Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Supuestos hackers de Corea del Norte se infiltraron en una empresa de software que cuenta con cientos de miles de clientes en todo el mundo, en un ciberataque que demuestra las avanzadas capacidades de ciberdelincuencia de Pyongyang, informaron este jueves investigadores privados. La brecha en la empresa de software 3CX, descubierta
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer This time it’s for real. Many of Twitter’s high-profile users are losing the blue checks that helped verify their identity and distinguish them from impostors on the Elon Musk-owned social media platform. After several false starts, Twitter began making good on its promise Thursday to remove the blue checks
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals have avoided saying the franchise has entered rebuild mode, even if it sure does feel like it. The Cardinals will have the No. 3 overall pick in next week’s NFL draft in Kansas City, Missouri, which provides one of the first big
Continue ReadingBy LISA BAUMANN Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Washington state has officially abolished the death penalty. Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee signed Senate Bill 5087 on Friday, which removes state laws that Washington’s Supreme Court determined are invalid or unconstitutional. The state’s high court struck down the death penalty in 2018, but the law remained
Continue ReadingBy LISA BAUMANN Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Washington state has officially abolished the death penalty. Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee signed Senate Bill 5087 on Friday, which removes state laws that Washington’s Supreme Court determined are invalid or unconstitutional. The state’s high court struck down the death penalty in 2018, but the law remained
Continue ReadingBy BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis says he sees his club’s 2023 first-round draft choice as a bonus pick. That’s because the Saints ended last season without a first-round pick because of prior trades. And they only got another one by agreeing to trade
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Mets pitcher Max Scherzer was suspended for 10 games by Major League Baseball on Thursday following his ejection for having a foreign substance on his hand during a game. Scherzer initially appealed the suspension but dropped his appeal hours later. In exchange, his fine was
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nestor Cortes kept Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout off the bases, Jose Trevino hit a three-run double in a five-run first inning and the New York Yankees beat the Los Angeles Angels 9-3 to take two of three. Ohtani and Trout each went 0 for
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Oregon’s nursery and greenhouse industry remains the leading agricultural commodity in the state, with a value of $1.32 billion in 2021, is up 10 percent from the prior year, the Oregon Department of Agriculture said Thursday in releasing the list of the Top 20 commodities in the state.
Continue ReadingCarolina Calero (CNN Español) — La entidad a cargo de administrar los recursos de la Renta Ciudadana en Colombia, Prosperidad Social, anunció este 20 de abril que el primer pago se hará el próximo 29 de abril para las personas de Bogotá y municipios cercanos. ¿Cuándo se podrá reclamar el primer pago? El programa Renta
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas and Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Following the news on Thursday that prosecutors in the “Rust” case are planning to dismiss charges made against Alec Baldwin, the actor thanked his wife, Hilaria Baldwin, and his attorney Luke Nikas in an Instagram post. “I owe everything I have to this woman. (and to you, Luke)”
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger, CNN Emergent, the maker of the opioid overdose antidote Narcan, said in a statement Thursday that it is aiming for an out-of-pocket price of less than $50 for its nasal spray product now that the US Food and Drug Administration allows for over-the-counter sales. Public interest groups such as government agencies, nonprofits
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A transgender Montana lawmaker was silenced for a second day Friday as her Republican colleagues refused to let her speak on the chamber’s floor until she apologizes for saying lawmakers would have “blood on their hands” if they passed a law to ban gender-affirming medical
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Los llamados “juicios del siglo” han despertado históricamente un interés desbordado en las audiencias. Al ser casos mediáticos, muchos de ellos televisados minuto a minuto, los espectadores quieren saber hasta el último detalle de esos crímenes de la vida real. Algunos de ellos, como el juicio de OJ Simpson
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El Ejército de EE.UU. desplegará “capacidades adicionales” cerca de Sudán para asegurar la embajada de EE.UU. en el país y ayudar con una posible evacuación, si la situación lo requiere, anunció este jueves el Departamento de Defensa (DOD, por sus siglas en inglés). Eso incluye a cientos de infantes de marina
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This Friday, students in Bend-La Pine Schools will see special items on the menu – caprese focaccia sandwich, veggie pasta with alfredo or marinara sauce, veggie pizza and cheesy breadsticks. Conceived as part of a student-led “Food for our Future” campaign, it’s the first time the district is featuring breakfast and lunch options without meat.
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand The case against former Fugees rapper Pras Michel, accused of playing a central role in a geopolitical conspiracy spanning two US presidencies, will be in the hands of the jury Monday morning. In prosecutors’ closing arguments, which concluded late Thursday afternoon, they laid out their case of how Michel allegedly took more
Continue ReadingCNN By Casey Tolan and Isabelle Chapman, CNN The federal judge who issued a nationwide ruling blocking the approval of a common abortion medication redacted key information on his legally mandated financial disclosures, in what legal experts described as an unusual move that conceals the bulk of his personal fortune. In his 2020 and 2021
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN The ongoing commercial real estate slowdown has a new victim: Blackstone, the largest owner of commercial real estate globally. The company saw its distributable earnings — the profit distributed to shareholders after expenses — plunge 36% since last year. That’s raising eyebrows on Wall Street as investors assess the fallout from
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Fernando Tatis Jr. is back in the lineup for the San Diego Padres. The young superstar will bat leadoff and play in right field against the Diamondbacks on Thursday, playing in the big leagues for the first time since an 80-game PED suspension that shocked and
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