Por Eyad Kourdi y Tim Lister, CNN Un hombre que fue grabado por CNN siendo liberado por los rebeldes de una cárcel de Damasco era un exagente de inteligencia del depuesto régimen sirio, según residentes locales, y no un ciudadano común que había sido encarcelado, como él había afirmado. CNN encontró inicialmente al hombre mientras
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is trying to tamp down concerns about his history of vaccine skepticism as he meets with GOP senators who will vote on whether to confirm him as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy on Monday told
Continue ReadingPor Natalia Cano, CNN en Español Fiel al dicho popular “todo termina donde inicia”, el astro mexicano Luis Miguel finalizará este martes y miércoles en el Campo Argentino de Polo de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, su exitosa gira internacional “Luis Miguel 2023-2024”, considerada por Billboard Boxcore como “la gira latina más taquillera de
Continue ReadingPor Devan Cole, CNN Este lunes TikTok solicitó a la Corte Suprema que bloquee temporalmente una prohibición federal de la popular plataforma de redes sociales, lo que lleva al alto tribunal a la disputa legal sobre la controvertida ley solo unas semanas antes de que entre en vigor. La apelación de emergencia lleva a los
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden has closed the book on her teaching career at a Virginia community college. The first lady, who has spent the past 40 years teaching in classrooms, announced Monday that she had taught her final class at Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria last week. The surprise announcement came
Continue ReadingPor Elizabeth Wagmeister y Lauren del Valle, CNN El abogado de Jay-Z, Alex Spiro, dijo este lunes a periodistas en Nueva York que son falsas las acusaciones de una mujer que denunció al magnate del hip-hop de agredirla sexualmente con Sean “Diddy” Combs en 2000. “Todo esto es una fantasía (…) Esperamos que el caso
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Before Ryan Silverfield led Memphis to consecutive 10-win seasons for the first time in the program’s 109-season history, he was on the same Tigers staff as an assistant with two friends who are now head coaches in the College Football Playoff. The 25th-ranked Tigers (10-2) wrap up their
Continue ReadingPor Marlon Sorto, CNN en Español El expresidente de Bolivia, Evo Morales dijo el martes que es víctima de una “brutal guerra judicial”, debido a la acusación en su contra por tráfico agravado relacionado con una supuesta relación con una menor de edad durante su mandato. Morales criticó al gobierno del actual presidente Luis Arce,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge Monday refused to throw out President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction because of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity. But the overall future of the historic case remains unclear. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan’s decision blocks one potential off-ramp from the case ahead of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Notorious drug lord Osiel Cárdenas has been returned to Mexico after serving a U.S. sentence and was quickly re-arrested and sent to a maximum security prison to face Mexican charges. There had been nervousness about the impending return of Cárdenas, who once led the feared Gulf cartel in northeastern
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in two states in southern Mexico have arrested more than 100 local police officers for various abuses and offenses. In the largest of the two incidents, 92 municipal police in southern Chiapas state were arrested after they tried to stop state authorities from assuming command of a police
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump says he might reverse President Joe Biden’s decision to permit Ukrainian forces to use American long-range weapons to strike deeper into Russian territory. Trump on Monday called the move by Biden “stupid.” He also criticized the current administration for not consulting him before the decision
Continue ReadingCNN By Elizabeth Wolfe, Chris Boyette, Shimon Prokupecz, Hanna Park and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Police are investigating why a teenage girl brought a handgun to her small Christian school in Wisconsin and opened fire, killing two people and wounding several others a week before Christmas. A student and a teacher were killed, and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An attorney defending Jay-Z against the rape allegation brought against him last week by an unnamed woman outlined a range of evidence Monday that he said showed the accuser’s account to be “provably, demonstrably false.” The woman told NBC News last week that Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs sexually
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s status as one of the most active death penalty states is about to change for one simple reason: The state is running out of inmates to execute. The lethal injection of Christopher Collings on Dec. 3 left just eight men on Missouri’s death row. By contrast, nearly 100
Continue ReadingPor CNN en Español El fiscal general de Colima, Alejandro García, informó este lunes que cuatro personas murieron en un ataque en un sitio clandestino de pelea de gallos en el puerto de Manzanillo ―en el Pacífico mexicano. El funcionario dijo que agentes municipales, de la Guardia Nacional y de la Marina Armada de México
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, Jeremy Herb and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s felony conviction in the New York hush money case should not be tossed out because of the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity, Judge Juan Merchan ruled Monday. Merchan’s decision rejected one of several avenues that Trump’s lawyers have taken to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Up in the sky, is that a drone, a plane or a helicopter? Experts who study unmanned aircraft systems — better known as drones — say it can be tough to tell from miles away. But there are clues. A light in the sky at night can easily be misinterpreted, according to John
Continue ReadingPor Daniel Dale, CNN El presidente electo de Estados Unidos Donald Trump hizo numerosas afirmaciones falsas en una conferencia de prensa este lunes en su club Mar-a-Lago en Florida. Trump también ofreció una respuesta evasiva cuando se le preguntó si cree que existe una conexión entre las vacunas y el autismo, y respondió que “en
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has swept onto Capitol Hill. The anti-vaccine health guru from the famous political family is reintroducing himself to senators as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the nation’s Health and Human Services Department. His arrival Monday was the start of a long process to win over
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