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Steve Scalise
Republicans on Wednesday nominated Rep. Steve Scalise to be the next House speaker, but now they must unite a deeply divided majority to elect a conservative in a floor vote after the resignation of Rep. Kevin McCarthy. Must be.
In a closed-door vote on Capitol Hill, House Republicans narrowly backed Mr. Scalise, the current majority leader, over the Judiciary Committee chairman, Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, according to lawmakers. A Louisiana congressman who is battling blood cancer is considered a hero by some after he survived the 2017 shooting of members at a congressional baseball game practice.
“We have a lot of work to do,” Scalise said afterward.
A full House vote could come as early as Wednesday afternoon.
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Republicans on Wednesday nominated Rep. Steve Scalise to be the next speaker of the House, seeking to unite conservatives to elect him in a floor vote after expelling Rep. Kevin McCarthy from the position. .
jada pinkett smith
Jada Pinkett Smith has revealed that she and her husband Will Smith have been living “completely separate lives” since 2016.
Pinkett Smith said in a clip from her upcoming NBC News primetime special with Hoda Kotb that the couple had not made their separation public until now because they were “not ready yet.”
They were “still figuring out between the two of us how we could build a partnership,” she said.
“How do I present that to people?” she told Kotb. “We didn’t know that.”
Pinkett Smith, 52, and Smith, 55, were married in 1997, but Pinkett Smith said they are not legally divorced.
Their marriage came under scrutiny during the time she was separated.
(CNN) – Jada Pinkett Smith says she and her husband Will Smith are “living together.”
sergio brown
Former NFL player Sergio Brown, who has been missing since the death of his mother last month, was taken into custody Tuesday after a first-degree murder warrant was issued for his mother’s death, police said in a statement.
Brown, 35, was arrested in San Diego while re-entering the United States from Mexico, according to police in Maywood, Illinois. Police said the suspect is awaiting extradition to the Chicago suburb of Maywood to face murder charges.
Law enforcement officials familiar with the investigation told CNN, which first reported Brown’s arrest, that Mexican law enforcement officials had known of Brown’s whereabouts since at least September 19. Mexican law enforcement deported him after Illinois authorities obtained an arrest warrant in connection with his mother’s death, officials said.
Brown was taken into custody by the sheriff’s office Wednesday morning and was being held on a felony fugitive arrest warrant, according to San Diego Sheriff’s Department inmate records.
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Palestinians in the blockaded Gaza Strip are scrambling to find safety as Israeli attacks have destroyed entire neighborhoods, hospitals are running low on supplies and power is expected to be cut off within hours. . This deepened the misery of a war sparked by a deadly large-scale invasion of Hamas militants. Air strikes reduced entire city blocks in small coastal enclaves to rubble, leaving countless bodies under piles of rubble. The shelling intensified even as the militants drew an estimated 150 people into Gaza during the weekend’s fighting. Israel on Saturday declared unprecedented retaliation against the Islamic militant group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip. On Saturday, militants breached the border fence and shot dead hundreds of Israelis.
Another strong earthquake shook parts of western Afghanistan, with Saturday’s quake killing more than 2,000 people. The magnitude 6.3 earthquake that struck on Wednesday morning occurred about 28 kilometers, or 17 miles, from the outskirts of Herat, the capital of Herat province. The epicenter of Saturday’s quake was about 40 kilometers northwest of the city, causing several strong aftershocks. Taliban officials said more than 2,000 people were killed across Herat after the recent earthquake. Aid group Médecins Sans Frontières said the Herat regional hospital had received 117 people injured in Wednesday’s earthquake. A ministry spokesperson in Kabul said recent earthquakes had caused landslides in the area, cutting off highways.
After 35 consecutive games without a big winner, Powerball players are lining up for a near-record jackpot worth an estimated $1.73 billion. If the winning numbers are drawn on Wednesday, it will be the second-largest lottery prize in the United States, behind the $2.04 billion Powerball won by a California player last November. The previous No. 2 spot was his $1.586 billion Powerball win in 2016, where three people won in California, Florida and Tennessee. His formidable odds of 1 in 292.2 million on Powerball are designed to generate big jackpots, and the winnings get bigger and bigger as you keep rolling over when no one is around. I’ll win. There were 35 consecutive draws without a jackpot, making the jackpot very large.
