By Sara Smart and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Three men were arrested and authorities seized over 220 pounds of controlled substances in a major drug bust earlier this month that included pink fentanyl-laced pills shaped like hearts, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts said in a news release. Of an estimated 10
Continue ReadingBy FADLAN SYAM and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An ethics council dismissed the chief justice of Indonesia’s top court from the post after finding him guilty of making last-minute changes to election candidacy requirements. The chief of the court’s Honorary Council said Tuesday that Constitutional Court Chief Justice Anwar Usman committed
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — She’d been living in Miami for around three decades and had built a life that she loved. But Julie Balzano, originally from Long Island, found herself struggling to keep up with the rising cost of living in the “Magic City,” recently ranked as the 10th most expensive city in
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voters have approved a proposal legalizing recreational marijuana. Republican legislative leaders are expected to weigh revisiting aspects of the proposal that passed Tuesday. Ohio becomes the 24th state to allow adult cannabis use for non-medical purposes. Under the new law, adults 21 and over
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Italian tax authorities are poised to seize some €779 million ($836 million) from Airbnb as a result of its alleged failure to pay taxes owed by landlords using the platform. It’s the latest sign of intense scrutiny of short-term rentals that have proliferated in big cities in
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Un memorando de entendimiento firmado por la primera ministra de Italia, Giorgia Meloni, y el primer ministro de Albania, Edi Rama, allana el camino para que Italia construya centros de detención de inmigrantes en Albania en la primavera de 2024, según la conferencia de prensa conjunta que ambos ofrecieron
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — On the afternoon photographer Mayan Toledano snapped a playful bedroom portrait of her friends in Mexico City — an image that would eventually become the cover of her first book — one member of the group, Karla, had gotten into an argument with her boyfriend. Toledano, who is primarily based
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Meta is prohibiting political advertisers from using the company’s new, artificial intelligence tools that help brands generate text, backgrounds and other marketing content, in what the company says is a decision to limit the technology’s potential risks. A company spokesperson told CNN that Meta has updated its policies surrounding
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Federal Reserve officials are urging banks to work with customers hurt by ongoing deposit delays that have prevented some people from accessing their paychecks and other funds. A number of customers still haven’t received their direct deposit paychecks following a “human error” that damaged the plumbing of America’s banking
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards, Daria Tarasova, Maria Kostenko and Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said safety rules had been “violated,” leaving soldiers and civilians exposed to a deadly Russian missile strike on a village in the Zaporizhzhia region, which he described as “a tragedy that could have been avoided.” A Ukrainian military
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — State media in Myanmar says the military-run Southeast Asian nation is holding its first joint naval exercise with Russia. The state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper says the two nations are carrying out maneuvers in the Andaman Sea. Russia is a major supporter and arms supplier
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — El primer ministro de Portugal, António Costa, presentó su renuncia luego de que la Fiscalía General del país (PGR) informara de que estaba siendo investigado en el marco de un amplio caso de corrupción en el que están implicados miembros de su Gobierno. “Hoy me he visto sorprendido por la información,
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Plenty of memories are being shared in the wake of the death of Matthew Perry. The “Friends” actor died in an apparent drowning accident at his Los Angeles home recently and the investigation continues into his cause of death, though law enforcement sources said there was no foul
Continue ReadingBy Ciara Cummings and Tim Darnell Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — A Conyers man accused of intentionally spreading HIV was given a $1.5 million bond Monday. The Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office alleges Cleveland Broadie knew his HIV-positive status since 2006 but had unprotected sex with multiple women. He is
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer On the same day whistleblower Frances Haugen was testifying before Congress about the harms of Facebook and Instagram to children in the fall of 2021, a former engineering director at the social media giant who had rejoined the company as a consultant sent an alarming email to Meta CEO
Continue ReadingBy EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged Rwanda and Congo to de-escalate tensions and withdraw troops from their border following increased fighting that has displaced nearly 7 million people. The State Department said Blinken spoke separately by phone with Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan
Continue ReadingBy George Castle Click here for updates on this story LANSING, Michigan (WNEM) — A federal grant awarded to Michigan will be used to expand a program helping people who are incarcerated, called “returning citizens,” get jobs. The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) will use the $2 million grant to expand the
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — A mix of smoke and fog known as ‘super fog’ has triggered accidents involving multiple vehicles and at least one death on Interstate 10 in Louisiana. New Orleans police say a stretch of the south Louisiana interstate was closed for a time Tuesday following the crashes. The accidents recall a super
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Finley Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — The conservative talk show host and comedian criticized by parents and Nashville mayor Freddie O’Connell for posting three pages of the Covenant School shooter’s writing told WSMV4 Investigates that he does not regret the release. Steve Crowder, who has been accused
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The first images captured by a powerful space telescope designed to create the most detailed 3D map of the “dark side” of the universe have been revealed. Launched by the European Space Agency in July, the Euclid telescope’s initial release includes five observations made from its orbital home 1
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