Associated Press BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — The young man was pacing around the edges of the Donald Trump campaign rally, shouldering a big backpack and peering into the lens of a rangefinder toward the rooftops behind the stage where the former president would stand. His behavior was so odd, so unlike that of the other
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA is canceling a water-seeking moon rover because of cost overruns and launch delays. The space agency announced the news Wednesday, days before the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. The Viper rover was supposed to launch in 2023 aboard a lander provided by Astrobotic Technology. But extra testing and
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By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! The Emmy nominations are out, and “The Bear” and “Shōgun” led the pack with more than 20 each. Here’s a rundown on the nominees in all of the categories. The Emmy Awards will be presented September 15. Here’s what else you might have missed during
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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump would not fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell if the former president wins the election in November, according to a Bloomberg interview published Tuesday. But Trump’s statement wasn’t exactly a promise, saying he’d let Powell finish up his second term, “especially if I
Continue Reading By Lauren Mascarenhas, Melissa Alonso and Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — At least three people across the United States are facing charges related to the deaths of young children left in hot cars during one scorching week in the US. A 2-month-old in New Jersey, a 2-year-old in Arizona and a 5-year-old in Nebraska died after being left in vehicles in
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Rudy Giuliani has drained roughly half of the money in a personal bank account in the last week to pay for personal expenses, a court proceeding revealed Wednesday, as he attends the Republican National Convention while being hounded from afar by people to whom he owes millions. The numbers are being publicly revealed
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Associated Press EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — A prominent aid group along the U.S.-Mexico border asked a Texas judge on Wednesday to push back on a widening Republican-led investigation into nonprofits that help migrants, weeks after a separate court rejected efforts by the state to shutter an El Paso shelter. Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande
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Associated Press EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — A prominent aid group along the U.S.-Mexico border asked a Texas judge on Wednesday to push back on a widening Republican-led investigation into nonprofits that help migrants, weeks after a separate court rejected efforts by the state to shutter an El Paso shelter. Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The “tuna bond” scandal that shook Mozambique’s economy is washing into a U.S. court. Former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang is being tried on charges that he took bribes to secretly commit his country to huge loans that prosecutors say got looted. Chang has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy
Continue Reading Associated Press CONCORD, Mass. (AP) — Archeologists with the National Park Service say they have found musket balls that date back nearly 250 years and were fired during one of the first battles in the Revolutionary War. The five musket balls range in size from that of a pea to a marble. Colonial militia members
Continue Reading AP Business Writer Darden Restaurants is adding Tex-Mex to the menu. The parent company of Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Yard House and other chains, said Wednesday it’s buying Chuy’s for approximately $605 million. Darden said it will acquire all outstanding shares of Chuy’s for $37.50 per share. Those shares closed at $25.27 apiece on Wednesday,
Continue Reading AP Business Writer Darden Restaurants is adding Tex-Mex to the menu. The parent company of Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Yard House and other chains, said Wednesday it’s buying Chuy’s for approximately $605 million. Darden said it will acquire all outstanding shares of Chuy’s for $37.50 per share. Those shares closed at $25.27 apiece on Wednesday,
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — With a summer wave of Covid-19 infections sweeping the country, a timely new study has looked at the risk of getting long Covid and whether those odds have changed over time. It found that the likelihood of developing long Covid has dropped since the start of the pandemic but
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Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — Cuando faltan apenas 10 días para las elecciones presidenciales en Venezuela, el presidente Nicolás Maduro hizo este martes una dura advertencia sobre la posibilidad de un “baño de sangre” si los partidarios oficialistas no garantizan la victoria en los comicios del 28 de julio. “El destino de Venezuela, en el siglo
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has made it clear basically any which way you ask him: he’s definitely, assuredly, “one thousand percent” staying in the presidential race. But in response to questions from journalists over the last few weeks, the embattled Democratic president has given some clues as to what could make
