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Month: June 2023

Fulton County DA seeking information from 2 firms that Trump hired to look at 2020 voter fraud claims – and debunked them

By Sara Murray, CNN (CNN) — The Fulton County district attorney’s office is seeking information from two firms that were hired by the Trump campaign with investigating claims of voter fraud after the 2020 election, according to sources familiar with the matter. Investigators in Georgia, who have been probing Donald Trump and his allies’ efforts

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Poland, Lithuania fear new migrant crisis due to Belarus’ offer of visa-free travel

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus is introducing a visa-free travel arrangement with dozens of countries for a month, raising fears that neighboring Poland and Lithuania might see a sudden increase in unauthorized migration. The authoritarian president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, signed a decree allowing citizens of 73 countries to travel to Belarus without a visa

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¿Cuál es el pan más saludable?

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Uno de los alimentos que muchas personas odian amar es el pan. Su sabor es delicioso, pero con frecuencia nos enfrentamos a la idea de que, nutricionalmente hablando, es malo. Existen planes de alimentación enteros dedicados a dejar fuera el pan y otros carbohidratos y en evidenciar a las personas que

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Virginia Military Institute’s chief diversity officer resigns as some alumni push back against DEI initiatives

By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — Jamica Love, the first chief diversity officer at the Virginia Military Institute, has resigned, the college’s superintendent announced on Thursday. “She has been singularly focused on preparing our cadets for the world which they will enter after graduation and making VMI an inclusive institution for any interested and qualified

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Experts warn of ‘rapid’ growth of IBD as number of Canadians diagnosed set to reach 470K by 2035

By Hayatullah Amanat/CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story     Regina, Saskatchewan (CTV Network) — The number of people in Canada with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasing rapidly and is expected to grow to 470,000 by 2035, according to a new report from Crohn’s and Colitis Canada. On Thursday, the national health charity

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Petro confirma la salida de Laura Sarabia y Armando Benedetti en medio de escándalo por interceptaciones ilegales

Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Este viernes, el presidente Gustavo Petro dijo en medio de una ceremonia de ascensos de las Fuerzas Militares en Bogotá que su jefa de Gabinete, Laura Sarabia, y el embajador de Colombia en Venezuela, Armando Benedetti, no continuarán en sus cargos. El pronunciamiento se produjo luego de que el jueves,

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Maker of anti-addiction drug Suboxone reaches $102.5 million settlement over antitrust claims

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The company that makes the opioid addiction treatment drug Suboxone has reached a $102.5 million settlement of antitrust claims with 41 states and the District of Columbia. Attorneys general sued Indivior and claimed the company schemed to keep generic competitors off the market. The deal was announced Friday. It averts a trial

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Republicans schedule 1st presidential debate for Aug. 23, but there’s no guarantee Trump will attend

By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The first Republican presidential debate of the 2024 election cycle will be held Aug. 23, and candidates participating must pledge to support the eventual GOP nominee. The Republican National Committee on Friday announced the requirements to take part in the debate in Milwaukee. The organization says a

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MU graduate who lost belongings in Iowa building collapse reunited with cat, grateful for help

By Stephanie Southey Click here for updates on this story     DAVENPORT, Iowa (KOMU) — A recent MU graduate says she has lost all of her belongings after her apartment building in Davenport, Iowa, partially collapsed over the weekend. Elizabeth Pruitt, who graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism three weeks ago, moved into the apartment

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Companies reach $1.18 billion deal to resolve claims from ‘forever chemicals’ water contamination

By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Three chemical companies said Friday they had reached a $1.18 billion deal to resolve complaints of polluting many U.S. drinking water systems with potentially harmful compounds known as PFAS. DuPont de Nemours Inc., The Chemours Co. and Corteva Inc. said they would establish a

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Exclusiva CNN: los abogados de Trump no han encontrado un documento clasificado al que se refirió el expresidente en una grabación tras una citación

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los abogados de Donald Trump entregaron material a mediados de marzo en respuesta a una citación federal relacionada con un documento militar estadounidense clasificado descrito por el expresidente en una grabación en 2021, pero no pudieron encontrar el documento en sí, dijeron dos fuentes a CNN. Los fiscales emitieron la citación

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How Chick-fil-A became a target for going ‘woke’

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — Chick-fil-A has become a surprise target of right-wing ire following the discovery that the company has an executive overseeing its diversity, equity and inclusion policies. It joins a growing list of companies that right-wing media and conservatives on social platforms have chastised for so-called “woke” marketing.

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The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season is now underway. Here’s what to know.

