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Month: October 2024

Striking port workers to return to work Friday as negotiators reach an agreement on wages

WECT, WTKR, CNN By Vanessa Yurkevich and Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Striking members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) will be back to work on Friday, the union announced Thursday evening, as it reached a tentative deal with the management group representing shipping lines, terminal operators and port authorities. The agreement amounts

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Wisconsin Department of Justice investigating mayor’s removal of ballot drop box

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Justice has confirmed that its criminal investigators are looking into the removal of Wausau’s absentee ballot drop box by the mayor last month. The agency’s spokesperson said Thursday the Marathon County district attorney had asked for assistance from DOJ, and its Division of Criminal Investigation

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Trump’s campaign says he raised $160 million in September, ended month with $283 million banked

Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has raised $160 million for his campaign in September and entered October with $283 million in the bank for the campaign’s final sprint. Trump’s campaign released the figures on Wednesday. The $160 million Trump raised in September is up from $130 million he reported raising in

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South Africa’s top court will decide if impeachment proceedings against the president can be revived

Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s Constitutional Court says it will hear a case next month brought by two opposition parties to revive impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa. The court made the announcement on Thursday. The two opposition parties want Ramaphosa impeached over a scandal involving more than $500,000 in

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What’s next after prosecutors reveal new evidence in Trump’s 2020 election interference case

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith has provided a road map for how prosecutors hope to prove their case charging Donald Trump with an illegal scheme to overturn his 2020 election loss — if it ever gets to trial. In court papers unsealed Wednesday, Smith’s team details new evidence of Trump’s “increasingly

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Hezbollah leader agreed to temporary ceasefire days before assassination, says Lebanese foreign minister

By Pauline Lockwood and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had agreed to a 21-day ceasefire just days before he was assassinated by Israel. The temporary ceasefire was called for by US President Joe Biden, his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and other

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Four prominent previously pro-Trump GOP women to make the case against him in battleground Pennsylvania

By Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — Former House GOP conference chair Liz Cheney and former Trump White House aides Alyssa Farah Griffin, Cassidy Hutchinson and Sarah Matthews will make the case against the reelection of former President Donald Trump in a fireside chat in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, next week, CNN has exclusively learned. The event

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6 migrants from Egypt, Peru and Honduras die near Guatemalan border after Mexican soldiers open fire

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican army troops opened fire on a truck carrying migrants from a half dozen countries, and six migrants from Egypt, Peru and Honduras died in an event that President Claudia Sheinbaum called “deplorable.” Ten other migrants were wounded in the shooting. Sheinbaum said Thursday that the two soldiers who

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Local business leaders concerned about proposals of new presidential administration in Mexico

JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum was sworn in as Mexico’s president on Tuesday, but some of her first proposals are bringing concerns to local business leaders on the border. Jesús Manuel “Thor” Salayandía, the president of the Border Business Block (BEF) told local media there are some proposals that give them hope to

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CREEED and El Paso Chamber hosting inaugural Education Matters Summit in El Paso

El Paso, TEXAS (KVIA) — CREEED and the El Paso Chamber of Commerce hosted the inaugural Education Matters Summit on Thursday, October 3rd from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Starlight Event Center. The summit include a recognition breakfast in honor of CREEED’s 10th anniversary. Education leaders, superintendents and teachers discussed the current state of

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