Continue Reading By Lauren Izso and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Shas party urged potential conscripts Wednesday to ignore a call-up from the Israel Defense Forces, as political divisions over the controversial issue showed signs of widening. Ultra-Orthodox Jews, or Haredi, have traditionally been exempt from military service so as to be able to study
Continue Reading Associated Press The EPA’s internal watchdog will investigate why the agency didn’t get its specialized plane loaded with advanced sensors into the air over East Palestine until four days after the disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment last year. The Associated Press reported on a whistleblower’s concerns this spring about the problems in the way the Environmental
Continue Reading Update: Cuccaro is the son of Council of Judges Director Michael Cuccaro. The elder Cuccaro confirmed his relationship to ABC-7, but did not want to comment on the sentencing. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A federal court just sentenced 22-year-old El Pasoan Michael Joseph Cuccaro to 15 years in prison for selling a fake M-30
Continue Reading Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts House and Senate negotiators have released a compromise version of a sweeping gun bill that supporters say builds on the state’s existing gun laws, including a crackdown on difficult-to-trace “ghost guns,” while safeguarding the rights of gun owners. The bill — which must be given final approval by both
Continue Reading By Katie Lobosco and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to let it continue cutting monthly student loan payments for roughly three million borrowers enrolled in a student loan repayment plan implemented last year. The fate of the program, known as SAVE (Saving on a Valuable Education),
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By Shania Baweja, CNN (CNN) — Naomi Pomeroy, renowned chef and “Top Chef Masters” star, died in a tubing accident in Oregon over the weekend, local authorities said. She was 49. Pomeroy drowned in the Willamette River in Corvallis, Oregon, on Saturday, July 13th, according to a news release posted to Facebook by the Benton County Sheriff’s
Continue Reading Aitana Ocana (CNN Español) — Colombia, desde su debut en los Juegos Olímpicos de Los Ángeles en 1932, ha acumulado un total de 34 medallas: 5 de oro, 13 de plata y 16 de bronce, según datos del Comité Olímpico Internacional. Las primeras medallas no llegaron hasta los Juegos Olímpicos de Múnich en 1972, donde
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By Codi Wilson Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Toronto’s city manager says little could be done to prevent the widespread flooding caused by Tuesday’s record-breaking rainfall, adding that the city “is not designed” to handle these type of storms. Major highways have now reopened and hydro has been restored
Continue Reading By Mike Le Couteur Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA (CTV Network) — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to fire Canada’s consul general in New York City if the Tories wins the next federal election. In a post on social media, Poilievre called the former journalist, Tom Clark, a Liberal media hack
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg and Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — In the latest round in Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s ongoing litigation over the former couple’s French winery Château Miravel, the two are fighting over Jolie’s request for Pitt to turn over third-party communications related to a 2016 plane incident. “These private, third-party communications are far
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s Democratic governor on Wednesday announced a mid-summer special legislative session on public safety that may delve into concerns about homeless encampments, panhandling and mental health treatment after many crime initiatives have languished. The Legislature delivered on a handful of the governor’s major public safety priorities during a regular 30-day legislative
Continue Reading Associated Press With less overall entries due to the shortened TV season, this year’s Emmy nominations probably won’t spark any protest campaigns. The folks at FX should be popping bottles though for a stand-out year, with 93 nominations — including 25 nods for “Shogun” and 23 for “The Bear.” The nominations bring overdue acknowledgement for
Continue Reading Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The mother of a 3-year-old girl whose body was found in a San Francisco Bay Area recycling center over the weekend says she feared for her daughter’s well-being whenever the child was with her ex-husband, who authorities say died by suicide and is suspected in the child’s death. San
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This will be the last day of triples for a while as we see cooler temps and rain chances through early next week. A few showers and storms will develop north of the area and then move south the next several days. There will be a few spots that get some rain but not expecting
Continue Reading Kali Reis was so taken aback by her historical Emmy nomination that she was almost at a loss for words. The “True Detective: Night Country” actor said she felt “numbingly grateful” after learning she and Lily Gladstone made history as the first Indigenous women to earn acting Emmy nominations. Tyler James Williams said he’s happy
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