CNN By Mick Krever, Jeremy Diamond and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Sham Abu Tabaq, age 5, has a piercing stare. Behind her dark eyes are memories she has hardly begun to process. She has experienced war. She has been forced from her home. And she was in her father’s arms when he was fatally
Continue Reading AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — For nearly two decades, Phil Donahue was virtually the only TV talk show host to roam his audience with microphone and make them an essential part of his show. His huge cultural influence — especially with the women who tended to watch television during the day in his
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Women in the United States are having babies less often, and the fertility rate reached a record low in 2023, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The US fertility rate has been trending down for decades, with particularly steep dips after the Great
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By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris will push to increase the corporate tax rate to 28% from the current 21%, her campaign said Monday, the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Coming days after she unveiled a four-part economic package that would provide tax relief to working and
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Associated Press ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — A pre-dawn police raid targeting the family home of a Paraguayan lawmaker in a notorious drug smuggling haven turned into a chaotic shootout that left the lawmaker dead and the nation on edge. Monday’s killing of Eulalio “Lalo” Gomes, a 67-year-old rancher and lawmaker in Paraguay’s ruling Colorado party,
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AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Yainer Diaz’s tiebreaking solo homer with one out in the ninth inning lifted the Houston Astros to a 5-4 win over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night. The Astros tied it on an RBI single by Mauricio Dubón in the eighth inning. Red Sox closer Kenley Jansen (3-2)
Continue Reading ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Corey Seager homered twice and drove in four runs, and the Texas Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Monday night. Seager’s nine homers in August are tied for the major league lead with Miami’s Jake Burger. He also went deep twice on Aug. 2 against Boston. Texas finished with five
Continue Reading By Phil Mattingly and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — As Democrats prepared for a deeply symbolic night to mark the passing of the generational torch, former President Donald Trump remained fixated on his former opponent. Trump’s campaign has pushed sharply against Vice President Kamala Harris, launching a weeklong swing-state tour in tightly controlled environments with
Continue Reading By Associated Press Chicago (AP) — Dozens of protesters broke through a security fence near the site of the Democratic National Convention on its opening day Monday as thousands took to the streets to voice their opposition to the war in Gaza. Families with babies in strollers, students, elected leaders and others holding signs and flags joined
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has denied Hunter Biden’s latest bid to dismiss the tax charges against him, setting the stage for his trial to begin next month in California. Citing a ruling in Florida that threw out a separate prosecution of former President Donald Trump, Hunter Biden’s lawyers had urged the
Continue Reading Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Hundreds of photos of a slain investigative journalist’s home and neighborhood were found on the cellphone and computer of a local Democratic politician accused of “lying in wait” and killing the reporter, who had written several articles critical of the official, a Nevada jury was told Monday. Other photos
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The City of El Paso has announced it will host nine community meetings intended to educate voters on the upcoming Multipurpose Performing Arts and Entertainment Facility ballot measure. City Council voted last week to send the ballot measure to voters in the upcoming November election. The meetings will be held
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By Keiron Monks, CNN (CNN) — Dubai in 1993 was a world away from the global capital of today. The finance and construction industries had yet to rumble into high gear. The city had yet to establish itself as a destination for the rich and powerful. The tallest building remained the first skyscraper ever built
Continue Reading Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines has agreed to temporarily host a U.S. immigrant visa processing center for a limited number of Afghan nationals aspiring to resettle in America. The treaty allies separately announced the decision on Tuesday but did not provide other details like how many Afghans would be staying in the
Continue Reading ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities say a hunter in Alaska has been hospitalized after being mauled by a brown bear and shot during an effort to fend it off. Alaska State Troopers said Monday that the bear attack occurred Saturday on the Kenai Peninsula, southwest of Anchorage. The 32-year-old hunter was seriously injured both in
Continue Reading Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Democratic National Convention ‘s first night showcased speeches from the last Democrat to lose to Donald Trump and the last one to beat him. Hillary Clinton spoke hopefully of finally breaking the “glass ceiling” to elect a female president. Joe Biden laced into Trump and directly acknowledged the concerns
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Belén Liotti (CNN) –– Las autoridades suizas lanzaron un concurso para reunir ideas sobre cómo retirar viejas municiones de armas de las profundidades de los lagos del país. Las tres mejores propuestas compartirán un premio valuado en 50.000 francos suizos (US$ 57.800), según un comunicado de la oficina federal de adquisiciones de defensa del país
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The City of El Paso is addressing questions about the qualifications and professional licensures held by a finalist to be the next city manager. It surrounds Nicole Ferrini, who is currently the city’s Climate and Sustainability Officer. The El Paso Times reported Friday afternoon about a letter that was drafted
Continue Reading Belén Liotti (CNN) –– La Convención Nacional Demócrata comenzó este lunes en Chicago, y se espera que la candidata presidencial del partido, la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris, subió al escenario en horario estelar del presidente Joe Biden. Biden puso fin a su campaña de reelección el mes pasado y apoyó a Harris para que lo suceda.
