McCarthy speaker vote live updates: Supporters fail to stop GOP rebels' push to oust him
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A showdown is unfolding Tuesday to determine House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s fate as leader of the chamber’s Republican majority. Hard-line Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida is leading the charge against McCarthy. He
Pennsylvania woman dies of West Nile virus, 1st case in Pittsburgh area this year
Joao Paulo Burini/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Pennsylvania woman in her 80s has died after contracting West Nile virus, health officials said this week. The woman lived in Pittsburgh and is the first human case reported
Paris battles bedbugs ahead of 2024 Summer Olympics
Andrea Mantovani/Bloomberg via Getty Images (LONDON) — The City of Light is battling an infestation of bedbugs as it prepares to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. Videos recently posted on social media purportedly show the tiny, bloodsucking
LOCAL SPORTS: Prep preview for soccer, volleyball and football
Photo: Roughriders Head Coach Dustin Clark (left) on the Newsradio KONP post game show can nearly clinch a playoff spot with a win over Bremerton Friday By Oly Archibald SEQUIM — In soccer action today the 12th
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's trial set to begin Tuesday
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX founder and former crypto billionaire, is set to begin Tuesday with jury selection after federal prosecutors accused him of orchestrating one of the largest financial frauds
Matt Gaetz moves to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker, setting up dramatic vote
Andrew Caballero-reynolds/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Hard-line Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz on Monday night introduced a motion to remove Kevin McCarthy from the House speakership, setting up a dramatic vote over the future of the chamber’s
Congressman Henry Cuellar carjacked at gunpoint in Washington
U.S. House of Representatives (WASHINGTON) — Democratic Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar was carjacked at gunpoint Monday night near his residence in the Navy Yard area of Washington, D.C. just blocks from the Capitol. An alert sent to
Pope Francis opens possibility for blessing same-sex unions
Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Pope Francis suggested it may be possible to bless same-sex unions in a newly public response to cardinals who questioned the pope’s affirmation of the LGBTQ community in the
Autoworkers strike has cost US economy nearly $4B, report says
Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An ongoing strike carried out by tens of thousands of autoworkers has cost the U.S. economy billions of dollars, denying workers their wages and cutting output at car
SNAP benefits increase as eligibility requirements change through 2024
Noel Hendrickson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Millions of Americans rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, for benefits to supplement their grocery budget to afford nutritious foods. As of Oct. 1, the program received a