Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Police believe the brazen killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO was carried out with a ghost gun. The nearly untraceable weapons can be made a home. A ghost gun is a firearm without a serial number. Police said Monday that the gun used in last week’s shooting of Brian Thompson may have
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has promised to end birthright citizenship as soon as he gets into office to make good on campaign promises aiming to restrict immigration and redefining what it means to be American. But any efforts to halt the policy would face steep legal hurdles. Birthright citizenship means anyone
Continue ReadingBy Casey Tolan, Blake Ellis, Melanie Hicken, Jeff Winter and Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN (CNN) — Months before Luigi Mangione allegedly gunned down a top health insurance CEO and then seemingly vanished from Midtown Manhattan, another disappearing act worried his friends and family. The 26-year-old scion of a wealthy Baltimore family who was a high school
Continue ReadingPor Ivonne Valdés, CNN en Español Varios pasajeros del vuelo 3041 de Volaris de este domingo dicen que se sintieron aterrorizados cuando un hombre intentó desviar la aeronave desde México hacia Estados Unidos. El episodio llevó a un aterrizaje de emergencia en el aeropuerto de Guadalajara, informaron la aerolínea Volaris y las autoridades mexicanas. “Me
Continue ReadingBy Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Haiti’s government says the country’s gangs have crossed a “red line” after allegedly killing over 180 people over the weekend, after a gang leader reportedly blamed Voodoo adherents for his child’s grave illness. A statement by the Haiti Prime Minister’s office accused gang leader Micanor “Mikanò” Altès and associates
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A state attorney in Florida is telling his staff he can’t help his elected replacement take over his seat because Gov. Ron DeSantis had already suspended the Democrat from the office. Judicial circuit prosecutor Andrew Bain sent the message to his staff Monday and it was obtained
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Since its inception in 2019, a U.S. development agency has created a portfolio of more than $50 billion worth of projects in 114 countries, including a trans-Africa railway corridor, a power plant in Sierra Leone, and solar panel manufacturing in India. The U.S. International Development Finance Agency was founded in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri business groups have filed a lawsuit to try to stop a voter-approved law that will raise the state’s minimum wage and require employers to give workers paid sick leave. The powerful Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry, restaurant and grocers associations say the law violates a state constitutional
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Godding Click here for updates on this story DOUGLAS COUNTY, Kansas (KMBC) — What began as a call for help around 9 p.m. Thursday escalated into an hourslong standoff involving the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and other law enforcement agencies that ultimately left two dead. Over the weekend, authorities identified the individuals involved
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans have filed a lawsuit seeking a court order to resolve a discrepancy between state and federal law about what date the state’s presidential electors must meet to cast Wisconsin’s 10 Electoral College votes for President-elect Donald Trump. State law calls for the meeting to take place on
Continue ReadingPor Haley Britzky, CNN El Pentágono dijo este lunes que Estados Unidos está trabajando a través de sus socios en Siria para garantizar que las armas químicas del derrocado régimen de Assad no caigan en manos equivocadas. “En cuanto a la cuestión de las armas químicas, es algo en lo que estamos centrados”, dijo la
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Federal investigators say a lack of proper planning probably caused a deadly crash of World War II-era military planes at a 2022 air show in Texas. All six people aboard the two planes were killed. National Transportation Safety Board investigators said Monday that the paths of the two planes made it hard
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say a passenger on a domestic flight in Mexico who tried to divert an aircraft to the United States by force said that he was under threat by criminals who had kidnapped one of his relatives. Videos posted on social media showed other passengers subduing the man on a
Continue ReadingBy Reuters Google on Monday said that it has overcome a key challenge in quantum computing with a new generation of chip, solving a computing problem in five minutes that would take a classical computer more time than the history of the universe. Like other tech giants such as Microsoft and IBM, Alphabet’s Google is
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge is considering whether a Minnesota law that bans religious tests for colleges that participate in a state program that allows high school students to take college courses for credit is unconstitutional. The state argued at a hearing Monday that the 2023 law rightly protects high-school students who
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts judge has dismissed witness intimidation and criminal harassment charges against a backer of Karen Read who admitted placing dozens of yellow rubber ducks and fake $100 bills around town. Richard Schiffer Jr. had argued he had a First Amendment right to support the defense theory that Read has
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The weather pattern for the next couple of days will be chilly and dry as the region is under the influence of an area of high pressure. This will keep the area mostly sunny and crisp in the afternoon and clear and cold overnight. The temperature to start the week will be about normal for
Continue ReadingAnother “bluebird day” as the skies are mostly sunny and the temps are crisp. There are reports of new snow on Meadows, Timberline and Hoodoo the past 24 hours, and more is on the way over the weekend. The next chance for some snow will be late Wednesday into Thursday then off and on each
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Ludman Click here for updates on this story 12/9/24 (LAPost.com) — The nominees for the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards were officially announced Monday, less than a month before the ceremony is set to take place. Netflix’s gender-bending “Emilia Pérez” led the way with 10 motion picture nominations, a new record, while FX’s
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says the U.S. government’s top hostage negotiator is in Beirut in hopes of collecting information on the whereabouts of Austin Tice, an American journalist missing in Syria for 12 years. Spokesman Matt Miller told reporters Monday that the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs is talking to officials in
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