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Month: October 2024

Major Michigan city decides against verifying mail ballots early, potentially slowing results

Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A decision by the elections clerk in Michigan’s third-largest city is raising concerns of a slowdown in reporting election night results in a county that is being targeted by both presidential campaigns and includes a competitive congressional race. The city clerk and election official for Warren has opted against

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Deschutes River Conservancy to get $25 million from feds for canal piping, other water-saving projects

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced Thursday that five Central and Eastern conservation projects have secured a total of more than $95 million in federal investment to help farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners adopt and expand strategies that enhance natural resources while tackling the climate crisis. . “These significant federal

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Former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model says Trump groped her to show off for Jeffrey Epstein

By Jeremy Herb and Sunlen Serfaty, CNN New York (CNN) — A former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model is alleging that former President Donald Trump groped her in the 1990s, in what she believes was an attempt to show off for Jeffrey Epstein. In her first on-camera interview about the allegation, with CNN Thursday, Stacey Williams offered her most

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Former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model says Trump groped her to show off for Jeffrey Epstein

CNN By Jeremy Herb and Sunlen Serfaty, CNN New York (CNN) — A former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model is alleging that former President Donald Trump groped her in the 1990s, in what she believes was an attempt to show off for Jeffrey Epstein. In her first on-camera interview about the allegation, with CNN Thursday, Stacey Williams offered her

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Trump’s lawyers seek dismissal of federal election case, call special counsel illegally appointed

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have told a federal judge that the election interference case against him should be dismissed, arguing that special counsel Jack Smith was illegally appointed and that funding for his office should be cut off. The argument mirrors the one that persuaded a Trump-appointed judge

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Donald Trump again asks court to dismiss January 6 criminal case, saying special counsel is unconstitutional

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s legal team is asking a federal court to dismiss the January 6, 2021, election subversion case, saying that the office of special counsel Jack Smith is unconstitutional, in a court filing 12 days before the presidential election. “Everything that Smith did since Attorney General (Merrick) Garland’s appointment, as President Trump continued his

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Fox News editó las respuestas confusas y las afirmaciones falsas de Trump en su entrevista en una barbería

Belén Liotti Nueva York (CNN) –– El reciente segmento del canal Fox News sobre la visita “sorpresa” de Donald Trump a una barbería en el Bronx pareció un anuncio de campaña para la reelección del expresidente. En el clip aparecía Trump, quien respondía preguntas mientras conversaba con clientes y trabajadores negro e hispanos de distintas

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Red-cockaded woodpeckers’ recovery in southeast leads to status change from endangered to threatened

AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The red-cockaded woodpecker, an iconic bird in southeastern forests, has recovered enough of its population to be downlisted from an endangered species to a threatened one. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the status change on Thursday. At one point in the 1970s, the red-cockaded woodpecker population had

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In rare move, Pentagon denies falsehood about troops allowed to use force during election

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare move, the Pentagon is strongly pushing back against misinformation spread on social media that falsely suggests U.S. troops have been authorized to use force against American citizens during the election. The falsehood suggests that a Defense Department policy revision released in late September was timed to interfere

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Officer who broke down Breonna Taylor’s door recalls sound of gunfire in trial’s fourth day

Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Louisville police officer who used a battering ram to smash through Breonna Taylor’s front door testified in federal court Thursday. Detective Mike Nobles says the gunshots that went off shortly after were the loudest he’s ever heard. Police gunfire killed Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, who had been

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Gran Premio de México en la Fórmula Uno: horarios y fechas de prácticas, clasificación y la carrera

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — La Fórmula Uno regresa al Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez de la Ciudad de México con la vigésima carrera de la temporada 2024. Pese al dominio del tricampeón del mundo Max Verstappen (Red Bull) en la clasificación general en las últimas dos temporadas, la puja por el campeonato sigue viva

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Environmentalists sue New York, New Jersey and Delaware over endangered sturgeon

Associated Press Environmentalists accuse New York, New Jersey and Delaware in federal lawsuits of improperly allowing Atlantic sturgeon to be killed by commercial fishing operations even as the prehistoric fish is on the brink of disappearing. The three lawsuits from the Delaware Riverkeeper Network and Hudson Riverkeeper were filed Thursday and accuse the states of

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