AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — Five years after “Joker” won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, director Todd Phillips can’t help but be a little nervous about returning with its sequel. “Joker: Folie à Deux” is one of the most anticipated films of the 81st edition of the festival. Its world premiere Wednesday drew
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By Jeff Zeleny, CNN Omaha, Nebraska (CNN) — The battlegrounds of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania may be pivotal in the race for the White House, but winning those blue wall states alone do not guarantee a campaign victory without something else: Omaha’s blue dot. Yard signs with blue circles have begun appearing on lawns across
Continue Reading CNN By Jeff Zeleny, CNN Omaha, Nebraska (CNN) — The battlegrounds of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania may be pivotal in the race for the White House, but winning those blue wall states alone do not guarantee a campaign victory without something else: Omaha’s blue dot. Yard signs with blue circles have begun appearing on lawns
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AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Wyatt Langford hit a game-ending grand slam off All-Star closer Clay Holmes to give the Texas Rangers a 7-4 win over the Yankees on Tuesday night and drop New York out of the AL East lead. Langford hit the first walk-off slam by a Rangers rookie, sending Holmes
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AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In one of her first public appearances on behalf of her newly published memoir, “Lovely One,” Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson didn’t make a lot of news, but she did make a little history: She can add her name to James Brown, Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson
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Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — Los fiscales estadounidenses dicen que el Gobierno de China le dio a Linda Sun obsequios lujosos y costosos a cambio de violar las reglas internas y los protocolos del Gobierno estatal mientras ella servía como asistente de dos gobernadores de Nueva York en un plan que enriqueció a su familia
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, says he is “gutted” after the killings of American Hersh Goldberg-Polin and five other Israeli hostages taken by Hamas. Emhoff is the first Jewish person married to a nationally elected U.S. leader. Speaking Tuesday at a vigil for the hostages at his synagogue
Continue Reading ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Emily Engstler had a career-high 19 points to lead a dominant performance by the Washington Mystics’ bench in a critical 90-86 win over the Dallas Wings on Tuesday night. Both teams started the night 9-23 and coming off losses after three straight wins had reignited their playoff hopes. They began two
Continue Reading Mauricio Torres (CNN Español) –– La Secretaría de Educación de Bogotá ordenó suspender las clases en todas las escuelas públicas este miércoles, debido a las afectaciones de las recientes protestas y bloqueos del sector transporte por el alza ordenada por el Gobierno al precio del combustible diésel en Colombia. El organismo dijo este martes en
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — US prosecutors say the Chinese government gave Linda Sun lavish, expensive gifts in return for violating internal rules and state government protocols while she served as an aide to two New York governors in a scheme that enriched her family by millions of dollars. The former deputy chief of
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Perú relevó a su canciller, a solo dos meses de celebrarse en Lima la Cumbre del Foro de Cooperación Asia-Pacifico (APEC, por sus siglas en inglés), a la que han confirmado su participación varios presidentes, entre ellos Joe Biden, de Estados Unidos, y Xi Jinping, de China. El Gobierno
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By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Aryna Sabalenka is heading back to the US Open semifinals for the fourth consecutive year, with a dominant 6-1, 6-2 win against China’s Zheng Qinwen in the quarterfinals at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday night. Sabalenka, the favorite to win the title in New York, has now reached the
Continue Reading By Rebecca Wright, Anna Coren, Salman Saeed and Mark Phillips, CNN Dhaka, Bangladesh (CNN) — The banging on the door started just after sunrise, when law student Iftekhar Alam was still sleeping in his fifth-floor apartment. Around half a dozen armed police officers pushed inside, shouting obscenities and telling him he had wronged the nation
Continue Reading BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Two French rugby players are heading back to France nearly two months after their arrest in the South American nation on charges of aggravated sexual assault. The French national team players, Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou, arrived at the Buenos Aires International Airport on Tuesday ahead of their midnight flight
Continue Reading MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Attorneys representing both living and deceased patients of an Oregon hospital filed a $303 million lawsuit against the facility on Tuesday after a nurse was accused of replacing prescribed fentanyl with nonsterile tap water in intravenous drips. The wrongful death and medical malpractice complaint accuses Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in
