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Month: September 2024

Un juez permite que siga adelante la demanda por difamación contra Netflix por “Bebé reno”

Julia Hernández (CNN) — Una mujer escocesa acusada de acosar al creador y protagonista de “Bebé reno” (“Baby Reindeer” en su título original), Richard Gadd, puede seguir adelante con su demanda por difamación contra Netflix, después de que un juez federal de California se negara a desestimar todas las demandas. En un fallo publicado el

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South Korea unveils its most powerful missile, which could reach North Korea’s underground bunkers

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has unveiled its most powerful ballistic missile that could target North Korea. It did so during an Armed Forces Day ceremony on Tuesday as the president warned that North Korea’s regime will collapse if it attempts to use nuclear weapons. South Korea’s weapons displays and warning

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NATO’s new chief makes Ukraine support a top priority and says he will work with any US president

Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The new head of NATO is vowing to help shore up Western support for war-ravaged Ukraine and says he can work with whoever is elected president of the United States, the alliance’s most powerful member. New NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte took charge of the world’s biggest security organization on Tuesday,

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¿Entradas de Coldplay por US$ 11.000? Conmoción en la India después de que las entradas se agotaran en minutos y se revendieran a precios escandalosos

Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Los fanáticos que esperaban ansiosamente el regreso de Coldplay a India se sorprendieron al encontrar entradas revendidas en línea por hasta US$ 11.000, lo que llevó a la Policía a solicitar una declaración del CEO del vendedor de los shows por acusaciones de fraude. La banda de rock británica dará tres

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels launch drone boat that hits ship in Red Sea as missile strikes another

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have launched an explosive-loaded drone that crashed into one ship in the Red Sea and a missile that exploded against another. The attacks Tuesday are the rebels’ first assaults on commercial shipping in weeks as the Israel-Hamas war threatens to become a regional conflict.

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A Texas man is executed for fatally stabbing twin teenage girls in 1989

Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man has been executed for fatally stabbing twin 16-year-old girls more than three decades ago. Garcia Glenn White repeatedly apologized for his crimes before receiving a lethal injection Tuesday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. The 61-year-old was condemned for the December 1989 killings of Annette

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Judge weighs jury instructions in trial of 3 former Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols’ death

Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has considered arguments related to dozens of pages of instructions that will be given to jurors in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged with violating Tyre Nichols’ civil rights in a beating that proved fatal following a 2023 traffic stop. Closing arguments had

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Albania’s opposition violently interrupt parliament session after lawmaker is sentenced to prison

Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian opposition lawmakers have violently disrupted a Parliament session to protest the imprisonment of a fellow legislator for alleged slander. On Monday, Conservative Democrats shoved microphones off tables, hurled objects at the seats of the speaker and government ministers, and burnt chairs, saying Ervin Salianji’s prison sentence was politically

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Massive port strike begins across America’s East Coast, threatening shortages and rising prices

By Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — Nearly 50,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) are on strike Tuesday against the nation’s East and Gulf Coast ports, choking off the flow of many of America’s imports and exports in what could become the country’s most disruptive work stoppage in decades.

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WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange says he pleaded ‘guilty to journalism’ in order to be freed

Associated Press STRASBOURG, France (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says that he was freed because “I pled guilty to journalism.” In his first public remarks since he was released from prison in June, Assange testified Tuesday to the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly, which includes lawmakers from 46 European countries, on his detention and

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Navigating US presidential politics, Zelenskyy met Trump and Harris. Now comes a harder part

Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s trip to the U.S. brought him face to face with the American leaders who will help decide his country’s future. After a brief diplomatic misstep, Zelenskyy met with the U.S. presidential candidates, Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump. Still, Ukraine’s long-term strategic aim remains

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Who is Claudia Sheinbaum, the scientist who will head Mexico as its first female president?

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum is Mexico’s first female leader in the nation’s more than 200 years of independence. The 62-year-old former Mexico City mayor and lifelong leftist campaigned on a promise of continuity, of protecting and expanding the signature initiatives of her mentor, former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. In the four months between her

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Trump rallies in Wisconsin’s critical Democratic stronghold ahead of the vice presidential debate

Associated Press WAUNAKEE, Wis. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is spending the hours ahead of Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate campaigning in Wisconsin. Trump stopped in a critical Democratic county where he’d never been before that is crucial to Democrat Kamala Harris’ hopes for winning the key battleground state. Before the presidential rivals’ running

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Taiwan shuts schools and offices ahead of likely direct hit from powerful typhoon

Associated Press KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has canceled dozens of flights, closed schools and offices and evacuated hundreds from vulnerable areas around the island ahead of a strong typhoon expected to hit its heavily populated western coast. More than 500 people were moved from mountainous regions prone to landslides, and nearly 40,000 troops were

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Murders, mayhem and officer’s gunfire lead to charges at Brooklyn jail where ‘Diddy’ is held

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Criminal charges unsealed Monday offer a fresh window into violence and dysfunction plaguing the Brooklyn federal jail where Sean “Diddy” Combs and Sam Bankman-Fried are locked up. Two inmates were stabbed to death. Another was speared in the spine with a makeshift icepick. A correctional officer assigned to monitor

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Judge allows defamation lawsuit against Netflix over “Baby Reindeer” to proceed

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — A Scottish woman accused of stalking “Baby Reindeer” creator and star Richard Gadd can proceed with her defamation lawsuit against Netflix, after a federal judge in California refused to dismiss all of the claims. In a ruling published on Friday, Judge R. Gary Klausner wrote that while Fiona Harvey’s “purported actions are reprehensible,” the

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Leaders depart UN facing prospect of a wider Mideast war — but with a blueprint for a better future

Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — They gathered at the United Nations surrounded by unsettling warnings of an escalating conflict that could engulf the Middle East and further shatter international relations that are based on “multilateralism” — nations working together and sharing power. A week later, world leaders headed home with the prospect of a

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Humberto Ortega, Nicaragua’s ex-military chief who later turned critic of his brother, dies at 77

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaraguan guerrilla fighter Humberto Ortega, a Sandinista defense minister who later in life became a critic of his older brother President Daniel Ortega, has died at age 77. The younger Ortega became the head of the Sandinista army and the country’s defense minister after the overthrow of dictator Anastasio Somoza in

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China marks 75 years of Communist Party rule as economic challenges and security threats linger

BEIJING (AP) — China is marking the 75th year of Communist Party rule as economic challenges and security threats linger over the massive state. No festivities have been announced for the occasion Tuesday, save for a flag-raising ceremony at Tiananmen Square. In recent decades, China has mounted military parades and displays of the country’s economic

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“Somos San Marino, siempre tenemos que sufrir”: cómo es jugar para la peor selección nacional de fútbol del mundo

Belén Liotti (CNN) –– Perder 2-1 contra Dinamarca. Caer 2-1 ante Finlandia. Empatar 1-1 con Letonia. Para la mayoría de los equipos de fútbol, ​​esto sería un indicio de una mala racha, momentos difíciles que los hinchas intentan olvidar y probablemente una señal de que el equipo está buscando un nuevo entrenador. Para San Marino,

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Live music, breakfast and a raffle: Mexico’s president makes the most of his final day in office

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador turned his final morning briefing Monday into a variety show featuring live music, breakfast and a raffle to gift his watch to a journalist. Outside the National Palace, hundreds of boisterous supporters of the folksy populist showered him with love while mariachis gave

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Pete Rose Fast Facts

CNN CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former Cincinnati Reds player and manager Pete Rose. Personal Birth name: Peter Edward Rose Birth date: April 14, 1941 Death date: September 30, 2024 Birth place: Cincinnati, Ohio Father: Harry Rose, bank clerk and semi-pro baseball and football player Mother: LaVerne Rose

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Israel comienza operación terrestre en el Líbano, informan las FDI

Belén Liotti (CNN) –– Un comunicado en hebreo del ejército israelí asegura que ha comenzado una “operación terrestre limitada” en el sur de Líbano. “Las FDI comenzaron hace unas horas una operación terrestre limitada y dirigida en el área del sur de Líbano contra objetivos terroristas e infraestructuras de la organización terrorista Hezbollah, en varias

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Measure to expand medical marijuana in Arkansas won’t qualify for the ballot

Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An effort to expand Arkansas’ medical marijuana program has failed to qualify for the November ballot. Secretary of State John Thurston on Monday said organizers hadn’t submitted enough valid signatures to qualify. Arkansans for Patient Access said it planned to take legal action to appeal Thurston’s decision. The

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers appeal detention, seeking release from jail ahead of trial

By Kara Scannell and Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs are appealing a federal judge’s decision to deny the music mogul bail and place him in custody, according to a two-page notice of appeal filed Monday. Combs is currently incarcerated and awaiting his criminal trial, after being arrested earlier this month

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Argentine prosecutors accuse Opus Dei leaders in South America of trafficking and labor exploitation

Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A team of prosecutors in Argentina has concluded that there are grounds for launching a criminal investigation into the highest authorities of Opus Dei in South America between 1983 and 2015. They argue they committed crimes of human trafficking and labor exploitation against at least 44 women recruited

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Canciller de España asegura que lograron confirmar identidad y cargos contra dos ciudadanos del país detenidos en Venezuela

Belén Liotti (CNN Español) –– El Gobierno de Venezuela confirmó la identidad y los cargos formulados contra dos ciudadanos españoles detenidos en el país sudamericano y que, según ha señalado el Ministro de Interior y Justicia, Diosdado Cabello, presuntamente realizaban labores de espionaje en el marco de un plan conspirativo que habría tenido como objetivo

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Wisconsin prisons agree to help hearing-impaired inmates under settlement

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Corrections has agreed to provide more help to hearing-impaired inmates as part of a settlement with federal investigators. The U.S. Department of Justice had been investigating the Department of Corrections after receiving complaints from inmates at facilities in Racine, Fond du Lac and Milwaukee. They

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Trump slams US response to Helene. His own disaster-response record is marked by politics

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is criticizing the Biden administration’s response to widespread devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, even as his supporters call for cuts to federal agencies that warn of weather disasters and deliver relief to hard-hit communities. As president, Trump delayed disaster aid for hurricane-devastated Puerto Rico and diverted

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California surpasses 1 million acres burned as Line Fire flare up forces new evacuations

By Matthew Rodriguez Click here for updates on this story     CALIFORNIA (KCAL, KCBS) — California has surpassed the dubious milestone of 1 million acres burned as crews issue new evacuation orders for San Bernardino County residents living near the Line Fire. Recently, Cal Fire’s resources have been concentrated on several incidents in Southern California. Crews

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Favre tries to expand his defamation lawsuit against Mississippi auditor over welfare spending

Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is trying to expand his defamation lawsuit against Mississippi Auditor Shad White. Favre wants to include a book White wrote about the misspending of welfare money that was supposed to help some of the poorest people in the nation. White’s book, “Mississippi Swindle: Brett

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Audacy completes its financial restructuring and now plans to go private

By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — Radio network Audacy on Monday shared that it completed its financial restructuring, successfully reducing its approximately $1.9 billion of funded debt by 80%, to $350 million. The Philadelphia-based company has seen bottom-line growth, which it said has been accomplished via gains in revenue shares, increased digital revenue growth, audience

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