By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Members of New Mexico’s Legislature are the only state lawmakers in the country who aren’t paid a salary. But voters could change that, as a referendum on giving legislators a steady paycheck is gaining traction. The Democratic-sponsored initiative to provide New Mexico legislators with regular
Continue ReadingWAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — One of the two Wisconsin women accused of stabbing a classmate in 2014 to please internet horror character Slender Man is asking a judge again to release her from a mental institution. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that 21-year-old Morgan Geyser petitioned a Waukesha County judge on Jan. 16 for conditional
Continue ReadingOLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — An alleged carjacking suspect was fatally shot by police at a California ski resort near Lake Tahoe. The shooting occurred around 10 a.m. Friday near an event center that often hosts weddings at Palisades Tahoe. That is according to California State Parks. The suspect’s identity was not immediately released. The
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un petrolero en el golfo de Adén está en llamas después de que militantes hutíes de Yemen dispararan misiles el viernes en medio de los continuos ataques en la ruta marítima clave. El petrolero Marlin Luanda fue alcanzado por un misil, según informó el viernes el grupo de materias primas Trafigura, que
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska is looking to follow in the footsteps of Kentucky in implementing a program that covers the costs of child care for child care workers. The benefit aims to draw more workers into the child care industry since it’s experiencing dire shortages across the county.
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El exconcejal de Los Ángeles José Huizar fue sentenciado a 13 años de prisión, durante una audiencia realizada este viernes en una corte federal. Huizar se había declarado culpable en enero del año pasado de cargos federales, incluido uno de conspiración bajo la Ley de organizaciones corruptas influenciadas por mafiosos
Continue ReadingBy David Close and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has begun legal proceedings against World Aquatics, swimming’s governing body, after it voted to restrict transgender athletes from competing in elite women’s aquatics competitions, according to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The swimmer is challenging certain parts of the World Aquatics’ gender inclusion policy,
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii officials have identified the last of the 100 known victims of the wildfire that destroyed Maui’s historic town of Lahaina in August. Maui police said Friday the victim was identified as 70-year-old Lydia Coloma. Identifying those who perished in the deadliest wildfire in the U.S.
Continue ReadingBy JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois officials have awarded a prison medical care contract to the same company it’s been using for years, despite multimillion-dollar lawsuits and widespread accusations of substandard care. Pittsburgh-based Wexford Health Sources was one of two companies responding to a request for proposals from the Illinois
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A jury said that Donald Trump should pay $83.3 million in damages Friday, an eye-popping sum that marks the sharpest legal setback for a former president now entangled in multiple criminal and civil cases while he campaigns for the White House. The
Continue ReadingWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A prized statue of Jackie Robinson was stolen from a public park in Kansas, spurring a police search Friday and outrage across the city of Wichita. The statue honors the first player to break Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947. Surveillance video was released of two people hauling the sculpture
Continue ReadingBy Sabrina Souza and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Wayne LaPierre, who over the course of three decades became the face of the US gun rights movement, testified at a civil corruption case Friday that the National Rifle Association paid for his travel on private jets to the Bahamas, destinations in Europe and Asia, and
Continue ReadingBy JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Of course Brad Pitt is at the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the most prestigious endurance race in the United States. The actor is not at Daytona International Speedway as a fan though. He’s actually on track filming scenes for his yet-to-be-titled Formula One
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Colombia llamó este viernes a consultas a su embajador en Argentina, Camilo Romero, en protesta por declaraciones que el presidente de Argentina, Javier Milei, hizo el jueves sobre su homólogo colombiano, Gustavo Petro, a quien llamó “comunista asesino”. La cancillería de Colombia dijo en un comunicado que
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los negociadores del Senado acordaron facultar a Estados Unidos para restringir significativamente los cruces ilegales en la frontera sur, según fuentes familiarizadas con el asunto, una medida destinada a poner fin a la oleada de migrantes que ha desbordado a las autoridades federales en los últimos meses. El acuerdo del Senado,
Continue ReadingBy Kareem El Damanhoury, Tara John and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — An oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden is on fire after a missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi militants, in the latest incident linked to the Iran-backed group in the key shipping route. The operator of the British oil tanker Marlin Luanda said Friday
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal jury in Los Angeles has found a Russian man who flew on a plane from Denmark to Los Angeles in November without a passport or ticket is guilty of being a stowaway on an aircraft. Sergey Vladimirovich Ochigava arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on Nov. 4 via a
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A jury said that Donald Trump should pay $83.3 million in damages Friday, an eye-popping sum that marks the sharpest legal setback for a former president now entangled in multiple criminal and civil cases while he campaigns for the White House. The verdict
Continue ReadingLOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy is starting to enlist individuals who didn’t graduate from high school or get a GED, marking the second time in about a year that the service has opened the door to lower-performing recruits as it struggles to meet enlistment goals. The decision follows a
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — China’s Zheng Qinwen will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of compatriot and idol Li Na, who was crowned Australian Open champion a decade ago, when she faces Aryna Sabalenka in Saturday’s final. Zheng, the No. 12 seed, has enjoyed a favorable run to the final in which
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