By Nectar Gan, Mengchen Zhang, Wayne Chang and Maija Ehlinger, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — At least 131 people were killed and hundreds more injured after an earthquake hit northwest China, state media reported Tuesday, as rescue teams scrambled to reach survivors in sub-zero temperatures. The quake, China’s deadliest in nearly a decade, rocked Jishishan
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Solway Investment Group, a Switzerland-based mining company with interests in Guatemala, says it agrees with a regional court’s decision requiring the Guatemalan government to recognize the property rights of an Indigenous community. The company, which was not a party to the case, stressed Monday that the
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Shepherd’s House Ministries is hosting its inaugural Christmas dinner on Friday afternoon at its new shelter in Redmond, and all in the community are welcome.
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By Michael Callahan and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Monday announced a new US-led operation focusing on the “security challenges in the southern Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden” following recent attacks by Houthi forces on commercial marine traffic in the region. “I am announcing the establishment of Operation
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press A liberal group is appealing a ruling that allows former President Donald Trump to stay on the Michigan primary ballot to the state supreme court. Free Speech For People is appealing the ruling earlier this month by the Michigan court of appeals that the Republican party can place whomever they want
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgement against Rudy Giuliani are asking for a court order barring him from continuing to repeat the lies he spread about them following the 2020 election. The new suit filed Monday points to comments the former
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — The New York trial judge overseeing Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial wrote a scathing denial of the former president’s latest attempt to toss the state attorney general’s case against him — potentially a preview of a tough outcome for Trump as the trial process winds
Continue ReadingBy Morgan Rimmer, CNN Senate Minority Whip John Thune told CNN’s Manu Raju on Monday that there is no way the Senate can vote on an immigration deal this week, meaning aid for Ukraine and Israel will not pass either. “That is a fact, yeah. There’s no way,” he said. Senators have been negotiating in
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– El gobernador de Texas, Greg Abbott, promulgó este lunes una ley que crea un nuevo delito estatal por ingresar ilegalmente al territorio. La medida marca un paso enorme en la dura batalla legal que libran el estado y el gobierno federal sobre los esfuerzos para reducir la inmigración irregular. ¿Cómo es la
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer U.S. food inspectors found “extremely high” lead levels in cinnamon at a plant in Ecuador that made applesauce pouches tainted with the metal. The recalled pouches have been linked to dozens of illnesses in U.S. kids. The cinnamon samples contained lead levels more than 2,000 times higher than a
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Watching a countdown of the auction’s final minutes on Monday, Erin Holcomb couldn’t believe it: the sale price kept jumping for the rare, gold Nike Air Jordan 3s that were anonymously dropped in the donation chute of the Oregon shelter where she works in Portland. “In
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By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Watching a countdown of the auction’s final minutes on Monday, Erin Holcomb couldn’t believe it: the sale price kept jumping for the rare, gold Nike Air Jordan 3s that were anonymously dropped in the donation chute of the Oregon shelter where she works in Portland. “In
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn, CNN (CNN) — Autonomous vehicle startup May Mobility announced its first fully driverless ride service Monday, offering human-free transit to those living in an Arizona retirement community. Retirees in Sun City, Arizona, are the first to test the Toyota-backed company’s autonomous cars without a human safety operator in the driver’s seat, the
Continue ReadingBy TRAVIS LOLLER and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee prisons are severely understaffed, leading to unsafe conditions for both inmates and guards. That’s according to an audit of the prison system by the state comptroller’s office. It found one prison had a vacancy rate of 61%. High vacancy and turnover persists
Continue ReadingBy JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press The Louisiana State Police are reinstating a veteran trooper who had been accused of withholding graphic body-camera footage of a fatal traffic stop. The video shows another officer dragging Black motorist Ronald Greene by his ankle shackles during his deadly arrest in 2019. A state police spokesman says Lt. John
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Average gasoline prices in Oregon have fallen 7.0 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.84/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 1,307 stations in Oregon. Prices in Oregon are 24.0 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 5.1 cents per gallon higher than a year ago.
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El presidente de PDVSA y ministro de Petróleo, Pedro Tellechea suscribió este lunes un nuevo acuerdo marco con la española Repsol para la administración de la empresa mixta Petroquiriquire y siete anexos que la integran la compañía que opera en los estados Monagas, Zulia y Trujillo. El representante
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas signed into law Monday a bill that makes entering Texas illegally a state crime, an extraordinary step in the hard-fought legal battle between the state and the federal government over efforts to curtail illegal immigration. The measure, SB 4, grants
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — The days may be numbered for an independent, American-owned, US Steel, a one-time backbone of the nation’s economy. US Steel was once the most valuable company in the world. Monday, it agreed to be purchased for $14.1 billion, or $55 a share, by Nippon Steel, Japan’s largest
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Wander Franco will receive a bonus from Major League Baseball of more than $700,000 despite being placed on administrative leave in August while under investigation for an alleged relationship with a minor. Franco will get $706,761 as part of MLB’s pre-arbitration bonus pool, a fund agreed to by the league and
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