By Eric Bradner, Gregory Krieg, Steve Contorno, Daniel Strauss and Arit John, CNN (CNN) — The second 2024 Republican presidential primary debate ended just as it began: with former President Donald Trump – who hasn’t yet appeared alongside his rivals onstage – as the party’s dominant front-runner. The seven GOP contenders in Wednesday night’s showdown
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon is joining Alaska, New York and seven other states in suing the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to take timely action on regulating wood stove emissions.
Continue ReadingBy Jon Passantino, CNN (CNN) — Striking actors and the Hollywood studios will resume negotiations on a new labor contract on Monday, SAG-AFTRA, the actors’ union, said Wednesday, the same day writers ended their own strike in the entertainment industry. Several executives from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers member companies will be
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Y el ganador es… anónimo. El afortunado que se llevó el premio de US$ 1.600 millones de Mega Millions el mes pasado se presentó para reclamarlo, informó la Lotería de Florida a CNN. Los números ganadores se anunciaron el 8 de agosto. El boleto se compró en un supermercado Publix de
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The Hong Kong stock exchange says trading of shares of heavily indebted Chinese property developer China Evergrande Group has been suspended. China Evergrande said in a notice on Thursday night that authorities had informed the firm that its chairman Hui Ka Yan had been subjected to
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ aggressive start in the second Republican presidential debate was among its key moments. DeSantis used his first answer to criticize ex-President Donald Trump for skipping the debate Wednesday at the Reagan Library in California. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said if
Continue ReadingCNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Travis Kelce was already famous, but now he is learning what it means to be Taylor Swift-adjacent-famous. The new episode of his podcast, “New Heights,” which he hosts with his brother, fellow NFL football player Jason Kelce, dropped Wednesday. Jason Kelce introduced the TSwift of it all
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Recent high school graduates joined returning college-goers in Wednesday’s first day of fall classes at OSU-Cascades Campus. Some of the freshmen settling in at Obsidian Hall shared with us what appealed to them about the school. “There’s so much outdoor stuff going on out here at Cascades,” Fleet King said. “The
Continue ReadingBy Jonny Hallam, Mariya Knight, Simone McCarthy and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — At least one person was killed and 162 people were injured in a massive warehouse explosion in the Uzbekistan capital Tashkent early on Thursday morning, health officials said. The situation at the scene of the warehouse explosion in Tashkent, Uzbekistan is “under
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– La Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) hizo un llamado al diálogo entre República Dominicana y Haití para resolver el desacuerdo que mantienen ambos países por el uso de los recursos hídricos del río Dajabón o Masacre, que en parte divide la frontera. A través de un comunicado, con fecha de
Continue ReadingBy EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s armed forces sent troops, vehicle convoys and soldiers into remote towns near the southern border with Guatemala, after drug cartels blocked roads and cut off electricity in some areas over the weekend. The drug cartel turf battles were so bad in the southern state
Continue ReadingCNN By Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — The US Senate has passed a resolution formalizing business attire as the proper dress code for the floor of the chamber by unanimous consent. This comes after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer chose to stop enforcing the unwritten requirement, and Democratic Sen. John Fetterman’s casual dress became a
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for an exponential increase in production of nuclear weapons and for his country to play a larger role in a coalition of nations confronting the United States in what he described as a “new Cold War.” State
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN) — El pangolín se encuentra entre los animales que más sufren de caza ilegal. Estas escurridizas criaturas están bajo amenaza, pero el descubrimiento de una especie misteriosa que resulta nueva para la ciencia podría ayudar a los conservacionistas a luchar contra su extinción, dicen los investigadores. Hay ocho especies de pangolín conocidas hasta
Continue ReadingBy Annette Choi, Ethan Cohen, Melissa Holzberg DePalo and David Wright, CNN (CNN) — We tracked how long each candidate talked at the second Republican primary presidential debate. Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy led with over 12 minutes of speaking time during the debate, which saw candidates scrambling for airtime and talking over each other as they jockeyed for
Continue ReadingCNN, WBFF By Elizabeth Wolfe and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A convicted felon suspected of killing tech executive Pava LaPere in Baltimore this week has been arrested, ending a dayslong manhunt across the city, police said early Thursday. Jason Dean Billingsley was wanted on first-degree murder and other charges in connection with the death
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden was raising campaign cash in San Francisco on Wednesday while seven Republican presidential hopefuls held a debate down the coast in Simi Valley. Biden wasn’t paying them much attention because he’s already zeroing in on Donald Trump, the GOP
Continue ReadingSANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — ExxonMobil has lost a court bid to truck millions of gallons of crude oil through central California — a crucial part of its efforts to restart offshore oil wells that were shut in 2015 after a pipeline leak caused the worst coastal spill in 25 years. A federal judge on
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, Marshall Cohen and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Washington (CNN) — Documents released Wednesday by House Republicans shed new light on how two IRS agents who investigated Hunter Biden felt like they hit roadblocks whenever President Joe Biden’s name came up in the criminal probe. However, some of the documents also show that senior
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has updated the label of the diabetes drug Ozempic to acknowledge reports of blocked intestines in some people using the medication. Ozempic and its sister drug, Wegovy, which is approved for weight loss, have recently soared in popularity. They use a medication called
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