By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — A team of scientists has unveiled the possible living face of Peru’s most famous mummy, a teenage Inca girl sacrificed in a ritual more than 500 years ago atop the Andes. The silicone-made bust portrays a young woman with pronounced cheekbones, black eyes and tanned skin.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Inteligencia compartida con Estados Unidos sugiere que una pequeña célula de miembros de Hamas que planeaba el letal ataque sorpresa contra Israel se comunicó a través de una red de teléfonos fijos incorporados a la red de túneles bajo Gaza durante un periodo de dos años, según dos fuentes familiarizadas con
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Richard Roundtree, the stage and screen actor best known for his performance as a tough-talking private eye in 1971’s “Shaft,” has died. He was 81. The news was confirmed by Roundtree’s theatrical talent agent Artist and Representatives, who said in an email to CNN that the actor died Tuesday
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Oregon hospitals’ second-quarter median operating margin was positive for the first time in five quarters, as echoed in a 2023 turnaround for St. Charles Health System, but is “still well below a healthy level, underscoring the potential fragility of hospital services,” the Hospital Association of Oregon said this week.
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Police in China have rescued some 1,000 cats from a truck en route to a slaughterhouse, state-affiliated media has reported, busting part of an illicit trade that fraudulently sells feline meat as pork or mutton and sparking fresh food safety concerns. Acting on a tip-off by animal
Continue ReadingBy Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — Hidden under years of dirt and grime in storage rooms, hundreds of precious religious objects have been rediscovered at a monastery in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu. Gilded crowns worn by Buddhist priests, halos that once adorned statues of deities and mini stupas gifted by the local community are among the
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration finally has a Senate-confirmed leader. The Senate voted 98-0 on Tuesday to approve President Joe Biden’s nominee for FAA administrator, Michael Whitaker. He’s the chief operating officer of a Hyundai affiliate that is developing an air taxi. Before that, he was the deputy FAA administrator. The FAA hasn’t
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN Español) — Luego de un encuentro bilateral, Costa Rica y Honduras acordaron eliminar el requisito de visa consular mutua. La decisión la tomaron representantes de ambos países en una reunión que se llevó a cabo en la Casa Presidencial costarricense este martes. En una conferencia de prensa, donde se firmó el acuerdo
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Despite the state’s property tax limits, Deschutes County Assessor Scot Langton says most property owners are seeing their taxes rise 4-10% this fall due to new voter-approved bonds and the sheriff’s office rate rising to the maximum authorized level.
Continue ReadingBy Ali Main and Ethan Cohen (CNN) — President Joe Biden will not file for New Hampshire’s Democratic primary because he is “obligated” to comply with the Democratic National Committee’s delegate selection rules, his campaign manager informed the state party in a letter obtained by CNN. Under a Biden-backed plan approved by the DNC earlier
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron have sparred over tax policies in their final debate. They sharpened their closing pitches in the hourlong debate Tuesday night. Just two weeks are left in their campaign for governor in Kentucky. Beshear called for a cautious
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden won’t file to have his name appear on the 2024 New Hampshire Democratic primary ballot. He is opting to skip a contest that the state plans to hold in defiance of a revamped primary order that the White House has championed. Julie Chavez Rodriguez,
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — An airport in Houston temporarily grounded all flights on Tuesday after two private jets collided on its tarmac, officials said. The incident took place around 3:30 p.m. CT when a twin-engine jet departed “without permission” from the William P. Hobby Airport runway and collided with another
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Apple anunció su segundo evento de productos de esta temporada, apenas un mes después de presentar su nueva línea iPhone 15. Es probable que se trate de nuevas iMacs. La compañía envió invitaciones a los medios de comunicación para una conferencia el lunes 30 de octubre a las 8:00 p.m., hora
Continue ReadingHOUSTON (AP) — Flights have been delayed and canceled at Houston’s Hobby Airport as crews clean up after two private jets clipped wings when they were moving on the airfield. No injuries were reported and the city fire department said there was no risk of fire after the collision around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the
Continue ReadingBy TRISHA AHMED Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A poison specialist and former medical resident at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota is charged with fatally poisoning his wife, a 32-year-old pharmacist who died days after she went to a hospital in August with stomach distress. Authorities say Connor Bowman, 30, tried to stop the autopsy on
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN Español) — El presidente de Panamá, Laurentino Cortizo, justificó este martes la decisión de su Gobierno de sancionar una ley que aprueba un nuevo contrato de concesión minera de cobre, que es motivo de protestas desde este lunes en diversos puntos del país, principalmente en la Ciudad de Panamá, y que han
Continue ReadingCNN By Clare Foran, Melanie Zanona, Lauren Fox, Manu Raju, Haley Talbot, Kristin Wilson and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The House GOP picked Rep. Mike Johnson as their latest speaker nominee Tuesday evening, though the Louisiana Republican so far lacks the 217 votes needed to win the gavel – the latest sign that Republicans
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, Jean Casarez and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Joran van der Sloot’s recent confession that he killed Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba in 2005 was years in the making, after investigators compiled detailed case files and, more recently, got the blessing of Holloway’s mother for a related plea deal. Van der
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House scrapped plans to have the new wave band the B-52s perform at Wednesday’s state dinner for Australia’s prime minister after deciding that it would be inappropriate at a time when “so many are facing sorrow and pain,” in the words of first lady Jill
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