By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUNEOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine judge has ruled that 20 cloistered nuns had suffered abuse for more than two decades at the hands of high-ranking clergy in a conservative northern province. The ruling — closely watched in part because it took place in the homeland of Pope Francis
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The American families of hostages held in Gaza say they don’t have time for “progress” on a cease-fire deal. They say any deal to halt the fighting must also bring their loved ones home. The families fear time is running out as the hostages face dire humanitarian conditions after six months
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in one of Mexico’s largest cities say they have found seven bodies — five of them decapitated and another completely dismembered — in a car left in the middle of traffic on a main expressway. Prosecutors said all of the bodies bore hand-written messages outlining the reasons each were killed.
Continue ReadingBy Mary Kay Mallonee, Raja Razek and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Police are looking for a man who they say lit a fire at independent Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Vermont office Friday. The Burlington Police Department released photos Friday evening asking the public to help identify the suspect. Police have not yet identified a motive. There
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Para muchas personas, el próximo eclipse total de sol es una ocasión de alegría y celebración. Innumerables observadores del cielo se están preparando para presenciar la rara maravilla cosmológica que cruzará México, Estados Unidos y Canadá el 8 de abril. Además de los cerca de 30 millones de personas que viven
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is set to consider a bill next week that would reauthorize a surveillance program that U.S. officials consider vital to national security but that critics say raises privacy concerns. The action comes shortly before the program known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
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Some Central Oregonians folks have “gone native” in their yards, with rocks or other xeriscaping options, to save both water and money. Fred Swisher of the Bend Pine Nursery offers one alternative to sod: the native grass called fescue.
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court says a Biden administration plan to provide student debt relief for people who say they were victims of misleading information by trade schools or colleges is “almost certainly unlawful.” The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling, dated Thursday, came in a
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press Months after Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, state lawmakers held an hourslong hearing to debate a so-called red flag bill that would let family members petition a judge to remove guns from someone experiencing a psychiatric crisis. Supporters at Friday’s hearing said it’s important to reconsider the proposal after a gunman
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska bill that would bar transgender students from bathrooms, locker rooms and sports teams that correspond with their gender identity has failed. The measure from Omaha Sen. Kathleen Kauth needed 33 votes Friday to end a filibuster and failed by a margin of 31
Continue ReadingJosé Álvarez (CNN Español) –– Un tribunal dominicano rechazó el mes pasado revisar la medida de coerción de garantía económica y presentación periódica requerida por los abogados del pelotero Wander Franco, acusado de abuso sexual a una menor, informó este jueves el procurador fiscal titular de Puerto Plata, Kelmi Duncan. El pelotero Wander Franco, de
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf and Jeff Winter, CNN New York (CNN) — Smoky, hazy gambling floors have long been part of the Atlantic City casino experience for some people. But on Friday, the United Auto Workers and another group filed a lawsuit against New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and the state’s health commissioner claiming that a
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Washington (CNN) –– Estados Unidos está en alerta máxima y preparándose activamente para un ataque “significativo” por parte de Irán que podría ocurrir dentro de la próxima semana en respuesta al ataque israelí del lunes en Damasco que mató a altos comandantes iraníes, dice un alto funcionario del gobierno a CNN. Altos funcionarios estadounidenses
Continue ReadingANTLERS, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says three people are dead after the single-engine aircraft they were aboard crashed in southeastern Oklahoma. The crash happened Thursday near Antlers. The OHP has identified the dead as pilot Brian Davis and passengers Michael Davis and Kelly Thompson. All were from Antlers. The Federal Aviation Administration
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US is on high alert and actively preparing for a “significant” attack that could come as soon as within the next week by Iran targeting Israeli or American assets in the region in response to Monday’s Israeli strike in Damascus that killed top Iranian commanders, a
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun was awarded a giant stock bonus on top of his more-than-a-million-dollar salary last year, despite overseeing a company that has been plagued by chronic losses and safety problems. Calhoun’s total compensation in 2023 was $32.8 million, a 45% increase from the $22.6 million
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher say they filed for divorce last year after more than 20 years together. The English “Borat” star and the Australian “Wedding Crashers” actor who married in 2010 announced their split Friday in joint Instagram posts that showed them together in tennis outfits. “After a long
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– El Gobierno de Argentina concedió asilo a los opositores venezolanos que llegaron como huéspedes a su embajada de su país en Caracas, dijo la canciller Diana Mondino desde Córdoba. Mondino agregó que la medida diplomática fue aprobada y que aún se está gestionando un salvoconducto. “No es tan fácil”, añadió la canciller
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Procter & Gamble is recalling more than 8 million bags of Tide, Gain, Ace and Ariel laundry detergent packets sold in the U.S. and Canada due to a defect in the products’ child-resistant packaging. According to Friday notices from both P&G and product-safety regulators in the U.S. and Canada, the outer
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday wrote to the leaders of Egypt and Qatar, calling on them to press Hamas for a hostage deal with Israel, according to a senior administration official, one day after Biden called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to redouble efforts to reach
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