COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A cruise ship carrying more than 1,370 people should never have left a northern Norway harbor five years ago despite storm warnings, forcing a major evacuation by helicopter. Norwegian officials said Tuesday it could have developed into “the worst disasters at sea in modern times.” On March 23, 2019, the Viking
Continue Reading By THALIA BEATY Associated Press Bill Ford, executive chairman of Ford Motor Co., and his wife Lisa Ford are raising $10 million to help ten Detroit nonprofits serving young people start endowments. Lisa Ford said Tuesday that the campaign comes alongside Ford’s investment in the refurbishment of the long abandoned rail station in Detroit, Michigan
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Photos and interviews by Moeri Karasawa, Himari Semans and Getty Images; Text by Oscar Holland, CNN Tokyo, Japan (CNN) — Tokyo Fashion Week concluded perhaps its most successful edition since the Covid-19 pandemic, with more international guests and buyers returning to Japan’s capital for the Fall-Winter 2024 edition. The event’s 35 physical shows featured Finnish
Continue Reading By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Medicaid recipients in Wisconsin are getting access to the first over-the-counter birth control pill. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers says Opill will start becoming available in some Medicaid-enrolled pharmacies on Tuesday and expand over the coming weeks. Evers says that will allow Medicaid recipients to easily receive
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — After multiple delays in production, the new Bob Dylan biopic has started filming — which means a first look at actor Timothée Chalamet as the legendary folk singer. Costumed in an army-green jacket and a newsboy cap, Chalamet was pictured filming “A Complete Unknown,” a movie chronicling the singer-songwriter’s career
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By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Americans have experienced significant price increases during the tenure of President Joe Biden – but prices have not gone up nearly as much as former President Donald Trump keeps saying. Trump, now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has a years-old habit of using inaccurate figures even when accurate
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By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese regulators have accused Evergrande and its founder of inflating revenues by $78 billion, putting the insolvent property developer at the heart of the country’s biggest ever financial fraud case. The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) slapped a penalty of 4.175 billion yuan ($580 million) on Hengda
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker, Ryan Young, Jade Gordon and Shawn Nottingham, CNN Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — Two White former Mississippi law enforcement officers who were members of a self-styled “Goon Squad” were sentenced by a federal judge Tuesday to prison after admitting to torturing and abusing two Black men last year – and four other White
Continue Reading CNN, NEWS 12 WESTCHESTER, WAPT, WLBT By Emma Tucker, Ryan Young, Jade Gordon and Shawn Nottingham, CNN Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — Jeffrey Middleton, the second former law enforcement officer among six who admitted torturing and abusing two Black men in January 2023, was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison by a federal judge Tuesday
Continue Reading By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The United Nations says the number of people affected by violence in South Sudan surged by 35% in the last three months of 2023. The U.N. Mission in South Sudan documented 233 incidents of violence affecting 862 people, including 406 deaths, during that period. South
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — A former professional rugby union player, who who died in 2023 at the age of 33, has become the first in New Zealand to be formally diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) – the neurogenerative disease associated with repeated head trauma. Billy Guyton died of a suspected suicide last
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Prince William and his wife Catherine have been filmed at a farm shop near their Windsor home, The Sun newspaper reported — the first footage of Kate since she had abdominal surgery for an unspecified condition two months ago. The newspaper published a short clip late Monday that appeared to show William
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Continue Reading RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The incoming Palestinian prime minister says he will appoint a technocratic government and establish an independent trust fund to oversee Gaza’s reconstruction. Mohammad Mustafa laid out wide-ranging plans in a mission statement acquired by The Associated Press on Tuesday. The plans include the kind of revitalized Palestinian Authority called for
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy and Wayne Chang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese diplomat Wang Kejian met Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Qatar, China’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, the first meeting between a Chinese and Hamas official publicly acknowledged by Beijing since the outbreak of the war in Gaza. The meeting follows visits from Wang
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Troubled property developer China Evergrande Holding says Beijing’s stock watchdog has fined it 4.2 billion yuan ($333.4 million) for allegedly falsifying its revenue, among other allegations. The company said in a release to mainland Chinese stock exchanges that its chairman, Hui Ka Yan, was fined 47