By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — It’s time for residents along the southeastern U.S. coastline to get plans in place as the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season gets underway on Thursday. Forecasters and experts are predicting a “near-normal” hurricane season. The director at the National Hurricane Center stressed during a Wednesday news conference that

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Biden celebrates a ‘crisis averted’ in Oval Office address on bipartisan debt ceiling deal

By ZEKE MILLER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden celebrated a “crisis averted” in his first speech to the nation from the Oval Office Friday evening, ready to sign a budget agreement that eliminates the potential for an unprecedented government default that he said would have been catastrophic for the

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Elecciones en Estado de México y Coahuila 2023: horarios para votar, cuándo abren y cierran las casillas

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Las elecciones locales del Estado de México y Coahuila se celebran este 4 de junio convocarán a más de 15 millones de mexicanos para elegir gobernadora en el primero, y gobernador y diputados, en el segundo. Este domingo, cuando también hay ley seca en ambos estados, están habilitados tres

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French Open lets Belarus’ Sabalenka skip standard news conference after questions about Ukraine war

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Two years after Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open when she was fined, then threatened with disqualification, for skipping news conferences, another top tennis player — No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka, the Australian Open champion — was allowed to avoid the traditional postmatch session open

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Aryna Sabalenka opts out of French Open press conference, saying she ‘did not feel safe’ at last press conference

By Jill Martin and Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — World No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka did not participate in a customary post-match press conference after her third-round win at the French Open on Friday, saying she didn’t feel safe when participating in a press conference held earlier this week. On Wednesday, after winning in the second

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Trump’s lawyers meet with Justice Department officials following complaints about special counsel probe

By Evan Perez, Hannah Rabinowitz, Katelyn Polantz and Casey Gannon, CNN (CNN) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are meeting with Justice Department officials on Monday following a public request for a meeting about what they characterize as prosecutorial misconduct, according to sources familiar with the matter. The meeting comes as the special counsel’s

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8 construction workers injured as building partially collapses during concrete mishap in New Haven

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A building under construction partially collapsed Friday in New Haven, Connecticut, when a concrete pour went awry, injuring eight workers, including two critically, city officials said, adding there were no fatalities. City firefighters and other authorities were called to Lafayette Street shortly after 12:30 p.m. “Our units responded immediately within

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Panama launches operation in Darien jungle targeting organized crime and migrant smugglers

By JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press NICANOR, Panama (AP) — Panama has launched a security operation along its shared border with Colombia to combat organized crime groups and migrant smugglers involved in record-setting migration through the perilous Darien Gap this year. Security officials said Friday that the “Shield” campaign is part of the agreement reached with

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Nicki Nicole se adentra en su “Alma” para su tercer álbum: lo que superó y por qué el disco fue sanador

Marysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) – Nicki Nicole presentó su tercer disco, “Alma”, una producción que si pudiera describirse de alguna manera sería una montaña rusa de emociones. Se trata de un disco sanador, dice Nicki Nicole a Zona Pop CNN, en el que logró conectar con ella misma y que fue su trampolín para liberarse

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Lies, complaints and Larry Nassar: Takeaways from the records detailing Jeffrey Epstein’s final days

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly four years after Jeffrey Epstein’s death, thousands of pages of records obtained by The Associated Press are shedding new light on the financier’s time behind bars and a frantic response by federal corrections officials to his death. The documents, including emails

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Kremlin foe Navalny’s demands in prison: moonshine, a balalaika and a pet kangaroo — all denied

MOSCOW (AP) — Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny released excerpts of his correspondence with prison administrators Friday, detailing his sarcastic demands for things like a bottle of moonshine, a balalaika and even a kangaroo. His requests were denied. Responses from prison officials, posted on his social media account apparently by his team, came after

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‘I did this myself’: Officers describe confrontation with Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting defendant

By Sabrina Souza and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — When the rifle-toting suspect surrendered after gunning down 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in October 2018, police officers tried to ascertain whether he had an accomplice, falsely telling him they had already caught “his boy.” “I did this myself,” the shooter told the officers, claiming

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Exclusive: Trump attorneys haven’t found classified document former president referred to on tape following subpoena

By Kaitlan Collins, Paula Reid and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Attorneys for Donald Trump turned over material in mid-March in response to a federal subpoena related to a classified US military document described by the former president on tape in 2021 but were unable to find the document itself, two sources tell CNN. Prosecutors

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DeSantis is trying to convince Republicans the Trump years weren’t all that great. Will they believe him?

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Behind the scattershot criticism Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has levied at former President Donald Trump since entering the 2024 race is an unmistakable message to Republican voters: The Trump years weren’t as great as you remember. It’s not a message Iowa voter Mark Skaff wants to hear. “I would’ve

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