Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El ADN antiguo está desvelando más secretos sobre los ávaros, un pueblo temible que construyó un misterioso imperio que gobernó gran parte de Europa Central y Oriental durante 250 años a partir de mediados del siglo VI. Conocidos principalmente por los relatos de sus adversarios, los ávaros desconcertaron a los bizantinos con
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) — 7.912 extranjeros han sido expulsados de Guatemala por el lugar donde ingresaron de forma irregular, tras ser “localizados durante operativos”, de acuerdo con un comunicado del Instituto Guatemalteco de Migración. Las estadísticas corresponden del 1 de enero al 16 de abril de este año. Las nacionalidades con más extranjeros rechazados
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Ford’s electric vehicle unit reported that losses soared in the first quarter to $1.3 billion, or $132,000 for each of the 10,000 vehicles it sold in the first three months of the year, helping to drag down earnings for the company overall. Ford, like most automakers, has
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale and Kate Sullivan, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is a famed exaggerator of the size of his crowds. For years, he has lied about how many supporters attended his presidential inauguration and numerous campaign rallies. Now he’s pushing a wildly inaccurate claim about how many supporters have attempted to show up
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, Bill Kirkos and Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — The family of Dexter Reed, a 26-year-old Black man who was killed in a hail of bullets fired by police during a traffic stop in Chicago last month, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city and five police officers on Wednesday. The
Continue ReadingBy Al Goodman, CNN Madrid (CNN) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Wednesday that he was cancelling his public duties until next week to “reflect” on whether to continue leading the government, just hours after a Spanish court said it had opened a probe against his wife. In the surprise move, Sanchez said on
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — A 33-year-old Texas man was indicted Tuesday on a murder charge in the February 2022 killing of 9-year-old Arlene Alvarez – nearly two years after another grand jury had declined to indict him in connection with the child’s fatal shooting. Tony Earls Jr. was released after
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The No. 1 pick in the NFL draft already has traded hands, with Carolina sending it more than a year ago to Chicago in a trade to move up to take Bryce Young first overall in 2023. Based on recent history, plenty more first-round picks should change hands
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — ¿Enviar mensajes de texto en la Luna? ¿Transmitir desde Marte? Puede que no esté tan lejos como crees. Esa es la visión compartida de la NASA y Nokia, que se asociaron para establecer una red celular en la Luna para ayudar a sentar las bases de la presencia humana a largo
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up at many college campuses after the arrest of demonstrators at Columbia University. Police have arrested hundreds nationwide since detainments at Columbia on April 18. Officials are trying to resolve the protests as the academic year winds down, but students have dug in
Continue ReadingGUYMON, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma prosecutors have charged a fifth member of an anti-government group with killing and kidnapping two Kansas women. Thirty-one-year-old Paul Jeremiah Grice was charged Wednesday in Texas County. He faces two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of kidnapping and conspiracy to commit murder. An Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agent
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EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Prineville man was sentenced to four years in federal prison Wednesday for his role in a conspiracy to torture, mutilate, and murder monkeys, then produce and distribute videos of those acts in exchange for money raised by an online animal abuse group. David Christopher Noble, 48, was sentenced to 48
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — A former Connecticut city alderman has been sentenced to 10 days behind bars for joining a mob’s assault on the U.S. Capitol over three years ago, court records show. Chief Judge James Boasberg also ordered Gene DiGiovanni Jr. to perform 50 hours of community service for his role in the Jan. 6,
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Many moms and dads say parenting hinders their ability to connect with other adults, according to a new survey. About two-thirds reported that the demands of parenthood sometimes or frequently left them feeling isolated and lonely. Experts urged parents who are burned out or overwhelmed
Continue ReadingBy Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — A Chinese citizen who threatened and harassed an individual who advocated for democracy in China has been sentenced to nine months in prison and three years of supervised release, the US Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts announced Wednesday. Xiaolei Wu, 26, who attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston,
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby and Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Bernie Sanders is taking aim at the high prices of the blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy. The Vermont senator, an independent who has long called out drug manufacturers for their costly products, is launching an investigation into the “outrageously high prices” Novo Nordisk charges for the
Continue ReadingBy CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer A new study finds little change in the number of people taking a key medicine for opioid addiction even though it’s now easier for doctors to prescribe it. The findings were published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers looked at what happened after the U.S.
Continue ReadingCNN By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A piece of garbage jettisoned from the International Space Station unexpectedly survived a fiery reentry from orbit last month and pierced the roof of a home in Florida, according to NASA. When the federal agency disposed of a slab of spaceborne refuse weighing about 5,800 pounds (2,630 kilograms), it expected
Continue ReadingBy Haley Talbot, Lauren Fox and Clare Foran, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson called on Columbia University’s president to resign Wednesday during a tense news conference where the crowd repeatedly interrupted the speaker and at times loudly booed him and other GOP lawmakers who were with him as they stood at the microphones. “We just can’t allow this
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Democratic governor in Kansas has vetoed a broad package of tax cuts for the second time in three months. Gov. Laura Kelly described the tax plan Wednesday as too expensive despite the bipartisan support it enjoyed in the Republican-controlled Legislature. The cuts in income,
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