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein and Arlette Saenz, CNN Las Vegas (CNN) — President Joe Biden is taking his reelection pitch to a pair of Western battleground states this week, heading to Nevada and Arizona to shore up support in key states he’s looking to defend against former President Donald Trump in November. Biden’s pitch will zero-in on efforts to
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — The average Wall Street bonus fell slightly last year to $176,500. New York state comptroller has reported Tuesday that the average bonus for employees in New York City’s securities industry was down 2% from 2022. The slight dip came even as Wall Street profits were up slightly. The comptroller’s office says
Continue Reading By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is embarking on a three-day campaign swing aimed at shoring up his standing in the Sun Belt as part of an aggressive play to re-energize vital parts of his 2020 electoral coalition. Much of his time on this trip this week, which includes
Continue Reading By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. officials say newly-approved legislation providing billions of dollars in funding for three strategically important Pacific island nations is an important sign of American commitment, which comes amid warnings China is actively trying to pry them away from Washington’s sphere of influence. The funds for the Marshall
Continue Reading Last year wasn’t the most lucrative for Wall Street bankers, but their bonus payouts still easily trounced US median household income.
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Peter Navarro, an ex-White House aide to former President Donald Trump, has reported to a federal prison in Miami, making history as the first former White House official to be imprisoned for a contempt of Congress conviction. Navarro was sentenced to four months in prison for
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Images taken by miniature drones from deep inside a badly damaged reactor at the Fukushima nuclear plant show displaced control equipment and misshapen materials but leave many questions unanswered, underscoring the daunting task of decommissioning the plant. The photos released by the plant’s operator are the first
Continue Reading By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — The man who coached LeBron James in high school and now Duquesne University to its first NCAA appearance in 47 years says he will retire after the men’s tournament ends for his Cinderella team. Keith Dambrot led the 24-11 Dukes to the Atlantic-10 Championship on Sunday to earn the
Continue Reading By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. labor agency says illegal profits from forced labor globally have risen to the “obscene” amount of $236 billion per year. The International Labor Organization says sexual exploitation is to blame for about three-fourths of the total take from a business that deprives migrants of money
Continue Reading CNN By Jeremy Diamond, Kareem Khadder, Mick Krever and Abeer Salman, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel’s Supreme Court has temporarily halted a government plan to send a group of Palestinian patients being treated in East Jerusalem and Tel Aviv hospitals back to Gaza. The decision follows a petition by the Israeli non-profit organization Physicians for
Continue Reading By Zoe Whitfield, CNN (CNN) — “My God, it’s dull,” said interior designer Steven Thomas of the British retail landscape in 2024. As the creative force behind the look of the wildly popular 1970s London fashion store Big Biba, Thomas knows a thing or two about engineering excitement. Big Biba — a daring, 20,000 square
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Las autoridades de Israel se están preparando para enviar de regreso a Gaza a un grupo de pacientes palestinos que estaban siendo tratados esta semana en hospitales de Jerusalén Este. El grupo de 22 palestinos de Gaza incluye cinco bebés recién nacidos y sus madres, pacientes de cáncer ahora en
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed in Asia on Tuesday after the Bank of Japan hiked its benchmark interest rate for the first time in 17 years, ending a longstanding negative rate policy at odds with the stances of most central banks. In a widely anticipated move, the BOJ
Continue Reading MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Cricket Australia says it has postponed a three-match men’s Twenty20 international series against Afghanistan due to concerns over human rights for women and girls in the Taliban-controlled country. The matches were scheduled to be hosted in August by Afghanistan but played in the United Arab Emirates. It marks the third time
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Funcionarios federales encargados de hacer cumplir la ley iniciaron una investigación luego de un informe de la Patrulla Fronteriza de EE.UU. sobre la detención de un hombre en la frontera de Texas que dijo que era miembro de una organización terrorista extranjera y que había venido a Estados Unidos para
Continue Reading By The Associated Press UnitedHealth Group is testing software for submitting medical claims as it continues to recover from a cyberattack that disrupted care billing systems. The health care giant hasn’t set a time frame for when it expects to complete the recovery from the attack last month on its Change Healthcare business. But a
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, Niamh Kennedy and Louis Mian, CNN (CNN) — Famine is imminent in northern Gaza where 70% of the population are already suffering with catastrophic levels of hunger, a UN-backed report said Monday, as the EU’s top diplomat accused Israel of using “starvation as a weapon of war.” All 2.2 million people in
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HeyTutor analyzed teacher attrition data from the National Center for Education Statistics to shed light on how teachers feel about leaving their jobs.
