DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A jury has convicted two men of murder for shooting three Iowa teenagers at point-blank range while stealing their video game console and cellphones. The Des Moines Register reports that 23-year-old Daishawn Gills was found guilty Monday of first-degree murder and robbery counts, while 21-year-old Emmanuel Totaye Jr. was found
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Un total de 5.688 migrantes fueron encontrados en México en los últimos cuatro dÃas, según un comunicado del Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM). El documento agrega que la mayorÃa estaba escondida en lugares como casas de seguridad, cajas de tráiler, remolques para ganado y compartimentos de vehÃculos. Todos, en condiciones de
Continue ReadingNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Actor Reese Witherspoon and Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry have joined the ownership group of Major League Soccer’s Nashville team ahead of the opening Sunday of Geodis Park, its 30,000-seat stadium. Witherspoon’s husband, agent and investor Jim Toth, also has joined the ownership group, the team said Tuesday. The soccer
Continue ReadingNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Actor Reese Witherspoon and Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry have joined the ownership group of Major League Soccer’s Nashville team ahead of the opening Sunday of Geodis Park, its 30,000-seat stadium. Witherspoon’s husband, agent and investor Jim Toth, also has joined the ownership group, the team said Tuesday. The soccer
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Continue ReadingCOPPERHILL, Tenn. (AP) — A fire early Tuesday destroyed Tennessee’s Ocoee Whitewater Center, which served as the host site for paddling events during the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics. Polk County Emergency Management Agency Director Steve Lofty told the Chattanooga Times Free Press the blaze had engulfed about 90% of the structure by the time a
Continue ReadingCOPPERHILL, Tenn. (AP) — A fire early Tuesday destroyed Tennessee’s Ocoee Whitewater Center, which served as the host site for paddling events during the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics. Polk County Emergency Management Agency Director Steve Lofty told the Chattanooga Times Free Press the blaze had engulfed about 90% of the structure by the time a
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Juventus and Bayern Munich learned the hard way that Villarreal is no pushover even in Europe’s elite competition. Now the club from a small town of 50,000 inhabitants in eastern Spain must get past one more giant standing in the way of a dream appearance in
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden, the Brooklyn Nets had expectations of being the last team standing. Instead, they were the first team sent packing. Irving wasn’t around to start the season. Harden was long gone before the end of it. And after
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Even the world’s richest person needs financial advice. That’s great news for Morgan Stanley, the investment bank of choice for Elon Musk. Morgan Stanley advised the Tesla CEO on his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. The bank also helped secure $25.5 billion in funding for the deal, including
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Beijing realiza pruebas masivas de covid-19 a casi 20 millones de residentes en gran parte de la ciudad, mientras las autoridades intentan contener un nuevo brote de la variante ómicron, que ha generado compras de pánico ante los temores de un confinamiento similar al de Shanghái. La capital de China comenzó
Continue ReadingBy ASHIFA KASSAM Asssociated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s marine rescue service says one migrant has died and another 24 are missing after a boat capsized off the coast of the country’s Canary Islands. Rescuers intercepted three small boats heading to the Atlantic Ocean islands in a span of 24 hours. They rescued a total
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge has ruled that the trial of three fired Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting George Floyd’s killing will not be livestreamed. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill cited the threat of COVID-19 to allow livestreaming of last year’s murder trial of Derek Chauvin
Continue ReadingBy Megan Marples, CNN When one tiny species of spider mates, one partner needs a special move to survive the encounter. Philoponella prominens are social spiders, meaning they live in groups, but soon after they mate, the male arachnid has to rapidly leap away to avoid being eaten by its female partner, new research has
Continue ReadingBy Brian Stelter, CNN Business As Netflix licks its wounds and investors worry about big streaming bets, David Zaslav is positioning Warner Bros. Discovery as a “far more balanced” company. “We have the ability to ring any number of cash registers,” Zaslav, the longtime Discovery CEO who took control of WarnerMedia earlier this month, told
Continue ReadingBEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon’s information minister says the military will investigate the deadly sinking of a migrant boat amid allegations by survivors that the navy was responsible. He said after an emergency Cabinet session Tuesday that the army will conduct a transparent investigation into the sinking of the boat over the weekend. The boat
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — El torneo de fútbol de clubes más importante del mundo está de vuelta. Las semifinales de la Champions League comienzan este martes con el que es considerado el duelo más parejo de la última fase antes de la final. Este dÃa se jugará el partido de ida entre Manchester City y
Continue ReadingBy Zahid Mahmood and Hafsa Khalil, CNN and Reuters Tigrayan forces are fully withdrawing from Ethiopia’s Afar region, a spokesperson for the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Forces (TPLF) told CNN on Monday, saying the pullout should allow humanitarian aid to reach the area. The conflict in northern Ethiopia broke out in Tigray between the TPLF and
Continue ReadingCNN By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Indonesia will start restricting exports of palm oil this week, a move that could make the global food crisis worse and push up the prices of hundreds of consumer products. President Joko Widodo announced Friday that Indonesia would suspend exports of cooking oil, and the raw materials used to
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