Continue Reading AP Technology Writer A group of authors is suing artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, alleging it committed “large-scale theft” in training its popular chatbot Claude on pirated copies of copyrighted books. While similar lawsuits have piled up for more than a year against competitor OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, this is the first from writers to target
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By Carlos Castañeda Click here for updates on this story California (KPIX) — A vintage concept car from 1979 worth $1,000,000 was destroyed in a vehicle trailer fire along state Highway 1 in Monterey, authorities and the car’s owner said Monday. The incident happened on the Munras Avenue offramp from northbound Highway 1 at about
Continue Reading Associated Press Experts meet in Bangkok this week to advance what would be the first international treaty to tackle the surging problem of plastic pollution. Final treaty negotiations take place in South Korea in November. Yet most of the people who have been closely tracking the negotiations — environmentalists, tribal leaders and residents from communities
Continue Reading By Rachel Wulff Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — The California Department of Education is attempting to do its part to address a housing shortage that has led to a teacher shortage. Governor Gavin Newsom wants California to create 2.5 million new homes by 2030 amid a housing crisis that is
Continue Reading By Michael Williams, Jamiel Lynch and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Four people were arrested after breaching a security fence near the United Center where the Democratic National Convention is being held, Chicago police said. Police Superintendent Larry Snelling, speaking to reporters at the fenced perimeter, said police were assessing whether the current fencing was
Continue Reading CNN By Eric Levenson and Bill Kirkos, CNN (CNN) — Chicago crews installed an additional line of security fences outside the Democratic National Convention early Tuesday in the area where, a day earlier, demonstrators breached an outer perimeter fence. About a dozen workers installed a third row of fencing stretching east on Washington Boulevard from
Continue Reading By Shelby Reilly, Richard Ramos Click here for updates on this story PLACER COUNTY, California (KOVR) — A family trip took a tragic turn Sunday when a man went missing in the American River in Placer County while trying to save his son. The Placer County Sheriff’s Office said a dive team on Monday located
Continue Reading By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge Monday shut down Hunter Biden’s attempt to use the controversial ruling that ended Donald Trump’s classified documents case to get his own tax evasion charges dismissed. The decision from District Judge Mark Scarsi in Los Angeles was based entirely on technical and procedural grounds, concluding that Hunter Biden’s
Continue Reading By Kathryn Merck Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A settlement has been reached in the D’Vontaye Mitchell case and a criminal trial is in the works. He was the man who died outside Hyatt Hotel in downtown Milwaukee in June. The attorney for Mitchell’s family, Ben Crump, made the announcement
Continue Reading WDJT, SULTON LAW FIRM, FAMILY PHOTO, CNN By Kathryn Merck Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A settlement has been reached in the D’Vontaye Mitchell case and a criminal trial is in the works. He was the man who died outside Hyatt Hotel in downtown Milwaukee in June. The attorney for
Continue Reading By Andres Gutierrez Click here for updates on this story VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Michigan (WWJ) — Radioactive waste from the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II is coming to Wayne County. In September, thousands of tons of the toxic material will be hauled to the Republic Services facility in Van Buren Township.
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