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ATS.io mapped state-by-state commercial gaming revenue growth in 2023 using year-over-year data from the American Gaming Association.
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FoodReady used data from the CDC to explore the most common settings that facilitated foodborne illnesses in the U.S. from 2009 to 2021.
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Ophelia mapped and analyzed the number of patients in substance use facilities per capita across the U.S., using SAMHSA survey data.
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The Daily Yonder reports on the federal government halting enrollment in a program that helps millions of Americans afford their broadband subscriptions.
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MoneyGeek analyzed cost data from the Census Bureau’s one-year American Community Survey and MIT’s Living Wage Calculator, focusing on the top cities from our safest small and mid-to-large city studies.
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After an incident with one of Google’s driverless vehicles in San Francisco, Way.com explores whether the city is ready to adopt these vehicles for service.
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Apple parece estar finalmente levantando el telón sobre algunos de sus esfuerzos en inteligencia artificial. Los investigadores de Apple dicen que desarrollaron una familia de modelos multimodales, que se refiere a un sistema de IA que puede interpretar y generar diferentes tipos de datos, como texto e imágenes al mismo tiempo, llamado
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Investigators who have been working more than half a century to solve the case of 16-year-old Pamela Lynn Conyers, who was strangled to death in central Maryland, say they’ve identified a second suspect in her killing – though their quest for answers still isn’t over. The second suspect, Donald Willard,
Continue Reading By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s lawmakers met in a special session to resume debate on a proposed national security law Tuesday, paving the way to grant the government more power to quash dissent in the southern Chinese city. The legislation is widely seen as the latest step in a
Continue Reading By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Several prominent lawyers have published stinging academic critiques and legal opinions about the Vatican’s recently concluded “trial of the century.” They highlight violations of basic defense rights and rule of law norms that they warn could have consequences for the Holy See going forward. The critiques
Continue Reading By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris following a tragic blaze in April 2019 is a story of dedication and recovery. The iconic medieval monument immortalized in history, film and literature has been gradually rebuilt over the past five years, through challenges that have included delays
Continue Reading BY JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The U.S. State Department said Secretary of State Antony Blinken will underscore Washington’s “ironclad commitment” to its alliance with the Philippines on Tuesday as he meets with top officials in Manila. His visit come as clashes between Chinese and Filipino forces in the disputed South China
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Federal Judge Aileen Cannon issued an order Monday for lawyers to submit instructions for a trial jury in former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case – signaling that the debate over whether Trump had the authority to keep documents from his White House could remain a central issue of the
Continue Reading By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for torturing two Black men will be sentenced by a federal judge starting Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Tom Lee will sentence two defendants each day on
Continue Reading By JEFF McMURRAY Associated Press When Mike O’Neil opened his bicycle repair shop in Muncie, Indiana, the Cardinal Greenway trail just outside its window stretched only 2 miles south of the shop. Today, it extends 33 miles (53 kilometers) beyond that, but the ultimate vision is far grander. O’Neil hopes the trail born from eastern
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California legislator backed by former President Donald Trump and a sheriff who promises to harden the nation’s porous borders are facing off in a special U.S. House election. State Assembly member Vince Fong and Tulare County Sheriff are both Republicans. They are vying
Continue Reading By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press The Democratic primary for one of three contested seats on the Ohio Supreme Court will kick off a high-stakes battle for partisan control of the court this fall. The court currently has a 4-3 Republican majority. To flip that, Democrats must sweep the races in November by retaining two incumbents
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Donald Trump has launched his general election campaign not merely rewriting the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, but positioning the violent siege and its failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election as a cornerstone of his bid
