By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — One of them often dons a Trump-style red baseball cap and wants to make his country “great again.” The other visited the US president at the White House to drum up support. Both could soon become presidents of major allies on Ukraine’s border. In Romania, the hard-right euroskeptic George
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By JEFF AMY Associated Press MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — There’s the Jon Ossoff who built his political career around criticizing Donald Trump. There’s also the Ossoff who works with Republicans, advancing the interests of Georgia’s farmers and military bases. But they’re the same guy — a 38-year-old first-term U.S. senator from Georgia who says his
Continue Reading OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett to remain board chair at Berkshire Hathaway when vice-chairman Greg Abel takes over as CEO to start 2026.
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By CATHERINE GASCHKA and LORNE COOK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The European Union launched a drive on Monday to attract scientists and researchers to Europe with offers of grants and new policy plans, after the Trump administration froze U.S. government funding linked to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. “A few years ago, no one
Continue ReadingBy Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore appears to be everywhere at the moment — popping up on “The View,” delivering a commencement address at a historically Black university in battleground Pennsylvania and, later this month, delivering an address to South Carolina Democrats, who could be pivotal in determining the Democratic Party’s
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By Lauren Mascarenhas and Andi Babineau, CNN (CNN) — The fatal shooting Sunday night at a restaurant and event venue in Glendale, Arizona, was an “isolated incident that involved individuals that were known to one another,” the city manager’s office said in an update Monday. Three people were killed and five others were injured after
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Two giant eagle sculptures inspired by “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” have loomed over visitors to Wellington Airport for more than a decade. Now, they will take their final flight and depart the airport on Friday. The two eagles, one with a sculpture of Gandalf on
Continue ReadingBy Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — The Defense Department inspector general last week expanded its investigation of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for his use of Signal. In March, Hegseth and other top officials discussed a US military attack on Houthis in Yemen during a group chat on the commercial messaging app, a conversation that inadvertently
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CNN, GETTY IMAGES, CHRISTINE CORNELL, KCAL, KCBS, WABC, INSTAGRAM, SEAN DIDDY COMBS, KCAL/KCBS, INSTAGRAM/ SEAN DIDDY COMBS By Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle, Elizabeth Wagmeister and Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The first day of jury selection in the federal criminal trial that will determine the future for Sean “Diddy” Combs has concluded, with a
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle, Elizabeth Wagmeister and Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The first day of jury selection in the federal criminal trial that will determine the future for Sean “Diddy” Combs has concluded, with a new batch of jurors to be considered on Tuesday. Nineteen potential jurors who were questioned Monday are
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By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — Many investors — especially high-income ones living in high-tax states — benefit from owning state and local municipal bonds for their tax advantages. The interest investors make on munis is exempt from federal income tax — and in some cases, state and local taxes too, if you buy a
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By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Sunday said that he would order the government to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz, a former prison on a small island of the same name off the coast of San Francisco that once housed some of the most dangerous criminals in the country, including Al Capone,
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By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — The Indiana Pacers stunned the Cleveland Cavaliers on the road 121-112 to take Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Sunday night. Indiana raced out to an 11-point advantage at the end of the first quarter and held a lead for the majority of the game. It wasn’t
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The federal sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, the hip-hop entrepreneur whose wildly successful career has been dotted by allegations of violence, began on Monday in New York City with jury selection that could last several days. Opening statements by lawyers
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Continue ReadingPor Jessie Yeung y Piper Hudspeth Blackburn El presidente Donald Trump ha renovado su amenaza de utilizar la fuerza militar para anexar Groenlandia, y ha dicho en una entrevista con NBC News que no descartaría convertir el territorio danés autónomo en parte de Estados Unidos. Es el último de los muchos comentarios de Trump sobre
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By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India and Pakistan have been scrambling resources both military and diplomatic to respond to a crisis triggered by a massacre in Indian-controlled Kashmir that for days have raised fears of a conflict between the nuclear-armed rivals. On Wednesday, Pakistani officials said India fired missiles that struck
Continue Reading STOCKHOLM (AP) — The seventh season of Swedish slow TV hit “The Great Moose Migration” ended Sunday night after 20 days of 24-hour live coverage. The show, called “Den stora älgvandringen” in Swedish, began in 2019 with nearly a million people watching. In 2024, the production hit 9 million viewers on SVT Play, the streaming
Continue Reading AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Search and rescue teams recovered the bodies of a Belgian mother and her son on Monday in Jordan, police said a day after the woman and her three children were reported missing in flash flooding. The other two children were found alive. Sunday’s flooding in southern Jordan also led to the
Continue ReadingPor Dana Karni Lucas Lilieholm y Oren Liebermann El gabinete de seguridad de Israel votó este domingo a favor de ampliar las operaciones militares en Gaza y establecer un nuevo marco para la entrega de ayuda, según dos funcionarios israelíes. La votación se produjo horas después de que el ejército dijera que movilizaría a decenas
Continue Reading TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Cleveland at Washington 6:35 p.m. (Postponed) Final San Diego 4 N.Y. Yankees 3 Final Milwaukee 5 Houston 1 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Kansas City 3 Chicago White Sox 0 Final Athletics 7 Seattle 6 ___ NATIONAL LEAGUE Final Atlanta 4 Cincinnati 0 Final L.A. Dodgers 7 Miami 4 Final Chicago
Continue Reading Associated Press Iowa Daybook for Monday, May. 05. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Des Moines bureau is reachable at 515-243-3281. Send daybook items to iowa@applanner.com. To
Continue Reading Associated Press Missouri Daybook for Monday, May. 05. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Missouri bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Missouri@applanner.com. To see
Continue Reading Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Monday, May. 05. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see
Continue Reading Associated Press Kansas Daybook for Monday, May. 05. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Kansas City bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Kansas@applanner.com. To
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — When a deal to buy Caitlin Bigelow’s San Francisco condo fell through last month, she felt relief, rather than disappointment. Bigelow was working with a Realtor she trusted from Compass who had suggested she first list her home as a “Compass Private Exclusive.” That meant her home wouldn’t immediately
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By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — For more than a decade, passengers at New Zealand ’s Wellington Airport have boarded flights below the figures of two giant, hovering eagles from the Hobbit films, one bearing a bellowing wizard Gandalf. With 50-foot (15-meter) wingspans and weighing 2,600 pounds (1.1 ton) each, the
Continue ReadingSandra González Sean Combs, un magnate de la música que una vez encabezó las listas de éxitos antes de experimentar una caída que ha acaparado los titulares, estará presente en un tribunal de Nueva York este lunes durante la selección de un jurado de sus pares que decidirá su destino en medio de una serie
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By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — After decisively winning the most votes in Romania’s first-round presidential election redo, hard-right nationalist George Simion will face a pro-Western reformist in a pivotal runoff in two weeks that could reshape the European Union and NATO member country’s geopolitical direction. Simion, the 38-year-old leader of the
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