By Ariane de Vogue and Zachary Cohen, CNN A lawyer for Virginia “Ginni” Thomas said in a letter to the January 6, 2021, House select committee on Tuesday that he “does not believe there is currently a sufficient basis to speak with” the conservative activist. “I am asking the Committee to provide a better justification
Continue ReadingBy DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Dozens of trucks were blocked from entering Buenos Aires as part of growing demonstrations against diesel shortages in the latest example of growing fuel protests in South America amid higher international prices as a result of Russia’s war in Ukraine. In Peru, truckers continued their
Continue ReadingJARRELL, Texas (AP) — Officials say two workers are presumed dead after a trench they were digging for a sewer line collapsed in Texas and buried them. The workers were digging Tuesday in a new subdivision under development in Jarrell. City spokesman Nick Spinetto says crews worked unsuccessfully for four hours to reach the buried
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN On the same day a former aide to President Donald Trump’s chief of staff testified about how Trump had wanted to join the throngs of his supporters at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, Republicans in Colorado on Tuesday rejected three election deniers running for statewide office. Mesa County Clerk
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN)– Elmo, el Muppet rojo favorito de todos, ya se puso la vacuna contra el covid-19. En un anuncio de interés público lanzado este martes por Sesame Workshop, la organización sin fines de lucro detrás de Sesame Street, el padre de Elmo, Louie — que también es un Muppet — compartió sus inquietudes
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Filipino journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa announced in a speech in Hawaii Tuesday that the Philippine government is affirming a previous order to shut down Rappler, the news website she co-founded, which has gained notoriety for its reporting of President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Filipino journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa announced in a speech in Hawaii Tuesday that the Philippine government is affirming a previous order to shut down Rappler, the news website she co-founded, which has gained notoriety for its reporting of President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody
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A Deschutes County judge set late 2023 and early 2024 trial dates Tuesday afternoon for a Bend-area man and his nephew, accused of murder in the August 2020 killings of a couple at their northeast Bend home.
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN A federal judge on Tuesday rejected an attempt by a New Mexico county commissioner to shut down state proceedings against him that seek to remove him from office because of his conviction for trespassing on US Capitol grounds on January 6, 2021. Couy Griffin, an Otero County commissioner and a prominent
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has suggested that former Mayor Rudy Giuliani be investigated for filing a false police report for claiming he was assaulted — and publicly saying he felt like he’d been shot — by a heckler who touched his back Sunday at a Staten Island grocery store.
Continue ReadingBy ERIC NÚÑEZ AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A split-draw in the first fight and then a majority decision in favor of Canelo Álvarez in the second duel. So how about a knockdown in the third chapter to settle once and for all the fierce rivalry between Álvarez and Gennady Golovkin? This time,
Continue ReadingBy FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Three consecutive trips to the Stanley Cup Final, two championships and a strong — though ultimately unsuccessful — bid for a third. Any way you list the accomplishments, it’s been quite a run for the Tampa Bay Lightning, who feel they are nowhere close to
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Angels reliever Archie Bradley broke a bone in his elbow while climbing over the dugout railing during Los Angeles’ massive brawl with the Seattle Mariners on Sunday. Bradley will be out for at least one month, Angels athletic trainer Mike Frostad said Tuesday. Bradley won’t
Continue ReadingOREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) — A former Oregon elementary school principal convicted of sexually abusing four students in his office is set to spend the rest of his life behind bars. Clackamas County Circuit Judge Katherine Weber on Tuesday sentenced Jeff Hays to 43 years and nine months in state prison, matching the true life
Continue ReadingOREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) — A former Oregon elementary school principal convicted of sexually abusing four students in his office is set to spend the rest of his life behind bars. Clackamas County Circuit Judge Katherine Weber on Tuesday sentenced Jeff Hays to 43 years and nine months in state prison, matching the true life
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The NFL insisted on an indefinite suspension while Deshaun Watson’s legal team argued there’s no basis for that punishment as both sides presented their cases in front of a retired judge in Delaware on Tuesday, two people in attendance told The Associated Press. The hearing will continue on
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — El Pleno del Congreso de los Diputados de España aprobó este jueves 22 de diciembre el proyecto de ley para la Igualdad real y efectiva de las personas trans y para la garantía de los derechos LGTBI, que ahora fue remitido al Senado para su aprobación final. El anteproyecto había sido
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — Todas las personas que hoy reciben el subsidio a las tarifas del gas y la luz en Argentina y quieran mantenerlo —siempre que cumplan con los nuevos requisitos dispuestos por el Gobierno— deberán inscribirse en el Registro de Acceso a los Subsidios a la Energía (RASE). El Gobierno de Argentina
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer NORTH PLAINS, Ore. (AP) — Four months after suggesting those who defected to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series were sellouts, Brooks Koepka explained Tuesday that he simply changed his mind. Koepka signed with LIV Golf last week for its first event on American soil, which starts Thursday at
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer NORTH PLAINS, Ore. (AP) — Four months after suggesting those who defected to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series were sellouts, Brooks Koepka explained Tuesday that he simply changed his mind. Koepka signed with LIV Golf last week for its first event on American soil, which starts Thursday at
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