PACE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff invited a homeowner who shot at a would-be robber to attend a gun safety course to “learn to shoot a lot better” and “save the taxpayers money.” Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson made the comments during a news conference last Thursday regarding the arrest of a 32-year-old
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Is travel to Europe going to boom this summer? United Airlines is betting on it. United said Tuesday that it will operate more flights across the Atlantic this summer than it did in 2019, the last summer before the pandemic. Patrick Quayle, United’s senior vice president
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is taking steps to expand availability of the life-saving COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid. The administration is trying to reassure doctors that there is ample supply for people at high risk of severe illness or death from the coronavirus. Paxlovid is produced by Pfizer
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer Reagan Carey is the Premier Hockey Federation’s next commissioner. Carey takes over the PHF at a time when the league enters a critical offseason of expansion while facing the looming threat of competing for talent. The Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association continues to pursue plans to launch a league
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — A United Nations team has landed in China ahead of a long-delayed visit by the U.N. human rights chief to Xinjiang. Rights groups and some Western governments allege the Chinese government is committing genocide and serious abuses there against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities. The U.N. human rights office said Tuesday its
Continue ReadingVerónica Ojeda Washington (CNN) — El Gobierno de Biden ha asegurado la compra de 20 millones de tratamientos de Paxlovid, la píldora antiviral contra el covid-19 de Pfizer, dijo este lunes un alto funcionario del gobierno a CNN. El gobierno trabajará con el fabricante para acelerar la producción y la entrega del nuevo medicamento a
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer A puzzling outbreak of sudden liver disease in nearly 200 children has health authorities in Europe and the U.S. racing to find answers. The illnesses have no known connection, although a possible link with a virus that can cause colds is being investigated. At least one child died and
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Davis Cup Finals organizers say that Serbia and Spain have been drawn the same group. That could mean a matchup of Novak Djokovic against Rafael Nadal when their nations play as part of Group B along with Canada and South Korea in Valencia from Sept. 14-18. Group A to be played in
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez, CNN The number of reports of assaults, vandalism and harassment targeting Jewish communities and individuals in the United States was the highest on record in 2021, the Anti-Defamation League said Tuesday. A total of 2,717 anti-Semitic incidents were reported last year, an annual audit released by the ADL states. That was a
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Cuando piensas en el trastorno de estrés postraumático (TEPT), tu mente puede pensar en una película sobre la guerra. Es un día tranquilo en un campamento base cuando de repente el enemigo lanza un ataque. El personaje principal se esfuerza por responder al fuego entrante, tomando decisiones rápidas sobre cómo
Continue ReadingBy ASHIFA KASSAM Associated Press MADRID (AP) — The Spanish government has passed a decree aimed at boosting the transparency in a monarchy still reeling from scandals involving King Felipe VI’s father, former King Juan Carlos I. The government described the decree approved at a weekly Cabinet meeting on Tuesday as a step toward modernizing
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin Seúl, Corea del Sur (CNN) — El líder de Corea del Norte, Kim Jong Un, prometió este lunes acelerar su desarrollo de armas nucleares, mientras un desfile militar en Pyongyang mostraba el armamento más avanzado del país hasta el momento, incluyendo un misil balístico intercontinental que, según los expertos, pone a todo
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Pope Francis has again canceled his daily meetings because of acute knee pain that has greatly curtailed his mobility in recent months. The Vatican said in a statement Tuesday that Francis’ doctors had recommended he interrupt his planned activities, which included a meeting of his cabinet of cardinal advisers who meet every
Continue ReadingCNN By Laura He, CNN Business China is about to embark on a new infrastructure spending spree in a bid to fix an economy nearing breaking point because of Covid lockdowns. President Xi Jinping told a meeting of senior economic officials Tuesday that “all out efforts” must be made to boost construction to increase domestic
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Business Chinese stocks slumped deeper into a bear market Tuesday and the yuan traded near a 17-month low as investors grow increasingly pessimistic about the impact of Covid-19 lockdowns on the world’s second biggest economy. The Chinese currency traded at 6.57 to the US dollar in offshore trade, after plunging to
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — En más de la mitad de los estados de Estados Unidos sigue vigente la pena de muerte, un castigo que durante décadas se ha aplicado únicamente por un delito: homicidio. Aquí, un repaso de lo que dice la legislación clave. Para el año 2021, según el Centro de Información sobre
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — A gunman on Tuesday killed two children and a staff member at a kindergarten in central Russia, the authorities have confirmed. Sergei Morozov, federal lawmaker and former governor of the Ulyanovsk region, where the incident took place, said that a man had entered the kindergarten in the town of Veshkayma in central
Continue ReadingSINGAPORE (AP) — The Singapore Court of Appeal has dismissed a last-minute legal challenge filed by the mother of a mentally disabled Malaysian man in an attempt to halt his execution for drug trafficking. The dismissal of the motion clears the way for the execution of Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam to proceed Wednesday. His lawyers and
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL, TWITTER By Ariane de Vogue and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Supreme Court grappled on Tuesday with whether the Biden administration can terminate a Trump-era border policy known as “Remain in Mexico” in a case that will test the White House’s ability to set immigration policy. Some conservatives on the court asked tough questions
Continue ReadingVerónica Ojeda Járkiv, Ucrania (CNN) — Justo antes de comenzar el turno de Alexandra Rudkovskaya el pasado sábado, su madre le dio un gran y largo abrazo. El tipo de abrazo que las madres dan a sus hijos cuando no saben cuándo los volverán a ver o incluso si podrán hacerlo. Rudkovskaya, de 24 años,
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