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Month: August 2022

Se reanuda en Guatemala la audiencia contra José Rubén Zamora, director de El Periódico

Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — El periodista y empresario José Rubén Zamora y la fiscal auxiliar de la Fiscalía Especial contra la Impunidad (FECI) Samari Gómez fueron trasladados este lunes a la Torre de Tribunales bajo un fuerte dispositivo de seguridad para reanudar la audiencia en su contra suspendida el miércoles anterior. El Ministerio

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Ex-Ohio court mediator arrested; allegedly sent feces to GOP

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man is accused of sending about three-dozen feces-filled letters to lawmakers around the country, including Ohio’s 25 Republican state senators in early July. Richard Steinle, a 77-year-old from Mogadore, Ohio and former Portage County Common Pleas Court mediator, was arrested Friday. He

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Modesto 4-year-old seriously injured after being struck by SUV near ice cream truck; search for driver

By Greta Serrin Click here for updates on this story     MODESTO, California (KCRA) — A 4-year-old was airlifted to the hospital with serious injuries after being struck by an SUV in Modesto on Saturday night, authorities said. Officers are now searching for the driver. The hit-and-run happened around 9:40 p.m. on Donald Street, just east

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¿Por qué la espada de Bolívar es tan importante para Colombia? Una historia atravesada por la lucha de la independencia y la guerrilla del M-19

Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Sacar la espada de Simón Bolívar de la Casa de Nariño, llevarla a la plaza de Bolívar y presentarla ante las más de 100.000 personas que estaban allí para su toma de posesión: esta fue la primera orden de Gustavo Petro, el primer presidente de izquierda de Colombia, luego

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Under 60, healthy, vaccinated and boosted? ‘You’re in a pretty good place’ with COVID-19

Data obtained by CNN from New York’s largest health-care provider indicates you’re very unlikely to become severely ill with COVID-19 if you’re under age 60, up to date on your COVID-19 vaccines and don’t have underlying health problems, backing up a government plan expected to be announced this week that will ease up on coronavirus restrictions.

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Blinken draws distinctions between US and Russia as he seeks to make case for US partnership in Africa

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday drew firm distinctions between the United States and Russia as he sought to make the case that the US is the better partner for countries in Africa. In a speech about the Biden administration’s “strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa,” delivered in Pretoria, South Africa,

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New Yorker: Milley was set to excoriate Trump in unreleased resignation letter drafted after Lafayette Square photo-op

By Shania Shelton, CNN In the wake of then-President Donald Trump’s infamous photo-op at the height of the George Floyd protests, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley penned a lengthy and vociferous critique of Trump in a resignation letter he ultimately never sent, The New Yorker reported on Monday. On June

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Fence surrounding Echo Park taken down

By DARLEENE POWELLS Click here for updates on this story     ECHO PARK, California (KCAL, KCBS) — A fence that has surrounded Echo Park since city officials forcibly removed a homeless encampment last year has been knocked down as of Monday morning. Most of the fencing was left haphazardly around the park, where a homeless camp

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Travis y Gregory McMichael reciben una segunda condena de cadena perpetua vinculada al homicidio de Ahmaud Arbery

Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Gregory McMichael, uno de los tres hombres blancos condenados por el homicidio de Ahmaud Arbery, fue sentenciado este lunes a cadena perpetua más siete años tras sus condenas federales de este año por interferencia con los derechos —un delito de odio—, intento de secuestro y uso de armas. La sentencia

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Mayor Eric Adams blasts Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s “unimaginable” treatment of migrants as 2nd bus arrives in New York City

By CHRISTINA FAN, ASTRID MARTINEZ Click here for updates on this story     NEW YORK (WCBS) — A second bus carrying migrants arrived Sunday in Manhattan from Texas. It continues the fight between Gov. Greg Abbott and Democratic cities over immigration policy. CBS2’s Astrid Martinez spoke with immigration advocates on how this is impacting local services,

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Biden concerned by China’s military drills encircling Taiwan but doesn’t ‘think they’re going to do anything more’

By Kate Sullivan and Nikki Carvajal, CNN President Joe Biden said Monday he was concerned about China’s recent military exercises around Taiwan but that he didn’t believe China would take additional action as it escalates tensions following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit. China has spent several days conducting military drills that have essentially encircled Taiwan

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Encampment outside University City townhomes refuses to budge, despite court order demanding them to move out

By Wakisha Bailey Click here for updates on this story     PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — The encampment outside of University City townhomes in West Philadelphia is continuing to grow, despite a court order that demands they move out. The tents with human rights signs and other messages of hope and protest could soon become some residents’ new

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Trump-backed GOP candidate for Michigan AG under criminal investigation for possibly tampering with voting machines, docs say

By Zachary Cohen and Sara Murray, CNN Michigan’s Democratic attorney general is calling for a special prosecutor to investigate her Donald Trump-backed challenger after finding evidence linking him to a potentially criminal plot to seize and tamper with voting machines used in the 2020 election, according to a letter obtained by CNN and documents released

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Researchers ask Census to stop controversial privacy method

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Prominent demographers are asking the U.S. Census Bureau to abandon a controversial method for protecting survey and census participants’ confidentiality. They say it is jeopardizing the usability of the numbers that are the foundation of the nation’s data infrastructure. The Census Bureau embraced using the differential privacy algorithm for the

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Kleefisch downplays Trump endorsement on final swing

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican candidate for governor Rebecca Kleefisch downplayed Donald Trump’s endorsement and rally for her opponent during her final campaign push across Wisconsin Monday, and declined to respond to the former president’s criticisms. Kleefisch faces Trump-endorsed Tim Michels in Tuesday’s primary, with the winner advancing to face

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