CNN By Donald Judd and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday and is experiencing mild symptoms, according to the White House. Biden, 81, tested positive following his first event in Las Vegas, where he was expected to later speak at the UnidosUS annual conference. The president’s
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — A meteor bright enough to be spotted in broad daylight streaked across the sky on Tuesday morning, catching the attention of several East Coasters who documented their sightings. The fireball, defined as a meteor brighter than the planet Venus, is estimated to have soared over New York City before traversing
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ASPEN, Colorado (AP) — Ukraine’s defense minister said his country will find a way to withstand Russia’s invading forces even if Donald Trump wins a second term, jeopardizings vital U.S. support for its defense. Defense Minister Rustem Umerov reflected the diplomatic and military difficulty facing Ukraine as Trump and running mate JD Vance
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Thousands of Nebraskans with felony convictions could be denied voting rights under an opinion from the state attorney general. Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued an opinion Wednesday that says a law passed earlier this year to immediately restore the voting rights of people who’ve finished serving their felony
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The race for Louisiana’s new mostly Black congressional district is heating up as three candidates — including former congressman and longtime Democratic state Sen. Cleo Fields and former GOP lawmaker Elbert Guillory — officially submitted their political filings on Wednesday to run in the November election. Democrats are
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, Donald Judd and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, disrupting a key campaign event meant to shore up support with Latino voters at a critical juncture in the election. Biden, 81, was experiencing mild symptoms and has received his first dose of the
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Thunderstorms that rumbled through much of Oregon Tuesday night ignited at least 10 lightning-caused fires on the Umpqua National Forest, the largest growing to about 200 acres Wednesday near Diamond Lake.
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Agentes de la Policía Nacional detuvieron este lunes en Madrid a Jonathan Montoya Rendón, definido por este cuerpo de seguridad como un peligroso sicario colombiano de 39 años quien en septiembre de 2023 había escapado de prisión, donde cumplía una condena por participar en el asesinato del narcotraficante colombiano Leónidas
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El breaking o break dance es un estilo de baile urbano que surgió en las calles del Bronx, en Nueva York, al ritmo del hip-hop y ahora, más de cincuenta años después, debutará como un deporte olímpico en París 2024. Los b-boys y las b-girls (como se les llama a
Continue ReadingKali Reis was so taken aback by her historical Emmy nomination that she was almost at a loss for words. The “True Detective: Night Country” actor said she felt “numbingly grateful” after learning she and Lily Gladstone made history as the first Indigenous women to earn acting Emmy nominations. Tyler James Williams said he’s happy
Continue ReadingAP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX will use a powerful, souped-up capsule to shove the International Space Station out of orbit once time is up for the sprawling lab. NASA and SpaceX on Wednesday outlined the plan to burn the space station up on reentry. They’re aiming for January 2031 when the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — The young man was pacing around the edges of the Donald Trump campaign rally, shouldering a big backpack and peering into the lens of a rangefinder toward the rooftops behind the stage where the former president would stand. His behavior was so odd, so unlike that of the other
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Six members of two families were killed in Mexico’s violent state of Guanajuato, the second massacre of a family in a month there, authorities confirmed. An increasing number of women, children and entire families have fallen victim to the increasingly indiscriminate violence in Guanajuato and other states where drug cartels are
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — NASA is canceling a water-seeking moon rover because of cost overruns and launch delays. The space agency announced the news Wednesday, days before the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. The Viper rover was supposed to launch in 2023 aboard a lander provided by Astrobotic Technology. But extra testing and
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! The Emmy nominations are out, and “The Bear” and “Shōgun” led the pack with more than 20 each. Here’s a rundown on the nominees in all of the categories. The Emmy Awards will be presented September 15. Here’s what else you might have missed during
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump would not fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell if the former president wins the election in November, according to a Bloomberg interview published Tuesday. But Trump’s statement wasn’t exactly a promise, saying he’d let Powell finish up his second term, “especially if I
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Mascarenhas, Melissa Alonso and Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — At least three people across the United States are facing charges related to the deaths of young children left in hot cars during one scorching week in the US. A 2-month-old in New Jersey, a 2-year-old in Arizona and a 5-year-old in Nebraska died after being left in vehicles in
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Rudy Giuliani has drained roughly half of the money in a personal bank account in the last week to pay for personal expenses, a court proceeding revealed Wednesday, as he attends the Republican National Convention while being hounded from afar by people to whom he owes millions. The numbers are being publicly revealed
Continue ReadingAssociated Press EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — A prominent aid group along the U.S.-Mexico border asked a Texas judge on Wednesday to push back on a widening Republican-led investigation into nonprofits that help migrants, weeks after a separate court rejected efforts by the state to shutter an El Paso shelter. Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The “tuna bond” scandal that shook Mozambique’s economy is washing into a U.S. court. Former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang is being tried on charges that he took bribes to secretly commit his country to huge loans that prosecutors say got looted. Chang has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy
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