Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El presidente de Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, dijo este viernes que las bandas que su gobierno enfrenta no son “convencionales”, sino “grupos narcoterroristas” con operaciones en varios países y que tienen apoyo de “carteles del exterior”. “Estas no son bandas convencionales, estos son grupos narcoterroristas que operan en varios países, que al
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Janet Mills and a state representative who immigrated from Somalia are looking to create a new government office that would tap recent immigrants to try to solve a workforce shortage in the state. Mills and Rep. Deqa Dhalac of South Portland unveiled a bill
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California man has been sentenced to two life sentences plus 30 years for blowing up his ex-girlfriend’s spa business in 2018 with a package bomb, killing her and seriously injuring two clients. The sentencing of Stephen Beal happened Friday in federal court in downtown
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — One of three teens charged with starting a house fire in suburban Denver that killed five people — apparently out of revenge for a stolen cellphone that was mistakenly traced to the residence — pleaded guilty Friday to one count of second-degree murder. Gavin Seymour, 19, pleaded guilty for his role in
Continue ReadingBy PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press A judge on Friday dismissed a juror in the trial of a Connecticut woman accused of helping her boyfriend cover up the murder of his estranged wife, after the panelist likened the case to the novel and movie “Gone Girl.” Judge Kevin Randolph received an unsigned note from a juror
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD, JILL COLVIN and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina endorsed Donald Trump Friday ahead of next week’s New Hampshire primary, the latest sign the Republican party is rallying around the former president’s candidacy after his historic Iowa win. The decision marks a major
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — The future of Sports Illustrated was uncertain Friday after the publisher of the iconic magazine and website laid off most or “probably all” of its guild-represented staff, its union said. In a memo sent to staff viewed by CNN, the magazine’s publisher said it is “laying off
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, CNN President Joe Biden signed into law a short-term funding extension on Friday, the White House announced, averting a partial government shutdown after lawmakers raced the clock to pass the bill ahead of a key Friday deadline. In a rare event, lawmakers had been confronting not one but two government shutdown deadlines on
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Lansdale, Pensilvania (CNN) — Rachael Gambino y Garrett Mazzeo planearon su vida financiera según las reglas: fueron a la universidad, pagaron sus deudas, ahorraron, se casaron, compraron una casa e iniciaron una familia. El sueño. Pero sentados a la mesa del comedor en su casa de los suburbios de Pensilvania, un bien que
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena and Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — Ford will shut down one of two production shifts in April at the Dearborn, Michigan, factory that builds the F-150 Lightning electric pickup. The move is part of “matching F-150 Lightning production to customer demand,” the company said Friday. General Motors recently made a similar announcement
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Stahl Click here for updates on this story PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pennsylvania (KYW) — The world of virtual reality is now being used to help patients in physical therapy. Emily Dorsheimer was badly burned in a house fire in Coatesville in April. She says learning to move again was a little more interesting and
Continue ReadingHATBORO, Pa. (AP) — A suburban Philadelphia man is accused of stabbing to death a neighbor with whom he had feuded after an argument about the accused man’s loud snoring that could be heard through a wall connecting their homes. Authorities said Friday that 55-year-old Christopher Casey killed neighbor Robert Wallace after Wallace removed a
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Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A cold weather phenomenon known as frost quakes, which make loud booming or popping sounds and unleash small earthquake-like tremors, was felt around Chicago during this week’s bout of below-zero temperatures. Illinois state climatologist Trent Ford said there was no formal reporting system for frost quakes, which occur after
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say American fighter jets struck Iranian-backed Houthi rebel sites for the sixth time Friday, taking out anti-ship missile launchers that were prepared to fire. The officials says the strikes were carried out by F/A-18 aircraft off the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier. And
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes, Kylie Atwood, Melanie Zanona and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former GOP presidential candidate and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott endorsed Donald Trump on Friday in New Hampshire. The endorsement is a blow of sorts to his fellow South Carolinian Nikki Haley, who appointed him to his Senate seat in 2012, and
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump is using his social media platform to mock Nikki Haley. In a post on his Truth Social account Friday, Trump repeatedly referred to Haley, the daughter of immigrants from India, as “Nimbra.” Haley, the former South Carolina governor, was born in Bamberg, South Carolina, as
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — El papa Francisco dijo que el placer sexual es un “don de Dios” pero que es “socavado por la pornografía”. El pontífice se refirió a esto en su catequesis de la audiencia general de este miércoles, dedicada al “vicio de la lujuria”. Francisco definió la pornografía como “satisfacción sin relación
Continue ReadingMILAN (AP) — An accident involving a stuntman in the northern Italian city of Verona has injured nine people. The stuntman was steering a car with his feet while sitting on the roof when he lost control and struck a barrier during an exhibition. The accident injured nine spectators. Video shows the driver exiting the
Continue ReadingBy Mike Sullivan Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — With sky high rent in Boston, some people are resorting to living on boats all year long. They are part of what is called a liveaboard community. There are a few in the city, including several in Charlestown. This way of life
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