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Republicans nominate Mike Johnson for House speaker after Emmer’s withdrawal, desperate to end chaos
By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, Farnoush Amiri And Kevin Freking, The Associated Press on October 24th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – House Republicans chose Rep. Mike Johnson as their latest nominee for House speaker, hours after an earlier pick, Rep. Tom Emmer, abruptly withdrew in the face of opposition from Donald Trump and hardline GOP lawmakers. Johnson of Louisiana is member of House GOP leadership, a lawyer specializing in constitutional issues who had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hurricane Otis rapidly grows into Category 4 storm off Mexico’s Pacific coast heading for Acapulco
By José Antonio Rivera, The Associated Press on October 24th, 2023
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) – Hurricane Otis strengthened from a tropical storm to a dangerous Category 4 hurricane in a matter of hours Tuesday as it approached Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, where it was forecast to make landfall near the resort of Acapulco early Wednesday possibly as a catastrophic Category 5 storm. The U.S. National Hurricane ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israeli airstrikes surge in Gaza, killing dozens at a time in destroyed homes, witnesses say
By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy And Ravi Nessman, The Associated Press on October 24th, 2023
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israel escalated airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, crushing families in the rubble of residential buildings, as health officials said hundreds of Palestinians were killed in the past day and medical facilities were shut down because of bomb damage and a lack of power. The soaring death toll from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AP sources: Tom Emmer withdraws bid for House speaker hours after winning GOP nomination
By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, Farnoush Amiri And Kevin Freking, The Associated Press on October 24th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican Tom Emmer abruptly abandoned his bid to become House speaker Tuesday, withdrawing hours after winning the internal party nomination once it became clear he would not have enough support from GOP colleagues for the gavel. The House GOP whip, Emmer reversed course after Donald Trump objected to his nomination and hardliners ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Haitian gang leader charged with ordering kidnapping of US couple that left woman dead
By Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press on October 24th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – A powerful Haitian gang leader has been charged by U.S. prosecutors with ordering the kidnapping of an American couple that left a woman dead, authorities said Tuesday. The U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Columbia announced a new indictment against Vitel’homme Innocent, the leader of the Kraze Barye gang, in connection ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pilot who police say tried to cut the engines on a jet midflight now faces a federal charge
By The Associated Press on October 24th, 2023
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot who police say tried to cut the engines on a jet midflight was charged Tuesday with a federal count of interfering with a flight crew. Joseph David Emerson, 44, of Pleasant Hill, California, was initially arrested in Oregon on Sunday night on state counts of attempted ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Republicans pick Tom Emmer as their nominee for House speaker as they try for a third time
By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, Farnoush Amiri And Kevin Freking, The Associated Press on October 24th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republicans on Tuesday picked Rep. Tom Emmer as their nominee for House speaker. The nominee now goes to the full House for a vote. House Republicans weree meeting privately to try nominating a new House speaker. It’s three weeks since Republicans ousted Kevin McCarthy. The House speaker will need to accomplish the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israel launches 400 strikes across Gaza, where health officials say hundreds of Palestinians killed
By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy And Ravi Nessman, The Associated Press on October 24th, 2023
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – A barrage of Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday crushed multiple residential buildings and buried families under rubble, as health officials in the besieged territory reported hundreds killed in the past day and the closure of medical facilities because of bomb damage and a lack of power. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jenna Ellis becomes latest Trump lawyer to plead guilty over efforts to overturn Georgia’s election
By Will Weissert And Kate Brumback, The Associated Press on October 24th, 2023
ATLANTA (AP) – Jenna Ellis, an attorney and prominent conservative media figure, reached a deal with prosecutors Tuesday and pleaded guilty to reduced charges over efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia. Ellis, the fourth defendant in the case to enter into a plea deal, was a vocal part of Trump’s reelection ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Georgia Supreme Court sends abortion law challenge back to lower court, leaving access unchanged
By Sudhin Thanawala, The Associated Press on October 24th, 2023
ATLANTA (AP) – The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a lower court ruling that the state’s restrictive abortion law was invalid, leaving limited access to abortions unchanged for now. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney said last November that the ban was “unequivocally unconstitutional” because it was enacted in 2019, when Roe v. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israel’s increased strikes across Gaza kill more than 700 people in the past day, Palestinians say
By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy And Ravi Nessman, The Associated Press on October 24th, 2023
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Rapidly expanding Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip killed more than 700 people in the past day as medical facilities across the territory were forced to close because of bombing damage and a lack of power, health officials said Tuesday. The soaring death toll from Israel’s escalating bombardment was unprecedented ... Read More »
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