By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Large swaths of Ghana are facing power blackouts due to gas shortages at a major power facility, the nation’s power operator said, compounding the country’s worst economic crisis in decades. “Limited gas supply” at a power installation in Tema, located east of the Ghanian capital, Accra, has led to
Continue ReadingBy Jonathan Ayestas Click here for updates on this story POLLOCK PINES, California (KCRA) — Almost five months after a van slammed into a group of kids in El Dorado County, officials approved a construction project to improve the area where that crash happened. The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors’ meeting agenda shows that
Continue ReadingBy Zach Rael Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — Advocates are pushing for the protection of victims of artificial intelligence, specifically those who fall victim to deepfakes. The dangers include deepfakes using an innocent person’s picture and placing it on an obscene image without their consent. Lawmakers at the Oklahoma
Continue ReadingBy GISELA SALOMON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge in Miami has sentenced a retired Colombian army officer to life in prison for his role in plotting to kill Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse in 2021. Germán Alejandro Rivera García is the second of 11 suspects detained and charged in Miami to be sentenced
Continue ReadingBy CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s first official probe of sex abuse by clergy members or people connected to the Catholic Church includes a survey that indicates the number of victims could run into hundreds of thousands. The survey was part of a damning report by the office of Spain’s ombudsman following
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The number of catalytic converter theft claims dropped in the first half of this year, the first time that’s happened since 2019, according to data from insurance company State Farm. State Farm said that there were approximately 14,500 claims from Jan. 1 through June 30. That compares with more than 23,000
Continue ReadingBy ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Police have recaptured a murder suspect who escaped custody in September, forcing an hours-long shelter-in-place order at George Washington University. Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department says 30-year-old Christopher Haynes was arrested Thursday by the U.S. Marshals Service’s Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force in nearby Oxon Hill, Maryland.
Continue ReadingBy CNN Impact Your World (CNN) — Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico near the popular resort town of Acapulco on October 25, devastating the coastal community. The category 5 hurricane, the strongest storm on record to hit Mexico’s Pacific coast, devastated the tourist destination and home to 800,000 residents. At least 46 people are dead
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Tammy has redeveloped into a tropical storm over the Atlantic Ocean. The National Hurricane Center says the storm around midday Friday was about 215 miles east of Bermuda, with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph. It was moving northwest at 3 mph. Tropical Storm Tammy formed earlier this month in
Continue ReadingBy Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — New satellite images capture the scale of destruction Category 5 Hurricane Otis wrought in Acapulco and southern Mexico. Few in history have endured a storm as strong as Otis – Acapulco never has. Its 165-mph winds and stronger gusts were akin to a slow-moving, 30-mile-wide, EF3 tornado. At least
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Best Buy is recalling nearly 1 million pressure cookers and separate inner pots due to a defect that can cause hot foods to spew out, posing burn hazards. The cookers were sold under the Insignia brand. They have incorrect volume markings on their inner pots that can cause consumers to overfill
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (IDF) están “ampliando las operaciones terrestres” en Gaza, informó este viernes su portavoz, el contraalmirante Daniel Hagari, mientras intensos ataques aéreos sacudían el enclave asediado y supuestamente cortaban los enlaces de comunicaciones. Residentes de Gaza le dijeron a CNN que estos bombardeos fueron los más
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The authoritarian president of Belarus has invited Hungary’s prime minister to visit his country. President Alexander Lukashenko extended the invitation to Prime Minister Viktor Orban at a meeting on Friday with Hungary’s foreign minister, who arrived in Belarus earlier this week. Belarus has faced increasing isolation
Continue ReadingBy Enrique Marqués and Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Jude Bellingham has enjoyed a sensational start to his Real Madrid career, scoring 11 goals in 12 appearances to already become the team’s most important player this season. Despite all the pressure and expectation that comes with playing for Los Blancos, Bellingham has taken his move to
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Hedge fund billionaire Leon Cooperman is blasting college students for protesting against Israel, joining a growing list of powerful university donors to speak out on the issue. “These kids in college have sh*t for brains,” Cooperman told CNN in a phone interview. “They don’t understand that Israel is the
Continue ReadingBy Christiane Cordero Click here for updates on this story SAN FERNANDO, California (KABC) — At the San Fernando Public Library Wednesday, Drag Laureate Pickle tried to cut through the crowd and the noise. Video shared widely online shows people standing outside of the library in protest. “They were calling me a pedophile, they were
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and LEA SKENE Associated Press HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Loved ones are grieving the loss of a Maryland judge who was gunned down outside his home last week. They remembered Washington County Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson as dedicated, fair and even-keeled on the bench. Police believe 49-year-old Pedro Argote shot and
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — An alliance of ethnic rebel groups has launched a coordinated offensive in northeastern Myanmar to seize military targets in areas near the Chinese border. That’s according to the groups and residents of the area and it could become a new major front in the strife-torn Southeast Asian
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Six of nine deputies have pleaded not guilty to charges ranging from second-degree murder to aggravated assault in the beating and death of a Black man who was having a psychotic episode in a Memphis jail last fall. The deputies were charged in September in the
Continue ReadingBy Jaysha Patel Click here for updates on this story TEMPLE CITY, California (KABC) — Two people were arrested after a U-Haul truck filled with bags of marijuana crashed into the gates of the police and fire station in Sierra Madre, and police are now investigating a previous car crash and the driver’s claim that
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