macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, anunció este lunes varios cambios en su gabinete. En un mensaje desde la Casa de Nariño, el mandatario dio a conocer la salida de los ministros de Educación, Alejandro Gaviria; Cultura, Patricia Ariza, y Deporte, María Isabel Urrutia. “He decidido nombrar a Aurora Vergara como
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press The record-breaking heat Earth endured during the summer of 2022 will be repeated without a robust international effort to address climate change, scientists are warning. A panel of experts at Columbia University on Monday said heat-related deaths, wildfires, extreme rainfall and persistent drought are expected to become increasingly severe as
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton and Dan Heching, CNN The family of actor Tom Sizemore is currently “deciding end of life matters” following an update from doctors, according to a statement CNN received Monday evening from Sizemore’s manager Charles Lago. “Today, doctors informed his family that there is no further hope and have recommended end of life
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will lift its mask mandate on Wednesday, ending the city’s last major restriction imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The city’s leader, John Lee, says masks will no longer be required both outdoors and indoors, including on public transit. But some high-risk areas such as
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Alayna Treene, CNN Speaker Kevin McCarthy faced questions from his leadership team Monday night over his plans to publicly release security footage from January 6, 2021, multiple sources told CNN — a process that he said could take some time to disseminate widely even as Fox News host Tucker
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Fox Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch acknowledged that some Fox News commentators endorsed the false allegations by former President Donald Trump and his allies that the 2020 presidential election was stolen and that he didn’t step in to stop them from promoting the claims, according to excerpts
Continue ReadingBy Tara John, Karol Suarez and Hira Humayun, CNN Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has dismissed concerns about his plan to shrink the country’s electoral watchdog on Monday, accusing protesters of links to drug traffickers. Images of a mass protest in Mexico City on Sunday showed tens of thousands of people wearing pink —
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will lift its mask mandate on Wednesday, ending the city’s last major restriction imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The city’s leader, John Lee, says masks will no longer be required both outdoors and indoors, including on public transit. But some high-risk areas such as
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas and Holmes Lybrand, CNN A ransomware attack on the US Marshals Service has affected a computer system containing “law enforcement sensitive information,” including personal information belonging to targets of investigations, a US Marshals Service spokesperson said Monday evening. “The affected system contains law enforcement sensitive information, including returns from legal process, administrative
Continue ReadingCORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — A jury has awarded over $600,000 to a former Oregon State University dean who sued the school for whistleblower retaliation. University officials disagree with the verdict issued earlier this month and plan to appeal, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported. Grace Kuo, former dean of OSU’s College of Pharmacy, said in her lawsuit
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Minneapolis (CNN) — La secretaria del Tesoro de Estados Unidos, Janet Yellen, dijo este lunes que cree que la inflación de EE.UU. continúa siendo demasiado alta, pero que un “aterrizaje suave” está en el radar. Durante una entrevista exclusiva con Melissa Bell de CNN desde Kyiv, Yellen dijo que los esfuerzos de la Reserva
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Crook County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue undertook two more rescues of motorists stranded in the snow on Sunday, bringing this year’s total such operations to 14 and more than 30 people rescued.
Continue ReadingCNN By Oliver Darcy, Jon Passantino, Marshall Cohen, Nicki Brown, Kate Trafecante, Anna Bahney and Jeanne Sahadi, CNN A trove of text messages, emails, and other material from Fox News executives and on-air personalities were made public Tuesday as part of Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the right-wing channel. Among the the
Continue ReadingBy AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Monday that it is creating a new task force to crack down on an explosion of the illegal exploitation of migrant children for labor in the U.S. Hundreds of companies that employed nearly 4,000 children last year were found in violation of federal
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Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies have located and cited a man living on Forest Service land south of Bend on animal nuisance charges after his dogs allegedly attacked two dogs and possibly others near Skeleton Cave off China Hat Road in recent weeks.
Continue ReadingBy CNN’s Meron Moges-Gerbi and Jalen Brown The men’s swimming and diving team at Howard University won the 2023 Northeast Conference Championship on Saturday, the team’s first title in more than 30 years, the school’s athletic department tweeted. The all-Black swim team earned 928 points during five days of competition in Geneva, Ohio, surpassing four
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Kathleen Magramo, CNN One of the last major international cities requiring face coverings on Tuesday announced it will end its controversial Covid mask mandate nearly three years after it was enacted to prevent the spread of the virus. Hong Kong’s mandate, enforced through fines that could reach more than $1,000, had
Continue ReadingThe mountains are reporting some great fresh snow accumulation. This before a winter weather advisory will bring the wind chill factor into the negatives.
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un has called for stronger public solidarity behind his leadership to significantly increase grain production. The remarks reported Tuesday come as outside experts say North Korea is experiencing a serious shortfall in food, though they’ve seen no signs yet of
Continue ReadingBy Ted Barrett, CNN Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia told CNN Monday he will vote to rescind a controversial Washington, DC, crime law — which critics argue is soft on violent criminals — when it comes up for a vote in the Senate, likely next week. Manchin becomes the first Democrat to publicly
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