MEXICO CITY (AP) — The head of traffic police has been shot to death in Mexico’s troubled Pacific coast resort of Acapulco. The city government said Thursday that gunmen killed Eduardo Chávez, the head of municipal traffic police. The assailants opened fire on Chávez on a street relatively far away from the resort’s beaches. It
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — Los antiguos romanos disfrutaban de algo más que la comida durante sus fiestas, o eso parece demostrar un nuevo descubrimiento en el sitio arqueológico de Pompeya. Los arqueólogos que trabajan en este sitio mundialmente conocido descubrieron una sala de banquetes con paredes pintadas de negro y cubiertas con frescos de personajes
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Para muchas personas, el desempleo repentino (especialmente a una edad avanzada) puede ser un momento de crisis insuperable. Para Robert Webber, que perdió su trabajo como gerente de instalaciones en Estados Unidos en 2018, se convirtió en una oportunidad para seguir un sueño y comenzar una nueva vida en Europa. Webber
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After work zone fatalities in Washington state doubled in 2023 from the previous year, state agencies from both sides of the Columbia River are coming together to revitalize their focus on driver safety in and around work zones.
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Large U.S. airlines and some of their unions are asking the Biden administration to stop approving any more flights between the United States and China because of what they call “anti-competitive” policies that China imposes on U.S. carriers. The airlines and unions said Thursday that China closed its market to U.S. carriers
Continue ReadingBy BABA AHMED and JESSICA DONATI Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — In a deepening crackdown, Mali’s ruling junta on Thursday banned the media from reporting on activities of political parties and associations, a day after suspending all political activities in the country until further notice. The order, issued by Mali’s high authority for communication,
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) —The owners of ConsoliDebt Solutions, LLC, a debt consolidation service that operated in Oregon and other locations for the past five years, have been indicted in federal court for knowingly and intentionally defrauding their customers. Javier Antonio Banuelas Urueta, 54, and Dalia Castilleja Saucedo, 38, both residents of Oregon and Washington state,
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Thirteen members of the Hasidic Jewish community pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges stemming from their alleged role in a dispute over an illegal tunnel built beneath a historic Brooklyn synagogue. The defendants, many of them international students from Israel, appeared in Brooklyn court Wednesday on
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with the White House as he prepares for the treacherous task of advancing wartime funding for Ukraine and Israel through the House. On Thursday, House Republican Leader Steve Scalise said Johnson has been talking with White House officials about a package
Continue ReadingMauricio Torres (CNN) — Gustavo Petro y Nicolás Maduro se han reunido en seis ocasiones desde el 7 de agosto de 2022, cuando el mandatario colombiano tomó posesión de su cargo. El encuentro más reciente fue este martes, precedido de un tenso ambiente diplomático por las declaraciones de Petro sobre las elecciones presidenciales del 28
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Senate Democrats on Thursday issued a subpoena to a conservative legal advocate they are investigating in response to a series of ethics controversies at the Supreme Court involving lavish travel and gifts to justices. Months after voting to authorize the subpoena, the Senate Judiciary Committee formally
Continue ReadingBy Haley Talbot, Lauren Fox and Melanie Zanona, CNN Conservative holdouts on Thursday appear to be warming to modifications proposed to the legislation reauthorizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, one day after 19 of them tanked a procedural vote related to the bill delivering another embarrassing defeat to House Republican leadership. The new version of
Continue ReadingBy Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — When former President Donald Trump appears in a New York courtroom Monday to face an unprecedented legal battle in his hush money case, law enforcement will deploy a sophisticated and multi-layered security plan greater than that of his previous high-profile cases in Manhattan, law enforcement officials told CNN. Trump, who is
Continue ReadingBy TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft said they will delay their planned exit from Minneapolis to July 1 after city officials decided Wednesday to push back the start of an ordinance that increases driver pay. The Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously to start the new
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A judge has dismissed hip-hop artist Drake from lawsuits filed against him over his participation in the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival in Houston in which 10 people were killed. Drake was a special guest of rapper Travis Scott, who had headlined the festival. He performed with
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — COVID-19 vaccination is not linked to death from cardiac causes among previously healthy young people, according to an Oregon Health Authority study published by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study, appearing Thursday in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), examined nearly 1,300 deaths among Oregon adolescents and
Continue ReadingMauricio Torres (CNN) — Un avión de la Fuerza Aérea de Perú se extravió la mañana de este jueves mientras realizaba labores de entrenamiento a baja altura, informó la institución militar en un comunicado difundido en su cuenta en la red social X, antes Twitter. La aeronave, tipo Mirage 2000 y perteneciente a la Base
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Washington state man has pleaded not guilty to federal charges accusing him of damaging power substations in Oregon in 2022. Nathaniel Cheney appeared in federal court in Portland on Wednesday and was later released from custody, the Oregonian/OregonLive reported. He was arrested April 2 after he was indicted in March
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Washington state man has pleaded not guilty to federal charges accusing him of damaging power substations in Oregon in 2022. Nathaniel Cheney appeared in federal court in Portland on Wednesday and was later released from custody, the Oregonian/OregonLive reported. He was arrested April 2 after he was indicted in March
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a man has been arrested for allegedly taking a decommissioned New York City fireboat for an overnight cruise on the Hudson River. Police say he then stole a sailboat and was taken into custody on its deck. He was charged Thursday with two counts
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