By Rosa Flores, Sara Weisfeldt, Emma Tucker and Macie Goldfarb, CNN (CNN) — Mexico has made an agreement with the United States to deport migrants from its border cities to their home countries and take several actions to deter migrants as part of a new effort to combat the recent surge in border crossings. Mexican
Continue ReadingCNN By Philip Wang and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — New Jersey Democratic Rep. Andy Kim announced Saturday that he’ll run next year against Sen. Bob Menendez in the wake of the senator’s indictment and refusal to step down. “After calls to resign, Senator Menendez said ‘I am not going anywhere.’ As a result, I
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Andy Kim of New Jersey announced on Saturday that he will run against Sen. Robert Menendez in the state’s Democratic primary for Senate next year, saying he feels compelled to run against the three-term senator after he and his wife were indicted on sweeping corruption
Continue ReadingBy Sam Fossum, Haley Talbot and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Garret Graves, one of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s closest allies, told CNN that he’s fed up with conservative critics dangling the threat of McCarthy’s ouster, saying that he’s prepared to put the debate to rest by forcing a vote on the threat. “I
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy and Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — The major film and television studios on Saturday evening delivered their “best and final” offer to the striking writers, a person close to the situation told CNN, adding to significant hope that the negotiations to end the months-long strike will conclude with an agreement this weekend.
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Smoke has drifted north from California and has impacted our air quality. Air quality has reached moderate to unhealthy levels throughout the region. Clouds continue to stream into the area ahead of rain that is more likely on Sunday. We may see some showers before midnight. Temperatures will hit the mid to low 40s tonight
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — En mayo, Viveca Chow transfirió apresuradamente US$ 3.700 a través de su teléfono mientras estaba en el vestíbulo de un edificio en Queens, Nueva York. Hizo el pago por adelantado para asegurar un apartamento minutos después de verlo. Fue un momento que la influencer de estilo de vida de 28 años,
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Xing and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The transportation company that owns the bus involved in a fatal crash in New York this week while bringing high school students to a band camp was listed as an “unacceptable operator” by the state after failing several safety inspections since 2022. New York State Department
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BILLER and REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As asylum-seekers stream in to New York City, officials have scrambled to open new emergency shelters. They’ve turned to tent facilities, school gyms and parks to comply with a state law requiring housing for the homeless. Many of these migrants are Venezuelan.
Continue ReadingCNN By Maija Ehlinger and Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has told Volodymyr Zelensky never to “insult Poles again” after the Ukrainian president suggested his neighbor was putting on a show over their disputes on grain exports. The Polish leader fired back at Zelensky after the Ukrainian leader offered a
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Working furiously to take control of a House in disarray, allies of Speaker Kevin McCarthy implored their Republican colleagues Saturday to drop their hardline tactics and work together to approve a conservative spending plan to prevent a federal shutdown. In public overtures and private
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On Thursday’s National Opioid Awareness Day, Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) said she has backed the Fentanyl Awareness for Children and Teens in Schools (FACTS) Act as an original cosponsor.
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Gisele Bündchen says that living the life of a top supermodel created so much stress, it was almost too much to bear. Bündchen spoke with Lee Cowan for a televised interview to air on Sunday for CBS News Sunday Morning, in which she likened her experiences to being “in
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police say three people were shot and killed in a targeted, daytime attack. Officers responded to a call reporting that someone had been shot in the city’s West End neighborhood around 1:30 p.m. Saturday. Police said a preliminary investigation indicates a man approached two people and opened fire, and one of
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Autumn rainfall and cooler temperatures have reduced fire behavior, prompting the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office on Monday to drop all evacuation levels tied to the Petes Lake Fire west of Elk Lake, though forest closures remain in effect.
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El expresidente Jimmy Carter y su esposa, Rosalynn, dieron un paseo por el Plains Peanut Festival en Plains, Georgia, este sábado, dijo el Centro Carter en una publicación en las redes sociales. “¡Hermoso día para que el presidente y la señora Carter disfruten de un paseo por el Plains Peanut Festival!
Continue ReadingOTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials say a man has been found and arrested after failing to show up for the verdict at his murder trial. A jury found Gregory Showalter Sr. guilty of killing his wife, 60-year-old Helen Showalter, on Friday. A judge issued an arrest warrant for Showalter after he missed the reading
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have required judges to consider whether a parent affirms their child’s gender identity when making custody and visitation decisions. Assemblymember Lori Wilson, a Democrat who introduced the bill, said she was disappointed by the governor’s veto. In announcing his veto Friday
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday labeled the weapons industry as being a key driver of the “martyrdom” of Ukraine’s people in Russia’s war, saying even the withholding of weapons now is going to continue their misery. Francis appeared to refer to Poland’s recent announcement that
Continue ReadingPORT WASHINGTON, Wis. (AP) — Five flamingos that showed up in Wisconsin to wade along a Lake Michigan beach attracted a big crowd of onlookers eager to see the unusual visitors venturing far from their usual tropical setting. The American flamingos were spotted Friday in Port Washington, about 25 miles north of Milwaukee. Mark Korducki,
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