By Tami Luhby, CNN Congress is expected to soon approve a bill that aims to reduce what millions of Medicare enrollees pay for certain prescription drugs. CNN wants to hear from senior citizens currently struggling to afford their medications, as well as from those who don’t yet qualify for Medicare but are looking for help
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By MARK GONZALES Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Nico Hoerner homered to ignite a four-run rally in the seventh inning that sent the Chicago Cubs over power-hitting rookie Joey Meneses and the Washington Nationals 4-2. Hoerner’s seventh home run ended a shutout bid by Nationals starter Josiah Gray and enabled the Cubs to earn just
Continue Reading By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love believes he has something to prove after producing so-so results while backing up reigning MVP Aaron Rodgers last season. The 2020 first-round pick from Utah State has looked more comfortable in training camp as he enters his third
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By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials won’t approve a natural gas pipeline from Idaho to Wyoming until additional environmental studies are completed. A U.S. District Court on Wednesday approved an agreement between the U.S. Forest Service and two environmental groups that filed a lawsuit to stop the 50-mile Crow Creek
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Air travelers are finally getting a break on fares. The government said Wednesday that the average airfare dropped nearly 8% in July compared with June, to $311. The bad news is, that’s still almost 28% higher than last July. Airlines pushed fares up for most of
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EL PASO, Texas — A man driving a car was shot by a backseat passenger after leaving a mansion party, according to documents obtained by ABC-7. Investigators say a witness inside the car described how two men in the back seat were shooting a small handgun into the air from outside the window. At one
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A Maryland man described by the FBI as a “self-professed” white supremacist was sentenced on Wednesday to four months of incarceration for storming the U.S. Capitol while wearing a court-mandated device that tracked his movements, court records show. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly also sentenced Bryan Betancur to one year
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By Claudia Dominguez and Michelle Watson, CNN The cause of the Evansville, Indiana, house explosion that left three dead and damaged at least 39 homes is still undetermined, Evansville Fire Chief Michael Connelly said Thursday evening. Connelly retracted his earlier statement that said the house explosion was accidental. “I have to retract the accidental comment,
Continue Reading Authorities say three people were killed when a house exploded in the southern Indiana city of Evansville.
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California is the closest thing college football has seen to an expansion team in quite some time. Rebuilding after the Trojans’ worst season in 30 years, new coach Lincoln Riley dug deep into the newly flush transfer portal to add 24 veterans from across
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kurt Busch says he pushed himself too hard trying to return to NASCAR competition and will miss his fourth consecutive Cup Series race because of concussion-like symptoms. Busch has been out since crashing in qualifying on July 23 at Pocono Raceway. He had hoped
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By Evan Perez, CNN Justice Correspondent Some Justice Department officials believe the department should provide a public statement about the unprecedented search of former President Donald Trump’s home and club in Florida, a view that so far hasn’t changed the silence from the top. Attorney General Merrick Garland has tightly limited the Justice Department’s public
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — The Atlanta Braves have made a couple of big moves. They called up prized prospect Vaughn Grissom to play second base against the Red Sox after Orlando Arcia went on the 10-day injured list with a strained hamstring. The Braves also brought back reliever Kirby Yates from a rehab assignment, nearly two
Continue Reading By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers have fired general manager Al Avila, ending a seven-year tenure with no playoff appearances. Owner Chris Ilitch announced the move with his team mired in another disappointing season. Detroit entered Wednesday at 43-68, last in the AL Central. Ilitch invested millions in the
Continue Reading By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Reporter Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday it is raising prices for streaming subscribers in the U.S. who want to watch Disney+ without ads, as more viewers switch to what CEO Bob Chapek described as the “best value in streaming.” The price increases are tied to a new tiered service Disney
Continue Reading HELSINKI (AP) — Karim Benzema and David Alaba have scored in each half for Real Madrid to win the UEFA Super Cup with a 2-0 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt. Alaba prodded the opener home from close range in the 37th minute when Casemiro cushioned Benzema’s header back after a corner. Benzema then sealed Madrid’s record-equaling
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed President Joe Biden’s White House has until mid-October to decide if he wants to assert executive privilege and hinder an effort to obtain testimony from former President Donald Trump about Trump’s pressure campaign to get a then-top FBI agent fired. US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson set the October 14 deadline at
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Cuando el gobernador Ron DeSantis suspendió abruptamente al fiscal electo de Tampa la semana pasada, no lo hizo en un despido nocturno ni lo enterró en un comunicado de prensa de las 5 de la tarde del viernes. Más bien, DeSantis convocó a los periodistas y a las cámaras para un
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers struggling with skyrocketing prices for food, gas, autos and rent got a tantalizing hint of relief last month, when prices didn’t budge at all from June after 25 straight months of increases. With gas prices continuing to fall, inflation is probably slowing
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks are closing at three-month highs on Wall Street as investors cheered a report showing inflation cooled more than expected in July. The S&P 500 jumped 2.1% Wednesday on expectations that slower inflation will mean the Federal Reserve won’t hike interest rates as much as feared. Technology stocks, cryptocurrencies and other investments
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN Español) — Las relaciones entre Colombia y Venezuela, vecinos a lo largo de un frontera de 2.341 kilómetros, están estancadas desde hace años, especialmente desde que el expresidente colombiano Iván Duque lanzara una campaña de cerco diplomático para buscar la salida del cuestionado presidente de Venezuela Nicolás Maduro del poder. Por estos
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Deshaun Watson’s debut for the Browns is tentative and subject to change. The same is true for his first season in Cleveland. Watson is scheduled to start the exhibition opener — his first game action since 2020 — at Jacksonville on Friday while the quarterback waits
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Deshaun Watson’s debut for the Browns is tentative and subject to change. The same is true for his first season in Cleveland. Watson is scheduled to start the exhibition opener — his first game action since 2020 — at Jacksonville on Friday while the quarterback waits
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — Un jurado de seis mujeres y cuatro hombres fue seleccionado el miércoles en la demanda de Vanessa Bryant contra el condado de Los Ángeles por las horribles fotografías tomadas del fatal accidente de helicóptero que mató a su esposo Kobe, su hija Gianna y otras siete personas. Las declaraciones de apertura
Continue Reading By JERRY BEACH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Francisco Lindor scored three times, tying a franchise record by scoring a run in 13 consecutive games, and the New York Mets breezed to their sixth straight win, 10-2 over the Cincinnati Reds. Lindor finished 2-for-3 with a walk and a two-run single in the second
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By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business General Motors is selling three years of OnStar service as a $1,500 “option” on all Buick and GMC vehicles, as well as on Cadillac Escalade SUVs. But this is an option you can’t refuse. A three-year OnStar subscription is now simply standard equipment on all these models, GM spokesman Patrick
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business In a high-stakes decision, federal regulators announced Wednesday that SpaceX will not receive nearly $900 million in subsidies that the company was awarded in December, citing the fact that its satellite-based service is “still developing technology” and the company “failed to demonstrate that [it] could deliver the promised service.” The
Continue Reading Marysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) – Una voz argentina sonará en el nuevo disco de Ed Sheeran, No. 6 Collaborations Project. A través de sus historias en Instagram, el cantante oriundo de Halifax, Reino Unido, anunció el resto de los artistas que colaborarán en los 15 temas que serán parte de su nuevo trabajo discográfico
Continue Reading By Stephanie Busari and Katie Polglase, CNN Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Freetown, Sierra Leone on Wednesday, protesting inflation and the rising cost of living in the West African country, according to people that CNN spoke to. The protests grew violent at times. Graphic images and video of battered and seriously injured
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Axon, Trade Desk rise; Alcon, Rackspace fall.
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