Continue Reading CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey is trying to lure the Philadelphia 76ers across the river with up to $400 million in tax credits and plans for a sprawling mixed-use waterfront development. In a letter dated Monday, Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration said it envisioned a multibillion-dollar plan featuring residential, commercial and retail properties, with
Continue Reading Associated Press Another offshore wind project in New Jersey is encountering turbulence. Leading Light Wind is asking the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to give it a pause through late December on its plan to build an offshore wind farm off the coast. The company says it is having difficulty securing a manufacturer for
Continue Reading Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Police have released a man who was arrested on suspicion of murder after shooting and killing a neighbor who opened fire at a Hawaii gathering. Three people were killed and two others injured in a shooting at a home stemming from a dispute between neighbors Saturday night in Waianae, a
Continue Reading AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas Rangers right-hander Jon Gray is done for the season after going on the injured list Tuesday with a bothersome right foot issue. “It’s at a point where we’ve got to take care of this,” manager Bruce Bochy said. Bochy also said right-hander Tyler Mahle isn’t expected to
Continue Reading Mauricio Torres (CNN Español) –– Los gobiernos de Brasil y de Colombia se sumaron este martes a los países que se han pronunciado en contra de la orden de arresto que un tribunal de Venezuela concedió a la Fiscalía para detener al candidato presidencial opositor Edmundo González Urrutia, de acuerdo con un comunicado conjunto. Ambos
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By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A prominent Chinese artist known for his scathing political critiques of Mao Zedong and the Cultural Revolution has been detained in China, according to his brother and artistic partner. Gao Zhen, 68, was detained last week in a police raid on his art studio on the outskirts
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Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge says New Mexico election regulators and prosecutors discriminated against a Republican-backed group in refusing access to voter registration rolls. The Friday ruling bars the state from refusing to turn over voter data to Voter Reference Foundation, bolstering the group’s efforts to expand a free database
Continue Reading Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge says New Mexico election regulators and prosecutors discriminated against a Republican-backed group in refusing access to voter registration rolls. The Friday ruling bars the state from refusing to turn over voter data to Voter Reference Foundation, bolstering the group’s efforts to expand a free database
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By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — A group of seven Republican-led states filed a fresh lawsuit Tuesday, seeking to block new student loan forgiveness plans that the Biden administration expected to start rolling out this fall. The lawsuit marks yet another legal challenge to President Joe Biden’s student loan policies and could potentially tie
Continue Reading CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The world’s attention on Venezuela has focused lately on the fallout from a highly contested presidential election that both the ruling party and its opponents claim to have won, the persecution of critics and the arrest warrant issued this week against the former opposition presidential candidate. But as political tensions escalate,
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By Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — The House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday subpoenaed Secretary of State Antony Blinken to appear later this month to discuss its report on the US’ withdrawal from Afghanistan. “The Committee is holding this hearing because the Department of State was central to the Afghanistan withdrawal and served as the
Continue Reading Belén Liotti (CNN Español) –– A dos meses de las elecciones presidenciales en Estados Unidos, los hispanos se mantienen como una de las fuerzas decisivas en el panorama electoral. Los votantes de ese origen no solo representan una porción significativa del electorado, sino que también llevan consigo una serie de preocupaciones que podrían definir el
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Delegations from dozens of African countries are gathering in Beijing for a three-day summit set to see China showcase itself as a lead partner for the continent, despite slowing lending for its development – and as it faces rising frictions with the West. A procession of African leaders have
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Seven people have been arrested in connection to a jewelry store robbery in Ciudad Juarez on Saturday, August 31st. The incident was allegedly caught on surveillance camera. Juarez authorities say an armed group used firearms to shoot at display windows at a jewelry store inside the Plaza Juarez Mall. Officials
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