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Month: October 2023

Wyden, Thune reintroduce Tribal Child Support Enforcement Act

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and John Thune (R-S.D.), on Thursday reintroduced the Tribal Child Support Enforcement Act, which would improve child support enforcement for tribal child support agencies by allowing the more than 60 tribes that operate their own child-support programs to access the Federal Tax Refund Offset Program, which lets them collect past-due

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Democratic US Rep. John Sarbanes of Maryland says he will not seek reelection in 2024

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press Democratic U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes of Maryland will not seek reelection in 2024, choosing to depart his seat after 18 years. Sarbanes has represented Maryland’s traditionally blue 3rd congressional district since 2007. He said in a statement Thursday that he wants to return to working in different areas of public

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Elecciones en Colombia 2023: cuántos tarjetones electorales hay y cómo marcarlos

urielblanco (CNN Español) — Colombia se prepara para acudir a las urnas para las elecciones territoriales del próximo 29 de octubre. Alrededor de 39 millones de colombianos están citados para votar, en unos comicios en los que se elegirán gobernadores, alcaldes, concejales, diputados regionales y ediles. En específico, los cargos a elegir son 32 gobernadores, 1.102

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Rodrigo Lara Restrepo, el hijo de exministro colombiano asesinado por Pablo Escobar, busca ser alcalde de Bogotá

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Rodrigo Lara Restrepo, un político que pasó por el Congreso la década pasada y quien es hijo del exministro de Justicia Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, quiere ser alcalde de Bogotá con una candidatura independiente, aunque en su trayectoria política ha trabajado con políticos tradicionales y en dos Gobiernos. Lara Restrepo

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In closing days of Mississippi governor’s race, candidates clash over how to fund health care

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves says he is working to ease financial problems for struggling hospitals. But the Democratic nominee for governor, Brandon Presley, says Reeves is hurting the state by refusing to expand Medicaid. In the final days before the Nov. 7 general election,

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El Gobierno de México declara desastre natural en 6 municipios de Guerrero por lluvias de Otis

Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El gobierno de México declaró que seis municipios del estado de Guerrero son zonas de desastre natural por las lluvias que generó el letal huracán Otis. Se trata de Coyuca de Benítez, Benito Juárez, Acapulco, Atoyac de Álvarez, Xalpatláhuac y Tecpan de Galeana. La declaratoria se publicó este jueves en

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A teen bowler, a shipbuilder and a sign language interpreter are among the Maine shooting victims

By HOLLY RAMER, LISA RATHKE, KATHY McCORMACK, DAVID SHARP and DAVID R. MARTIN Associated Press The 18 people killed in two mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, included a 14-year-old bowler, a shipbuilder who loved playing the game of cornhole and a sign language interpreter. Forty-four-year-old Bill Young, of Winthrop, had taken his 14-year-old son, Aaron,

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Former Albanian prime minister accused of corruption told to report to prosecutors, stay in country

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — An Albanian court has ruled that former prime minister Sali Berisha, who is accused of corruption, must report to prosecutors and not leave the country while his case is under investigation. The ruling Thursday came from the country’s Special Court on Corruption and Organized Crime, which

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Man arrested after trespassing twice in one day at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s home in Los Angeles

By ALI SWENSON and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press Police say they have arrested a man who trespassed twice in one day at the California home of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Los Angeles Police Department Officer Drake Madison on Thursday said police first responded to a call about the trespassing man on Wednesday

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John Mulaney and Pete Davidson postpone shows in Maine after mass shooting in Lewiston

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Comedians John Mulaney and Pete Davidson have postponed two upcoming comedy shows in Maine following Wednesday’s mass shooting. “We are devastated by the events in Lewiston. Shows scheduled for this weekend in Maine on Saturday, 10/28 and Sunday, 10/29 have been postponed,” Mulaney wrote in a statement on Thursday. “We are

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Indian company that makes EV battery materials to build its first US plant in North Carolina

BOLIVIA, N.C. (AP) — An Indian company that produces a key ingredient for long-range batteries in electric vehicles says it will build its first U.S. plant in southeastern North Carolina. Executives at Epsilon Advanced Materials Inc. and Gov. Roy Cooper announced the planned $650 million facility in Brunswick County on Thursday. Starting in 2026 the

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