By Daniel Dale, CNN The Republican nominee in at least 20 of this year’s 36 gubernatorial races is someone who has rejected, declined to affirm, raised doubts about, or tried to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election. And the list will almost certainly get longer when the last batch of Republican primaries is
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By Evan Perez, Gabby Orr and Pamela Brown, CNN The FBI search at Mar-a-Lago this week came months after federal investigators served an earlier grand jury subpoena and took away sensitive national security documents from former President Donald Trump’s property during a June meeting, people familiar with the matter tell CNN. Investigators executed Monday’s search
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates soared this week in a continued volatile market as the key 30-year loan rate jumped back over 5%. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reports that the 30-year rate rose to 5.22% from 4.99% last week. The average rate on 15-year, fixed-rate mortgages, popular among those looking to refinance
Continue Reading By Daniel Dale, CNN In at least 12 states, the Republican nominee for the job of overseeing future elections is someone who has questioned, rejected or tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Secretaries of state will play a critical role in managing and certifying the presidential election in 2024. The distinct possibility
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By Kocha Olarn, Irene Nasser and Rhea Mogul, CNN Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa flew by private jet from Singapore to Thailand on Thursday, according to a high-ranking police official with direct knowledge of his movements. The source said Rajapaksa’s jet landed at Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport and that his stay in Thailand will
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ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper’s real estate company has proposed to pay more than than $82 million to creditors over an abandoned $800 million practice facility project in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Tepper’s company GT Real Estate Holdings filled for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware on June 2. Under this
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El presidente de Perú, Pedro Castillo, enfrenta su sexta investigación en el año que lleva al frente del país. La Fiscal de la Nación, Patricia Benavides, abrió una investigación preliminar contra el mandatario, y el exministro de Vivienda, Geiner Alvarado, por el presunto delito contra la tranquilidad pública en la modalidad de organización
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Julia Buckley, CNN Just weeks after tourists were caught driving and hurling scooters down the Spanish Steps in Rome, another tourist in Italy has caused havoc on two wheels in an ancient site. A tourist was caught driving a moped through the Campanian site of Pompeii on Wednesday. He was immediately apprehended by site security
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: Holly Thomas es una escritora y editora residente en Londres. Es editora matutina en Katie Couric Media. Tuitea en @HolstaT. Las opiniones expresadas en este comentario le pertenecen únicamente a su autora. (CNN) — La primera vez que vi a Olivia Newton-John fuera de su personaje me decepcioné bastante. Un
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN A grim reminder of the catastrophic institutional failures associated with Hurricane Katrina, “Five Days at Memorial” captures the personal toll and terrible choices made under the most adverse of conditions. Working backward from the 45 dead bodies discovered in Memorial Hospital, it’s a compelling fact-based look at those five days
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One of the tragic events of Hurricane Katrina is now a streaming mini-series on Apple TV+. Rick Damigella reports.
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN A lone male puma stalked through the tall grass of Chile’s Torres del Paine National Park, and it appeared to be heading straight for a film crew. The crew, led by Chilean producer and director René Araneda, had secured a special permit to film pumas off of the park’s main trail.
Continue Reading “It’s like looking for a needle in a haystack,” crews said describing the search for a blue whale. The final episode of “Patagonia: Life on the Edge of the World” offers a behind-the-scenes look at making the series. It airs Sunday at 9 p.m. ET.
Continue Reading This behind-the-scene videos show the great lengths Isaí Madriz, an entomologist and zoologist, went to find rare insects. The new Original Series “Patagonia: Life on the Edge of the World” airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET.
Continue Reading The marine otters, also known as chungungos, were once hunted almost until extinction. But now the fishing community is protecting this rare specie. “Patagonia: Life on the Edge of the World” airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET.
Continue Reading In the foothills of the Patagonian Andes, only one in five of puma’s guanaco hunts are successful. The Original Series “Patagonia: Life on the Edge of the World” airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET.
Continue Reading COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — USA Basketball has picked its 12-man roster for the opening second-round window of World Cup qualifying, as the Americans look to move closer to clinching a spot in the field for next year’s event. Jim Boylen will return as coach, assisted again by Ty Ellis and Othella Harrington. The roster
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN Western Europe was battling Thursday to deal with the fallout from extreme heat and drought, with wildfires causing evacuations in France and Italian farmers losing up to 80% of their harvest due to severe drought. After days of battles, French firefighters observed the first signs of a slow down among fires
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union says a new U.S. tax credit plan aimed at encouraging Americans to buy electric vehicles could discriminate against European producers and break world trade rules. The Inflation Reduction Act is nearing approval in Congress. It would grant a tax credit of up to $7,500 to lower the cost of
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN As sea ice vanishes, Greenland melts and wildfires scorch the planet’s northernmost forests, new research confirms what scientists are sounding alarms about: the Arctic has warmed much faster than the rest of the world in the past several decades. The phenomenon, called Arctic amplification, is caused by the heat-trapping emissions from
Continue Reading Global warming is helping fuel opportunities to help stop it, and billionaires are jumping on board.
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U.S. Officials are trying to find an Iranian man who allegedly planned to assassinate at least two former U.S. Officials. Wednesday, The Justice Department announced criminal charges against Shahram Poursafi who is at large. U.S. Officials say he plotted to kill former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who served under Donald Trump. John Bolton, who
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) — El Departamento de Justicia de EE.UU. anunció cargos penales este miércoles contra un miembro del Cuerpo de la Guardia Revolucionaria Islámica (IRGC, por sus siglas en inglés) de Irán por supuestamente tratar de orquestar el asesinato de John Bolton, quien ocupó altos cargos de Seguridad Nacional durante los gobierno de Trump y
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A self-proclaimed white supremacist will spend time behind bars for his role in the U.S. Capitol riots. Bryan Betancur was sentenced to four months in jail Wednesday after pleading guilty to illegally trespassing on Capitol grounds. Prosecutors say Betancur stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6th and helped rioters remove furniture from the Capitol building while
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Police are investigating a serious crash in west El Paso involving several migrants. It happened around 7 a.m. at the Como’s Italian Restaurant on Mesa and Waymore on Thursday. An El Paso Police spokesman said officers were trying to pull a vehicle over near Executive Center Blvd. The driver
Continue Reading Nickelodeon star Jennette McCurdy opened up about her childhood abuse in an exclusive interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America.” The “iCarly” co-star released a new memoir titled, “I’m Glad My Mom Died.”
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN On “iCarly,” they played best friends, web show hosts and polar opposites. In real life, though, Jennette McCurdy and Miranda Cosgrove are still close, even if they’re no longer castmates. Ahead of the release of her memoir, “I’m Glad My Mom Died,” McCurdy reflected on her yearslong friendship with Cosgrove, with
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN Actress and director Denise Dowse is hospitalized with viral meningitis, according to a post from her sister. “I am requesting support and prayers be offered me and my sister, and my only immediate family @denisedowse,” her sister wrote in an Instagram post made to Dowse’s official account. “She is currently in
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By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates climbed above 5% again, after dipping below that threshold for the first time in months a week earlier. While the volatility in mortgage rates remains, there are signs that the housing market is starting to stabilize. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.22% in the week ending August 11,
Continue Reading By Kristen Rogers and Ashley Strickland, CNN Tonight’s sturgeon supermoon could have you dancing in the moonlight — the type that only happens three to four times per year. Named by the Native American Algonquin tribe after sturgeon fish that were more easily caught in the Great Lakes and other bodies of water during this
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