By Kylie Atwood, CNN The US State Department rolled out a tool for Afghans in the US under parolee status to begin the process of reunifying with their family members on Thursday, a State Department spokesperson told CNN. During the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 many Afghans fled the country on evacuation flights, fearful
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By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer SAN ANTONIO (AP) — At the NCAA convention Thursday, outgoing President Mark Emmert said goodbye, incoming President Charlie Baker introduced himself and the state of college sports was declared perilous. “As a collective enterprise, we are both thriving and threatened,” said Baylor President Linda Livingstone, who is
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer From top to bottom, the Big 12 hasn’t started conference play like this in a decade. No. 11 Kansas State has already surpassed last season’s overall win total and made an impressive Top 25 poll debut this week after being picked to finish last in the 10-team league with
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines and about two dozen demonstrators outside the NCAA convention Thursday protested the inclusion of transgender athletes in women’s sports and threatened the association with legal action if it doesn’t change its policies. Gaines competed in last year’s NCAA
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By MJ Lee, Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond, CNN The discovery of classified documents at President Joe Biden’s private office in Washington, DC — and subsequently his home in Wilmington, Delaware — has cast a shadow over the White House in recent days, as some of the president’s closest allies and senior officials have been
Continue Reading By Marshall Cohen President Joe Biden is now facing a special counsel investigation after Obama-era classified files were found at his private office in Washington and his home in Delaware. Former US attorney Robert Hur will lead the probe into the handling of the documents from when Biden was vice president. This is a ground-moving
Continue Reading By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Dozens of messages, social media posts and videos show that leaders of the far-right Proud Boys not only planned for the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack but recruited others to help stop Joe Biden from becoming president, federal prosecutors said Thursday during opening statements in the seditious
Continue Reading By Katie Bo Lillis and Kristin Fisher, CNN The US government has received over 350 new reports of what the US government terms “unidentified aerial phenomenon,” commonly known as UFOs, since March of 2021 — roughly half of which are so far unexplained, according to a report from the Office of the Director of National
Continue Reading By The Associated Press DALLAS (12-5) vs TAMPA BAY (8-9) Monday, 8:15 p.m. EST, ESPN FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NFL LINE: Cowboys by 2½. AGAINST THE SPREAD: Cowboys 10-7, Buccaneers 4-12-1. SERIES RECORD: Cowboys lead 15-6. LAST MEETING: Buccaneers beat Cowboys 19-3, Sept. 11, 2022, at Dallas. LAST WEEK: Cowboys lost to Commanders 26-6; Buccaneers lost to
Continue Reading CNN By Kevin Liptak, Evan Perez, Phil Mattingly and Marshall Cohen, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed a special counsel to take over the investigation into the Obama-era classified documents found at President Joe Biden’s home and former private office. The special counsel is Robert Hur, who was nominated to be US attorney in
Continue Reading By Shawna Mizelle and Chris Boyette, CNN Alabama’s Republican attorney general said this week that women in the state who use prescription medication to terminate their pregnancies could be prosecuted under a chemical-endangerment law, even though Alabama’s anti-abortion law does not intend to punish women who receive abortions. Steve Marshall made the comments in the
Continue Reading CNN By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Dozens of House Democrats on Thursday urged US President Joe Biden not to “provide shelter” for former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in the wake of an attack on Brazil’s democratic institutions that echoed the January 6 attacks on the US Capitol. In their letter, the lawmakers called for the administration
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Dozens of House Democrats on Thursday urged US President Joe Biden not to “provide shelter” for former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in the wake of an attack on Brazil’s democratic institutions that echoed the January 6 attacks on the US Capitol. In their letter, the lawmakers called for the administration to
Continue Reading CNN By Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN Rep. George Santos, the recently elected GOP congressman from New York who has admitted to lying about parts of his resume, is facing escalating backlash from his own party as a growing number of House Republican lawmakers call for him to resign or say he can’t serve
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– Border authorities announced Wednesday a policy update to vehicle pursuits involving smugglers and other crime suspects. The policy change comes after an extensive review of the agency’s pursuits. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the new directive will go into effect after several months of training. CBP officials said they
