BERLIN (AP) — German investigators say a 66-year-old man accused of killing a woman when he was stationed in Germany as a U.S. soldier nearly 46 years ago has been arrested in the United States. The man is accused of stabbing a 35-year-old woman more than 30 times at her apartment on June 11, 1978.
Continue ReadingBy Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Nearly five years after Connecticut mother Jennifer Dulos went missing, her husband’s ex-girlfriend was found guilty Friday of conspiring to murder the mother of five. Michelle Troconis was also found guilty of one count of hindering prosecution, two counts of conspiracy to commit tampering with physical evidence, and two
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley says she raised $12 million in February. That’s a haul that will likely allow her to remain in the Republican primary against former President Donald Trump past next week’s Super Tuesday — even though she can’t point to an upcoming state where
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS and SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press A woman was convicted Friday of conspiring to murder Jennifer Dulos, a mother of five who vanished from a wealthy Connecticut enclave in 2019 and was never found. Michelle Troconis, 49, was convicted by the Stamford jury following a lengthy trial in which prosecutors laid out a
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Finance officials from the world’s biggest economies began talks this week on introducing a global minimum tax on billionaires. The representatives of the G20 countries discussed the proposal at a summit in São Paulo, Brazil, two years after a landmark agreement showed the world could act together in
Continue ReadingCNN By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Finance officials from the world’s biggest economies began talks this week on introducing a global minimum tax on billionaires. The representatives of the G20 countries discussed the proposal at a summit in São Paulo, Brazil, two years after a landmark agreement showed the world could act together
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish police say that at least 19 people have been injured after a car struck a crowd of people waiting at a tram stop in the northwestern city of Szczecin. The car then collided with three other vehicles as the driver fled the scene on Friday. A Szczecin police spokesman said
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv Esta cobertura en vivo finalizó. Simpatizantes de Xóchitl Gálvez en el arranque de campaña de la candidata de la oposición. (Crédito: Twitter/Xóchitl Gálvez) Los partidarios de Claudia Sheinbaum asisten al evento de lanzamiento de su campaña presidencial en la Plaza del Zócalo el 1 de marzo de 2024 en Ciudad de México, México.
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Boeing has agreed to pay $51 million for violating exports controls of military technology, including employees in China downloading sensitive data from numerous defense aircraft and missiles. The complaint charges that three Boeing employees in China downloaded data 25 times between 2013 and 2017 related to three
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says a land mine exploded in central Mexico, killing at least three soldiers in what he called a trap likely set by a drug cartel. The soldiers were killed Thursday on the outskirts of the city of Aguililla in the embattled Mexican state of Michoacán, López
Continue ReadingKELOWNA, British Columbia (AP) — In a story published March 1, 2024, about a Canada wildlife corridor, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the Regional District of Central Okanagan owns land where an orchard expansion is located. The land is within the regional district’s jurisdiction, but the district does not own it.
Continue ReadingAARON HEMENS, IndigiNEWS KELOWNA, British Columbia (AP) — Just below the fog line hanging over the central Okanagan Valley, rows of saplings for a cherry orchard expansion span the eastern stretch above Highway 33 on the outskirts of Kelowna in Canada’s wine country. New cherry varieties and climate change in British Columbia’s interior have enabled
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Sydney Sweeney was not down for a meet cute. In a promo for her hosting spot on “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, the “Anyone But You” star bumps into “SNL” cast member Michael Longfellow in studio 8H and his script and her book go flying. He picks up
Continue ReadingBy MATT BROWN Associated Pres WASHINGTON (AP) — Black Americans have endured considerable injustices and barriers to prosperity and equality throughout U.S. history. But their social, economic and political advances in the past 60 years have been unsatisfactory. That’s according to a new annual study on racial progress, called the “State of Black America.” The
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian singer who won a Grammy presented by U.S. first lady Jill Biden has been sentenced to more than three years in prison over his anthem supporting the 2022 protests over the death of Mahsa Amini. Shervin Hajipour posted on Instagram on Friday
Continue ReadingBy Rebecca Cairns, CNN (CNN) — From futuristic architecture to pioneering infrastructure, Dubai is no stranger to weird, wonderful, and downright wacky innovation. But on Wednesday, the “City of Superlatives” went full sci-fi when eight pilots, suited and booted like Marvel’s “Iron Man,” took to the skies. They were not fighting supervillains or alien warlords,
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN New York (CNN) — Fisker, the electric vehicle company founded by auto designer Henrik Fisker, announced in its fourth quarter earnings Thursday that it might not have enough money to survive another year. The company announced there was “substantial doubt about Fisker’s ability to continue as a going concern.” In order
Continue ReadingBy MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man has been exonerated and released after spending nearly 30 years on death row in connection with a fatal arson fire at a Philadelphia apartment building. Daniel Gwynn was released Wednesday from the state prison in Montgomery County after a judge dismissed first-degree murder, arson and
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Athletic Bilbao reached the Copa del Rey final for the third time in the last five years, but Thursday’s victory over Atlético Madrid was marred by chaotic scenes ahead of the match. Goals from the Williams brothers, Iñaki and Nico, and Gorka Guruzeta gave Bilbao a comfortable 3-0 victory
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court have ruled that an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity committed by Venezuelan security forces in 2017 may proceed. The case concerns a crackdown under President Nicolás Maduro’s rule on months of demonstrations in 2017. The presiding judge said that the court “rejects
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