This week, Walgreens named a new CEO after pharmacy staff resigned over concerns that working conditions were putting employees and patients at risk. Tim Wentworth, who previously led pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts, has been appointed CEO, effective October 23. Pharmacists claim teams are understaffed and overworked, creating problems for patient safety and staff health. It is unclear how many stores were affected by the strike. Organizers estimate more than 300 stores were affected, but a Walgreens spokesperson said only 12 stores were disrupted. Employees claim their workloads do not match staffing levels. They also want the company to provide more training to new employees.
High school scores on the ACT college entrance exam have fallen to the lowest in more than 30 years, showing that students are not ready for college-level coursework, according to the nonprofit organization that administers the test. Scores have been declining for six consecutive years, a trend that has accelerated due to the coronavirus pandemic. Students in the Class of 2023, whose scores were reported Wednesday, were freshmen in high school when the virus reached the U.S. The average ACT composite score for U.S. students was 19.5 out of 36. Last year’s average score was 19.8 points.
Evidence presented in former President Donald Trump’s New York civil business fraud trial shows that he signed a 1994 document stating the true size of his New York penthouse, and later financial statements showed that it was larger than that. described as much larger. The evidence was in an email attachment shown during Tuesday’s testimony by Allen Weisselberg, the former financial director of President Trump’s company. Mr. James’s lawsuit alleges that Mr. Weisselberg prepared financial statements to meet Mr. Trump’s request to show an increase in his net worth and approved inflated valuations for his assets despite assessments to the contrary. Trump denies any wrongdoing.
Republicans have nominated Rep. Steve Scalise to be the next Speaker of the House. They must now try to unite a deeply divided majority to elect a conservative in a floor vote after ousting Rep. Kevin McCarthy from office. In a closed-door vote Wednesday at the Capitol, House Republicans narrowly backed Scalise over Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, chairman of the Judiciary Committee. But tensions remain high within the Republican Party, with the House of Representatives at a standstill due to bitter infighting. A vote in the full House was expected, but was abandoned by nightfall. Mr. Scalise was working on Capitol Hill to shore up his support. The next step is uncertain.
A new indictment charges Congressman George Santos with stealing the identities of campaign donors and using their credit cards to make tens of thousands of dollars in fraudulent charges. Prosecutors allege that some of the stolen money ended up in his own bank account. The 23-count indictment filed Tuesday replaces an earlier indictment filed against the New York Republican on charges including embezzling campaign funds and lying to Congress about his wealth. It is. Santos told reporters at the Capitol that he would not comment on the indictment it replaces.
Prosecutors seeking to convict two Colorado police officers in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain told jurors during closing arguments that on the night of the fatal crash, he was just walking home. I begged him not to forget that. McClain was held down by the neck and was subdued by police officers before paramedics injected him with a powerful sedative. Witnesses said McClain died of a sedative overdose. But prosecutors allege that restraint by police caused a series of health problems, making McClain difficult to breathe and making him more susceptible to a fatal overdose. The defense countered Tuesday that the officers had no choice but to subdue McClain because he resisted.
Austin Riley and the Atlanta Braves fought back late to tie the National League District Series against Philadelphia. Mookie Betts and the Los Angeles Dodgers are having a tough time against Arizona. After being held hitless until the sixth inning, Atlanta earned an improbable 5-4 victory over the Phillies on Monday night, thanks to two-run home runs by Travis d’Arnaud and Riley, and the greatest double play in history to end the game. The point difference was erased. The best-of-five series will now move on to Game 3 in Philadelphia on Wednesday. In Los Angeles, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and the unlikely Diamondbacks led Zac Gallen to defeat the Dodgers 4-2 and take a 2-0 lead in the National League. Arizona will be looking for an impressive victory at Phoenix on Wednesday. But first, both American League division series will resume on Tuesday.