CNN By Marshall Cohen, Jeremy Herb and Zachary Cohen, CNN The latest hearing before the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection revealed new details Tuesday about how former President Donald Trump pressured state officials to help him overturn the 2020 presidential election. The panel featured testimony from three Republican officials who were all
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By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says a phone call between jailed WNBA star Brittney Griner and her wife is being rescheduled after an earlier attempt to connect on the couple’s anniversary failed because of an “unfortunate mistake.” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Tuesday that the
Continue Reading FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Former Purdue basketball star Caleb Swanigan has died at age 25. The Allen County Coroner’s office confirmed Tuesday that Swanigan died Monday of natural causes at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The coroner’s office senior investigator Rebecca Maze says a private doctor will be handling his death certificate. Purdue
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A Google executive is warning the U.N. Security Council Tuesday that cyberattacks, disinformation and other forms of information warfare being waged in Ukraine are a “crystal ball” for future problems elsewhere. Jared Cohen addressed the council Tuesday. He heads Jigsaw, a part of Google that aims to build technology to combat
Continue Reading VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis may have canceled his planned trip to Congo because of his bad knee, but he’s had a visit from one of Congo’s brightest basketball stars who briefed him on his humanitarian efforts back home. The Phoenix Suns’ Bismack Biyombo had a private audience with Francis Tuesday at the Vatican
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Wimbledon tennis championships. June 27-July 10, 2022 – Wimbledon takes place in London. June 28-July 11, 2021 – The Wimbledon Championships take place. 2022 Results Novak Djokovic defeats Nick Kyrgios 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-6 (7-3) in the men’s final, to win his fourth straight Wimbledon singles title
Continue Reading By Rachel Janfaza, Ethan Cohen and Melissa Holzberg DePalo, CNN It’s Election Day in Alabama, Virginia, Georgia and Washington, DC, with voters picking their nominees in primaries or primary runoffs for the November midterms. In Alabama, Republicans Katie Britt and Mo Brooks are going head-to-head in a runoff for their party’s Senate nomination. Britt won
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EL PASO, Texas — Two council items led to extended discussion at Tuesday morning’s city council meeting. The first item was a resolution that called for additional school safety in order to better protect schools from violence. This item was written in response to the mass shooting in Uvalde, TX. On the item, the measures
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EL PASO, Texas — The City of El Paso began work on two structures in Duranguito, to prevent further damage to them through the monsoon season. The buildings are located in Duranguito within the area of the voter-approved Multi-Purpose Performing Arts and Entertainment Center. The buildings are 300 West Overland and 212 West Overland. The
Continue Reading CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN The White House says it is “appalling” Russia won’t rule out applying the death penalty on two American citizens who are detained after volunteering to fight in Ukraine. “We still are trying to learn more about these two individuals,” said John Kirby, the coordinator for strategic communications at the National
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN The White House says it is “appalling” Russia won’t rule out applying the death penalty on two American citizens who are detained after volunteering to fight in Ukraine. “We still are trying to learn more about these two individuals,” said John Kirby, the coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security
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HOUSTON A 5-year-old boy has died after being left in a vehicle in the Houston area as his mother prepared for a birthday party and as temperatures soared past 100 degrees, authorities said. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the boy died Monday as his family was getting ready to celebrate his 8-year-old sister’s birthday.
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Police Special Traffic Investigators say Cecil Blesh O’Neal III, 48, was hit and killed by a car on Saturday, June 18, just after 10 p.m. at the 9500 block of McCombs. Investigators say O’Neal was crossing the southbound lanes when he was struck. Video surveillance shows a car speeding.