Continue Reading By DAVID HAMILTON AP Technology Reporter SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Former CNN reporter Don Lemon mixed it up with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in an interview Lemon posted on Musk’s X social network Monday. The interview was supposed to kick off Lemon’s new talk show on X, formerly known as Twitter, at least until Musk
Continue Reading By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — An open race to lead the nation’s second-largest prosecutor’s office is in voters’ hands after a heated primary campaign in the Chicago area. The Democratic matchup for the Cook County state’s attorney primary features Eileen O’Neill Burke and Clayton Harris III. The race has been one of
Continue Reading By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republicans are watching two hot-button federal races in Ohio that could affect their chances for potentially pivotal pickups this fall. One of Tuesday’s contests is the Republican primary to face third-term Sen. Sherrod Brown this fall. The second is a GOP matchup to face longtime
Continue Reading CNN By Pallabi Munsi, Nima Elbagir, Barbara Arvanitidis and Mark Baron, CNN (CNN) — In mid-December, the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) swept into Sudan’s central Al Jazira state, known as the country’s breadbasket, with an ultimatum: “Enlist or die.” Since then, the militia group has sought to use food as a weapon, withholding supplies
Continue Reading By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press KIRYAT SHMONA, Israel (AP) — Around 60,000 Israelis who evacuated from cities and towns along the border with Lebanon are grappling with the question of when they will be able to return home. Hezbollah began launching rockets towards Israel one day after Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7.
Continue Reading By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Five states will hold presidential primaries as President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump continue to lock up support around the country after becoming their parties’ presumptive nominees. Democrat Biden and Republican Trump each earned enough delegates during elections last week to clinch their
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez are now divorced. A Los Angeles court judgment dissolving their marriage of nearly three years became official Tuesday, six months after the 30-year-old pop star file a petition to divorce the 28-year-old real estate broker. They had a pre-nuptial agreement, had no children, and had no
Continue Reading By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Every year since 2021, Spotify has published its “Loud & Clear” report, an attempt to be more transparent about its payments. On Tuesday, the streaming giant published its most recent report, claiming record accomplishments, including paying out $9 billion in streaming royalties last year. That’s
Continue Reading By ALEX VEIGA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press The cost of hiring a real estate agent to buy or sell a home may soon change, along with decades-old rules that have helped determine broker commissions. The policy changes could help spur price competition for agents’ services and lower the cost for sellers who typically now
Continue Reading By Pallabi Munsi, Nima Elbagir, Barbara Arvanitidis and Mark Baron, CNN (CNN) — In mid-December, the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) swept into Sudan’s central Al Jazira state, known as the country’s breadbasket, with an ultimatum: “Enlist or die.” Since then, the militia group has sought to use food as a weapon, withholding supplies from
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Abortions are on the rise in the United States, despite bans that have taken effect in more than a dozen states since the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision that revoked the federal right to abortion in June 2022.
Continue Reading CNN, POOL, GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE, DANCO LABS By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Abortions are on the rise in the United States, despite bans that have taken effect in more than a dozen states since the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision that revoked the federal right to abortion in June 2022. There were more than 1
Continue Reading By Abeer Salman, Jeremy Diamond and Mick Krever, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli authorities are preparing to send a group of Palestinian patients who were being treated in East Jerusalem hospitals back to Gaza this week. The group of 22 Gazan Palestinians includes five newborn babies and their mothers, cancer patients now in remission, and
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — All but one of the 100 cities with the world’s worst air pollution last year were in Asia, according to a new report, with the climate crisis playing a pivotal role in bad air quality that is risking the health of billions of people worldwide. The vast
Continue Reading By Simone Pathe, Jeff Zeleny and Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Ohio’s Republican Senate primary on Tuesday – this year’s first test of Donald Trump’s clout in a contested Senate race – will help determine a key question this fall: What is the fate of Sen. Sherrod Brown and the Democratic majority? “Are we ready
Continue Reading Japan has ended its negative interest rate policy, marking a historic shift away from an aggressive monetary easing program that was implemented years ago to fight chronic deflation.
