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Month: September 2023

“Llamen a Marvel”: Gwyneth Paltrow quiere que dejen de ‘gritarle’ por no interpretar a Pepper Potts de Iron Man

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Gwyneth Paltrow hizo una petición a los fans de Marvel de todo el mundo. La fundadora de Goop respondió este miércoles a consultas de sus seguidores en historias de Instagram, entre ellas a una que le exigía “responder a la pregunta” sobre por qué dejó de aparecer en las películas

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US will regulate nursing home staffing for first time, but proposal lower than many advocates hoped

By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The federal government will, for the first time, dictate staffing levels at nursing homes, the Biden administration said Friday, responding to systemic problems bared by mass COVID-19 deaths. While such regulation has been sought for decades by allies of older adults and those with disabilities,

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Biden wants an extra $4 billion for disaster relief, bringing the total request to $16 billion

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House will seek another $4 billion to address natural disasters as part of its supplemental funding request, bringing the total to $16 billion. The request is a sign wildfires, flooding and hurricanes intensifying during a period of climate change are imposing higher costs on U.S.

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2 men on water scooters killed by Algerian forces after crossing maritime border, Moroccan media say

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Moroccan media reports say Algerian forces killed two men and detained a third after they strayed across Morocco’s maritime border with Algeria on water scooters. The French government says one of the victims was French, as was the detained man. The border has long been closed because of tensions between the

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Thailand’s king reduces former Prime Minister Thaksin’s 8-year prison term to a single year

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s king on Friday reduced former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s eight-year prison term to a single year following the divisive politician’s return last week from 15 years of self-imposed exile. Thai media, citing Justice Ministry sources, reported that Thaksin can apply for parole after serving one-third of

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Israeli forces raid a West Bank town, sparking a firefight that kills a Palestinian teacher

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials say that the Israeli military has raided a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank, besieging an apartment and sparking a gunfight with local militants that killed an apparently uninvolved Palestinian teacher. It is the latest in a series of Israeli army raids in

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A 98-year-old German man is charged as an accessory to murder at a Nazi concentration camp

BERLIN (AP) — A 98-year-old man has been charged in Germany with being an accessory to murder as a guard at the Nazis’ Sachsenhausen concentration camp between 1943 and 1945, prosecutors said Friday. The German citizen, a resident of Main-Kinzig county near Frankfurt, is accused of having “supported the cruel and malicious killing of thousands

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