By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — New York Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, one of the GOP’s most endangered House incumbents, reportedly gave both his lover and his fiancée’s daughter part-time jobs in his district office on Long Island, a potential violation of House ethics rules. D’Esposito hired the pair shortly after taking office in 2023, according
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — After almost a year of trading fire, Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah are now engaged in ferocious confrontations that threaten to turn into a full-blown war. Israel faces a much more formidable foe in Hezbollah than it faced in Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Many consider the Iran-backed
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) — Law enforcement authorities across the U.S. are increasingly focused on a Venezuelan gang behind a spate of violent crimes. The Tren de Aragua traces its origin more than a decade ago to an infamously lawless prison. But it has expanded in recent years as more than 8 million desperate Venezuelans
Continue ReadingNORCO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say the passenger in a car was killed when a horse smashed through the windshield during a series of crashes on a Southern California interstate over the weekend. The highway patrol says the first collision occurred about 2 a.m. Sunday when a Toyota Tacoma towing a horse trailer veered to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Tom Watson, a hall of fame broadcast reporter whose career included decades as a broadcast editor for The Associated Press in Kentucky, has died. He was 85. Watson’s baritone voice and sharp wit were fixtures in the AP’s Louisville bureau. He wrote broadcast reports and cultivated connections with reporters
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Representative Judy Chu, D-Calif., introduced legislation Tuesday called the PROGRESS Act that would improve access to capital for small businesses owned by women and people of color. Short for Providing Real Opportunities for Growth to Rising Entrepreneurs for Sustained Success, the PROGRESS Act would create two new tax
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — If you think Latin American history starts with Christopher Columbus, John Leguizamo would like to have a word. He points out there were great empires and civilizations during the thousands of years before 1492 — the mighty Incas, Aztecs and Maya, whose great strides in medicine, engineering and
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Holly, Joe Roetz, Julian Quintana and Kevin Boulandier Click here for updates on this story CORAL GABLES, Florida (WSVN) — A woman was rescued by firefighters after their car was dangling off the fourth floor of a parking garage in Coral Gables. Coral Gables Police and fire rescue crews arrived at the scene
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, he told a congressional committee Tuesday. Favre made the disclosure as part of his testimony about a welfare misspending scandal in Mississippi. Favre, who does not face criminal charges, has repaid just over $1 million in speaking fees funded
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden utilizó su último discurso ante la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas para exponer sobre los desafíos que enfrenta el mundo, pero lo impregnó de optimismo y llamados a la paz por parte de los líderes mundiales. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel “Reconozco los desafíos desde Ucrania
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Agiesta, Ariel Edwards-Levy and Edward Wu, CNN (CNN) — The race for president between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is exceedingly close, with Harris’ support resting on stronger personal appeal, while Trump draws on a die-hard base and a wide advantage on handling the economy to run about even
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have discovered a new species of ghost shark that lives in deep ocean waters near Australia and New Zealand. The Australasian Narrow-nosed Spookfish, or Harriotta avia, was found in the Chatham Rise, an area of ocean floor off the east coast of New Zealand’s South Island, by researchers
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The son of the man who allegedly attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course was arrested on child pornography charges Tuesday, according to court records. Oran Alexander Routh, whose father is Ryan Wesley Routh, the man prosecutors say set up a “sniper’s nest” at
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre revealed Tuesday he was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The famed quarterback was speaking in front of the House Ways and Means Committee in a hearing on reforming Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), where he was called to testify before Congress about
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — Rommel Pacheco Marrufo, un exclavadista olímpico, será el nuevo titular de la Comisión Nacional de Cultura Física y Deporte (Conade) de México. Pacheco Marrufo nació el 12 de julio de 1986, en Mérida, Yucatán. Es licenciado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas por la Universidad Anáhuac del Sur y tiene una
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The people who opened fire in a mass shooting in Birmingham, Alabama, late Saturday are suspected of using “conversion devices” in carrying out the attack, and over 100 shell casings were collected at the scene, according to a preliminary investigation from police. The shooting, which left four dead and
Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida A&M University has postponed its upcoming college football game against Alabama A&M because of Tropical Storm Helene. The Rattlers rescheduled the game for Friday, Nov. 29, in anticipation of Helene strengthening into a major hurricane Wednesday while moving north toward the United States. Helene formed into a tropical storm Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, CNN (CNN) — A devoted meditator, Eli Susman wanted to deepen his practice, and his meditation journey took him across the world. He spent a month at Plum Village, a mindfulness practice center in southern France run by Buddhist monks focused on honing the art of mindful living. Susman expected to spend
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Waverly B. Woodson Jr., who was part of the only African American combat unit involved in the D-Day invasion during World War II, spent more than a day treating wounded troops under heavy German fire — all while injured himself. Decades later, and nearly 20 years after his death, his
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