macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El presidente de Argentina, Alberto Fernández, presentó una denuncia ante la Justicia federal contra Javier Milei bajo el cargo de intimidación pública, al vincular unas declaraciones que hizo el candidato presidencial de La Libertad Avanza con una caída adicional del peso esta semana. Fernández argumentó en su denuncia que Milei ―entre
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service says Microsoft owes the U.S. Treasury $28.9 billion in back taxes, plus penalties and interest, the company revealed Wednesday in a securities filing. That figure, which Microsoft disputes, stems from a long-running IRS probe into how Microsoft allocated its profits among countries and jurisdictions in the years
Continue ReadingTRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sacramento leaders and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration announced Wednesday the state will build the first group of 1,200 tiny homes at an abandoned office park. The project is part of a plan by Newsom to address California’s homelessness crisis. The homes are much cheaper and quicker to
Continue ReadingCNN By Luke McGee, CNN Liverpool (CNN) — Things are about to change dramatically in British politics. At least that’s how it felt in Liverpool, where the opposition Labour Party held its annual conference this week. In front of a packed hall, Labour leader Keir Starmer gave an upbeat speech painting the ruling Conservatives as
Continue ReadingHOOVER, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman accused of falsely telling police she was abducted after stopping to check on a toddler wandering along a highway is appealing her municipal court conviction. Her lawyer said she is seeking to avoid a yearlong jail sentence sought by prosecutors. A municipal judge found 26-year-old Carlee Russell guilty
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — The woman who authorities say fled to Costa Rica and was missing for more than a month after allegedly killing an elite professional cyclist in Texas attempted to escape custody on Wednesday, authorities said. Kaitlin Marie Armstrong is accused of fatally shooting Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson
Continue ReadingELWOOD, N.Y. (AP) — A police officer has shot and killed a man who charged at authorities with two swords on New York’s Long Island, and the police commissioner says the shooting appears to be justified. Fifty-four-year-old Alan Weber was pronounced dead at a hospital after Tuesday night’s shooting in Elwood. Suffolk County police officers
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A man accused of sexually abusing a massage customer at a northeast Bend spa and of practicing massage without a license made his first court appearance Wednesday, and a plea hearing was set for Nov. 22.
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE and FATIMA SHBEIR Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hallways filled with screaming voices. A terrible stench in the air. Wounded people streaming through the doors. Lifeless bodies and bags of body parts arriving in bedsheets. The scene at Shifa Hospital was a grisly reflection of the chaos around it.
Continue ReadingBy Richard Roth, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Caitlin Hu, CNN (CNN) — At least 11 United Nations employees have been killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza since the weekend, the UN said Wednesday, even as it called for emergency funding to continue humanitarian work in the embattled Palestinian enclave. The UN staffers who were killed paid
Continue ReadingTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A former sheriff’s deputy in Washington state who was fired last year has been sentenced to prison for stalking his now ex-wife and repeatedly violating a no-contact order. Michael Phipps, 50, pleaded guilty in Pierce County Superior Court to stalking, first-degree malicious mischief, three counts of violation of a no-contact order
Continue ReadingBy SAM McNEIL Associated Press KIBBUTZ BE’ERI, Israel (AP) — Trudging down a cul-de-sac turned to rubble, an Israeli army commander stopped in front of one scorched home, its front wall blown wide open. Look at what Hamas militants have done, he said, to this close-knit community that only days ago brimmed with life. “Children
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — One of the people being sued by the Mississippi Department of Human Services over allegations of misspending welfare money has filed a separate lawsuit against Gov. Tate Reeves. Austin Garrett Smith’s lawsuit says Republican Reeves is trying to protect political allies including a former governor.
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — The United Auto Workers union surprised Ford with a major escalation of its strike, ordering workers off the job at the company’s largest plant. Late Wednesday night, the union told 8,700 workers to strike at the Kentucky Truck Plant, which builds some of Ford’s most important vehicles, including the
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — En América existe un rechazo cada vez mayor a la figura de Cristóbal Colón, el navegante que el 12 de octubre de 1492 llegó, sin saberlo, a lo que hoy son las Bahamas, logrando el llamado “encuentro entre dos mundos”. Hay razones para que así sea. No se trata
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Luisa González, del Movimiento Revolución Ciudadana, es una de las candidatas presidenciales que participará en las elecciones de segunda vuelta en Ecuador del próximo domingo 15 de octubre. En la primera vuelta del 20 de agosto, González obtuvo 33,25% de los votos, contra el 23,73% conseguido por Daniel Noboa, del Movimiento
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Daniel Noboa Azin fue la sorpresa en las elecciones anticipadas de Ecuador. Muchos atribuyen su paso a la segunda vuelta a su desempeño en el debate presidencial, en donde expuso algunas de las propuestas con las que pretende devolver al país la seguridad y el crecimiento económico, y derrotar al
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R.E. Jewell Elementary School dual immersion educational assistant Araceli Rigney was named Support Person of the Year for Bend-La Pine Schools Wednesday. Rigney was surprised along with staff and students during the first student assembly of the school year.
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A retired bank official has testified that Donald Trump obtained hundreds of millions of dollars in loans using financial statements that a court has since deemed fraudulent. Former Deutsche Bank risk management officer Nicholas Haigh took the stand Wednesday at the former
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN) — El primer ministro de Israel, Benjamín Netanyahu, aseguró en agosto pasado que la cuestión palestina se había convertido en una mera “casilla de verificación” para los estados árabes que buscan establecer vínculos con el Estado judío, sugiriendo que se trataba de un asunto de dientes para afuera en favor de una
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