By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two former leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group have been sentenced to more than a decade each in prison for spearheading an attack on the U.S. Capitol to try to prevent the peaceful transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The deputy governor of Germany’s Bavaria state has defended himself against mounting allegations that he was responsible for an antisemitic flyer, that he gave the Hitler salute, and that he imitated the Nazi dictator as a high school student. The claims have come weeks before a state
Continue ReadingCNN By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Soon after he became chief justice of the United States, John Roberts faced what he believed was a “crisis” involving the judiciary: Federal judges were underpaid. What Roberts did next to address the situation stands in stark contrast to the way he has tiptoed
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD and SARUUL ENKHBOLD Associated Press ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Pope Francis arrived in Mongolia on Friday morning to encourage one of the world’s smallest and newest Catholic communities. It’s the first time a pope has visited the landlocked Asian country and comes at a time when the Vatican’s relations with Mongolia’s two
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a dozen people nationally have been charged with threatening election workers by a special Justice Department unit. Prosecutors are trying to curb the menacing of election workers. Those staffers are being inundated with violent and graphic threats even in normally quiet
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Defense ministers for Poland and South Korea say the two countries plan to hold joint military exercises in Poland soon to show the effectiveness of Korean equipment in the Polish armed forces. Poland’s Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak and South Korea’s Defense Minister Lee Jong-Sup made the comments after holding talks in
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge ruled Thursday that the 84-year-old white homeowner who shot a Black teenager after he mistakenly went to the man’s house must stand trial. Clay County Judge Louis Angles issued the ruling after a dozen witnesses spoke at a preliminary hearing, including Ralph
Continue ReadingBy ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada has updated its travel advisory to the U.S., warning members of the LGBTQ+ community that some American states have enacted laws that may affect them. The country’s Global Affairs department did not specify which states, but is advising travelers to check the local laws for their
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — A Mexican citizen was shot and wounded in the leg “while in Mexican territory” Saturday by a Texas National Guard member who was in the El Paso area, a news release from Mexico’s Foreign Ministry said. The National Guard member who discharged a weapon during a
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee appeals court has upheld a judge’s ruling that allows a former death row inmate to be eligible for parole in four years after spending more than three decades in prison. The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals decided Wednesday that Shelby County Judge Paula Skahan
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo and Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — In the early hours of Thursday, in the middle of the ephemeral city that rises in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert each summer, a 26-foot-tall, 13-foot-wide box was set ablaze. The flames formed a column in the sky, engulfing the wooden tower for over 20 minutes before
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation is reminding everyone with federal student loans that payments will resume for all borrowers in October, following a pause implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interest accrual resumes Sept. 1, potentially affecting borrowers’ outstanding loan balances. Since March 2020, interest on most federal student loans had been
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Rep.. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) questioned Gov. Tina Kotek on Wednesday about the state’s approach to mitigating the fallout of Measure 110, as data shows a majority of Oregonians support a total repeal of what she called the failed experiment.
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Young-adult romance would seem like a fertile genre for Netflix’s periodic adventures in interactivity, allowing viewers to make decisions for the protagonist and even select the guy they’d like to see her pick. Yet “Choose Love” strains the storytelling to fit the gimmick, in a special that does
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — US mortgage rates ticked down this week, ending a five-week stretch of increases, but remained above 7% amid lingering inflation. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.18% in the week ending August 31, down from 7.23% the week before, according to data from Freddie Mac released Thursday. A
Continue ReadingBy Joseph Ataman, CNN Paris (CNN) — The number of price-capped products in French supermarkets will double to 5,000, finance minister Bruno Le Maire said Thursday, as data revealed another month of double-digit food inflation. Speaking to French broadcaster France2, Le Maire also criticized several multinational companies, including Unilever (UL) and PepsiCo (PEP), for not
Continue ReadingBy Anna Chernova, Victoria Butenko and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — A Russian official claimed Thursday that a Ukrainian sabotage operation had been foiled in Bryansk, southwestern Russia, with several Ukrainians killed or captured. Alexander Bogomaz, governor of the Bryansk region that borders both Ukraine and Belarus, said on his Telegram channel that two of
Continue ReadingBy Sabrina Clay, CNN (CNN) — Fabian Nelson will win the Democratic primary to represent Mississippi’s House District 66, CNN projects, and is set to become the state’s first legislator who identifies as gay. According to unofficial election night results from Hinds County, Mississippi, Nelson had won about 69% of the vote to Roshunda Harris-Allen’s
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein and Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that he plans to travel to Florida Saturday morning after Hurricane Idalia battered the state earlier this week. “I’m going to Florida Saturday morning,” Biden said, after delivering brief remarks at Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters after thanking staff for their
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has approved a resolution demanding that the Lebanese military and Hezbollah stop blocking the movement of the U.N. peacekeeping force and guarantee its freedom to operate, “including by allowing announced and unannounced patrols.” Lebanese officials had pushed to remove a provision
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