By Annie Grayer, Lauren Fox and Kayla Tausche, CNN (CNN) — While House Democrats are confident they can defend President Joe Biden against a potential impeachment inquiry, many wish for a clearer strategy against GOP allegations on a known sensitive topic in the West Wing: Hunter Biden. A new CNN poll out Thursday shows the
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — After a summer of robust consumer spending, America’s bars, hotels and restaurants say the era of post-pandemic splurging by US consumers has likely drawn to a close. That includes “revenge travel” — a phenomenon in which consumers spent big on dining out and travel to make up
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon State University research has uncovered a possible clue as to why glaciers that terminate at the sea are retreating at unprecedented rates: the bursting of tiny, pressurized bubbles in underwater ice. Published Thursday in Nature Geoscience, the study shows that glacier ice, characterized by pockets of pressurized air, melts much more
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — General Motors made its first wage-and-benefit offer to the United Auto Workers that falls far short of the union’s initial demands. The offer Thursday comes just a week before the UAW’s national contracts with GM, Stellantis and Ford are set to expire. UAW President Shawn Fain
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — For at least the third time in the last two weeks, Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has falsely described something he wrote before he launched his campaign. The three false claims have something in common. Ramaswamy made all three as he tried to distance himself from his past
Continue ReadingBy Chris Liakos and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — More than 800 people have been rescued over the past two days from severe floods in Greece, local officials said, after extreme rainfall turned streets into deadly rivers, tore down buildings and bridges and left whole villages submerged. The rainstorms also hit neighboring Bulgaria and Turkey,
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has placed a $20 bet to signal that legal sports wagering is off and running in the Bluegrass State. The Democratic governor placed the first sports bet Thursday at Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby. It fulfilled a pledge that his
Continue ReadingBy Michael Bell Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — More details have been released by Las Vegas police on the fatal stabbing of a man Sept. 2. Danelle Mask, 46, is accused of stabbing her boyfriend Jason Williams to death. She is charged with murder and is currently being
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says the Russian flag has no place at next year’s Paris Olympics because of the war crimes committed by Vladimir Putin’s regime in Ukraine. Russia has not been allowed to fly its flag at the Olympics since the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. Russians have been competing at
Continue ReadingBy Alexis Fernandez Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — A Good Samaritan is being honored for rescuing an elderly homeless man who was swept away during last weekend’s floodwaters in the valley. Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman awarded Arturo Castrejon the Key to the City during Wednesday’s council meeting.
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Now engaged to be married, Michelle Jin has been thinking a lot about last names. She hears about the unity and simplicity that comes with changing hers to her future husband’s, but she doesn’t want to erase her identity, family heritage and experience from her name, said Jin, 28,
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press UC Davis (1-0) at No. 16 Oregon State (1-0), Saturday, 9 p.m. ET (Pac-12 Network) Line: No line, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Series record: Oregon State 4-0 WHAT’S AT STAKE? Oregon State will try to build on its 42-17 victory over San Jose State against UC Davis, which is ranked 14th
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Drake has announced his highly anticipated eighth studio album “For All the Dogs” will be released on Sept. 22. The album is slated to arrive after months of teasing, including at a July 2023 New York City show, where the rapper told the capacity-filled Barclays
Continue ReadingWBBM By Jermont Terry Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Concerned residents packed a meeting in Greektown Wednesday night, filling up two levels of seats. They demanded the city give the details of its plan to house hundreds of migrants in a hostel as soon as Friday. The Parthenon Guest House,
Continue ReadingBy Jermont Terry Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Concerned residents packed a meeting in Greektown Wednesday night, filling up two levels of seats. They demanded the city give the details of its plan to house hundreds of migrants in a hostel as soon as Friday. The Parthenon Guest House, 310
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s imprisoned former leader, Aung San Suu Kyi is suffering from symptoms of low blood pressure including dizziness and loss of appetite, but is being denied treatment at qualified facilities outside the prison system. A medical worker says 78-year-old Suu Kyi, who was arrested in 2021 when
Continue ReadingBy Rosie Nguyen Click here for updates on this story FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A migrant held against their will after being smuggled into the United States made a harrowing escape to help free four other victims, according to the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office. Immigration advocates said this is one part of
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER and HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans are threatening to impeach a state Supreme Court justice over donations she received from the Democratic Party. But there’s no rule requiring her to recuse herself, and conservative judges on the court have taken Republican donations. A government watchdog group says
Continue ReadingTITUSVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A windsurfer who went missing off Florida’s Space Coast on the day Hurricane Idalia made landfall last week has been declared the state’s second death from the Category 3 storm. Officials said Wednesday that the 60-year-old man went missing while windsurfing in the Banana River on Aug. 30, the day Idalia
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A young mother was shot and killed early Thursday morning in front of her 3-year-old son in Acres Homes, Houston police said. The woman, who police said was between 20 to 30 years of age, was found dead inside her crashed
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