By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Cindy Axne, the last Democrat standing in Iowa, went to her party’s leadership about a month before the 2022 midterms to ask for a few hundred thousand more dollars in her race, or risk losing her seat. The money didn’t come, according to two people with knowledge of
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Continue ReadingBy Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Vice presidential candidate JD Vance said “no” former president Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election “by the words” the Ohio Republican would use, when asked Wednesday what message it sends to independent voters that he has not directly answered that question. “On the election of 2020, I’ve
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The National Women’s Soccer League expansion team in Boston apologized on Wednesday for a “Too Many Balls” marketing campaign that draw a harsh reaction from the transgender community and others. A day after unveiling the slogan as part of the rollout of the team name BOS Nation FC, the
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, Manuela Castro, Mauricio Torres, Alli Rosenbloom and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Liam Payne, a former member of the boyband One Direction, has died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, according to local police. Payne, who was 31, leaves behind his seven-year-old son, Bear. Police
Continue ReadingBy Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday eulogized Ethel Kennedy, the human rights activist and widow of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, as “a hero in her own right,” remembering her decades of public service and personal friendship to him and his family. “She got me through a time I didn’t want
Continue ReadingBy Spencer Wilson Click here for updates on this story BRECKENRIDGE, Colorado (KCNC) — A Colorado teacher was recently recognized for his dedication to his students, regardless of what their primary language is. Oakley Van Oss works at Summit High School in Breckenridge and specializes in welding and construction. He teaches practical job skills with
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Elon Musk’s SpaceX has accused a California regulator of political discrimination after it voted to block the rocket company from conducting more launches on the state’s central coast. SpaceX claimed in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that members of the California Coastal Commission violated Musk’s right to free
Continue ReadingBy Todd Feurer, Marissa Perlman, Elyssa Kaufman Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — An elderly woman with dementia has been missing for over a week, and her family in south suburban Country Club Hills is asking for people to be on the lookout. Yolanda Howell, 78, was last seen at
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An outspoken pro-Israel professor at Columbia University has been temporarily barred from campus for harassing and intimidating other employees. University spokesperson Ben Chang says Shai Davidai, a business professor at the Manhattan university, will have to undergo training in order to have his campus access restored. Davidai didn’t immediately
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a drab office suite just blocks from the White House, seasoned political operatives are drawing up detailed plans for a government in waiting. Another identical suite in the same government building is dark and idle. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are running markedly different transition
Continue ReadingBy Graham Hurley, CNN (CNN) — The National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, on Wednesday showed off an excavated century-old time capsule, revealing a cornucopia of early 20th-century relics, artifacts and documents. In 1924, historians and museum curators banded together to bury a time capsule inside the Liberty Memorial, to be opened
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The head of the military junta that seized power in Mali in 2020 has promoted himself to the rank of army general with special title: Colonel Assimi Goita of the land army, the highest military distinction held only by two former heads of state in the country’s history. The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has capped a memorial service for Ethel Kennedy by recalling the wife of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy as “a hero in her own right.” Biden was joined Wednesday by former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton in speaking at the memorial service. The presence of
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Cuando el expresidente Donald Trump suba al escenario con votantes latinos el miércoles por la noche en Miami en un foro organizado por Univisión, es posible que falte algo: verificación de datos. Tampoco hubo verificación de datos durante el foro de la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris con la cadena la
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Billie Jean King started the Women’s Sports Foundation with a $5,000 check. She’s turned that investment into $100 million and a half century of helping girls and women achieve their dreams through travel and training grants, local sports programs and mentoring athletes and coaches. King elebrated the 50th
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El candidato republicano a la presidencia de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, participó este miércoles en un foro con votantes hispanos que siguen indecisos sobre por quién votar en las elecciones presidenciales del 5 de noviembre. El foro organizado por Univision Noticias, llamado “Los Latinos Preguntan… Donald Trump Responde”, se llevó
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold and Liam Reilly, CNN New York (CNN) — Fox News hosted an all-women town hall with former President Donald Trump, billed as an opportunity for female voters to ask the Republican candidate questions that matter to them. The Georgia town hall, where Trump took questions on reproductive laws, transgender rights and other
Continue ReadingBy Erika Tulfo, CNN (CNN) — In today’s digital landscape, signing up for a service usually only takes a couple of clicks of a button. But opting out of a plan can prove to be much harder. The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday moved to change that. The FTC unveiled its final “click-to-cancel” rule, which
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