The Arizona Senate on Thursday pulled the plug on a plan to vote on a budget and instead adjourned until June 10 unless they break the impasse earlier on the $12.8 billion spending plan.
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Weekly claims for unemployment benefits have dropped to their lowest level so fair in the pandemic-era.
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration plans to speed up court cases for recently arrived migrant families who are seeking asylum, the Department of Homeland Security announced Friday. The move is reminiscent of previous attempts to quickly hear cases under the Obama and Trump administrations. At the time, immigrant advocates and attorneys raised concerns over rushing asylum cases
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The triple-digit heat trend continues into Memorial Day Weekend in the Desert Southwest starting with an afternoon high of 101 on Friday.
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Two more men were charged Thursday in connection with two anti-Semitic attacks in Brooklyn last weekend, according to criminal complaints filed by the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office. Last Saturday, three men allegedly yelled “Kill all the Jews” and other statements at men outside of a Brooklyn synagogue before allegedly beating two Jewish teenagers about 10
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It had all the hallmarks of a Hollywood premiere: Excited crowds, a giant screen, even a red carpet. But the high-octane, big budget film making its debut at the Barthélemy Boganda stadium in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), recently wasn’t the latest episode in a star-studded action movie franchise. Instead, the
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An Iowa jury resumed deliberations Friday in the murder trial of a farm worker accused of abducting and fatally stabbing 20-year-old college student Mollie Tibbetts in July 2018. Cristhian Bahena Rivera, a 26-year-old undocumented immigrant from Mexico, admitted in an August 2018 interview with police that he followed Tibbetts while she was out for an
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An Iowa jury began deliberating Thursday in the murder trial of a farm worker accused of abducting and fatally stabbing 20-year-old college student Mollie Tibbetts in July 2018. Cristhian Bahena Rivera, a 26-year-old undocumented immigrant from Mexico, admitted in an August 2018 interview with police that he followed Tibbetts while she was out for an
Continue ReadingVice President Kamala Harris on Friday will become the first woman to give the commencement speech at the United States Naval Academy when she addresses the 2021 graduating class. During the speech, Harris will touch on some of the biggest threats to the nation and its armed forces, including the pandemic, cybersecurity and climate change.
Continue ReadingA crucial Senate vote on a bill to create an independent inquiry to investigate the deadly January 6 Capitol Hill riot has been delayed due to Republican objections to unrelated legislation, following an emotional and tumultuous week where the bill to create a 9/11-style commission seems on track to fail in the coming hours. The
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A CNN correspondent has a surprise visitor at the Capitol, BTS makes a delicious entrée with the “Golden Arches” and the “devils” are back in Australia after 3,000 years. Chief cicada correspondent Summer in Washington, DC, unofficially starts when cicada song fills the air, but when one little critter crawled on CNN’s chief congressional correspondent
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden on Friday will deliver a message of hope and optimism on the declining number of Covid-19 cases and increased vaccination rates ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, according to a White House official. Biden will travel to Virginia and outline the progress the nation has made across the country, as well as
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Carl Chan was walking in Oakland’s Chinatown on his way to meet an Asian elder who had been attacked when a stranger called him a racial slur and hit him on the head. “I am so fortunate to be able to live another day to tell my story,” Chan told CNN. As president of the
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(CNN) — Aproximadamente 1 de cada 10 estadounidenses ha tenido una infección por covid-19 confirmada, con más de 33,2 millones de casos reportados en Estados Unidos, según datos de la Universidad Johns Hopkins. Pero las infecciones reportadas probablemente sean una cifra menor a las reales. Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades
Continue ReadingKashe Quest is a typical two-year-old, but she is also a member of Mensa– a club for those with high IQ’s.
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– En ambos lados proclaman la victoria. En el lado palestino, el movimiento Hamas habla de una victoria, inclusive una victoria de Dios. De su lado, en Israel aseguran que lograron crear un poder disuasivo enorme y que serán precisamente en Hamas los que no se atreverán a volver a atacar. ¿Quién ha
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden will sign an executive order on Friday renewing a White House initiative charged with advancing “equity, justice, and opportunity” for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, including coordinating a “comprehensive” federal response to the rise in anti-Asian violence and discrimination. “… For far too long, systemic barriers to equity, justice, and
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The gunman who killed nine colleagues at a light rail yard in Northern California before taking his own life appeared to target his victims, a sheriff told CNN on Thursday. During Wednesday morning’s rampage at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) property in San Jose, the shooter — identified as Sam Cassidy — told
Continue ReadingThe Pentagon’s watchdog found that the DC National Guard’s use of low-flying helicopters in response to protests in DC on June 1, 2020, over the death of George Floyd was “reasonable,” but the mission was mired in confusion. The report from the Department of Defense’s Inspector General, released Thursday, concluded the deployment of helicopters was
Continue ReadingThe Senate on Thursday advanced bipartisan legislation that would counter China’s growing influence by investing over $200 billion in American technology, science and research, after marathon negotiations Thursday. The vote clears the way for final passage though it’s unclear when that will happen. Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin held up the bill from advancing
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