Continue Reading TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s central bank has raised its benchmark interest rate for the first time in 17 years, ending a longstanding policy of negative rates meant to boost the economy. The rate was raised to a range of 0 to 0.1% from minus 0.1%. The interest rate hike was the first since February 2007.
Continue Reading By Megan Thomas, CNN (CNN) — It’s been nearly 13 years since “The Oprah Winfrey Show” came to an end, but for viewers of her weight loss special on Monday night, it likely felt like Winfrey’s talk show was back. “An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution” featured Winfrey doing what she
Continue Reading By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Shigeichi Negishi, the entrepreneur who invented the world’s first karaoke machine, has died aged 100. Negishi, whose 1967 “Sparko Box” prototype is among several devices credited with ushering in Japan’s karaoke craze, died from natural causes in January. His death, which was made public last week, was confirmed to
Continue Reading By Cindy Von Quednow and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A mother who has been wanted by Indiana police since after her 5-year-old son’s body was found inside a suitcase in 2022 was found and arrested last week in Los Angeles, authorities say. Dejaune Ludie Anderson, 38, is accused of killing her son, Cairo Ammar Jordan, whose
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Court orders that prohibited two criminal defendants from possessing firearms while they awaited trial were constitutional because they were in line with past restrictions on firearms. That’s according to a unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The judges found that U.S. laws have
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Los océanos del mundo han experimentado un año entero de calor sin precedentes, con un nuevo récord de temperatura que se bate cada día, según muestran nuevos datos. Las temperaturas globales de la superficie del océano comenzaron a batir récords diarios a mediados de marzo del año pasado, según datos de
Continue Reading MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Olympic great and Australian Sports Commission chief Kieren Perkins says “someone will die” if a multi-sport event that he called “borderline criminal” and which allows banned performance-enhancing substances goes ahead. The Enhanced Games have been proposed by Australian entrepreneur and London-based Aron D’Souza. Australia’s dual world champion swimmer and triple Olympic
Continue Reading By KEIRAN SMITH Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s online safety regulator has put social media giants on notice, requiring them to explain what they are doing to to protect people from violent extremists and terrorists. The country’s eSafety regulator announced Tuesday that it had issued legal notices to Google, Meta, X, WhatsApp, Telegram and
Continue Reading José Álvarez (CNN Español) –– El secretario general de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA), Luis Almagro, anunció este lunes que el expresidente de Chile, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, fue designado jefe de la Misión Electoral del organismo regional en República Dominicana, que observará las próximas elecciones en mayo. Frei fue presidente de Chile de 1994
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — La Fiscalía de Perú informó este lunes que abrió una investigación contra la presidenta Dina Boluarte por presunto enriquecimiento ilícito y omisión en la declaración de bienes, “por el uso de relojes de la marca Rolex”. El jueves pasado, el medio local La Encerrona publicó un recuento de
Continue Reading Mauricio Torres (CNN) –– La audiencia de formalización en contra del exdirector general de la Policía de Investigaciones de Chile (PDI), Sergio Muñoz Yáñez, se realizará este martes en Santiago de Chile. Muñoz presentó su renuncia el pasado viernes, luego de que la Fiscalía anunciara que lo acusará de delitos ligados al lavado de activos
Continue Reading By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Negotiators from Congress and the White House are scrambling to complete work on funding government agencies for the fiscal year and avoid a partial shutdown that could begin this weekend. Lawmakers passed the first portion of spending bills in early March, funding about 30% of the government.
