Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — More than 1,600 Virginians have had their voter registrations canceled since August under a state program that the Justice Department and advocacy groups contend is illegal. The scope of the removals was revealed for the first time this week after a federal magistrate ordered the state to disclose the
Continue ReadingLegal Affairs Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Fifty years ago, Philadelphia prison officials ended a medical testing program that had allowed an Ivy League researcher to conduct human testing on incarcerated people, many of them Black, for decades. Now, survivors of the program and their descendants want reparations. Thousands of people at Holmesburg Prison were exposed
Continue ReadingLegal Affairs Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Fifty years ago, Philadelphia prison officials ended a medical testing program that had allowed an Ivy League researcher to conduct human testing on incarcerated people, many of them Black, for decades. Now, survivors of the program and their descendants want reparations. Thousands of people at Holmesburg Prison were exposed
Continue ReadingBy Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 50 years after the cold case murder of a 19-year-old who went missing from her Illinois village, authorities have identified her killer through new DNA evidence. In March of 1979, Kathy Halle disappeared while heading to pick up her sister from a nearby shopping center in North Aurora,
Continue ReadingBy KTRK Staff Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON (KTRK) — Almost three years after the deadly Astroworld Festival tragedy, Houston rapper and concert headliner Travis Scott just settled hundreds of lawsuits related to the case. Ten people died, and hundreds more were hurt when the crowd surged toward the stage in 2021.
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) –– La presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, se burló este miércoles de que la notificación judicial que le envió la jueza Nancy Juárez para eliminar la reforma judicial del Diario Oficial de la Federación, hecha a través de un código QR, no funciona y envía a un aviso de que ha
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — El Departamento de Justicia advirtió recientemente al Comité de Acción Política America de Elon Musk que su sorteo de US$ 1 millón para votantes registrados en estados clave podría violar la ley federal, dijeron a CNN personas con conocimiento del asunto. Musk, quien ha mostrado su apoyo al expresidente Donald Trump
Continue ReadingCHAMBLEE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia officer shot and killed a man who authorities say raised a handgun during his arrest near Atlanta. The Lawrenceville Police Department says Terrell Laron Hoggro was killed Tuesday evening in Chamblee. Officers were trying to arrest the 59-year-old Hoggro on charges of kidnapping and aggravated assault associated with two
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ASTON, Pa. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris plans to lay out her campaign’s closing argument by returning to the site near the White House where Donald Trump spoke before a mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. She is hoping it will crystalize for voters the fight between defending
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Ludman Click here for updates on this story 10/23/24 (LAPost.com) — Dodgers fans are mourning the death of Fernando Valenzuela – a former pitcher, World Series champion, Cy Young award winner, and broadcaster – with a makeshift memorial outside the stadium Wednesday. Fans are leaving flowers and candles at the memorial as the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Walmart has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by California officials that alleged the retail giant illegally dumped hazardous waste. Batteries, aerosol cans of insect killer, toxic cleaning supplies, and other hazardous waste are alleged to have been dumped in municipal landfills throughout the state.
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti Londres (CNN) –– Una empresa tecnológica emergente descubrió que ChatGPT puede ser engañado para que brinde asesoramiento detallado sobre cómo cometer delitos que van desde el lavado de dinero hasta la exportación de armas a países sancionados, lo que genera preguntas sobre las protecciones del chatbot contra su uso para contribuir a actividades
Continue ReadingCNN By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — An E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders has led to at least 49 illnesses across 10 states, including one death. Here’s what we know. Quarter Pounders made people sick The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a food safety alert Tuesday warning that dozens of
Continue ReadingMauricio Torres (CNN Español) — La Policía de Ecuador informó este miércoles que en una operación conjunta con la Guardia Civil de España se logró la captura en ese país de William Alcívar, alias “Comandante Willy”, señalado por las autoridades ecuatorianas como el “líder” de la organización criminal Los Tiguerones, catalogada como “terrorista” en enero
Continue ReadingWISN, CNN By Dalia Faheid and Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — A suspected drunken driver drove toward Vice President Kamala Harris’ motorcade while going the wrong way on an interstate in downtown Milwaukee Monday night. Just before 8:30 p.m., a 55-year-old Milwaukee man driving an SUV traveled westbound in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 94
Continue ReadingBy Michael Williams and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden believes his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, is a fascist, the White House said Wednesday – the clearest sign yet of what Biden believes is at stake with the election less than two weeks away. The comments from White House press secretary Karine
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Tesla Wednesday reported an unexpected improvement in earnings for the third quarter, lifting its recently battered shares in after-hours trading. The company reported a 6% increase in sales volume, which was fairly modest for an automaker that not long ago was reporting 50% annual growth in vehicles
Continue ReadingPASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A federal appeals panel has vacated a 14-year sentence for suspended lawyer Michael Avenatti. Avenatti rose to fame representing porn star Stormy Daniels against former President Donald Trump and was later convicted of bilking his California clients. A three-judge panel for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday ruled
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, sostuvo este miércoles un encuentro bilateral con su par de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, quien reconoció al país sudamericano como “uno de los viejos y fiables socios de Rusia en América Latina y en el mundo en general”. Maduro está desde el martes en
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A federal regulator has ordered Apple and Goldman Sachs to pay a combined $89 million for deceiving consumers and mishandled Apple Card customers’ transaction. The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau says Apple failed to send tens of thousands of Apple Card disputes to Goldman. And when such customer disputes
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