Continue Reading BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s Kristóf Milák has set a world record in the men’s 200 butterfly at the swimming world championships. The 22-year-old Milák clocked 1 minute, 50.34 seconds to shave 0.39 seconds off the previous record he set at the last worlds in Gwangju, South Korea on July 24, 2019. Milák finished 3.03
Continue Reading By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Vitamin, mineral and multivitamin supplements aren’t likely to protect you from cancer, heart disease or overall mortality, the US Preventive Services Task Force said in updated guidelines released Tuesday in the journal JAMA. Since its last recommendation in 2014, the task force reviewed 84 studies testing vitamins in almost 700,000 people,
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Forest Service employees made multiple miscalculations, used inaccurate models and underestimated how dry conditions were in the Southwest, causing a planned burn to reduce the threat of wildfires to explode into the largest blaze in New Mexico’s recorded history, the agency said Tuesday. The
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Lucy Bayly, CNN Business Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell wants to increase joblessness in the US in order to save the economy. But Beyoncé may beat him to it. The multi-hyphenate artist’s latest single, “Break My Soul,” which dropped late Monday, begs listeners to “release” themselves from their 9-5, saying “I just quit my job,
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) — Jumbo Kingdom, el icónico restaurante flotante de Hong Kong, se hundió apenas unos días después de que lo remolcaran al mar en ruta hacia un destino sin especificar. La gran embarcación de tres pisos, cuyo exterior tenía el estilo de un palacio imperial chino, fue arrastrada por varios remolcadores el martes pasado,
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Forest Service employees made multiple miscalculations, used inaccurate models and underestimated how dry conditions were in the Southwest, causing a planned burn to reduce the threat of wildfires to explode into the largest blaze in New Mexico’s recorded history, the agency said Tuesday. The
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CNN Lucy Bayly, CNN Business Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell wants to increase joblessness in the US in order to save the economy. But Beyoncé may beat him to it. The multi-hyphenate artist’s latest single, “Break My Soul,” which dropped late Monday, begs listeners to “release” themselves from their 9-5, saying “I just quit my
Continue Reading ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Forest Service acknowledges errors, miscalculations that caused largest wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history.
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns have hired Morgan Cato as an assistant general manager and vice president of basketball operations. She becomes the first woman of color hold an assistant GM title for an NBA franchise. Cato comes to Phoenix after spending nearly a decade with the NBA league office, where she most recently
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By Melissa Alonso, CNN A wildfire in southern New Jersey has grown to more than 13,500 acres in size, but is now 85% contained, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said Tuesday. The fire in Wharton State Forest had almost doubled in size since Monday morning, when it was reported to have burned 7,200 acres,
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Las Vegas and Chicago will meet in the second annual Commissioner’s Cup championship game next month. The in-season title game will be played at the home of the team with the better record — which right now is Las Vegas. The Aces failed to clinch the home game, blowing
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By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Las Vegas and Chicago will meet in the second annual Commissioner’s Cup championship game next month. The in-season title game will be played at the home of the team with the better record — which right now is Las Vegas. The Aces failed to clinch the home game, blowing
Continue Reading By HALELUYA HADERO Two Black executives at Amazon are leaving the company. The e-commerce juggernaut confirmed the news Tuesday hours after CEO Andy Jassy named a new head for the company’s troubled retail business. That unit has been burdened with a glut of warehouse space after a massive expansion during the pandemic. John Felton, an
Continue Reading By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer American investor John Textor has become the main shareholder of French soccer club Lyon and he immediately targeted the dominance of Qatar-funded rival Paris Saint-Germain. Lyon last won the French title in 2008 and has struggled to compete as PSG spent lavishly to win Ligue 1 in eight of
Continue Reading By Melanie Zanona, Gabby Orr and Zachary Cohen, CNN Donald Trump is growing increasingly irritated with the House panel investigating the January 6, 2021, riot as it lifts the curtain on some of its findings with public hearings that have garnered gavel-to-gavel cable coverage — much to the annoyance of the TV-obsessed former President. Tucked
Continue Reading By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has reached an agreement to settle 20 of the 24 civil lawsuits that had been filed by women who accused him of sexual assault and harassment, an attorney for the women said Tuesday. Watson, who has been accused by massage therapists
Continue Reading By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has reached an agreement to settle 20 of the 24 civil lawsuits that had been filed by women who accused him of sexual assault and harassment, an attorney for the women said Tuesday. Watson, who has been accused by massage therapists
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