Associated Press RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — The New York architect facing murder charges in a string of deaths known as the Gilgo Beach killings was charged on Tuesday in the death of a seventh woman. Rex Heuermann pleaded not guilty to killing Valerie Mack, whose remains were first found on Long Island in 2000. Mack,
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Japanese tycoon Masayoshi Son has joined President-elect Donald Trump in announcing plans by technology and telecoms giant SoftBank Group to invest $100 billion in projects in the United States. Trump said the investments would create 100,000 jobs over four years, twice what Son promised when he pledged $50 billion
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Argentina has come out of a deep recession in a major victory for the country’s unorthodox President Javier Milei, who has spent the past year enacting sweeping — and painful — reforms in Latin America’s third-largest economy. Gross domestic product grew 3.9% in the July-to-September quarter compared with
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — It wasn’t long ago that China was by far the largest and most profitable market for General Motors. While the company was hemorrhaging money in North America and Europe, and hurtling towards bankruptcy and a bailout, sales and profits from China allowed it to keep the lights
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — A controversial legislation submitted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to change India’s voting system has failed to pass Tuesday in the country’s lower house of Parliament. The legislation presented Tuesday proposed allowing elections for state assemblies and the national parliament to be held simultaneously. However, it was not
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer Nobody puts baby in a corner, but they’re putting her in the National Film Registry. “Dirty Dancing” from 1987, in which Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze mamboed their way into movie history, and 1984’s “Beverly Hills Cop,” which arguably made Eddie Murphy the world’s biggest movie star, are among the 25 films
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Kaczynski and Winter Hawk, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, justified the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack and spread baseless conspiracy theories claiming the initial break-in was a false flag operation carried out by leftist groups disguised as Trump supporters. In comments made immediately after
Continue ReadingBy Karina Tsui, Holly Yan and Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — The pre-Christmas buzz and serene sense of safety at a Wisconsin private school were shattered when a student pulled out a gun and opened fire – killing two people, wounding six others and devastating a bewildered community. Now, investigators are digging into how and
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — On a vertical rockface like El Capitan, the soaring slab of granite in California’s Yosemite National Park, perfection is an elusive, almost impossible goal for professional climbers. It can take years of experience to master a route to the top of the 3,000-foot wall, such is its difficulty and
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Pope Francis turned 88 on Tuesday and marked the occasion with revelations that he almost didn’t make it. According to excerpts of his upcoming autobiography, suicide bombers had planned to attack him during his 2021 visit to Iraq, but were killed before striking. Italian daily Corriere della Sera on Tuesday ran excerpts
Continue ReadingPor Sofia Barruti, CNN en Español El nuevo régimen de Siria, liderado por un grupo con antiguos vínculos con al Qaeda, tiene la misión de ganar legitimidad internacional y ya está obteniendo cierto éxito. Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, un exyihadista sancionado internacionalmente, se reunió con dignatarios extranjeros desde que su grupo Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS)
Continue ReadingHannah Rabinowitz Dos ciudadanos iraníes enfrentan cargos federales en relación con un ataque con drones que mató a tres soldados del Ejército estadounidense e hirió a decenas más en Jordania a principios de este año, anunció el lunes el Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos. Los hombres, Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi, de 42 años, y Mohammad
Continue ReadingPor Stephen Collinson, CNN Donald Trump está viviendo el mejor momento de su vida. “En este mandato, todo el mundo quiere ser mi amigo”, dijo el presidente electo DE ee.uu. en su complejo turístico de Mar-a-Lago este lunes, disfrutando de la efusión de deferencia de líderes extranjeros, presidentes ejecutivos y poderosos republicanos mientras se prepara
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GIANYAR, Indonesia (AP) — An elephant that lived at the zoo on Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali was found dead on Tuesday after being swept away by a strong river current. Molly, a 45-year-old female Sumatran elephant was one of two being guided by a mahout to a holding area outside of the
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The China-friendly mayor of Taiwan’s capital, Taipei, has called for less confrontation between the sides even as Beijing continues to send warships and fighter jets near the self governing island democracy. Chiang Wan-an was speaking Tuesday at the 15th Taipei-Shanghai Twin-City Forum, which is not sanctioned by Taiwan’s government. China considers
Continue ReadingIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli troops will occupy a buffer zone inside Syria for the foreseeable future. Israel’s recent capture of the buffer zone has sparked condemnation, with critics accusing Israel of violating the 1974 ceasefire and possibly exploiting the chaos in Syria for a land grab. Netanyahu entered the buffer zone on
Continue ReadingRobert Shackelford y Chris Lau Un poderoso terremoto de magnitud 7,3 sacudió Vanuatu este martes, dañando varios edificios, incluido un complejo en la capital, Port Vila, que alberga las misiones diplomáticas de naciones occidentales, incluida la de Estados Unidos. El sismo, producido a unos 57,1 kilómetros (35,5 millas) de profundidad, sacudió la nación insular del
Continue ReadingBy Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau soared to victory in 2015 on the promise of change and “sunny ways” for the country. Nearly a decade later, a dark storm cloud has descended upon his increasingly unpopular administration, with the resignation of a top Cabinet minister over a dispute about how
Continue ReadingA senior Russian general was killed Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow, a day after Ukraine’s security service leveled criminal charges against him. A Ukrainian official said the service carried out the attack. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the chief of the military’s nuclear, biological and chemical protection
Continue ReadingBy Maria Kostenko, Victoria Butenko, Nectar Gan, Christian Edwards and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — A top Russian general accused of using chemical weapons on the battlefields in Ukraine was killed after a bomb went off in Moscow early Tuesday, Russian investigators said, in an attack swiftly claimed by Kyiv. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, who
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