By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — The leaders of the Democracy Alliance – a powerful network of liberal donors – will prioritize flipping control of the US House from Republicans in the 2026 cycle, building on gains the group helped engineer in New York and California in this year’s elections. “The House will be a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani veterinary surgeons found that a bacterial infection killed an elephant at a safari park in the city of Karachi earlier this month, a veterinarian with a global animal welfare organization said Wednesday. Dr. Amir Khalil with the Vienna-based Four Paws told The Associated Press that the infection spread through
Continue ReadingMILAN (AP) — An injured cave explorer in northern Italy has been carried to safety 75 hours after she fell while attempting to map an unexplored branch of the cave complex. The last leg of the rescue operation Wednesday proceeded more smoothly than expected. Workers carrying 32-year-old Ottavia Piana strapped into a stretcher reached the
Continue ReadingPor Emma Tucker, CNN La acusación formal del sospechoso de dar muerte al CEO de UnitedHealthCare, Luigi Mangione, por asesinato como acto de terrorismo involucró múltiples factores, dicen los fiscales, incluido un asesinato “aterrador, bien planificado y selectivo”, así como una avalancha de elogios para el sospechoso y el miedo tangible reportado por los ejecutivos
Continue ReadingBy Karina Tsui, Jessie Yeung, Amanda Jackson, Michelle Watson and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Unanswered questions remain about a fatal shooting at a Madison, Wisconsin, private school as new details emerge about the shooter’s family life and possible ties to a California man who, according to an Associated Press report, allegedly planned to carry
Continue ReadingPor Anna Chernova y Edward Szekeres, CNN Un ciudadano uzbeko de 29 años fue detenido por presuntamente colocar la bomba que mató a un alto general ruso y a su asistente, informó este miércoles el Comité de Investigación Ruso. El teniente general Igor Kirillov, que dirigía las fuerzas de protección radiológica, biológica y química de
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the U.K. has risen to its highest level since March. It’s being driven by an increase in fuel prices last month. The Office for National Statistics said Wednesday that the consumer price inflation rose by 2.6% in the year to November. That’s up from 2.3% the previous month.
Continue ReadingPor Sandee LaMotte, CNN Beber una pequeña cantidad de vino al día podría proteger el corazón, según un nuevo estudio de españoles que siguen la dieta mediterránea basada en plantas, que suele incluir beber un vasito de vino con la cena. En un grupo de personas mayores de 60 años con riesgo de cardiopatía, beber
Continue ReadingBy Anna Chernova, Christian Edwards and Edward Szekeres, CNN (CNN) — Russia said on Wednesday it had detained a man from Uzbekistan over the killing of a senior Russian general and his assistant in Moscow a day earlier. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, who headed Russia’s radiological, biological and chemical protection forces, was killed by a
Continue ReadingRussia’s security service said Wednesday it detained a citizen from Uzbekistan in the bombing that killed a senior general as he left his southeastern Moscow apartment — a bold assassination that was claimed by Ukraine’s security service. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov was killed Tuesday by a bomb hidden on an electric scooter outside his apartment
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana man convicted of killing four people including his brother and his sister’s fiancé decades ago was put to death early Wednesday, marking the state’s first execution in 15 years. Joseph Corcoran, 49, was pronounced dead at 12:44 a.m. CST at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan
Continue ReadingPor Helen Regan, Yoonjung Seo y Mike Valerio, CNN Lejos de sus hogares, en uno de los Estados más aislados y herméticos del mundo, unos 11.000 soldados norcoreanos se encuentran en el centro del mayor conflicto de Europa desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Poco se sabe de las tropas norcoreanas desplegadas para apoyar a Rusia
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino woman who spent years on death row in Indonesia for drug trafficking, and who was nearly executed by firing squad in 2015, said Wednesday she’s happy to be back in the Philippines but still counting on its president to get out of jail. Mary Jane Veloso spent
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Too many fingers or too many teeth — as generative AI imagery exploded across the internet last year, these bodily mishaps became both a punchline and a tell-tale sign that these photographs weren’t real. Instead, they were a machine’s best-guess at the world through human prompts. The images that
Continue ReadingPor Julia Buckley, CNN Si crees que los aviones han estado más llenos y los cielos más transitados durante 2024, estarías en lo cierto, especialmente si vives en Hong Kong o Taipéi. La empresa de análisis de viajes OAG publicó su lista anual de las rutas de vuelo más transitadas del mundo, y el vuelo
Continue ReadingPor Liam Reilly, CNN Disney eliminó una trama sobre identidad de género de su nueva serie animada “Win or Lose” antes de su estreno. La serie animada original del estudio Pixar, propiedad de Disney, se centra en un equipo mixto de sóftbol de una escuela secundaria, los Pickles, en la preparación para el juego de
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — As the war in Gaza rages, Syria’s government transforms, and the Israeli-occupied West Bank seethes, Armenian residents of the Old City of Jerusalem fight a different battle. It’s a quieter struggle, they say, but no less existential. The Armenians have lived in the Old City for decades without significant friction
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — For decades, they have scrounged for food on streets across the country — undesired, abandoned and overlooked. But today, the caramel-colored mutts of Brazil are having a major moment. The “vira-lata caramelo” (literally: caramel trashcan-tipper) is being exalted in memes, videos, petitions, an upcoming Netflix film, a Carnival parade
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Community members in Wisconsin continued to wrestle with grief and called for change in the aftermath of a school shooting that killed a teacher and a student and wounded six others. Several hundred people gathered outside the Wisconsin State Capitol for a vigil Tuesday night to honor those slain
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The indictment of UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect Luigi Mangione on suspicion of murder as an act of terrorism involved multiple factors, prosecutors say, including a “frightening, well-planned, targeted” killing, as well as an outpouring of praise for the suspect and the tangible fear reported by executives since the shooting
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