Pro-Trump network OAN and Smartmatic settle 2020 election defamation case
By Marshall Cohen and Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Voting technology company Smartmatic and the far-right network One America News said…
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Facing a Republican revolt, House Speaker Johnson’s plan for US aid to Ukraine, allies uncertain
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Defiant and determined, House Speaker Mike Johnson pushed back Tuesday against…
Continue ReadingMan gets 37-year sentence for kidnapping FBI employee in South Dakota
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — One of three people convicted of carjacking and kidnapping an FBI employee in South Dakota has been sentenced to 37 years…
Continue ReadingFormer Michigan House leader and wife charged with misusing political funds
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and ED WHITE Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Prosecutors have filed financial crimes against the former leader of the…
Continue ReadingA year’s worth of rain plunges normally dry Dubai underwater
By Mary Gilbert and Brandon Miller, CNN Meteorologists (CNN) — A year’s worth of rain unleashed immense flash flooding in Dubai Tuesday as…
Continue Reading‘Once in a lifetime’: What Caitlin Clark said after being selected at No. 1 in the WNBA draft
By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Few things in professional sports have ever been as certain as Caitlin Clark being selected as the No. 1 overall in…
Continue ReadingMicrosoft turns to the Middle East for its latest bet on AI
By Tom Foster, CNN London (CNN) — Microsoft will invest $1.5 billion in Abu Dhabi’s G42, an artificial intelligence group that has faced…
Continue ReadingIndiana sheriff’s deputy dies after coming into contact with power lines at car crash scene
PLAINFIELD, Ind. (AP) — Police say a suburban Indianapolis sheriff’s deputy died after he came into contact with downed power lines at the scene…
Continue ReadingTrump’s stock tumbles again after Truth Social announces it’s getting into streaming
By David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — Investors in Trump Media & Technology Group’s stock are throwing in the towel. Shares of TMTG…
Continue ReadingDr. Martens shares plunge to record low after weak US revenue outlook
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Dr. Martens have plunged after the iconic…
Continue ReadingUkraine ‘ran out of missiles’ to thwart Russian strike on power plant, Zelensky says
By Sebastian Shukla, Olga Voitovych, Andy Carey and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — A lack of air defenses meant Ukraine was powerless to…
Continue ReadingTexas fined $100,000 per day for failing to act on foster care abuse allegations
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Texas is being fined $100,000 a day by a federal judge for neglecting investigations into abuse and neglect…
Continue Reading‘Under the Bridge’ navigates the familiar true-crime waters of troubled teens
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Despite being based on a grim true-crime yarn, “Under the Bridge” makes several poor choices in…
Continue ReadingCrop-rich California region will fall under state monitoring to preserve groundwater flow
By AMY TAXIN Associated Press California officials have voted to take over monitoring groundwater use in part of the fertile San Joaquin Valley under…
Continue ReadingMicrosoft invests $1.5 billion in AI firm G42, overseen by UAE’s national security adviser
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft is investing $1.5 billion in a technology firm based in the United Arab Emirates and overseen by the country’s…
Continue ReadingFour boaters rescued after vessel becomes ground on reef on Oahu’s South Shore
By Matthew Nuttle Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Four people were rescued after their vessel…
Continue ReadingHenry Cavill and girlfriend Natalie Viscuso ‘excited’ to welcome first baby together
By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — “Argyle” star Henry Cavill and his girlfriend Natalie Viscuso have announced they are expecting their first…
Continue ReadingUn incendio arrasa la antigua Bolsa de Copenhague y la torre se derrumba
Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Un enorme incendio envolvió la antigua Bolsa de Valores de Copenhague, uno de los monumentos más famosos de la…
Continue ReadingA Boston police officer’s body was found two years ago in a snowy yard. Now his girlfriend goes on trial for murder
By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — After many months of courtroom showdowns, conspiracy theories and accusations of a cover-up, the trial in the…
Continue ReadingWest Virginia transgender sports ban discriminates against teen athlete, appeals court says
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s transgender sports ban violates the rights of a teen athlete under…
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