Continue Reading By Devan Cole, CNN The Justice Department’s probe into classified documents found at President Joe Biden’s home and former private office will be overseen by Robert Hur, a former US attorney in Maryland who has “long and distinguished career as a prosecutor,” Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday. Hur was nominated to be US attorney
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By Rachel Ramirez and Brandon Miller, CNN For three years, California has been in desperate need of rain. Years of unfavorable precipitation trends and more intense heat waves have fed directly to the state’s unrelenting, historic drought that has triggered dire water shortages. But the past several weeks of rain and snow have “significantly reduced”
Continue Reading By Sana Noor Haq and Teele Rebane, CNN The United Arab Emirates has appointed the head of one of the world’s largest oil producers to preside over the UN’s COP28 climate summit, in a move activists warned could undermine this year’s global conference. Sultan Al Jaber, CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, will
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday appointed a special counselto investigate the presence of documents with classified markings found at President Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, and at an office in Washington. The announcement followed Biden’s acknowledgment Thursday morning that a document with classified markings from his time as vice president
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CNN By Pete Muntean, CNN The Federal Aviation Administration software that failed Wednesday causing thousands of flight delays and cancellations is 30 years old and at least six years away from being updated, a government source familiar with the situation tells CNN. The FAA also now says “personnel who failed to follow procedures” caused the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Federal Aviation Administration has stated that all flights are back to normal Thursday morning after a day of delays and cancelations. In a tweet sent out on Thursday at 8:54 a.m. Mountain Time, the FAA said, “FAA operations are back to normal, and we are seeing no unusual delays
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House on Thursday voted to block oil from the country’s emergency stockpile from going to China. The bill, one of the first introduced by the new GOP majority, would prohibit the Energy Department from selling oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to companies owned or
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — You may have seen the story ABC-7 did, “Last Sundays Ride,” late last year. If you didn’t, the non-profit organization empowers women through mountain biking. The ladies there create a safe space for all ages and skill levels of biking, as well as a community for the women who participate.
Continue Reading CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden’s aides located documents with classified markings at two locations inside his home in Wilmington, Delaware, the White House counsel’s office said in a statement Thursday. The documents were located in a storage area in Biden’s garage and an adjacent room, the statement reads. Biden frequently spends weekends
Continue Reading By Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN Rep. George Santos, the recently elected GOP congressman from New York who has admitted to lying about parts of his resume, is facing escalating backlash from his own party as a growing number of House Republican lawmakers call for him to resign or say he can’t serve effectively
Continue Reading By SCOTT McFETRIDGE and JOSH FUNK Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Thinking of lining up at the mini-mart for a shot at a $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot? Maybe you should first dig into your coat pockets or your car’s glove box to make sure you don’t already have a winning ticket from
Continue Reading McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma executes man who killed elderly couple in 2003 and was captured after a multistate series of crimes.
Continue ReadingCNN By Natasha Bertrand, CNN An American Navy veteran who has been detained in Russia for nearly a year was released from Russian custody on Thursday, his family’s spokesperson told CNN, after months of negotiations spearheaded by former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson. Taylor Dudley, 35, of Lansing, Michigan, was detained by Russian border patrol
Continue Reading By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The former Proud Boys national chairman is standing trial on the most serious charge that has been lodged in the U.S. Capitol attack. That’s seditious conspiracy, which is the same offense that two Oath Keepers leaders were convicted of weeks ago. It’s the
Continue Reading By Steve Almasy, Joe Sutton, Jason Hanna and Melissa Alonso, CNN Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said Thursday evening there have been six deaths in the state following the severe weather outbreak that spawned more than two dozen tornadoes across the South. “I am sad to have learned that six Alabamians were lost to the storms
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