By Whitney Wild, Danny Freeman, Holmes Lybrand, Mark Morales, Pamela Brown and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump – the worst security failure by the US Secret Service in four decades – has pitted the agency against local law enforcement as both say the other was responsible for
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Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A recently signed agreement will open a direct line of communication between the presidential offices of China and the Philippines to help prevent any new confrontation from spiraling out of control in the disputed South China Sea, according to highlights of the accord seen by The Associated Press on
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s top security official has banned a far-right magazine that she accused of stirring up hatred against Jews, people with immigrant roots and parliamentary democracy. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser on Tuesday banned Compact magazine and the company that publishes it, as well as a film production firm. Her ministry said police raided
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By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN (CNN) — The Forbidden City was once one of the most powerful places on the planet. In 1420, while Europe was in the midst of the Hundred Years’ War and yet to discover America, China’s Ming Dynasty ruler was moving into his new home in the center of Beijing and
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By Isaac Yee, CNN (CNN) — It’s a creature of the deep so rare that there’s never been a recorded live sighting, and since the 1800s only six samples have ever been documented. Now, experts in New Zealand are scrambling to confirm whether a 5-meter (16-foot) carcass that recently washed ashore on the country’s South
Continue Reading Asian stocks were mostly lower Wednesday even as investors wagered that the Federal Reserve will come ahead with a cut to interest rates, while Australia’s benchmark hit a new record. U.S. futures were mixed and oil prices were little changed. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 index gave up early gains to shed 0.4% to 41,095.23.
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Julia Hernández (CNN) — En las 48 horas previas a abrir fuego contra el expresidente Donald Trump, Thomas Matthew Crooks, de 20 años, hizo una serie de paradas en su ciudad natal de los suburbios de Pittsburgh y sus alrededores. Este viernes, fue a un campo de tiro del que era miembro, y practicó tiro,
Continue Reading By David Wright, Matt Holt, Fredreka Schouten and Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — Democrats outraised Republicans in competitive congressional races during the second quarter of the year, new fundraising reports show, putting down-ballot candidates on solid financial ground as Democratic concerns grow over President Joe Biden’s candidacy. But several vulnerable Senate Democrats also burned
Continue Reading NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian military says four of its soldiers were killed in a gunfight with suspected rebels fighting against Indian rule in disputed Kashmir. The soldiers were killed when they were fired at by militants hiding in the forests of southern Doda district in Jammu division late Monday. The attack was the
Continue Reading Julia Hernández (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden concedió este lunes una entrevista a la cadena NBC, la primera desde el intento de magnicidio de su rival político, el expresidente Donald Trump. En una entrevista con Lester Holt, Biden reiteró que estaba agradecido de que Trump sobreviviera al tiroteo, pero también señaló el papel de su
Continue Reading By Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — The CIA has assessed that the leader of Hamas in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, is coming under increased pressure from his own military commanders to accept a ceasefire deal and end the war with Israel, CIA Director Bill Burns told a closed-door conference on Saturday, according to a source who attended. Sinwar, the key
Continue Reading Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s innovation minister says the government is testing its own ChatGPT-style tool for its employees, with plans to eventually make it available to the public, after OpenAI decided to take extra steps to block access from unsupported regions like China. The program was developed by a generative AI
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Update: City Council approved the sale of the land Tuesday. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The City of El Paso will decide Tuesday, July 16, if it will sell a 43-acre parcel to VTRE Development, LLC, for more than $18.7 million. A decision that has caused River Oaks Properties, one of the largest developers of
Continue Reading Julia Hernández (CNN) — J.D. Vance es la encarnación de la transformación populista, nacionalista y obrera del viejo Partido Republicano del establishment. Por eso el expresidente Donald Trump –que nunca olvida los entusiasmos de su base– eligió al senador de Ohio como compañero de fórmula para la vicepresidencia y lo nombró de hecho heredero político.
