By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators have confirmed a veteran of U.S.-Asian engagement and security as the State Department’s second-ranking diplomat. Tuesday’s vote by the full Senate was 92-5. Biden’s nomination of Kurt Campbell as deputy secretary of state underscores longstanding efforts by recent U.S. administrations to focus on China as the
Continue ReadingBy Rohan Mattu Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — A man was shot after he allegedly broke into his ex-girlfriend’s North Baltimore home overnight, police said. Officers responded around 1:30 a.m. to the 3000 block of West Garrison Avenue, where they found a 27-year-old man shot in the stomach. He
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Los incendios forestales en Chile son la “mayor tragedia” desde el terremoto que azotó al país en 2010, dijo el presidente Gabriel Boric en una conferencia de prensa en Viña del Mar este martes. Más de dos millones de personas se vieron afectadas y cientos murieron cuando un terremoto de magnitud
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There will be some cloud cover and a few stray showers to contend with over the next few days. The region should see a mix of clouds and sunshine in the daytime, with some clearing and pockets of fog overnight. Temperatures over the next several days will hover around the low 40s, slightly cooler than
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Bolts that helped secure a panel to the frame of a Boeing 737 Max 9 were missing before the panel blew off the Alaska Airlines plane last month, according to accident investigators. The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday a preliminary report on the Jan. 5 incident that the
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at commercial passenger airplane crashes. For crashes caused by military acts or by terrorism, see Terrorism and War-Related Airplane Crashes Fast Facts. On August 12, 1985, the largest number of deaths in a single commercial airplane crash occurred when a Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 crashed into
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — This is a list of prominent American politicians killed in plane crashes. May 1, 1928 – New York Rep. Thaddeus C. Sweet (R). Sweet is killed in an airplane accident in Broome County, New York. October 28, 1947 – Oregon Governor Earl Snell (R). Snell dies in a plane crash
Continue ReadingBy AnneClaire Stapleton, Tara John and Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Former Chilean President Sebastian Pinera died from drowning after a helicopter crash in the south of the country, according to autopsy results. The cause of death was “asphyxiation due to submersion,” Tatiana Esquivel, the prosecutor of the Los Ríos region, where the crash happened, said Wednesday.
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El expresidente de Chile Sebastián Piñera murió este martes, luego de que el helicóptero en el que viajaba se accidentara en la región de Los Ríos, confirmó su oficina. Tenía 74 años. Muere Sebastián Piñera: qué sabemos del accidente y las reacciones al fallecimiento “Con profundo pesar comunicamos el fallecimiento del
Continue ReadingBy Angus Watson, CNN (CNN) — Militant rebels in Indonesia’s restive West Papua are urging their most feared comrade to release a New Zealand pilot held hostage for a year. A group of armed fighters led by tribal warlord Eganius Koyega kidnapped Phillip Mehrtens on February 7, 2023, after his light plane landed on a delivery run in
Continue ReadingCNN By Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — The failure of a bipartisan border deal reached by senators this weekend appears set to hand President Joe Biden an issue that he can wield against former President Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers on the campaign trail. Biden on Tuesday promised to blame Republicans in Congress directly
Continue ReadingBy Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Supreme Court justices will hear arguments this week related to the 2024 presidential election. We’re here to answer your questions about what’s going on. It’s one of several cases that the court, a third of which was nominated to the bench by former President Donald Trump, may ultimately
Continue ReadingBy HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state Senate unanimously approved legislation Tuesday that would ban police from hog-tying suspects, a restraint technique that has long drawn concern due to the risk of suffocation. The legislation came nearly four years after Manuel Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man, died in Tacoma, about 30
Continue ReadingBy Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — The failure of a bipartisan border deal reached by senators this weekend appears set to hand President Joe Biden an issue that he can wield against former President Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers on the campaign trail. Biden on Tuesday promised to blame Republicans in Congress directly for
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — This story was first published February 2, 2024. It was corrected on February 6, 2024, to clarify that if “None of these candidates” reaches the required vote threshold to win Democratic delegates, those delegates will go into an “uncommitted” column.
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Build more wall. Reinstate Trump-era immigration policies. Or simply shut down the U.S.-Mexico border. Congressional Republicans argue that President Joe Biden already has all the authority he needs to halt the flow of migrants through the U.S.-Mexico border. They’re making the claim as a bipartisan deal that
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz’s campaign manager says a consultant inserted images of horses in ads as a vulgar joke about her opponent. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel first reported that Protasiewicz’s campaign manager, Alejandro Verdin, told The Downballot podcast Jan. 25 that people made baseless
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Sebastián Piñera, expresidente de Chile, iba a bordo del helicóptero que se estrelló en Chile, según reportes de medios y líderes políticos. Una persona murió y otras tres resultaron lesionadas luego de que un helicóptero cayera en la localidad Lago Ranco, en la región de Los Ríos, en el sur de
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Officials have identified the two Omaha police officers who shot and killed two men while working off-duty security jobs over the weekend in Nebraska’s largest city. But authorities haven’t released any further details about the shooting ahead of a planned news conference on Thursday. Police have
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky and Alexandra Peers, CNN New York (CNN) — Women watch the Super Bowl, too, right? And this year a slew of advertisers is expecting it. Health and beauty companies, some for the first time, are joining the scrum of beverage, technology and auto brands that have long been a staple of the
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