By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A legal battle over a lack of air conditioning in Texas prisons is bringing together advocates on the issue and one current inmate who says his health is being endangered by the state’s hot prisons. That inmate is the former mortician whose murder case inspired the
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case of a rancher accused of fatally shooting a Mexican man on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border. The decision came after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision after more than two full days of deliberation in
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press NEW KENT, Va. (AP) — A Virginia prosecutor says a former longtime medical director of a Virginia hospital that serves vulnerable children used physical examinations as a “ruse” to sexually abuse two teenage patients. The prosecutor made the allegation in opening statements Monday in the trial of Daniel N. Davidow,
Continue ReadingMANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine troops have killed the leader of a small Muslim rebel group and eleven of his men blamed for past bombings and extortion in a clash in the country’s south. Seven soldiers were wounded in the hourlong gunbattle Monday against members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters in a marshy hinterland
Continue ReadingSOUTH MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee man charged with killing and mutilating a woman whose body parts washed up on a beach along Lake Michigan has pleaded not guilty. Thirty-three-year-old Maxwell Anderson appeared in court Monday. He has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse and arson. Anderson waived his right to a
Continue ReadingBy Luke McGee, CNN (CNN) — The UK parliament has finally passed a contentious bill that will allow the government to send asylum seekers to Rwanda for their claims to be considered by the East African nation. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s efforts had been stuck between opposition in the Houses of Parliament and challenges in the British courts, as lawmakers and activists have
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America MODESTO, Calif. (AP) — California will open its first new state park in a decade this summer. The Dos Rios tract in the state’s Central Valley is set to open in June. Gov. Gavin Newsom made the announcement Monday. The land will become California’s 281st state park. The
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El primer juicio penal contra Donald Trump comenzó oficialmente. La Fiscalía y los abogados de Trump presentaron sus declaraciones de apertura y el primer testigo, un exeditor de National Enquirer, fue llamado a declarar el lunes en el histórico y sin precedentes juicio penal de un expresidente. Cada parte tuvo su
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Un hombre aseguró a las autoridades de Florida City, en el condado Miami Dade, que había matado a su novia y que luego condujo con el cadáver de ella en el asiento de pasajeros hasta la estación policial para entregarse, de acuerdo con un reporte del arresto obtenido por CNN.
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The head of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee is asking the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to provide answers about the fatal raid at the home of the Little Rock airport director last month. Republican Rep. Jim Jordan on Monday requested the documents
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Panamá anunció este lunes que llamó a consultas a su embajador en Nicaragua, José de Jesús Martínez, como parte de la crisis diplomática que mantienen con el gobierno de ese país. “La República de Panamá se siente verdaderamente afectada en su integridad por la actitud permisiva de
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — For the first time in five months, NASA engineers have received decipherable data from Voyager 1 after crafting a creative solution to fix a communication problem aboard humanity’s most distant spacecraft in the cosmos. Voyager 1 is currently about 15 billion miles (24 billion kilometers) away, and at 46
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British Home Secretary James Cleverly is visiting Italy as part of the U.K. government’s efforts to crack down on migrants arriving by small boats. Officials say Tuesday that Cleverly will meet his Italian counterpart, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi, and discuss how Italy and Britain can expand their joint work to stop migrants
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised salvo launches of the country’s “super-large” multiple rocket launchers that simulated a nuclear counterattack against enemy targets, state media said Tuesday, adding to tests and threats that have raised tensions in the region. The report by North Korea’s
Continue ReadingBy ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a second person has died from injuries after a Texas semitrailer driver plowed a stolen 18-wheeler into a public safety office recently. Department of Public Safety officials said Monday that 63-year-old Cheryl Turner of Brenham has died from injuries stemming from the April 12
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Two men from Redmond and Sisters have been arrested in a string of burglaries at La Frontera in Redmond and the Redmond Tap House, police said Monday. They have recovered some stolen items but are turning to the public to help find any more items they may have sold online. Michael
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press An independent panel that reviewed the neutrality of the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees, after Israel alleged that a dozen of its employees in Gaza had participated in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks, released its report on Monday. Here are some of its key recommendations to strengthen the neutrality of the agency, known
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The ownership group of the Kansas City Current announced plans Monday for the development of the Missouri River waterfront where the club recently opened a purpose-built stadium for the National Women’s Soccer League team. CPKC Stadium will serve as the hub for the project,
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Police say a Minnesota state senator and former broadcast meteorologist has been arrested in the northwestern city of Detroit Lakes. Democratic Sen. Nicole Mitchell, 49, of Woodbury, was being held Monday in the Becker County Jail on suspicion of first-degree burglary. Detroit Lakes Police Chief Steve Todd
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El diplomático Edmundo González Urrutia, de 74 años, es el candidato presidencial de la Plataforma Unitaria Democrática (PUD), la alianza que concentra a los principales partidos y dirigentes de la oposición de Venezuela. Después de semanas de incertidumbre y de aspiraciones descartadas o inhabilitadas, González pasó de ser el nombre
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