By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump returned Tuesday to the civil fraud trial that imperils his real estate empire, watching and deploring the case as an employee and an outside appraiser testified that his company essentially put a thumb on the scale when sizing up his
Continue ReadingBy RICHARD LARDNER, TRENTON DANIEL and AARON KESSLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s political fundraising machine is raking in donations at a prodigious pace, but he’s spending tens of millions of dollars he’s bringing in to pay attorneys to deal with the escalating costs of the various criminal cases he is contending with
Continue ReadingBy RICHARD LARDNER, TRENTON DANIEL and AARON KESSLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s political fundraising machine is raking in donations at a prodigious pace, but he’s spending tens of millions of dollars he’s bringing in to pay attorneys to deal with the escalating costs of the various criminal cases he is contending with
Continue ReadingBy JACKIE MADER of The Hechinger Report Laura Jackson became seriously concerned about her daughter and math when the girl was in third grade. While many of her classmates flew through multiplication tests, Jackson’s daughter relied on her fingers to count, had difficulty reading clocks and burst into tears when asked at home to practice
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — From its first months in office, the Biden administration made a distinctive decision on its Middle East policy: It would deprioritize a half-century of high-profile efforts by past U.S. presidents, particularly Democratic ones, to broker a broad and lasting peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians. Since
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A grisly montage of video and photographs of Hamas’s massacre of hundreds of civilians across southern Israel last week highlights the savagery of the attack and the ease with which the militant group appeared to operate inside Israel. The footage that the Israeli military showed
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Jim Jordan is facing strong opposition to his speakership bid as 20 fellow Republicans voted against him on a first ballot. Those GOP lawmakers voted for a candidate other than Jordan on Tuesday, leaving him well short of winning the gavel. The House is expected to
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Signaling more turmoil ahead, Republicans rejected Rep. Jim Jordan for House speaker on a first ballot Tuesday, as a surprising 20 holdouts denied the hard-charging ally of Donald Trump the GOP majority needed to seize the gavel. Additional voting was postponed as
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric wants to bury many of its power lines in areas threatened by wildfires. But California regulators are balking at their plan in part because of its impact on rates. PG&E customers already pay some of the highest rates in the country. It
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Defeated New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says he will continue to lead his liberal Labour Party — for now, at least — despite a big election loss on Saturday. He told reporters Tuesday that he still has a “bit of fight” left in him.
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, y el líder chino, Xi Jinping, se reunirán esta semana en Beijing durante una visita que se espera que subraye su visión compartida de un nuevo orden internacional que ya no esté dominado por Estados Unidos y sus aliados democráticos. Este encuentro entre los
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Prosecutors say a Denver area police officer who put Elijah McClain in a neck hold before he was injected with ketamine by paramedics bears responsibility for the Black man’s 2019 death. The claim in opening statements Tuesday in the trial of Nathan Woodyard
Continue ReadingBy Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — Spending on the holiday season is expected to rebound to – and even surpass – pre-pandemic levels this year for the first time. But, surprisingly, it’s not gifts that consumers will be splurging on the most in the runup to Christmas, according to a new report Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — In the photograph that introduced millions of people to Wadea Al-Fayoume for the first time, the kindergartener is seen celebrating his sixth birthday at his home near Chicago. With one hand on a blue “Happy Birthday” hat on his head, Wadea stands in the warm light of the home,
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan and Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — China on Tuesday kicked off a summit marking the 10th anniversary of its Belt and Road Initiative – an ambitious yet controversial undertaking to boost connectivity and trade across the world with Chinese money and know-how in infrastructure development. World leaders including Russia’s Vladimir Putin
Continue ReadingTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — An expert in forensic pathology testified Monday in the ongoing trial of three Tacoma, Washington, police officers charged with the death of Manuel Ellis that Ellis likely would have lived if not for the officers’ actions to restrain him. Dr. Roger Mitchell, former chief medical examiner for Washington, D.C., made the
Continue ReadingTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — An expert in forensic pathology testified Monday in the ongoing trial of three Tacoma, Washington, police officers charged with the death of Manuel Ellis that Ellis likely would have lived if not for the officers’ actions to restrain him. Dr. Roger Mitchell, former chief medical examiner for Washington, D.C., made the
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Using data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Stacker identified projected sea level rise by 2050 for 40 cities in the U.S.
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Ophelia examined how naloxone access varies by state using data compiled by the SAFE Project, a nonprofit organization working to combat America’s opioid epidemic.
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Flowcode used data from the Identity Theft Resource Center to see which business sectors have suffered the most data breaches in the first half of 2023.
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