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Month: September 2023

Indignación en el Gobierno de Ecuador por orden judicial de traslado de alias “Fito”, cabecilla de banda criminal

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Como “indignante” calificó en un comunicado el Gobierno de Ecuador a la orden judicial para el traslado de Adolfo Macías, alias “Fito”, de la cárcel de máxima seguridad de La Roca a la cárcel regional de Guayaquil. Fito es el líder de la banda de Los Choneros, uno

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Gunmen attack vehicles at border crossing into north Mexico, wounding 3, including some Americans

By ALFREDO PEÑA and FABIOLA SANCHEZ Associated Press CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities say a convoy of vehicles crossing into Mexico from the U.S. has been attacked by armed civilians, and three people, including American citizens, were wounded. The Tamaulipas state security department says the attack happened early Saturday on the international bridge

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Former Olympic champion and college All-American win swim around Florida’s Alligator Reef Lighthouse

ISLAMORADA, Fla. (AP) — An Olympic gold medalist and a former college All-American won top honors at an annual 8-mile swim around the Alligator Reef Lighthouse. Olympian Brooke Bennett of Clearwater was the top female swimmer. She finished second overall behind Connor Signorin. Signorin was an All-American swimmer at the University of Florida. About 400

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Israeli army kills 16-year-old Palestinian in West Bank, claiming youths threw explosives

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli security forces on Saturday killed a 16-year-old Palestinian in a confrontation in the southern occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials said, the latest violence to roil the territory during one of the most violent stretches of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in nearly two decades. The death of Milad al-Rai brings to 185

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Group sues after New Mexico governor suspends right to carry guns in Albuquerque in public

By SCOTT SONNER, GABE STERN and KEN RITTER Associated Press New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s emergency order suspending the right to carry firearms in public in and around Albuquerque drew an immediate court challenge from a gun-rights group Saturday, as legal scholars and advocates said they expected. The National Association for Gun Rights and

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Most of West Maui will welcome back visitors next month under a new wildfire emergency proclamation

HONOLULU (AP) — Most of West Maui will officially reopen to travelers Oct. 8 under a new wildfire emergency proclamation signed on Friday by Hawaii Gov. Josh Green. Nonessential travel to much of the island’s western coastline has been strongly discouraged since devastating wildfires killed at least 115 people in the historic town of Lahaina

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Undocumented immigrants in Minnesota can apply for driver’s licenses in October

By Michelle Watson and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — About 81,000 undocumented immigrants in Minnesota can begin applying for a driver’s license next month, according to the state Department of Public Safety. Minnesota’s Driver’s License for All program launches October 1, the department announced at a news conference Thursday. “We’ll be able to start

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