By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Three more House Republicans received requests Monday to voluntarily appear before the congressional committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection and answer questions about their involvement in the effort to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss. The committee sent letters to GOP Reps. Mo
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HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) — James Madison has canceled the remainder of its softball season as the school tries to cope with the suicide of one of its star players last week. Sophomore catcher Lauren Bernett died April 25 following a stellar weekend series against Drexel, for which she was named the Colonial Athletic Association’s player
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President Joe Biden took the stage at the 2022 White House Correspondent Dinner along with host Trevor Noah to mock vaccine hesitancy, media bias, and “some guy named Brandon.”
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson made their red carpet debut at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C. over the weekend. Kardashian was invited by Disney and ABC following the premiere of her Hulu show, “The Kardashians.” Davidson attend as her plus one. The reality star wore a Balenciaga gown, while
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By Fredreka Schouten, CNN In the weeks after the 2020 presidential election, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose was clear: He had faith in Ohio’s election results and little patience for politicians of either party who make baseless claims of election wrongdoing. “I think it’s irresponsible when Republicans say an election was stolen and don’t
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Joey Lawrence married his fiancée, actress Samantha Cope over the weekend. The two tied the knot on Sunday in an outdoor ceremony in California. “It just feels so right,” Lawrence told People. “Life can be challenging at times, but when God gives you the right person, it’s worth it.” The actor’s brothers
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Brian Kolfage arrived in Texas three years ago pledging to help fulfill President Donald Trump’s promise of a “big, beautiful” wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. After pleading guilty to federal fraud charges last month, Kolfage leaves behind two small stretches of fencing that are mired in legal, environmental and permitting fights. Kolfage, a 40-year-old Air
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN In announcing their mother Naomi’s death Saturday, Ashley and Wynonna Judd wrote that they lost their “beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness.” It was something that Naomi Judd had been open about. She wrote about her battle with severe depression and anxiety in her 2016 memoir, “River of
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Victoria Fernandez (CNN) — Funcionarios de manejo de emergencias en Nuevo México advirtieron a los residentes que vigilen de cerca las condiciones del incendio de Calf Canyon, las cuales pueden cambiar rápidamente, y la posibilidad de nuevas evacuaciones, luego de que el fuego alcanzara más de 40.468 hectáreas este domingo. Las advertencias de bandera roja
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas guard Andrew Jones, whose college basketball career was interrupted for nearly two years by leukemia, has announced he will skip a final season with the Longhorns and turn pro. Jones ranks ninth in scoring in program history with 1,620 points. He announced his decision to enter the NBA draft in
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas guard Andrew Jones, whose college basketball career was interrupted for nearly two years by leukemia, has announced he will skip a final season with the Longhorns and turn pro. Jones ranks ninth in scoring in program history with 1,620 points. He announced his decision to enter the NBA draft in
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By Kiely Westhoff and Laura Studley, CNN A Rochester, New York, teacher has been placed on leave, according to a statement from the Rochester City School District Board of Education, after parents alleged he made his students pick seeds out of cotton during a lesson one parent said was about slavery. Rochester School of the
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is poised this week to accelerate its most drastic steps in three decades to attack inflation by making it costlier to borrow — for a car, a home, a business deal, a credit card purchase — all of which will compound Americans’ financial
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By CEDAR ATTANASIO and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — Wind-whipped flames are marching across more of New Mexico’s tinder-dry mountainsides, forcing the evacuation of area residents and dozens of patients from the state’s psychiatric hospital as firefighters scramble to keep new wildfires from growing. The big blaze burning near the
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By Zachary Cohen, CNN Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper says in his new book that then-President Donald Trump raised the idea of shooting protesters who took to the streets around the White House after the killing of Georgia Floyd in 2020, according to Axios. “Can’t you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs
Continue Reading Victoria Fernandez (CNN) — La cantidad de horas de sueño óptimas no son mi muy poco ni demasiado, al menos en la mediana edad y en la vejez. Una nueva investigación ha encontrado que alrededor de siete horas de sueño es el descanso nocturno ideal, ya que un sueño insuficiente o excesivo está asociado con
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By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany and India have signed a series of bilateral agreements that will see the South Asian nation receive 10 billion euros ($10.5 billion) in aid by 2030 to boost the use of clean energy. The accords were signed Monday during a visit to Berlin by India’s Prime
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By Laura He, CNN Business Chinese social media have shut down the accounts of a prominent market analyst who drew attention in recent weeks to the dramatic slowdown in the country’s economy and the effects of government policy on the tech industry. Over the weekend, Tencent’s WeChat froze the public account of Hong Hao, managing
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By Kristen Rogers, CNN If you’re wondering how your child might fare on a vegetarian diet, a new study offers some factors to consider. Children eating a vegetarian diet and children who ate meat were similar in terms of growth, height and nutritional measures, but vegetarian children had higher odds of being underweight, according to
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that Boston violated the First Amendment rights of a group seeking to briefly raise a Christian flag atop a city flagpole outside of City Hall as a part of a city program celebrating Boston’s greater community. The court said that the
Continue Reading Country music legend Naomi Judd’s cause of death has been revealed by daughter Ashely Judd, in an interview on “Good Morning America.” The actress says her family wanted to make the information public while it was still in their control.
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN) — Los trabajadores vestidos con trajes protectores que rocían nubes de desinfectante sobre las calles de la ciudad, las fachadas de los edificios, los bancos de los parques e incluso los paquetes se han convertido en una imagen habitual en la China de la era de la pandemia. En Shanghai, el epicentro
Continue Reading By Amir Vera, Omar Jimenez, Ashley Killough and Leonel Mendez, CNN The plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre celebrated a judge’s ruling on Monday when she allowed their case to move forward after defendants sought a motion to dismiss the case. Judge Caroline Wall said the motion to dismiss
Continue Reading Courtroom in Tulsa, OK erupts in cheers after 1921 race massacre lawsuit moves forward
Continue Reading By KERSTIN SOPKE and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Swimmers at Berlin’s outdoor pools need to brace themselves for chillier water this summer. The German capital’s public baths have said they are lowering water temperatures by 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit due to the war in Ukraine. The move is intended to save on sky-high
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) — Hay un desacuerdo cada vez mayor entre algunas de las principales estrellas del tenis mundial y sus colegas ucranianos, tanto actuales como anteriores, ante la decisión de Wimbledon de impedir que los competidores de Rusia y Belarús puedan participar debido a la invasión rusa de Ucrania. Los tenistas rusos y bielorrusos no podrán
Continue Reading Opinion by Desmond Lachman for CNN Business Perspectives Economist Milton Friedman famously taught us that monetary policy operates with long and variable lags. By this he meant that it takes time for the Federal Reserve’s actions to affect the economy, in much the same way as it takes time for a room’s temperature to adjust
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Spirit Airlines said it will stick with its deal with Frontier Airlines, rejecting a more lucrative competing offer from JetBlue Airways. The airline said it doesn’t believe regulators would allow JetBlue to buy Spirit. “We believe a combination of JetBlue and Spirit has a low probability of receiving antitrust clearance
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was banned from Twitter for a second time after attempting to use a new account to access the social media platform. Lindell set up a new account on Twitter on Sunday under @MikeJLindell. But the account was quickly suspended. Twitter said in a statement that
Continue Reading By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer A recent RAND Corporation survey found that nearly 75% of school district leaders around the country felt political polarization interfered with their ability to teach their students. However, that’s not the case at Great Valley High School in Malvern, Pennsylvania, especially not in Kim Barben’s Advanced Placement United States
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