By SARA HERSCHANDER of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy When billionaire philanthropists, celebrities, global embassies, and the National Football League want to lend a helping hand to American veterans, they increasingly turn to one source: the Bob Woodruff Foundation. Formed in 2006 to serve post-9/11 veterans and their families after ABC news reporter
Continue ReadingBy LISA RATHKE Associated Press A Vermont man accused of killing a 19-year-old police officer in a head-on crash during a pursuit in Rutland last summer has pleaded not guilty to a new elevated charge of aggravated murder. Tate Rheaume was ordered held without bail Tuesday pending an evidence hearing. Rutland City Police Officer Jessica
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — La Fiscalía General de Colombia solicitó ante la Corte Suprema de Justicia solicitó este martes que se llame a juicio al expresidente Álvaro Uribe quien enfrenta un proceso judicial por los presuntos delitos de fraude judicial y manipulación de testigos, luego de recabar nuevas pruebas, informó el Ministerio Público en
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Jihad Abu Watfa se encontraba entre los escombros de un oscuro tramo de carretera costera al suroeste de la Ciudad de Gaza cuando vio que se acercaban tanques militares israelíes. Comenzó a grabar con su teléfono justo cuando una intensa ráfaga de disparos pasó ante sus ojos. “Estamos sitiados, tenemos un
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press A court in Russia has added two more years to the 7 1/2 year prison term for a former associate of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the latest step in the Kremlin’s yearslong crackdown on dissent. Lilia Chanysheva, who used to head Navalny’s office in the Russian region of Bashkortostan,
Continue ReadingBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian prosecutors say they will call former President Álvaro Uribe to trial for the alleged crimes of bribery of witnesses in criminal proceedings and procedural fraud, which would make him the first former president to face trial in the Andean country. The office of the Attorney General tried twice to close
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Estados Unidos transfirió la semana pasada a Ucrania miles de ametralladoras, rifles de francotirador, lanzacohetes y cientos de miles de municiones incautadas a Irán, anunció el martes el Comando Central de Estados Unidos (CENTCOM). Ucrania sufre escasez de armas y municiones en el campo de batalla en su guerra
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Maryland’s congressional delegation say they’ll soon introduce a bill that’ll make clear the federal government will fully cover the cost of rebuilding the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge. The legislation will also make clear any money recovered from third parties will be used to reimburse
Continue ReadingBy Heather Law and Ana Melgar, CNN (CNN) — Colombia’s capital, Bogotá, will begin rationing water this week as several of its reservoirs face unprecedented lows amid a drought made worse by the El Niño climate pattern. Speaking to the media on Monday, Bogotá Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán said reservoirs had reached “historically low” levels and been worsened
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration is preparing to take the unusual step of issuing an order that would prevent US companies and citizens from using software made by a major Russian cybersecurity firm because of national security concerns, five US officials familiar with the matter told CNN. The move, which is being
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — An increasingly nasty Republican Senate primary in Nevada has divided those in former President Donald Trump’s orbit. The race against incumbent Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen is expected to be one of the county’s most competitive and is one of the only contests on which Trump and the National Republican Senatorial Committee are not publicly
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace and Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Federal authorities say they’re investigating Boeing after a whistleblower repeatedly raised concerns with two widebody jet models, and claimed the company retaliated against him. Whistleblower Sam Salehpour, a Boeing engineer, alleges that Boeing took shortcuts when manufacturing its 777 and 787 Dreamliner jets, and that the
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Fresh gunfire has erupted in Haiti’s capital, forcing aid workers in downtown Port-au-Prince to halt urgently needed care for thousands of people. The Alliance for International Medical Action says the gang violence has forced 18 hospitals to stop working and caused a shortage
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida mother was sentenced Tuesday to a month in prison and three months of home confinement for stealing and selling President Joe Biden’s daughter’s diary four years ago to the conservative group Project Veritas. Aimee Harris was sentenced in Manhattan federal court by Judge Laura
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The sister of one of the victims of the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history is accusing state lawmakers of acting “nefariously” by pressing at the 11th hour for a so-called red flag law. Others, however, testified Tuesday that such a law could have saved lives.
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president is expressing dissatisfaction with the country’s first presidential debate ahead of the June election. He claimed on Tuesday that the debate’s narrative focused on what his opponents say instead of what he says his administration has achieved. Mexico’s Constitution limits presidents to one six-year term, so President Andrés Manuel
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — “Uh oh, the goldfinch gang is fighting.” This is a real sentence that has been uttered multiple times in my household. Blame the bird feeders — all three of them (plus a bird bath and a hummingbird feeder, of course). I didn’t mean to become a bird person. I’ve
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Plainclothes Chicago police officers fired nearly 100 gunshots over 41 seconds during a traffic stop that left one man dead and one officer injured last month. That’s according to graphic video footage released Tuesday by a police oversight agency. Officers from a tactical unit
Continue ReadingBy DEEPA BHARATH, DAVID CRARY and MARIAM FAM Associated Press The Vatican has issued a new document rejecting the concept of changing one’s biological sex – a setback for transgender people who had hoped Pope Francis might be setting the stage for a more welcoming approach from the Catholic Church. Around the world, major religions
Continue ReadingBy Paul Drewes Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — As temperatures heat up for summer, brush fire season will also ramp up in Hawaii. Wetter weather over the winter may have turned hillsides and mountains green, but that could pose problems as the islands dry out. “What we see is a
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