Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Three well-armed militias launched a surprise joint offensive in northeastern Myanmar a year ago, breaking a strategic stalemate with the regime’s military with rapid gains of huge swaths of territory and inspiring others to attack around the country. The military’s control had seemed firmly ensconced with vast superiority in troops
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) –– Un parlamentario israelí que promueve un proyecto de ley que le impediría a la principal agencia de la ONU en Gaza y la Ribera Occidental trabajar en Israel acusó al embajador de Estados Unidos en el país de presionar a los líderes de la oposición para bloquear la medida. Si el
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) –– McDonald’s reanudará la venta de sus hamburguesas Cuarto de Libra en todos sus restaurantes la próxima semana después de obtener nuevos datos sobre un brote de E. coli vinculado a sus famosas hamburguesas, anunció la compañía este domingo. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks closed broadly higher Monday as gains by some Big Tech companies helped offset a skid in oil-and-gas stocks after the price of crude had its biggest drop in more than a year. The S&P 500 rose 0.3%. The main measure of the U.S. stock market was
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) –– El expresidente Donald Trump concluyó su discurso ante sus partidarios reunidos en el Madison Square Garden de la ciudad de Nueva York, donde atacó a sus oponentes políticos y repitió su oscura retórica sobre la inmigración. El discurso de Trump, de aproximadamente una hora y 15 minutos de duración, se produjo
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny signaled support for Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday, sharing a clip on social media of the vice president’s plans for the island moments after a speaker made an offensive joke at Donald Trump’s New York rally, sparking outrage. The move comes as both
Continue ReadingBy Jonathan DeLise Tokyo (CNN) — Japanese-produced whisky, nihonshu (sake), and beer are popular around the world. But one bar in Tokyo has been trying to reintroduce to locals and visitors alike a taste of doburoku, one of the oldest and most controversial drinks in Japanese history. Heiwa Doburoku Kabutocho Brewery is in the Nihombashi
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump repeated a series of false claims, many of which have long been debunked, about immigration and other subjects in his speech at a Sunday evening rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Here is a fact check of 16 false claims he
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Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jerami Grant scored 28 points to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 125-103 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday for their first win of the season. Anfernee Simons pitched in 27 points and six assists as the Blazers bounced back from a 105-103 loss to the
Continue ReadingCNN By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden in New York began with a series of profane attacks on Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, other Democratic leaders, Puerto Rico and migrants sheltering in the city. Local Trump loyalists, who made up many of the event’s speakers’ list ahead of the
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By Michelle Watson and Nadia Kounang, CNN (CNN) — McDonald’s will resume selling Quarter Pounders in all restaurants this week after considering new data regarding an E. coli outbreak linked to its famed burgers, the company announced Sunday. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a food safety alert Tuesday warning that dozens of people had
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Se espera que la superestrella de los Dodgers de Los Ángeles, Shohei Ohtani, juegue en el Juego 3 de la Serie Mundial, dijo el mánager de los Dodgers, Dave Roberts, en una conferencia de prensa el domingo. Roberts dijo a los periodistas que la decisión final probablemente se reduzca
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump closed his Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday with an ominous 80-minute speech denouncing his political rivals, assailing immigrants and promising to invoke an 18th century law to pave the way for mass deportations. But it was the opening acts of the New York City
Continue ReadingBy Gerardo Lemos and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Bolivia’s former president Evo Morales said his car was fired on in what he claimed was an “assassination attempt” amid simmering political tensions in the South American country. Morales, who was not injured, blamed the government for the attack, which he called a “failure” that adds
Continue ReadingBy Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday announced a proposal to more than double the state’s film and tax incentives, which he says will create more competition among other states and countries offering similar perks to the entertainment industry. The new proposal will expand the annual tax credit pool
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Bad Bunny threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday by sharing a video of the Democratic presidential nominee shortly after a comedian at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally made crude jokes about Latinos and called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage,” angering artists and some Hispanic Republicans. Bad
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It’s been a “spook-tacular” weekend in the Mountain View High School Auditorium. As the school’s theatre program presents: Traveling Terrors, a haunted carnival experience. People got to enjoy a three-day immersive, interactive experience featuring: clowns, fortune tellers and a ringmaster. There was also a non-scary area for younger kids.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HAVANA (AP) — Ramon Espinosa started working for The Associated Press in 2000 in Spain. Five years later, he was sent to the Dominican Republic and then Haiti. Since 2012 he has been based in Cuba. Here’s what he said about making this extraordinary photo.
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Tennessee authorities are searching for a man who they say called 911 claiming he had been chased by a bear – leading first responders to a dead body and sparking a manhunt for the caller. The incident began on October 18 when a man called 911 pretending to be
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, Priscilla Alvarez and Jeff Simon, CNN (CNN) — The road to the White House goes through Philadelphia, Vice President Kamala Harris said on Sunday, as she made several stops across the city that could determine her fate in Pennsylvania — and with it, the race to 270 electoral votes. Harris was joined
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