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People in Arizona and Nevada won’t face bans on watering their lawns or washing their cars despit...
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press

How new Colorado River cuts will impact states, residents

Arizona and Nevada residents won't face bans on watering their lawns or washing their cars despite more Colorado River water shortages.
4 years ago
The Trump Organization's former Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg arrives at court, Thursda...
MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press

Trump Organization CFO pleads guilty in tax evasion case

Prosecutors alleged that the company gave untaxed fringe benefits to senior executives, including Weisselberg, for 15 years.
4 years ago
A lawyer for former Vice President Mike Pence discovered about a dozen documents marked as classifi...
HOLLY RAMER Associated Press

Pence tells GOP to stop lashing out at FBI over Trump search

But Pence, who is trying to stake out his own political path as he and Trump both consider 2024 presidential campaigns, also had a message for the GOP.
4 years ago
FILE: Head Coach Ray Scott of the Detroit Pistons  watches his team from the bench circa 1972 durin...
Waverly Golden

NBA Coach Ray Scott on building community, leading a team, and breaking barriers

Learning about the deep-rooted segregation in the United States inspired Ray Scott to bring awareness to the issue both in terms of the NBA and society. 
4 years ago
14 August 2022, Egypt, Gize: Security personnel stand at the cordoned scene where a massive fire br...
Mostafa Salem, Eyad Kourdi, Jorge Engels and Hira Humayun, CNN

Children among dozens killed in Egypt church fire

Children are among at least 41 people killed, and 14 injured after a fire broke out at a church in Giza's Imbaba neighborhood in greater Cairo on Sunday, according to a spokesperson for the Egyptian Coptic Church citing health officials.
4 years ago
Mar-a-Lago is pictured, where documents were taken....
By Evan Perez, Gabby Orr and Pamela Brown, CNN

Feds removed documents from Mar-a-Lago in June with grand jury subpoena

(CNN) — The FBI search at Mar-a-Lago this week came months after federal investigators served an earlier grand jury subpoena and took away sensitive national security documents from former President Donald Trump’s property during a June meeting, people familiar with the matter tell CNN. Investigators executed Monday’s search in part because they had developed evidence, […]
4 years ago
FILE - A hiring sign is displayed at a restaurant in Schaumburg, Ill., Friday, April 1, 2022.  More...
PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer

US unemployment claims rise by 14,000 to 262,000

The four-week average for claims, which smooths out weekly ups and downs, rose by 4,500 to 252,000, also the highest since November.
4 years ago
Money is exchanged at a food stand while workers wear face masks inside Grand Central Market on Wed...
CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer

US wholesale inflation rose more slowly in July

The monthly decline in wholesale prices follows a government report Wednesday that showed consumer inflation was unchanged from June to July — the first flat figure after 25 straight months of increases.
4 years ago
Beluga whale France...
Pierre Bairin, Amandine Hess and Radina Gigova, CNN

Beluga whale rescued from Seine River euthanized in transit

The Beluga whale had been stuck in the freshwater lock at St.-Pierre-La-Garenne, some 45 miles northwest of Paris, since August 2.
4 years ago
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ERIC TUCKER Associated Press

Iranian operative charged in plot to murder John Bolton

Shahram Poursafi is wanted by the FBI on charges related to the murder-for-hire plot, which the U.S. assumes was in retaliation for a U.S. airstrike that killed a powerful general in Iran.
4 years ago
President Trump raises fist...
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press

Trump says he took the Fifth Amendment in NY investigation

Mr. Trump arrived at the New York Attorney General's offices on Wednesday morning and sent a statement later saying he declined to answer the questions.
4 years ago
Gas prices displayed...
CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer

US inflation slips from 40-year peak but remains high 8.5%

While there are signs that inflation may ease in the coming months, it will likely remain far above the Federal Reserve's 2% annual target well into next year or even into 2024.
4 years ago
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Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business

