LONDON (AP) — A 74-year-old man extradited from Pakistan has appeared in a London court to face a murder charge in the death of a police officer who was fatally shot while responding to a bank robbery almost two decades ago. Piran Ditta Khan appeared briefly in a London court on Thursday. He is charged
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A man serving a life sentence for murder and rape who escaped from a top-security prison with help from guards by faking his own burning death has been brought back to South Africa early Thursday after going on the run with
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Hordes of revelers tote colorful water guns as Thailand kicks off its exuberant three-day Songkran festival at full blast for the first time since 2019, hoping for a significant boost in tourism after the industry was devastated by coronavirus travel restrictions. The New Year celebration’s signature water fighting is a major draw
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Hordes of revelers tote colorful water guns as Thailand kicks off its exuberant three-day Songkran festival at full blast for the first time since 2019, hoping for a significant boost in tourism after the industry was devastated by coronavirus travel restrictions. The New Year celebration’s signature water fighting is a major draw
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The deadline to file your taxes is Tuesday, which is just around the corner. Filing U.S. tax returns — especially for the first time — can seem like a daunting task, but there are steps you can take to make it less stressful. Whether you do
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The deadline to file your taxes is Tuesday, which is just around the corner. Filing U.S. tax returns — especially for the first time — can seem like a daunting task, but there are steps you can take to make it less stressful. Whether you do
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar and Andi Babineau, CNN An Indiana man with a history of schizophrenia died in the summer of 2021 due to organ failure following nearly three weeks in solitary confinement at a Jackson County jail, according to a newly filed lawsuit. The lawsuit says jailers placed Joshua McLemore, 29, in a windowless, padded
Continue ReadingCNN By Paradise Afshar and Andi Babineau, CNN An Indiana man with a history of schizophrenia died in the summer of 2021 due to organ failure following nearly three weeks in solitary confinement at a Jackson County jail, according to a newly filed lawsuit. The lawsuit says jailers placed Joshua McLemore, 29, in a windowless,
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is closing out a three-week push to highlight the benefits of infrastructure investments in local communities by awarding nearly $300 million to help repair or replace more than a dozen bridges. Events in several states Thursday will mark the end of the
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is closing out a three-week push to highlight big infrastructure investments in local communities, awarding nearly $300 million to help repair or replace more than a dozen bridges. Events in several states Thursday marked the end of the beginning phase of a
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden is spending most of his trip to Ireland this week exploring his family’s roots, from the shoemaker who sailed from Newry in 1849 in search of a better life in America to the brick-seller in Ballina who sold 28,000 bricks to pay for his own family’s passage to
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd, CNN The Biden administration will announce nearly $300 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to repair and replace bridges across eight states and the District of Columbia Thursday, closing out its three week “Invest in America” tour highlighting legislative achievements under President Joe Biden. Vice President Kamala Harris will make the announcement
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La búsqueda de la primera persona encargada de eliminar las ratas de la ciudad de Nueva York llegó a su fin. Kathleen Corradi fue nombrada como directora de mitigación de roedores de la ciudad, anunció este miércoles el alcalde de la ciudad Eric Adams. Corradi coordinará agencias de la ciudad como
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Fort Lauderdale experimentó el día más lluvioso de su historia el miércoles —evento de 1 en 1.000 años, o más— lo que provocó una alerta de inundación repentina en el condado Broward que obligó a los conductores a abandonar sus automóviles, suspendió las actividades escolares y cerró el aeropuerto hasta las
Continue ReadingBy Kate Golembiewski, CNN An elephant’s trunk is a remarkable organ: a fusion of nose and upper lip, capable of movement via a dense network of muscles. It’s strong enough to lift a log, and sensitive enough to perform delicate tasks like picking up a single tortilla chip without breaking it. Now a team of
Continue ReadingCNN By Kate Golembiewski, CNN An elephant’s trunk is a remarkable organ: a fusion of nose and upper lip, capable of movement via a dense network of muscles. It’s strong enough to lift a log, and sensitive enough to perform delicate tasks like picking up a single tortilla chip without breaking it. Now a team
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, Sophie Jeong and Alex Stambaugh, CNN A former J-pop star trainee came forward with allegations Wednesday that he and multiple other young men were sexually abused by the late Johnny Kitagawa, once a powerful figure in Japan’s entertainment industry. Japanese-Brazilian singer-songwriter Kauan Okamoto alleged during a press conference that over the course
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN The European Space Agency is about to send a spacecraft to explore Jupiter and three of its largest and most intriguing moons. The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission, or Juice, was expected to lift off Thursday at 8:15 a.m. ET aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Vox Media is gearing up for its first Code Conference without Kara Swisher at the helm. The invite-only event, which attracts top technology executives and journalists, will be hosted by The Verge Editor-In-Chief Nilay Patel, Platformer founder Casey Newton and CNBC senior media and tech reporter Julia Boorstin, Vox Media told
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El expresidente Donald Trump demandó a Michael Cohen por US$ 500 millones en concepto de daños y perjuicios por el supuesto incumplimiento de su contrato como exabogado personal de Trump. La demanda, presentada en un tribunal federal de Florida este miércoles, acusa a Cohen de difundir información falsa sobre Trump e
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