Florida pursues charge against suspect in Trump assassination attempt for a...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida authorities announced Wednesday that they’re pursuing a criminal case against a man accused of trying to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump for a car crash that...
View ArticleRescuers dig for survivors of Vanuatu earthquake with no water and unclear...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Vanuatu’s capital was without water on Wednesday, a day after reservoirs were destroyed by a violent magnitude 7.3 earthquake that wrought havoc on the South Pacific...
View ArticleFrance’s highest court upholds corruption conviction of former President...
PARIS (AP) — France’s highest court has upheld an appeal court decision that found former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling while he was the country’s head of...
View ArticleAlabama fights to revive bans on panhandling
ATLANTA (CN) — An attorney for the state of Alabama on Wednesday asked an 11th Circuit panel to overturn a federal judge’s determination that two state laws against panhandling are unconstitutional....
View ArticleDespite lawsuit, racing teams suing NASCAR will compete as charter teams in 2025
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CN) — NASCAR must allow two teams suing it to compete in the same races as charter teams in the 2025 race season, a federal judge in Charlotte decided Wednesday. Front Row Motorsports...
View ArticleCalifornia ports partnership pushes offshore wind plans forward
LONG BEACH, Calif. (CN) — The California State Lands Commission and the Ports of Long Beach and Humboldt on Wednesday announced they have formed a partnership to build infrastructure for floating,...
View ArticleNinth Circuit rejects Oregon homeowner’s challenge to canal project
PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) — A group of Oregon property owners who sued an irrigation district over its plan to convert miles of open earth canals into underground piping did not find the relief they were...
View ArticleIn Florida, a race is on to save the Everglades and protect a key source of...
EVERGLADES, Fla. (AP) — In a region of Florida known as the River of Grass, John Kominoski plops into hip-deep waters. Blobs of brown periphyton – a mishmash of algae, bacteria and other organisms –...
View ArticleBrady Corbet and ‘The Brutalist’ go for broke
NEW YORK (AP) — Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist” emerged less like a new film worth checking out than a movie colossus to behold. Corbet’s visionary three-and-a-half-hour postwar American epic, shot in...
View ArticleSoCal political campaign manager suspected of spying for China arrested
(CN) — FBI agents arrested a Los Angeles man on Thursday, accusing him of acting an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China while serving as the campaign manager for a Southern California...
View ArticleImplosion likely for lawsuit over California nuclear plant funding
LOS ANGELES (CN) — The U.S. Energy Department plans to award $1 billion in federal funding to keep Central California’s aging Diablo Canyon nuclear plant in operation. An environmental group’s lawsuit...
View ArticleIreland embraced data centers that the AI boom needs. Now they’re consuming...
CLONDALKIN, Ireland (AP) — Dozens of massive data centers humming at the outskirts of Dublin are consuming more electricity than all of the urban homes in Ireland and starting to wear out the warm...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Supreme Court race remains in limbo as Republican judge...
RALEIGH, N.C. (CN) — Over a month after the election, a North Carolina Supreme Court race is still uncertified and tangled up in the court system. Republican Jefferson Griffin has challenged the...
View ArticleFDA updates the definition of ‘healthy’ foods
(AP) — Packaged foods in the U.S. will have to follow new rules in order to call themselves “healthy,” according to changes finalized Thursday by the Food and Drug Administration. It’s an update of...
View ArticleNinth Circuit reinstates arson indictment against George Floyd protesters
(CN) — Two men accused of setting a police cruiser on fire during the nationwide protests that followed the 2020 killing of George Floyd will face an indictment for arson once more after a...
View ArticleImmigration drives US population growth to highest rate in 23 years as...
(AP) — Immigration in 2024 drove U.S. population growth to its fastest rate in 23 years as the nation surpassed 340 million residents, the U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday. The 1% growth rate this...
View ArticleInvestigative alerts, not just warrants, can justify arrests, Illinois...
CHICAGO (CN) — The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday issued a ruling that could effectively legalize arrests without warrants. Instead, the court said, such arrests could be based solely on...
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Bay Area judge dismisses remaining case against police officer charged with...
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — An Oakland judge Friday dismissed criminal charges against police officer Eric McKinley, who was accused of wrongfully killing an Alameda man by restraining and asphyxiating him...
View ArticleArizona moves to regulate rural groundwater pumping
WILLCOX, Ariz. (CN) — Despite community protests, Arizona designated its seventh groundwater active management area Friday in the southeast corner of the state. Arizona Department of Water Resources...
View ArticleInvestors morph into the Grinch on hawkish Fed comments
MANHATTAN (CN) — Equity markets had seen nine straight days of losses when the latest comments by the Federal Reserve accelerated those losses into a full-on rout. Markets weren’t shocked by the...
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