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Month: July 2023

La Defensoría del Pueblo de Perú condena presuntos ataques contra periodistas durante protestas

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — La Defensoría del Pueblo de Perú exigió este viernes a la Fiscalía y a la Policía Nacional investigar las agresiones que denunció que sufrieron varios periodistas, incluidos dos que resultaron heridos, al cubrir la jornada de protestas en Lima. De acuerdo con el organismo, dos comunicadores fueron atacados

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Mexico to set up center for third-country migrants and U.S. will take referrals for possible refuge

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. government says it will take referrals of Haitian, Cuban, Venezuelan and Nicaraguan citizens in Mexico for possible resettlement as refugees in the United States. Mexico announced this week it will set up a service center offering jobs and resettlement for people from those four countries. When the U.S. government

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‘The family feels like he got trapped’: How a low-profile Mar-a-Lago employee got tangled up in Trump’s legal problems

By Alayna Treene, Zachary Cohen, Kristen Holmes, Randi Kaye and Christie Johnson, CNN (CNN) — A day after he was named as a co-defendant in the criminal case against Donald Trump for mishandling classified documents, a picture is starting to emerge of Carlos De Oliveira, the little known Mar-a-Lago employee accused of trying to delete

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‘The family feels like he got trapped’: How a low-profile Mar-a-Lago employee got tangled up in Trump’s legal problems

CNN By Alayna Treene, Zachary Cohen, Kristen Holmes, Randi Kaye and Christie Johnson, CNN (CNN) — A day after he was named as a co-defendant in the criminal case against Donald Trump for mishandling classified documents, a picture is starting to emerge of Carlos De Oliveira, the little known Mar-a-Lago employee who is accused of

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Automaker Tesla is opening more showrooms on tribal lands to avoid state laws barring direct sales

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press Tesla is ramping up efforts to open showrooms on tribal lands where it can sell directly to consumers, circumventing laws in states that bar vehicle manufacturers from also being retailers in favor of the dealership model. Mohegan Sun, a casino and entertainment complex in Connecticut owned by the federally recognized

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Interior Dept. marks Great American Outdoors Act anniversary with fee-free day on public lands

WASHINGTON — On Friday, August 4, the Department of the Interior will commemorate the three-year anniversary of the signing of the Great American Outdoors Act, a bipartisan investment that improves visitor experiences, bolsters climate resilience, and invests in the economy by creating good-paying jobs in our national parks, wildlife refuges, recreation areas, and Bureau of Indian

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Count of ballots from Spaniards abroad gives edge to right-wing block and deepens the stalemate

By DAVID BRUNAT Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Ballots from Spaniards living abroad were counted Friday, and they gave a new twist to the inconclusive results from the general election. The conservative Popular Party gained an additional seat from Madrid’s constituency late in the day at the expense of the Socialist Workers’ Party. That

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Montana train derailment report renews calls for automated systems to detect track problems

By JOSH FUNK and SAM METZ Associated Press Federal investigators renewed their recommendation that major freight railroads equip every locomotive with the kind of autonomous sensors that could have caught the track flaws that caused a fatal 2021 Amtrak derailment in northern Montana. But installing the sensors on the tens of thousands of locomotives in

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Biden openly acknowledges 7th grandchild, the daughter of son Hunter and an Arkansas woman

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday for the first time publicly acknowledged his seventh grandchild, a 4-year-old girl fathered by his son Hunter with an Arkansas woman, Lunden Roberts, in 2018. “Our son Hunter and Navy’s mother, Lunden, are working together to foster a relationship that

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Trucking company Yellow Corp. is reportedly preparing for bankruptcy. Here’s what you need to know

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The fate of U.S. trucking company Yellow Corp. isn’t looking good. After years of financial struggles, Yellow is reportedly preparing for bankruptcy and seeing customers leave in large numbers — heightening risk for future liquidation. While no official decision has been announced by the company,

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El presidente de México cuestiona al administrador de la DEA sobre los comentarios de los cárteles de la droga: “¿Qué pruebas tienen?”

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, cuestionó los comentarios de la directora de la Administración para el Control de Drogas (DEA) de EE.UU., Anne Milgram, de que dos grandes cárteles mexicanos de la droga operan en 100 países. Milgram testificó el jueves que 44.800 personas en más

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