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Nicandro Díaz, afamado productor mexicano de telenovelas como “Destilando Amor”, “Soy tu dueña” y “Mañana es para siempre”, falleció este lunes, según informaron las redes sociales del productor. Un mensaje en su cuenta de Instagram decía: “Hoy queda un vacío imposible de llenar al despedirnos de nuestro productor, amigo y padre
Continue Reading By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday charged that Jews who vote for Democrats “hate Israel” and hate “their religion,” igniting a firestorm of criticism from the White House and Jewish leaders. Trump, in an interview, had been asked about Democrats’ growing criticism of Israeli Prime Minister
Continue Reading By Rebecca Cairns, CNN (CNN) — When Mohamad Orfali was a child, his favorite meal was breakfast. At his family home in Aleppo, Syria, his grandfather would prepare “Treet Bel Laban” — an omelet with meatballs, served on top of garlic yogurt, and eaten with warm bread. “I have so many memories of food,” says
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for a White House summit next month amid growing concerns about North Korea’s nuclear program, provocative Chinese action in the South China Sea and differences over a Japanese company’s plan to
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Japan are sponsoring a U.N. Security Council resolution calling on nations not to deploy or develop nuclear weapons in space. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told a council meeting Monday that placing nuclear weapons in orbit around Earth would be “dangerous, and
Continue Reading By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s attorney general is blaming a delay of the release of a key report into a deadly Maui wildfire on county agencies that forced investigators to issue subpoenas. Investigators have needed to issue eight additional subpoenas for documents and 53 additional subpoenas for interviews about the
Continue Reading GOMA, Congo (AP) — Reporters Without Borders says Congolese journalist Stanis Bujakera was set to be freed soon after being sentenced to six months in prison for spreading false information among other charges. He had been jailed more than six months waiting for trial. The court in Kinshasa that found him guilty Monday also fined
Continue Reading By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty to murder, about two years the decomposing body of his lover was found encased in concrete in a bathtub in one of Hawaii’s most exclusive gated communities. Twenty-five-year-old Juan Baron pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder in the death of 73-year-old
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said in an interview aired Monday that any Jewish person who votes for Democrats “hates their religion” and hates “everything about Israel,” again playing into an antisemitic trope that Jewish Americans have dual loyalties to the US and to Israel. Trump was asked on a
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Panamá envió este lunes a la Cancillería de Nicaragua una nota de protesta formal por la “actitud permisiva” en la sede de la embajada nicaragüense en donde permanece el expresidente Ricardo Martinelli en calidad de asilado político, informó la institución en un comunicado. Además, le
Continue Reading RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors say two men who used high-powered rifles to kill three wild burros in Southern California’s Mojave Desert have pleaded guilty to federal charges related to the shootings. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Monday that the men wore tactical gear including night vision goggles as they targeted the burros in a
Continue Reading HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government has protested as interventionist comments from the U.S. Embassy on the island following demonstrations against power blackouts and food shortages by hundreds of people in eastern Cuba. Cuba’s Foreign Ministry delivered a note expressing the complaint to the chargé d’affaires at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Havana, Benjamin Ziff.On Sunday,
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Continue Reading PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man has been found guilty of murder in a 1980s cold case involving a college student. KOIN-TV reports Multnomah County Circuit Judge Amy Baggio found Robert Plympton of suburban Portland guilty Friday of first-degree murder in the death of Barbara Mae Tucker. Gresham police arrested Plympton in 2021 after
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Stacker compiled a list of counties with the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections in Idaho using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan and Yong Xiong, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — For more than a decade, Lee has been able to circumvent China’s internet controls to go on Twitter, now known as X, without getting into trouble with the authorities. The Chinese lawyer stayed away from politically sensitive topics and rarely engaged with other users,
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If this nice weather is making you think about summer fun, the City of Pocatello is at work to make that happen.
Continue Reading By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s one-of-a-kind method of drawing primary ballots has prompted some apparent skepticism from a federal judge. The judge held a hearing Monday as he considers a lawsuit claiming the system favors preferred candidates of establishment party leaders and gives them a more prominent position on
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Tallulah Willis habló por primera vez de su diagnóstico de autismo. Willis, de 30 años, compartió la noticia durante el fin de semana al publicar un video en su cuenta de Instagram en el que aparecía junto a su padre, Bruce Willis. En el video, Bruce Willis sostiene en brazos a
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