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Month: October 2024

¿Quién es Genaro García Luna, el exsecretario de Seguridad Pública de México sentenciado en Estados Unidos por narcotráfico?

urielblanco (CNN Español) — Genaro García Luna, secretario de Seguridad Pública de México entre 2006 y 2012, fue sentenciado a más de 38 años de prisión en Estados Unidos. García Luna fue declarado culpable de participar en una empresa criminal continua, conspiración para obtener, importar y distribuir miles de kilogramos de cocaína en Estados Unidos

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Election reminder: ODOT warns it will remove campaign signs placed in state highways rights of way

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — With the Nov. 5 national elections approaching, campaigns and their friends should remember that ODOT will remove political signs posted on the state highway right-of-way. Only official traffic control devices are allowed in the highway right of way. Improperly placed signs can distract drivers and block road safety messages. Improperly placed

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After hurricanes, the business of rebuilding lives means navigating the insurance claims process

The Associated Press Now that the threat of Hurricanes Helene and Milton has receded, millions of homeowners and business-owners across Florida and the Southeastern U.S. are faced with traversing the often long and laborious process of using insurance to rebuild their lives. “You’re just traumatized when you have these losses. At some point, you’re just

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Belarus adds 1 year to imprisoned opposition activist’s sentence

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Belarus has sentenced an imprisoned opponent of hardline President Alexander Lukashenko to an additional year behind bars for disobeying prison officials. Palina Sharenda-Panasyuk was arrested in 2021 during the crackdown on opposition that began after nationwide demonstrations broke out to protest the results of the disputed 2020 election.

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Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office drops all evacuation levels around Pine Fire at Pine Mountain

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — With continued success of firefighting operations on the week-old Pine Fire and improved weather conditions, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday it is dropping all evacuation levels on and around Pine Mountain and returning the area to normal status, effective immediately. “Please continue to avoid the fire area and abide

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El huracán Helene azotó Georgia hace más de dos semanas y muchos residentes aún no tienen electricidad

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Han pasado diecinueve largos días desde que la casa de Susie Stevenson perdió electricidad después de que el huracán Helene atravesara el sureste de Estados Unidos a finales del mes pasado, dejando cientos de personas muertas y comunidades devastadas. Stevenson es una de los miles de residentes en el

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ANÁLISIS | Por qué las mujeres blancas de clase trabajadora podrían ser tan decisivas en la elección de este año en EE.UU.

Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Hay un punto débil conspicuo en el formidable muro de apoyo que la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris ha construido entre las votantes femeninas. Y ese punto puede ser la mejor oportunidad del expresidente Donald Trump para inclinar a su favor a los estados decidirán una carrera presidencial tan reñida. Incluso cuando Trump tuvo

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California college shooting that left employee critical was ‘workplace violence,’ officials say

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Southern California’s Santa Monica College is closed as police investigate a campus shooting that wounded an employee in what officials said was a “workplace violence incident.” No arrests have been made as of Tuesday. The community college says in a statement that the shooting occurred around 10 p.m. Monday at

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Russian Olympic Committee president to step down. Neutral athletes competed at Paris Games

The president of the suspended Russian Olympic Committee plans to step down after six years in charge. Stanislav Pozdnyakov’s statement comes just over two months after a delegation of 15 Russians competed at the Paris Olympics as “Individual Neutral Athletes” without the national flag or anthem. The athletes did not represent the ROC and Pozdnyakov

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