By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it’s prepared to counter U.S. military moves with the “most overwhelming nuclear force” as it warned that the expansion of the United States’ combined military exercises with rival South Korea is pushing tensions to an “extreme red line.” The statement Thursday by
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A failed heater sparked a fire Wednesday morning that destroyed a motor home, two vehicles and an adjacent tarped area in the city-owned Juniper Ridge area, site of several homeless encampments, officials said.
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — En una nueva audiencia del juicio que enfrenta Genaro García Luna en Nueva York, la defensa del exsecretario de Seguridad Pública de México interrogó este miércoles al testigo Israel Ávila y resaltó algunas inconsistencias en su testimonio que dio este martes ante la Fiscalía. Ávila, un exnarcotraficante que dijo que
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer President Joe Biden is taking swipes at airlines and hotels over some of the fees that they charge consumers. The president is also going after ticket sellers and internet and cable companies. On Wednesday, Biden called on Congress to pass legislation to limit what he called “junk fees.” He
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– La presidenta de Perú, Dina Boluarte, aseguró este miércoles que presentará ante el Congreso un proyecto de ley para adelantar las elecciones, luego de que el parlamento no aprobara una propuesta que buscaba realizar los comicios en diciembre de este año. A través de la cuenta oficial de Twitter de la
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Bugatti sold its last purely gas-powered supercar at a Paris auction Wednesday for more than $10 million, setting a world auction record for a new car. Originally a special development model that was never intended to be sold, the one-of-a-kind Bugatti Chiron Profilée sold at RM Paris collector car auction for
Continue ReadingBy Emily Bushey, CNN Federal law enforcement officials are investigating a US Navy veteran’s allegation that Rep. George Santos raised money for a lifesaving surgery for his dying dog only to take off with the money. Rich Osthoff, the veteran, told CNN he spoke to a pair of FBI agents on Wednesday about the incident
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – While microplastics have received significant attention in recent years for their negative environmental impacts, a new study from Oregon State University scientists found microfibers from synthetic materials as well as cotton impacted the behavior and growth of water organisms. “We’re trying to shift the narrative a little bit because so much
Continue ReadingBy PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A group of Hispanic lawmakers in Connecticut has proposed that the state follow Arkansas’ lead and ban the term “Latinx” from official government documents, calling it offensive to Spanish speakers. The word is used as a gender-neutral alternative to “Latino” and “Latina” and is helpful in
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee took nearly eight hours of testimony Wednesday before adjourning without a vote on whether to advance a bill that would outlaw abortion at a point before many women know they’re pregnant. Hundreds of people crowded the halls
Continue ReadingKENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A jury has found a Wisconsin man guilty in a second trial for killing his wife with antifreeze and by suffocation in 1998. The verdict of first-degree intentional homicide against 63-year-old Mark Jensen was announced Wednesday in a Kenosha County courtroom. Jensen first was convicted in 2008 in the slaying of
Continue ReadingBy ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The mother of a 13-year-old boy who was killed while breaking into parked cars in Washington says she wants “justice for my child.” London Blake claims the resident who shot her son Karon on Jan. 7 set the violence in motion by opening fire when he was
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – It’s a day to recognize employer and worker successes in cultivating safe and healthy jobsites. It’s a day to engage in direct conversations – including employee feedback – about what’s working and what can be improved. It’s a day to pause and reflect on future challenges and to forge new plans
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A bill advancing in North Carolina’s Senate would prohibit instruction about sexuality and gender identity in K-4 public school classes. The proposal approved Wednesday by the Senate education committee would require schools in most circumstances to alert parents prior to a change in the
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed Republican attorneys general from 20 states wrote letters to executives at CVS and Walgreens warning the pharmacy chains against using the mail to dispense abortion pills in their states, in a shot against a new Biden administration policy. The letters rebuke recent guidance from the Justice Department — issued in an opinion
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By ANDREW SELSKY SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The suspect in a violent kidnapping in Oregon — a man who spent little time behind bars for a similar crime in Nevada — killed two men before being cornered by officers and fatally shooting himself, police said Wednesday. Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, died at a hospital Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky, CNN The US Navy assisted the French military in seizing thousands of assault rifles and half a million rounds of ammunition that were heading to Yemen from Iran in January, the US military confirmed on Wednesday. The seizure in the Gulf of Oman occurred on January 15, according to 5th Fleet spokesman
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN For years, Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg invested heavily in growth, including in areas like virtual reality with unproven potential. But after a brutal year in which the company lost more than $600 billion in market value, Zuckerberg has started speaking Wall Street’s language — and they are rewarding him
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — A medida que continúan las investigaciones sobre la golpiza mortal de la policía a Tyre Nichols, un hombre negro de 29 años, en Memphis, los funcionarios públicos involucrados en la parada de tráfico y la brutal confrontación enfrentan repercusiones, algunas tan graves como cargos de homicidio, y es posible que haya más
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk’s former chief of staff has testified that the billionaire believed he had a “handshake deal” to take Tesla private in 2018. That was shortly before he tweeted he had the financing for an aborted buyout that still is still haunting him in a
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