By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The son of Colombia’s president has been charged with money laundering and illicit enrichment. Prosecutors at a hearing Tuesday said he took tens of thousands of dollar from drug traffickers and used the money to buy luxurious homes and expensive cars. Nicolas Petro, 36, pleaded innocent
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The historic indictment against Donald Trump in the special counsel’s probe into January 6, 2021, and efforts to overturn the 2020 election says that he “enlisted co-conspirators to assist him in his criminal efforts.” The charging documents repeatedly reference six of these co-conspirators, but as is common practice, their
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI Associated Press REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden took a break from their beach vacation to see summer blockbuster “Oppenheimer.” After a quick dinner at Matt’s Fish Camp in nearby Lewes, the Bidens went to an early evening showing of the three-hour movie about the
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A slew of new Louisiana laws, recently passed by the Republican-dominated Legislature and signed by Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards have gone into effect. Among the new laws in effect Tuesday are those that increase punishments for fentanyl-related crimes, require every public school classroom to
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Al menos 10 personas resultaron heridas después de que un auto atropellara a peatones en la zona de Midtown en Manhattan durante la tarde de este martes, informaron las autoridades. Y añadieron que hay una persona bajo custodia. El incidente ocurrió sobre las 5:30 p.m. en la calle 42 y la avenida
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The new president of the United Auto Workers says the union will present a long list to General Motors, Ford and Stellantis when it delivers economic demands to the companies this week. And the message from newly elected chief Shawn Fain is that the companies are
Continue ReadingGRAND CANYON WEST, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say one person has died in a tour bus rollover involving over 50 people in northern Arizona near the Grand Canyon West Skywalk. Tribal police on the Hualapai Indian Reservation say the bus rolled over just before 10 a.m. Tuesday at Grand Canyon West, which is tribal-run with
Continue ReadingSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A former Spokesman-Review newspaper editor arrested and accused of paying girls for sexually explicit images pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to nearly a dozen charges. Steven Smith, 73, pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of possession of depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct, KHQ-TV reported. He has remained
Continue ReadingBy JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco judge has ordered tech consultant Nima Momeni to stand trial for murder in the stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee. The judge’s decision Tuesday came after two days of evidence presented by the prosecution. They said Momeni planned the April 4
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Un juez desestimó el 15 de julio el caso de documentos clasificados contra Donald Trump, lo que aclara uno de los principales casos legales que enfrenta el expresidente. En mayo, Trump fue declarado culpable de 34 cargos de falsificación de registros comerciales en el juicio por pago por silencio en el
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press Donald Trump for years has promoted baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him. In truth, Trump was the one who tried to steal the election, federal prosecutors said Tuesday in a sprawling indictment that paints the former president as desperate to cling to power he knew
Continue ReadingPLATTE COUNTY, Mo. (AP) — A transgender former student is suing a Missouri school district for forcing her to use the boys’ bathrooms or the high school’s only single-stall bathroom. The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri sued Platte County R-3 School District on behalf of the transgender female former student on Monday. The lawsuit
Continue ReadingBy JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Ace pitcher Justin Verlander was shipped from the New York Mets to Houston ahead of the trade deadline, returning to the Astros after he helped them win the World Series last year. The retooling Mets acquired minor league outfielders Drew Gilbert and Ryan Clifford in the
Continue ReadingBy DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — It was an unusually scorching winter day in Buenos Aires Tuesday, with thermometers in Argentina’s capital crossing the 30-degree Celsius mark, the hottest start of August in 117 years of records, according to Argentina’s National Meteorological Service. Temperatures in the South American country’s capital reached
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Artificial intelligence found more breast cancers than doctors with years of training and experience and cut doctors’ mammogram reading workload almost in half, a new early-stage study found. This doesn’t mean your hospital will let a computer determine whether you have cancer any time soon. There’s still a lot
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press A Jewish security organization says information from video surveillance cameras, a close relationship with police and years of work to bolster safety measures kept a man with a gun out of a Jewish school. The organization said Tuesday each of these also helped police find the man. Memphis police said
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota State Patrol says troopers tried to take a man into custody for allegedly violating a restraining order before fatally shooting him as he fled by car. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty on Tuesday identified the driver as 33-year-old Ricky Cobb II, who
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El número de migrantes que cruzan el peligroso tapón del Darién, una región montañosa de selva tropical que conecta América del Sur y América Central, batió un nuevo récord, indicaron funcionarios de inmigración de Panamá. La subdirectora de Migración Panamá, María Isabel Saravia, dijo a los medios que este lunes se
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of François Hollande, former president of France. Personal Birth date: August 12, 1954 Birth place: Rouen, Normandy, France Birth name: François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande Father: Georges Hollande, a physician Mother: Nicole Tribert, a social worker Marriage: Julie Gayet (June 4, 2022-present) Children:
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Harriet Miers, former nominee to the US Supreme Court. Personal Birth date: August 10, 1945 Birth place: Dallas, Texas Birth name: Harriet Ellan Miers Father: Harris Miers, real estate investor Mother: Sally Miers, homemaker Education: Southern Methodist University, B.S., 1967; Southern Methodist
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