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Month: September 2023

Russia summons Armenia’s ambassador as ties fray and exercises with US troops approach

By The Associated Press The Russian foreign ministry has summoned the ambassador from longtime ally Armenia to protest upcoming joint military exercises with the United States and other complaints highlighting growing tensions that are straining traditionally close relations. The ministry said in a statement Friday that “the leadership of Armenia has taken a series of

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Nancy Pelosi says she’ll seek House reelection in 2024, dismissing talk of retirement at age 83

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she’ll seek reelection to Congress in 2024. Her announcement Friday in San Francisco comes as Democrats are trying to win back the majority in the House. The 83-year-old Pelosi was first elected to Congress in 1987. She made history by

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Trump files motion to move challenge attempting to bar him from 2024 ballot in Colorado to federal court

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump asked a judge Friday to move a lawsuit that cites the !4th Amendment’s ban on insurrectionists holding public office in an attempt o block his name from the 2024 presidential ballot in Colorado from state to federal court. The underlying lawsuit, filed

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Drug in Ozempic may enable patients with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes to stave off insulin use, small study suggests

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — A weekly dose of semaglutide, the key ingredient in blockbuster medications Ozempic and Wegovy, helped seven out of 10 patients newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes stop taking insulin after three to six months in a small study. The findings were published as correspondence in the New England Journal

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Judge rejects Connecticut troopers’ union request bar release of names in fake ticket probe, for now

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) — A judge has rejected a bid by the Connecticut State Police Union to temporarily keep secret the names of 130 troopers under investigation for allegedly recording bogus information on thousands of traffic stops. The state judge ruled Thursday that the union’s request was premature because a state commission is still deciding

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US-backed Kurdish fighters report the capture of a senior Islamic State group financier in Syria

BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-backed Syrian fighters say they detained a senior official with the Islamic State group who was in charge of financing and arming sleeper cells. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said Friday. that its militia members apprehended senior IS financier Abdul-Ghafour Taber al-Diab with support from the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State

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