By ED WHITE Associated Press A man wrongly accused of drunken driving can sue a Michigan police officer who grossly misread a breath test. That’s the decision of a federal appeals court. The man was a native of Japan who was in Michigan for work in 2020. He blew a 0.02 on the breath test,
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A city of Buffalo employee was fatally shot and two others were wounded when the city pickup truck they were in was struck by gunfire from a passing vehicle. New York State Police say the shooting occurred in the southbound lanes of Interstate 190 just north
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El exministro de Defensa del Gobierno de Iván Duque Diego Molano es uno de los nueve candidatos a la Alcaldía de Bogotá. Su experiencia en la cartera de Defensa es su carta de presentación para aspirar al cargo al que se presenta con un eslogan que resume su visión para
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Jorge Enrique Robledo fue considerado por expertos y pares durante muchos años el mejor senador de Colombia. Sus debates de control político le hicieron ganar una reputación como uno de los senadores de izquierda más importantes —y también más votados— de las últimas dos décadas en Colombia. Y con
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Governor Tina Kotek on Thursday ordered flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff immediately, pursuant to a Presidential Proclamation, in response to the senseless acts of violence perpetrated in Lewiston, Maine. Kotek said the flag should be flown at half-staff until sunset on Monday, October 30. “This act of violence
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greenpeace is stepping up its appeal for Greece to abandon a deep-sea gas exploration project in the Mediterranean. It cites newly published research to argue that the project’s impact on endangered whales and dolphins would be greater than previously believed. The environmental group said Thursday a survey off southwestern Greece in
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays are pushing for swift approval of a financing deal for a new 30,000-seat ballpark, part of a much larger $6 billion redevelopment project that includes affordable housing, a hotel, a Black history museum and many other items. The St. Petersburg City
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s health agency is warning the public not to buy pre-filled pens claiming to contain the weight loss drugs Ozempic and Saxenda without a prescription, after a small number of people were hospitalized. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said those hospitalized experienced serious side effects, including hypoglycemic shock and coma,
Continue ReadingMACON, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say one of four men who escaped from a central Georgia jail last week has been caught. The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that 29-year-old Chavis Demaryo Stokes was arrested at home in Montezuma around 2 p.m. Thursday. The sheriff’s office did not provide any other information
Continue ReadingCNN By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — A Chinese fighter jet came within 10 feet of a US Air Force B-52 bomber flying over the South China Sea on Tuesday, according to the US military. The Chinese pilot “flew in an unsafe and unprofessional manner, demonstrated poor airmanship by closing with uncontrolled excessive speed, flying
Continue ReadingKaren Esquivel (CNN Español) — Hasta julio de 2021, México contaba con el Fideicomiso Fondo de Desastres Naturales (Fonden), que fue creado en 1996 y comenzó operaciones en 1999 como un mecanismo presupuestario para apoyar de manera eficaz y oportuna a la rehabilitación de la infraestructura federal y estatal por desastres naturales, así como a
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Al menos 18 personas murieron en tiroteos masivos en dos lugares de Lewiston, Maine, la noche del miércoles, dijo la gobernadora Janet Mills, en un ataque que desató una cacería humana en toda la región hasta que este viernes el sospechoso fue hallado muerto. Las autoridades identificaron al sospechoso como Robert
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Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Thursday that Oregon has been awarded $40.2 million in federal funding to help low-income households and Tribes pay for energy bills, prevent utility shut-offs and more.
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox and Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) – Senate Democrats are eyeing a new plan to try and work around GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s holds on military promotions, which would require a temporary change in rules that would allow them to approve hundreds of military nominations en bloc, a source familiar with these conversations told
Continue ReadingCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Five-time Olympic gold medalist Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner head up the USA Basketball Women’s National Team roster announced Thursday for two exhibition games and training camp in November. The U.S. will play the Tennessee Lady Vols on Nov. 5 in Knoxville and visit Duke on Nov. 12. Training camp
Continue ReadingCNN By Shimon Prokupecz, John Miller and Eric Levenson, CNN Bowdoin, Maine (CNN) — A manhunt for a suspect accused of killing 18 people in a bowling alley and a restaurant in Maine surpassed 24 hours Thursday evening – on a day that saw law enforcement twice converge on the suspect’s last known address for
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Otis tocó tierra este miércoles en el Pacífico mexicano como un huracán categoría 5, la máxima en la escala Saffir-Simpson. Aunque de Otis ya solamente quedan remanentes, su paso generó fuertes lluvias y causó daños en carreteras, calles, viviendas, edificios y la infraestructura eléctrica y de telecomunicaciones, según reportó el
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Ford earnings increased in the third quarter, the company reported Thursday, the day after it reached a tentative deal to end a nearly six-week strike by the United Auto Workers union. The company earned adjusted earnings before interest and taxes, or EBIT, of $2.2 billion, up from
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Christine Sinclair thought she’d quietly retire from the Canadian national team after helping the squad qualify for next summer’s Paris Olympics. Clearly that wasn’t happening for international soccer’s all-time leading scorer. “I wanted to be part of the group to help the team qualify for Paris, for the
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A UNESCO report released during Lagos Fashion Week notes Africa’s fashion industry is growing rapidly to meet demand but that inadequate investment still limits its potential. The director-general of the U.N.’s cultural agency launched its first report on fashion in Africa on Thursday in Nigeria’s economic
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