing
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Se espera que la tormenta tropical Bret azote las islas del este del Caribe este jueves, y que azote la región con fuertes vientos y lluvias que podrían causar inundaciones y olas peligrosas. La tormenta tropical Bret está “preparada para traer fuertes vientos y fuertes lluvias a partes de las
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Three US senators are pressing Facebook-parent Meta, Google-parent Alphabet and Twitter about whether their layoffs may have hindered the companies’ ability to fight the spread of misinformation ahead of the 2024 elections. In a letter to the companies dated Tuesday, the lawmakers warned that reported staff cuts to content
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