By Katie Bo Lillis and Michael Conte, CNN (CNN) — The US intelligence community assesses Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “viability as a leader” to be “in jeopardy,” according to its annual report on the national security threats facing the United States that was presented to Congress on Monday. “Distrust of Netanyahu’s ability to rule
Continue ReadingCNN By Katelyn Polantz, Kaitlan Collins and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — A longtime Mar-a-Lago employee who is a central witness in the investigation into former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents is now speaking publicly because he believes that voters should hear the truth about his former boss and the case before the
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Attorneys for E. Jean Carroll are not ruling out another defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump, who’s continued his attacks on the writer after two federal juries have ordered multimillion-dollar verdicts against him for defaming her. Trump claimed Carroll’s accusations against him were false in an
Continue ReadingBy Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — Black activists, political leaders and supporters of diversity, equity and inclusion programs are urging Black student athletes to boycott colleges and universities in states that have promoted or passed anti-DEI policies. Their calls come as 81 anti-DEI bills that target programs at colleges have been introduced in 28 states and in Congress since the
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo Londres (CNN) — La imagen de Kate, princesa de Gales, sonriente junto a sus tres hijos debía poner fin a la ola de especulaciones sobre su salud y su paradero. En lugar de ello, la foto desencadenó una nueva controversia para la familia real británica después de que varias agencias de noticias internacionales
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The United States wants to reopen an embassy in Libya – a decade after suspending operations there – as Russia maintains an influential foothold in the country. In the State Department’s fiscal year 2025 request, the agency asks for $12.7 million “to enable a potential resumption of embassy operations
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon State University’s Global Hemp Innovation Center has received a $10 million federal grant to work with 13 Native American tribes to spur economic development in the western United States by developing manufacturing capabilities for materials and products made from hemp. The project, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, seeks to develop sustainable
Continue ReadingRUSHVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Five people, including three children, were killed in western Illinois when a school bus and semitruck collided on a highway Monday, authorities said. The bus was traveling eastbound when it crossed the center line on U.S. Route 24 into the westbound lanes “for an unknown reason” and into the path of
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Students and teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida classrooms, provided it’s not part of instruction, under a settlement reached Monday between Florida education officials and civil rights attorneys who had challenged a state law which critics dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.” The settlement
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press As sharks go, LeeBeth is something like a long-haul trucker with gills and giant teeth. Swimmers at the beach might not be excited to see the 14-foot (4.3-meter) white shark, but scientists following LeeBeth’s movements are thrilled that the big fish’s epic journey could provide valuable clues to help the
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Para Donald Trump, el hombre fuerte de Hungría Viktor Orbán es “fantástico”, el líder de china Xi Jinping es “brillante”, el norcoreano Kim Jong Un es “un buen tipo” y, lo más alarmante, supuestamente dijo que Adolf Hitler “hizo algunas cosas buenas”, una visión del mundo que revertiría la
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two dogs died over the weekend during Alaska’s annual Iditarod sled dog race, marking the first deaths during the race in five years and renewing calls to end the 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) competition that sees mushers and their canine teams traverse mountain ranges, a frozen river and
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — An alleged bribery scheme in the Philippines has thrown a potential lifeline to Fox News and other right-wing media outlets that are battling massive defamation lawsuits from the voting technology company Smartmatic for their promotion of 2020 election lies. The overseas scandal washed ashore last year when the Justice Department charged the Philippines’ former election commissioner
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts town that adopted an unusual ordinance banning the sale of tobacco to anyone born in the 21st century is being looked at as a possible model for other cities and towns hoping to further clamp down on cigarettes and other tobacco products. The bylaw
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for a writer who won an $83.3 million defamation award against Donald Trump suggests a new defamation lawsuit is possible against the ex-president after he resumed verbal attacks against her at a weekend rally. Columnist E. Jean Carroll won the jury award in January
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — A longtime Mar-a-Lago employee who is a central witness in the investigation into former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents, aka – “Trump Employee 5” – spoke publicly for the first time in an exclusive interview with CNN. The classified documents case is one of four criminal
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A women’s roller derby league has asked a New York court to invalidate a Republican official’s order banning female sports teams with transgender athletes from using county facilities, saying it is discriminatory and violates state law. The lawsuit filed Monday by the New York Civil Liberties
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, Kaitlan Collins and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — A longtime Mar-a-Lago employee who is a central witness in the investigation into former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents is now speaking publicly because he believes that voters should hear the truth about his former boss and the case before the November
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Brian Butler, a former Mar-a-Lago worker referenced as “Trump Employee Number 5” in the classified documents indictment of Donald Trump, spoke exclusively with CNN on Monday about what he saw at the former president’s private club and the subsequent fallout after a search there by federal investigators. Butler’s interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins provides new
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The clergy sexual abuse scandal is slowly gathering steam in Italy. There is increasing media coverage, some criminal convictions and the launch Monday of an investigative podcast dedicated to a case that tangentially involved Pope Francis. A Sicilian court last week convicted a priest of sexual violence
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