By Dan Heching, CNN Michelle Yeoh won best performance by an actress in a musical or comedy motion picture for her role in “Everything Everywhere All at Once” at the Golden Globes on Tuesday night, a career first for the veteran actress. Though she had to stop her acceptance speech momentarily to threaten violence to
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s largest school district has canceled classes for a second day due to an apparent cyberattack on its computer system. Des Moines’ interim school superintendent, Matt Smith, said Tuesday that technicians were working to protect data and restore the system, but that Wednesday classes have
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El Ministerio de Seguridad Pública de Panamá informó este martes que el gobierno envió un total de 55,7 toneladas de cocaína a Estados Unidos con el objetivo de que sean destruidas en ese país. Las autoridades detallan en un comunicado que este es el segundo cargamento de droga que se
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s newly sworn-in Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek signed three executive orders intended to combat homelessness on her first full day in office Tuesday, a sign of how critical the shortage of affordable housing has become in the state and across the nation. The orders
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A former suburban Houston police officer was executed Tuesday for hiring two people to kill his estranged wife nearly 30 years ago amid a contentious divorce and custody battle. Robert Fratta, 65, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los republicanos aprovecharon las revelaciones de que varios documentos clasificados del período de Joe Biden como vicepresidente se encontraron en su antiguo despacho privado para intentar encubrir el acaparamiento de archivos secretos por parte del expresidente Donald Trump. Las revelaciones de este lunes sobre el material que se encontró el otoño
Continue ReadingBy Rob Frehse, CNN The suspect in the New Year’s Eve machete attack on three police officers in New York City has been charged with four counts of attempted murder, according to federal court documents, in addition to several state charges already lodged against him. Trevor Bickford, 19, is charged with one count of attempted
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A lawyer for jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai says her team has asked for an urgent meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The 75-year-old founder of the now-defunct newspaper Apple Daily, Lai was arrested during a crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement. He
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Coachella, el festival más grande de música de la primavera, presentó su lista de artistas para este año y las estrellas internacionales dominan la programación. El cantante puertorriqueño Bad Bunny y el grupo de pop coreano Blackpink encabezarán los primeros dos días de Coachella, el festival de música del desierto en
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN The 80th Golden Globes Awards were presented Tuesday in Los Angeles. ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” and HBO’s “The White Lotus” were some of the big TV winners of the night, and in film, “The Banshees of Inisherin” and “The Fabelmans” walked away with two of the most coveted awards of the night.
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, Jason Hanna, Joe Sutton and Christina Maxouris, CNN Thousands of Californians remained under evacuation orders as heavy rainfall continued in parts of the state, threatening more flooding as part of a series of storms that have left at least 17 dead in recent weeks. Thunderstorms were drenching northern California Tuesday afternoon with
Continue ReadingCNN, KABC, KRCR, KEYT By Nouran Salahieh, Jason Hanna, Joe Sutton and Christina Maxouris, CNN Thousands of Californians remained under evacuation orders as heavy rainfall continued in parts of the state, threatening more flooding as part of a series of storms that have left at least 17 dead in recent weeks. Thunderstorms were drenching northern
Continue ReadingBy Brian Lowry, CNN Steven Spielberg’s autobiographical “The Fabelmans” and the understated Irish period piece “The Banshees of Inisherin” claimed the top prizes at the Golden Globe Awards, on a night that saw the event return to television and directly address the controversy that prompted its TV absence in 2022. Host Jerrod Carmichael reminded the
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man accused of attacking police with a machete near New York’s Times Square on New Year’s Eve is now facing federal terrorism charges. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that Trevor Thomas Bickford was charged Tuesday with federal crimes in connection with his self-avowed jihad against
Continue ReadingBy TOM DAVIES Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb urged skeptical state legislators to support funding for several big-ticket spending plans, arguing that the state needed to take action on multiple fronts. Holcomb used the annual State of the State address Tuesday to seek the support of the General Assembly dominated by
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew and Dan Heching, CNN Ke Huy Quan cheered Steven Spielberg and harkened back to his days as an ’80s child actor in a moving Golden Globes acceptance speech, the first award of the night at Tuesday’s event. Quan won the Golden Globe for best supporting actor in a motion picture for his
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s attorney urged a federal appeals court Tuesday to throw out the 29-year-old’s death sentence because of juror misconduct claims just months after it was revived by the nation’s highest court. Tsarnaev is making a renewed push to avoid execution after the
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN Angela Bassett made history on Tuesday night in Los Angeles, when she won the Golden Globe for best supporting actress in a film for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” becoming the first performer to win a Globe in an acting category for their role in a Marvel film. Bassett accepted the trophy
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has again extended government protection to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and one of his top Iran aides due to persistent threats against them from Iran. In separate notices sent to Congress late last week, the State Department said the threats to
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press The series of storms that have struck California have poured water on a state mired in a years-long drought. Experts say the precipitation will help relieve the drought somewhat. Exactly how much isn’t clear yet and some areas of the state will benefit more than others. It will take more
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