By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Speculation is brewing in North Carolina that a Democratic state legislator may change her party affiliation. Republicans have scheduled a Wednesday news conference with Democrat Rep. Tricia Cotham of Mecklenburg County. If Cotham does switch parties, the move would give the GOP complete veto-proof control
Continue ReadingPANAMA CITY (AP) — A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake has struck off Panama’s Pacific coast near the town of Boca Chica. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit at 5:18 local time (22:18 UTC) Tuesday at a spot about 44 miles (71 kilometers) south of Boca Chica. Panama’s civil defense office said there were no
Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly and Betsy Klein, CNN First lady Dr. Jill Biden is set to travel to London next month for the coronation of King Charles III of the United Kingdom, leading the US delegation to the highly anticipated event. President Joe Biden spoke by phone Tuesday with King Charles, the White House said, offering
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres lost Manny Manny Machado to a first-inning ejection, blew a 5-1 lead and lost 8-6 to the Arizona Diamondbacks, who surged ahead with four runs in an ugly eighth inning. José Herrera singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth, when
Continue ReadingFORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — Investigators recovered “black boxes” from two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters that crashed last week in Kentucky, killing all nine soldiers aboard, the military announced Tuesday. A U.S. Army aviation safety team from Fort Rucker, Alabama, found the flight data recorders, which are commonly referred to as black boxes in
Continue ReadingDOUGLASVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A fifth suspect has been arrested in a March 4 mass shooting at a 16th birthday party in suburban Atlanta. Douglas County Sheriff Tim Pounds says Tuesday that Tahkel Marquise Beverly-Smart, a 21-year-old resident of Dallas, Georgia, was arrested Saturday. The shooting killed 15-year-old Samuel Moon and 14-year-old Aj’anaye Hill at
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Un sismo de magnitud 6,3 sacudió este martes la costa de Panamá, reportó el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés). El foco sísmico estuvo localizado a 13 kilómetros de profundidad, y el epicentro se ubicó a 71,8 kilómetros al norte de Boca Chica, en la región
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal complaint has accused the South Carolina agency tasked with ensuring occupational safety of racial discrimination by failing to routinely inspect disproportionately Black workplaces. The Union of Southern Service Workers says the South Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Administration neglects industries staffed predominantly
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal complaint has accused the South Carolina agency tasked with ensuring occupational safety of racial discrimination by failing to routinely inspect disproportionately Black workplaces. The Union of Southern Service Workers says the South Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Administration neglects industries staffed predominantly
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Hours of breathless news coverage of Donald Trump’s arraignment represented history for the country — and a throwback for news outlets. They recalled better days for cable news, through two presidential campaigns and two impeachments, when Trump coverage meant big ratings and big earnings. Through
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Osasuna has pulled off yet another Copa del Rey upset by eliminating Athletic Bilbao in extra time Tuesday to reach the final for the first time in nearly two decades. Late substitute Pablo Ibáñez scored with a volley from the edge of the area on a
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has announced a deal to buy 13 of the power plants operated by the Spanish company Iberdrola in the country for an estimated $5.94 billion. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador calls it a “new nationalization” of the Mexican electericity sector. He said Tuesday that the deal represents will give
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — La acusación histórica contra el expresidente Donald Trump, así como los documentos judiciales relacionados al caso, finalmente se hicieron públicos. Los cargos penales se derivan de la investigación del fiscal de distrito de Manhattan, Alvin Bragg, sobre supuestos pagos por silencio que se realizaron durante la campaña presidencial de 2016 a mujeres
Continue ReadingBy David Goldman, CNN Johnson & Johnson is trying once again to use the bankruptcy courts to settle tens of thousands of cases that claim its talc products cause cancer. The pharmaceutical company is now willing to pay $8.9 billion to plaintiffs over 25 years. For a second time, a J&J subsidiary called LTL on
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Julie Ertz is back in camp with the U.S. for a pair of exhibition matches against Ireland, the team’s last international games before coach Vlatko Andonovski names his 23-player roster for the Women’s World Cup this summer. Ertz has not played for the United States since the bronze
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III’s wife has been officially identified as Queen Camilla for the first time, with Buckingham Palace using the title on invitations for the monarch’s May 6 coronation. Camilla, who until now has been described as queen consort, is given equal billing on the ornate medieval
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El Ministerio de Defensa de Ecuador informó este martes que se coordina con otras instituciones estatales para regular el decreto ejecutivo que autoriza la tenencia y porte de armas de uso civil para defensa personal. En un comunicado, la agencia aclaró que no implica libertad absoluta para poseer un arma,
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Kate Bosworth and Justin Long are engaged, the couple announced on their Instagram accounts on Tuesday. “She said YES,” Long said in the caption of his post, accompanied by a photo of the “Blue Crush” actor showing off her engagement ring. He added that he feels “eternally grateful” that he found
Continue ReadingSAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a woman intentionally set a house fire last month that killed her and her three young children in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Sault Ste. Marie police and fire chiefs say in a news release posted on Facebook Tuesday that the March 14 fire killed 31-year-old Alicia Adzima
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has announced a deal to buy 13 of the power plants operated by the Spanish company Iberdrola in the country for an estimated $5.94 billion. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador calls it a “new nationalization” of the Mexican electericity sector. He said Tuesday that the deal represents will give
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