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Month: January 2024

Australia launches inquiry into why Cabinet documents relating to Iraq war remain secret

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has ordered an inquiry into why 20-year-old Cabinet documents relating to Australia joining the United States-led Iraq invasion remain secret, saying Australians have a right to know why their country went to war in 2003. On Monday, the National Archives of Australia

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Maduro asegura que se ha hecho justicia en el caso Canserbero; familiares de los acusados denuncian incumplimiento del debido proceso

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, se refirió al caso de la muerte del rapero Tirone González, “Canserbero”, asegurando que “se ha hecho justicia” y que “se ha reivindicado el nombre de un joven creador venezolano noble”. En una entrevista con el periodista español Ignacio Ramonet, la primera que ofrece

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Justice Dept. accuses 2 political operatives of hiding foreign lobbying during Trump administration

By ERIC TUCKER and ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly unsealed Justice Department court records say two well-connected political consultants provided false information about lobbying work on behalf of a wealthy Persian Gulf country during the Trump administration. Charging documents filed Tuesday in federal court in Washington allege that Barry P. Bennett, an

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New Mexico regulators revoke the licenses of 2 marijuana grow operations and levies $2M in fines

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico marijuana regulators have revoked the licenses of two growing operations for numerous violations and have levied a fine of $1 million against each business. The state’s Cannabis Control Division announced the revocations and fines Tuesday. Both operations are located in rural Torrance County,

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Snow Report: January 2nd

No new snow has been reported by any of the resorts today. Look for that to change as the week moves along. Snow will be falling on the Cascades tonight, then off and on during the week. Not a significant amount during the work week, but over the weekend there may be some heavy snow

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Uncertainty around US abortion landscape drives surge in requests to stockpile abortion medication, research shows

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Amid significant upheaval to the abortion landscape in the United States, thousands of women have preemptively requested medication abortion pills in case they need them in the future, new research shows. Aid Access, a nonprofit telehealth service, provides medication abortion by mail. The organization has offered “advance provision” of

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China’s unsafe interceptions of US military aircraft have dropped off, defense officials say

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — China’s unsafe interceptions of US military aircraft have dropped off amid signs relations with Beijing are improving, two US defense officials told CNN. There had been a spike in what the US deemed dangerous incidents in October and the Pentagon publicly condemned China’s behavior. But in a sign military tensions could be

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