FRISCO, Colo. (AP) — The former owner of two funeral homes in central Colorado has been sentenced to a year of probation after pleading guilty to charges that her funeral home included the cremated remains of an adult when it gave the ashes of a stillborn boy to his parents in December 2019. Summit Daily
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Miracle, Eric Levenson and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A jury found Tacoma police officers Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Timothy Rankine not guilty on all charges Thursday in the 2020 death of Manuel “Manny” Ellis, a Black man who died in custody after saying he couldn’t breathe. After a monthslong trial, Burbank
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Javier Milei acaba de anunciar un megadecreto que abarca más de 300 reformas a leyes existentes con las que buscará desregular la economía argentina. Más allá de los puntos polémicos, e incluso de su posible inconstitucionalidad, durante la cadena nacional de la noche del miércoles una mención explícita a una compañía extranjera en particular
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Time is running out on a Friday deadline for North Dakota’s Legislature to enact new lines for legislative districts encompassing two tribal nations that successfully challenged the state’s 2021 redistricting map as violating the Voting Rights Act. It’s unclear what a federal judge will do after
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — The state of California has sued Ralphs Grocery for allegedly rescinding job offers from hundreds of job applicants with a criminal history, accusing the company of violating state law. California’s Civil Rights Department alleges that Ralphs violated a 2018 law that bans most employers from asking job
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has some of the most strict guns in the country. But that doesn’t mean it has been easy for Democrats to restrict access to guns. Gun rights groups have been aggressively challenging California’s gun laws in court. A judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a law
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Civil rights groups and public health organizations, incensed over what they see as foot-dragging by the Biden administration on a potential ban on menthol cigarettes, met with White House officials this week to push for what they consider to be a life-saving measure. The groups said the administration might
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A Connecticut man who pleaded guilty to planning to fight for the Islamic State group in Syria has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Former Hamden resident Kevin McCormick was sentenced on Thursday. A judge also ordered McCormick to be placed on supervised release with GPS monitoring for the
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, aumentó la presión sobre su homólogo de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, para atender la compleja situación en la frontera que comparten los dos países por la cantidad sin precedentes de migrantes que han llegado. La gran oleada de personas ha puesto en aprietos a las autoridades
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN and MARK STEVENSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Negotiations over how to control migration at the U.S. border with Mexico aren’t just heating up on Capitol Hill. They’re also taking place between U.S. and Mexican officials as an influx of migrants strains enforcement efforts. Top U.S. officials are expected to visit Mexico
Continue ReadingOTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada’s immigration minister says people in the Gaza Strip who have Canadian relatives will now be able to apply for temporary visas to Canada. But Marc Miller said Thursday the federal government cannot guarantee them safe passage out of the besieged Palestinian territory. Miller expects the program to be up and
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — “Fast & Furious” franchise star Vin Diesel has been accused of sexual battery and creating a hostile work environment in a lawsuit filed by a former assistant. The civil suit, filed on Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by CNN, stems from a 2010
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Estados Unidos está listo para votar una resolución del Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas sobre Gaza después de varios retrasos, dijo el jueves por la noche la embajadora del país ante la ONU, Linda Thomas-Greenfield. “Solo quiero compartir con ustedes que hemos trabajado duro y diligentemente durante
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press BEXLEY, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has been visiting hospitals and speaking with families helped and harmed by gender-affirming care as he decides what action to take on legislation preventing minors from obtaining such treatments. The Republican told The Associated Press in a year-end interview Thursday that
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El partido oficialista Morena y sus aliados presentaron sus precandidaturas únicas al Senado de México para 11 estados con miras a las elecciones generales del 2 de junio de 2024, cuando se renovará también la Cámara de Diputados. Morena y los partidos del Trabajo (PT) y Verde Ecologista de México (PVEM)
Continue ReadingCNN By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — The last meteor shower of 2023 is set to send meteors streaking across the sky just in time for the holidays. The Ursids will peak Thursday night through the early morning hours of Friday, according to the American Meteor Society. Night owls braving the cold could see around five
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: En Snap, nos adentramos en el poder de una sola fotografía, relatando historias sobre cómo se crearon imágenes tanto modernas como históricas. (CNN) — Es un sencillo pero elegante retrato en blanco y negro de una mujer con un camisón de época, largo, blanco y con volantes, de pie en
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Federal prosecutors say a Philadelphia used car dealer took disabled customers’ money but failed to deliver the wheelchair-accessible vehicles they had paid for. Edward Scott Rock is accused of victimizing more than 100 people across the nation. An indictment unsealed Thursday says the 47-year-old defrauded some 120 customers in 36
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Growing up in a Boston suburb in the 1960s, Charlie Baker learned his first political lesson — the art of listening to competing viewpoints — around the dinner table as his Democratic mother and Republican father hashed out the topics of the day. There was a reason
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — One of the largest urgent care chains in Missouri will pay $9.1 million to settle allegations that the company submitted false claims for medical services, including COVID-19 testing. The U.S. Attorney’s office in St. Louis on Thursday announced the settlement with Total Access Urgent Care, which operates more than two dozen
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