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Month: August 2024

First hearing in Trump DC election case after the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling is delayed until September

By Holmes Lybrand, Katelyn Polantz, Paula Reid and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A hearing on the next steps in the federal election subversion case against former President Donald Trump will take place on September 5 after a trial judge on Friday granted an extension sought by special counsel Jack Smith. Prosecutors with Smith’s office said in a filing Thursday that

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Legal challenge seeks to prevent RFK Jr. from appearing on Pennsylvania’s presidential ballot

Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A newly filed legal challenge seeks to have third-party presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. kept off Pennsylvania’s fall ballot. It is an effort with ramifications for the hotly contested swing-state battle between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris. The petition argues, among other things, that the nominating

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With school year approaching amid measles outbreak, Oregon Health Authority urges getting your kids vaccinated

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — With the start of the new school year around the corner – and as a measles outbreak continues in three Oregon counties – health officials are urging parents and guardians to get their children vaccinated against the highly infectious virus before classes begin. A total of 25 confirmed cases of measles

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Estados Unidos, Qatar y Egipto piden a Israel y Hamas que reanuden las conversaciones en El Cairo a mediados de agosto

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Estados Unidos, Qatar y Egipto, en una declaración conjunta emitida el jueves, pidieron a Israel y Hamas que reanuden las conversaciones en El Cairo en una semana. “Hemos pedido a ambas partes que reanuden las conversaciones urgentes el jueves 15 de agosto en Doha o El Cairo para cerrar

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Former FIFA interim president and long-time leader of African soccer Issa Hayatou dies at 77

PARIS (AP) — Former FIFA interim president and long-time leader of African soccer Issa Hayatou has died. He was 77. Current FIFA president Gianni Infantino says in an Instagram post, “Saddened to hear of the passing of former CAF president, former FIFA president and interim, FIFA vice-president and FIFA Council member Issa Hayatou.” Hayatou also

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