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Month: October 2023

Blinken, Austin say US is ready to respond if US personnel become targets of Israel-Hamas war

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Sunday that the United States expects the Israel-Hamas war to escalate through involvement by proxies of Iran, and they asserted that the Biden administration is prepared to respond if American personnel or armed forces

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House GOP Whip Tom Emmer moves to lock in support for speakership amid crowded field

By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent (CNN) — House speaker candidate Tom Emmer, the GOP whip, has moved to lock in support across the ideological and geographic spectrum in the conference, giving him what many House Republicans believe is an advantage heading into a secret-ballot election to nominate their candidate Tuesday, according to Republican

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Authorities are searching for the son of the Nashville police chief, suspected of shooting two suburban police officers

By Andy Rose and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Tennessee are searching for the son of Nashville’s police chief as a suspect in the Saturday shooting of two suburban police officers. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued a statewide blue alert late Saturday in an effort to locate the suspect, John Drake Jr.,

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Norma se debilita a tormenta tropical tras tocar tierra en México, mientras Tammy se cierne sobre las islas de Sotavento

urielblanco (CNN) — Norma se debilitó hasta convertirse en tormenta tropical este sábado, tras causar vientos huracanados, inundaciones repentinas y marejadas en la costa mexicana del Pacífico. Mientras tanto, otro ciclón tropical de finales de temporada seguía amenazando a naciones insulares del Atlántico. Norma tocó tierra este sábado por la tarde como huracán categoría 1

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After Sidney Powell pleads guilty in Georgia case, Trump claims she was ‘never’ his attorney, despite their past ties

By Marshall Cohen and Kristen Holmes, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump claimed Sidney Powell was “never” his attorney in a social media post Sunday, three days after she pleaded guilty in the Georgia election subversion case. Despite Trump’s claims, Powell was briefly an official member of Trump’s legal team in 2020, and

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Indonesia’s leading presidential hopeful picks Widodo’s son to run for VP in 2024 election

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s leading presidential hopeful has named outgoing President Joko Widodo’s eldest son as his running mate in next year’s election. The announcement late Sunday by Prabowo Subianto ended weeks of fevered speculation in the Indonesian media. Vice-presidential candidate Gibran Rakabuming Raka, 36, is mayor of Surakarta,

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