Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La Universidad Politécnica del Estado de California, Humbolt está pidiendo a los estudiantes que están tomando parte en las manifestaciones en curso y la ocupación de al menos dos edificios que “abandonen el campus pacíficamente”. “Se insta a las personas que están ocupando Siemens Hall y Nelson Hall East, o
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Nine people charged with terrorism in connection with an alleged far-right plot to topple the German government have gone on trial in one of three linked cases. The trial that opened Monday in Stuttgart is the first to start and focuses on those defendants of the so-called
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Scotland’s first minister, Humza Yousaf, resigned on Monday, triggering a leadership contest as the governing Scottish National Party seeks to heal internal divisions and strengthen its position ahead of U.K.-wide parliamentary elections expected later this year. Yousaf, whose pro-independence party has been weakened by a campaign finance
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s opposition leader has pressured President Yoon Suk Yeol to accept special investigations into allegations involving top officials and his wife, as they met for talks on bipartisan cooperation. Yoon is facing calls to cooperate with opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, after the ruling party
Continue ReadingLeonardo Tarifeno Nota del editor: Leonardo Tarifeño (Argentina, 1967) es periodista, editor y crítico literario. Vivió y trabajó como reportero y editor en Barcelona, Budapest, Río de Janeiro y Buenos Aires. En México fue coeditor de la Revista Cultural El Angel, del periódico Reforma, y en Argentina fue columnista del diario La Nación y editor
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Police allege in court documents that four teenagers plotted to buy guns and attack Jewish people days after a Christian bishop was stabbed in a Sydney church. Five teens were charged in court last week with offenses including conspiring to engage in or planning a terrorist
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COBURG, Ore. (KTVZ) – A shooting in Coburg Sunday afternoon that critically injured one person led to a manhunt and a pursuit on Interstate 5 three hours later that ended in the use of spike strips, a crash and an officer-involved shooting that killed the car’s driver and injured a passenger, Oregon State Police reported.
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — For decades, tourists to Hawaii have brought home gift boxes of the islands’ famous chocolate-covered macadamia nuts for friends and family, but these days many of the kernels in the package might not be Hawaii-grown. This little-known fact is surfacing at the state Legislature as lawmakers wrestle
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Sport climbing was a hit in its Olympic debut in Tokyo, and now Brooke Raboutou hopes to scale new heights in Paris with a return trip to the Olympics.
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una emergencia de inundación repentina se emitió para el centro sur del Condado de Trinity, según el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (NWS) en Houston. El condado de Trinity se encuentra a unos 160 kilómetros al noreste de Houston. Se han producido rescates rápidos en el agua. La oficina del NWS en
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s leading presidential candidate repeatedly touted the social programs of outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and walked a fine line between supporting the national oil company and promising a clean energy transition in the second debate ahead of the June 2 election. Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum of the
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press SULPHUR, Okla. (AP) — Small towns in Oklahoma began a long cleanup Monday after tornadoes flattened homes and buildings and killed four people, including an infant, widening a destructive outbreak of severe weather across the middle of the U.S. Punishing storms that began late Saturday in Oklahoma injured at least
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO, CEDAR ATTANASIO, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Protesters and police clashed Monday at the University of Texas in a confrontation that resulted in dozens of arrests, and Columbia University began suspending students as colleges around the U.S. begged pro-Palestinian demonstrators to clear out tent encampments as
Continue ReadingBy EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya has postponed the reopening of its schools by one week due to ongoing flooding caused by heavy rains, as flood-related deaths since mid-March in the East African country neared 100. The Education Ministry said Sunday night some schools remained “adversely affected” by the flooding. Local
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Noah Lyles is a star all his own, but he knows that if he achieves his goal of winning the 100 and 200-meters at the Paris Olympics, the City of Light will have him shining as bright as anyone in the sporting world. NBC Olympics host Maria Taylor took him on a tour of Paris
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Rolls-Royce está ampliando enormemente su fábrica de Chichester (Inglaterra). La filial de BMW está construyendo cinco nuevos edificios que empezarán a construirse el año que viene. Normalmente, cuando un fabricante de automóviles amplía una fábrica es por una sencilla razón: construir más coches. Pero esto es Rolls-Royce. Fabricar y vender
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — The soap opera surrounding the Haiku Stairs, a disused staircase in a remote part of eastern Oahu that has become popular on social media, continues even as the local government has begun removing the famed landmark. The staircase, which was built during World War II by the US Navy,
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include the return of “Hacks” on Max and the new Jerry Seinfeld movie “Unfrosted” on Netflix. Get ready to dance when Dua Lipa’s new album arrives on Friday fans of the classic VH1 series “Behind the Music,” get ready for new episodes. The first one,
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Seven Minnesotans have gone on trial for what prosecutors call a massive scheme to exploit lax rules during the COVID-19 pandemic and steal from a program meant to provide meals to low-income children. They are the first of 70 defendants to go on trial in what’s known
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A trial for a mass environmental injury case is starting more than two years after a U.S. military fuel tank facility under ground poisoned thousands of people when it leaked jet fuel into Pearl Harbor’s drinking water. The 17 plaintiffs represent more than 7,500 others, including
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