By FATIMA HUSSEIN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration took aim Tuesday at the fentanyl trafficking threat, announcing a series of indictments and sanctions against Chinese companies and executives blamed for importing the chemicals used to make the deadly drug. Officials described the actions, which include charges against eight Chinese
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is leading a bipartisan congressional delegation to China next week, traveling to the country amid heightened tensions and after several members of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet visited over the summer. Schumer, along with Republican Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho, is visiting
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP, New Jersey (WCBS) — A New Jersey man is facing charges after he was caught on video crashing his SUV into a police station. Police say 34-year-old John Hargreaves was blasting the song “Welcome to the Jungle” when he slammed into the station
Continue ReadingBy EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Foreigners with guns are met with hostility in most countries in the world. But the departure of armed soldiers and police from Haiti in 2017 after nearly two decades on the streets helped criminals seize control of much of the country. Gangs have
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — La tensa relación entre la Iglesia católica y la comunidad LGBT ha adquirido mayor notoriedad en los últimos años, especialmente tras el ascenso del papa Francisco, un pontífice más progresista que sus predecesores —al menos de acuerdo con algunos sectores conservadores— que se ha referido en varias oportunidades al lugar de
Continue ReadingBy MEAD GRUVER Associated Press Utah U.S. Rep. John Curtis says he will not run to succeed Mitt Romney in the Senate. The announcement leaves the race to replace Romney clear of one of Utah’s best known Republicans. Curtis is a former mayor of the city of Provo. He’s been in Congress since 2017. In
Continue ReadingBy BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Most Pennsylvania lawmakers want to move their state’s presidential primary election up from late April. But disagreements arose in the House on Tuesday over whether to embrace a Senate-backed plan that would shift the election to mid-March. A House committee first rejected, but later
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WCBS) — A subway rider was slashed in the face overnight on the Upper West Side. It happened shortly before 2 a.m. Tuesday, as a northbound A train was passing through 72nd Street and Central Park West. Police said the male passenger
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press MANCHESTER, England (AP) — U.K. Home Secretary Suella Braverman has railed against unauthorized migrants, human-rights laws and “woke” critics of her hardline policies at the Conservative Party’s annual conference. Braverman is trying to secure her place as the flag-bearer of the party’s law-and-order right wing. In a speech she called
Continue ReadingBy MARCELLA BAIETTO, TOM GARDINER Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A video showing a mother grabbing her children from the car after a biker shattered her back windshield is now going viral. In the video, a biker stomps twice on Nikki Bullock’s back windshield in Center City. After shattering the
Continue ReadingBy Fletcher Halfaker Click here for updates on this story HARRISBURG, Nebraska (Star-Herald) — Fourth graders from throughout the Panhandle are making trips to a one-room schoolhouse in Banner County to experience a day in the life of a frontier child complete with period accurate studies, attire and behavior lessons. Flowerfield School has been a
Continue ReadingBy Christina Zdanowicz and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — Soon, you may be able to cruise down a Florida highway named after singer Jimmy Buffett while listening to his A1A album named after the road. A Florida lawmaker filed a bill Friday to rename State Road A1A, a coastal highway that spans from Key West
Continue ReadingBy KAKE News Click here for updates on this story WICHITA, Kansas (KAKE) — The Wichita Police Department says it has identified the person who sexually assaulted and murdered a 20-year-old woman more than 30 years ago. WPD announced new developments in the cold case during a news conference on Monday. “As this case has
Continue ReadingBy GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Hundreds of small tremors have shaken a densely populated volcanic area west of the Italian city of Naples in recent weeks, pushing the government to quickly redraft mass evacuation plans, even though experts don’t see an imminent risk of eruption. On Monday an earthquake with a magnitude
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s highest court says it will hear the case of a Christian baker who refused to make a cake celebrating a gender transition. The decision announced Tuesday comes after a U.S. Supreme Court victory this summer for a graphic artist who didn’t want to
Continue ReadingBy MARYBEL GONZALEZ Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — As migrants continue to arrive in Chicago, the city is scrambling to find more housing options – with the latest temporary shelter opening in Pilsen. Five more buses arrived in Chicago on Monday alone. As CBS 2’s Marybel González reported Monday night,
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Gut microbes found in wild wolves may be the key to alleviating a debilitating gastrointestinal condition common to domestic dogs, according to a study led by researchers at Oregon State University–Cascades.
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — Taylor Swift’s concert film hasn’t even been released yet and it’s already toppling box-office records. Cinemark, a theater chain with about 500 locations, said that ticket sales for “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” are “setting domestic presale records” with demand “10 times higher” than any other
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence is criticizing his boss-turned-rival, Donald Trump, for calling retired Gen. Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a traitor. Pence also reacted to the news that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been ousted from his post,
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Luego de una sesión del Consejo de Ministros de Perú, encabezada por la presidenta Dina Boluarte, el jefe de Gabinete, Alberto Otárola, dio a conocer la aprobación y entrada en vigor a partir de hoy, de dos decretos legislativos que en palabras del ministro, buscan “proteger a los peruanos y
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