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Month: August 2024

Inadequate inspections and lack of oversight cited in West Virginia fatal helicopter crash

Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Federal regulators say inadequate inspections and a lack of oversight are partly to blame for the crash of a Vietnam-era tourist helicopter that killed six people in West Virginia two years ago. The National Transportation Safety Board released a final report Tuesday in the June 2022 crash. The helicopter

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“El océano se está desbordando”: ONU lanza un SOS global ante informes de que el nivel del mar en el Pacífico sobrepasa la media mundial

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Una “catástrofe mundial” pone en peligro las islas del Pacífico y el mundo debe responder a los impactos devastadores y sin precedentes de la subida del nivel del mar “antes de que sea demasiado tarde”, advirtió el jefe de las Naciones Unidas. El secretario general de la ONU, António Guterres, lanzó el

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Takeaways from the new indictment against Donald Trump in the January 6 and election subversion case

CNN By Marshall Cohen, John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith provided the latest twist in the 2020 election subversion case against former President Donald Trump, filing a retooled indictment Tuesday that he hopes comports with the US Supreme Court’s controversial immunity ruling and will let the case move forward.

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Feds file new indictment in Trump Jan. 6 case, keeping charges intact but narrowing allegations

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith filed a new indictment Tuesday against Donald Trump over his efforts to undo the 2020 presidential election that keeps the same criminal charges but narrows the allegations against him following a Supreme Court opinion that conferred broad immunity on former presidents. The new indictment removes a

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Mexico pauses relations with US and Canadian embassies

By Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is halting diplomatic relations with the US and Canadian embassies after their ambassadors criticized his proposal to have judges elected by popular vote. López Obrador announced the move during his daily press conference on Tuesday, saying the “pause” is with the embassies and not the countries. He said relations

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