Continue Reading By Alayna Treene, Steve Contorno and Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — A day before Donald Trump’s deadline to pick a running mate, after months of private conversations with every corner of his orbit, the former president took a call from a new voice. That person, Tesla billionaire Elon Musk, was one of several people urging
Continue Reading Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Authorities in Nepal say there were 65 people on board the two buses that were pushed into a swollen river in Nepal last week. Rescuers have been able to recover 14 bodies. Eight have been identified and are being handed over to relatives. The bodies were washed away as
Continue Reading Julia Hernández (CNN) — Mientras persiste una crisis de salud mental juvenil en EE.UU., un nuevo informe pone de manifiesto una importante brecha entre el nivel de apoyo que sienten los adolescentes y el que los padres creen que tienen sus hijos. Según un informe publicado este martes por el Centro Nacional de Estadísticas Sanitarias,
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez was convicted of all charges Tuesday in a sweeping corruption trial in which he was accused of accepting bribes of gold and cash from three New Jersey businessmen and acting as an agent for the Egyptian government. A jury in Manhattan deliberated for parts of
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Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for a Texas man 20 minutes before he was to receive a lethal injection Tuesday evening. The inmate has long maintained DNA testing would help prove he wasn’t responsible for the fatal stabbing of an 85-year-old woman during a home
Continue Reading Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for a Texas man 20 minutes before he was to receive a lethal injection Tuesday evening. The inmate has long maintained DNA testing would help prove he wasn’t responsible for the fatal stabbing of an 85-year-old woman during a home
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Más de 320 palestinos muertos o heridos llegaron a los hospitales de Gaza en un plazo de 48 horas con sus “cuerpos gravemente quemados”, informó el lunes en un comunicado la Oficina de Medios de Comunicación del Gobierno de Gaza (OMG). Los muertos y heridos llegaron al hospital con “quemaduras de
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso electric crews are flocking across the city, exchanging existing meters with a “smart meter.” El Paso Electric said on its website, a smart meter tracks energy use in real time and sends the data directly to EPE through a secure communication network. EPE says customers will have access to energy consumption
Continue Reading Associated Press DHAKA, Banglades (AP) — Police fired tear gas and charged with batons during violent clashes between a pro-government student body and student protesters overnight, leaving dozens injured at a public university outside Bangladesh’s capital, authorities and students said Tuesday. The violence spread early Tuesday at Jahangir Nagar University in Savar, outside Dhaka, where
Continue Reading Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of people in a southern Illinois town were ordered to evacuate Tuesday as water rolled over the top of a dam, just one perilous result of severe weather that raged through the Midwest overnight with relentless rain and tornadoes and hit the Chicago area especially hard. Hundreds of thousands
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Under American pressure, Israel has pledged to deliver large quantities of humanitarian aid into the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. But at the same time, the U.S. and Israel have allowed tax-deductible donations to far-right groups that have blocked that aid from being delivered. The Associated Press and the Israeli investigative site Shomrim have
Continue Reading Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ohio Sen. JD Vance is supposed to help Donald Trump win the Midwest this fall. But almost immediately after he was announced as Trump’s vice presidential pick on Monday, one thing became clear: The 39-year-old Republican with less than two years in Congress is barely known among many Republicans even
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jarring, chaotic and sudden, the bullet whizzed toward the stage where former President Donald Trump stood behind a podium speaking. In its wake: the potential for a horrifying and tragic chapter in American history. But the Republican presidential candidate had a narrow escape — mere inches, possibly less —
Continue Reading AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon Prime Day is here, and experts are reminding consumers to be wary of scams. Deceptions such as phony emails from people impersonating online retailers like Amazon are nothing new. But phishing attempts increase amid the heavy spending seen during significant sales events, whether it’s Black Friday or
Continue Reading Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Republican National Convention heads into its second day in Milwaukee — now with Donald Trump as its official presidential nominee — as the party wades through how to message around the assassination attempt on Trump’s life over the weekend. Immigration and crime are expected to be featured topics Tuesday
Continue Reading Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Newark City Council President LaMonica McIver has won the special House Democratic primary to succeed the late Donald Payne Jr. in Congress. McIver emerged victorious Tuesday amid a crowded field to succeed Payne. She has served on the city council of the state’s largest city since 2018 and has
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