Tech giant gets permits for first fully driverless taxi service in China

In the U.S., robotaxi offerings remain extremely sparse and ridehailing giants like Uber and Lyft have abandoned in-house self-driving taxi efforts.
4 years ago
A spider hangs for web...
MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer

Do spiders sleep? Study suggests they may snooze like humans

The research showed the spiders' overnight movements looked a lot like REM in other species, she said — like dogs or cats twitching in their sleep. And they happened in regular cycles, similar to sleep patterns in humans.
4 years ago
coronavirus aid package congressional races utah...
Alex Rogers, Clare Foran, Ali Zaslav and Manu Raju, CNN

Senate passes Democrats’ sweeping health care and climate bill

Democrats drove their election-year economic package toward Senate approval early Sunday, debating a measure with less ambition than President Joe Biden’s original domestic vision but that touches deep-rooted party dreams of slowing global warming, moderating pharmaceutical costs and taxing immense corporations.
4 years ago
Utah COVID update...
Michael Lee, CTVNews.ca writer

Long-term COVID symptoms persist in 1 in 8 adult patients, study says

The study, published in peer-review journal The Lancet, looked at groups of adults diagnosed with COVID-19 as well as those who were uninfected, and examined whether they developed new or worsening disease symptoms
4 years ago
stray cat video game...
THALIA BEATY Associated Press

‘Stray’ cat video game brings some benefits to real cats

Gamers who are playing 'Stray" are also helping fundraising platforms raise money for local animal shelters.
4 years ago
WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a heari...
Anna Chernova, Zahra Ullah, Masha Angelova and Eric Levenson, CNN

WNBA star Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years in Russian jail for drug smuggling

American WNBA star Brittney Griner was convicted and sentenced to 9 years in jail on Thursday for smuggling drugs with criminal intent.
4 years ago
Jon Steward, center, walks with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., left, and Sen. Richar...
KEVIN FREKING Associated Press

Senate approves bill to aid vets exposed to toxic burn pits

The bill has been a years-long effort begun by veterans and their families who viewed the burn pits used in Iraq and Afghanistan as responsible for respiratory problems and other illnesses the veterans experienced after returning home.
4 years ago
AI photos...
Rachel Metz, CNN Business

AI made these stunning images. Here’s why experts are worried

(CNN) — A million bears walking on the streets of Hong Kong. A strawberry frog. A cat made out of spaghetti and meatballs. These are just a few of the text descriptions that people have fed to cutting-edge artificial intelligence systems in recent weeks, which these systems — notably OpenAI’s DALL-E 2 and Google Research’s […]
4 years ago
Strike on al Qaeda leader...
The Associated Press

Watching al-Qaida chief’s ‘pattern of life’ key to his death

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the sun was rising in Kabul on Sunday, two Hellfire missiles fired by a U.S. drone ended Ayman al-Zawahri’s decade-long reign as the leader of al-Qaida. The seeds of the audacious counterterrorism operation had been planted over many months. U.S. officials had built a scale model of the safe house where al-Zawahri had […]
4 years ago
shark found...
Zoe Sottile, CNN

A Greenland shark found in Belize, thousands of miles from home

This is the first time a Greenland shark has been found in the western Caribbean, off the world's second longest barrier reef.
4 years ago
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Infrastructure Ministry Press Office, the Razoni cargo ship...
SUSIE BLANN and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press

1st ship carrying Ukrainian grain leaves the port of Odesa

In an interview with Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar warned that the global food crisis threatens to trigger "a serious wave of migration from Africa to Europe and to Turkey."
4 years ago
The flood water line is visible on the exterior wall of Appalshop in Whitesburg, Ky., Saturday, Jul...
BRUCE SCHREINER, ANITA SNOW and TIMOTHY D. EASLEY Associated Press

Appalachian cultural center reeling from historic flooding

The center known for training storytellers finds itself part of one of the region's biggest stories — as floodwaters covered large swaths of the mountainous region, leading to deaths and widespread destruction.
4 years ago