Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Women won a majority of seats in the New Mexico Legislature in the general election, stirring expressions of vindication and joy. New Mexico now joins a small cadre of states that have achieved gender parity or elected female majorities. Nevada voters were the first in 2018 to elect
Continue ReadingBy David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump’s social media stock had been sinking fast after a short-lived, post-election-victory surge this week. Then, with a single post on Truth Social, he helped boost the stock again – and added a half billion dollars to his net worth as a result. At Friday’s market open,
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By Lynne Terry, Oregon Capital Chronicle The Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Division has discovered several dozen more voter registrations of non-U.S. citizens in its system as part of reviews ordered by Gov. Tina Kotek in late September. The division announced in a status report published Thursday it had discovered that 56 more people had been misidentified as U.S.
Continue ReadingLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky police officer has been reprimanded for firing non-lethal rounds at a TV camera crew during street protests over Breonna Taylor’s death in 2020. A crew from WAVE-TV was filming live as Louisville Police Officer Dustin Dean fired pepper rounds at them in May 2020. The first protests over Taylor’s
Continue ReadingAssociated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Chinese national is jailed on trespassing charges after police say he tried to enter President-elect Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in violation of a court order that he stay away following a previous attempt. Zijie Li was being held Friday without bond after being arrested Thursday when he
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump put billionaire Elon Musk on the line with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy when the Ukrainian leader called to congratulate the incoming U.S. president, according to a Ukrainian official with direct knowledge of the phone call. The person, who was not authorized to comment on the matter publicly,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court will launch an external probe into sexual misconduct accusations against its top prosecutor, keeping alive a case the court’s internal watchdog had closed within five days. Karim Khan has categorically denied the accusations that he tried to coerce a female aide into a sexual
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California air regulators have voted to approve changes to a key climate program aimed at reducing planet-warming emissions that could increase gas prices statewide. The program has garnered backlash from a wide swath of critics from environmentalists to the oil industry. The rule requires the state to
Continue ReadingMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former first lady Michelle Obama’s brother and his wife have settled a lawsuit they filed in 2022 alleging a private school in Milwaukee refused to reenroll their children after the couple raised concerns about racism. Craig and Kelly Robinson alleged in the lawsuit that the University School of Milwaukee terminated their
Continue ReadingBy John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — US stocks closed at record highs on Friday, notching their best week all year after Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election. The S&P 500 rose 0.38% on Friday, briefly crossing 6,000 points for the first time ever, before closing at about 5,996. The Dow rose
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — La presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, dijo este viernes que mantuvo una llamada “muy cordial” con el presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, y que él “planteó el tema de la frontera”, sin entrar en detalles. “Fue una llamada muy cordial, quiero destacar esto. Él inició la conversación felicitándome
Continue ReadingAndrea Saint Martin (CNN) — A la luz de la reelección de Donald Trump, los grupos de apoyo a inmigrantes han comenzado los preparativos para las deportaciones masivas prometidas por el presidente electo. La abogada de inmigración Camille Mackler dice que ella, junto con más de 80 proveedores de servicios legales en todo el estado de
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau and Joyce Jiang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Lin En could have easily reached his destination in six hours had he caught a flight. But during a trip earlier this year, the 23-year-old opted for a bus ride that took three days to cross from Xinjiang, in China’s northwest, to Astana, Kazakhstan’s
Continue ReadingBy Elle McLogan Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — A Long Island man says his life savings were stolen from his bank account, and he says he’s been waiting a year to get it back. Grant Holihan believes his card was skimmed in Woodside, Queens. He says the thieves then
Continue ReadingBy McKenzy Parsons Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — A Colorado man was sentenced to prison after flying into Omaha with over 6,100 fentanyl pills in suitcase. On Thursday a federal judge sentenced Kene Coleman, 43, of Colorado Springs to 12.5 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute
Continue ReadingAP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Three NASA astronauts whose prolonged space station mission ended with a trip to the hospital last month declined to say Friday which one of them was sick. Astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps publicly discussed their spaceflight for the first time since returning from the
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Haynes Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, Massachusetts (WCVB) — No injuries were reported Thursday when a piece of a floating pier crashed onto a marina in Boston, crushing at least one boat. The incident happened at Boston Harbor Shipyard and Marina in East Boston on Marginal Street in East Boston
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City man has been charged with staging a car accident for insurance fraud purposes last month in a case that received wide publicity after the victim shared dashboard camera footage of the crash. Prosecutors say the 28-year-old Brooklyn man was in a car whose driver cut
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El magnate tecnológico Elon Musk participó en una llamada entre el presidente electo de EE.UU., Donald Trump, y el presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensk, el día después de las elecciones presidenciales, según una fuente con conocimiento de la situación. La fuente habló con CNN bajo condición de anonimato debido a lo
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Nearly two dozen retired research chimpanzees will be relocated from New Mexico to a sanctuary in Louisiana. The decision announced Friday by the National Institutes of Health follows a long battle with animal advocates over the fate of the remaining chimps at a facility at Holloman Air Force Base
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