Por Natalia Cano y Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español El gobernador de Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha, nombró este sábado al general Óscar Rentería como nuevo secretario de Seguridad local, en medio de los problemas de inseguridad y violencia que enfrenta el estado del noroeste de México. Rentería sustituye en el cargo a Gerardo Mérida y su
Continue ReadingAssociated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — As Christmas approaches and people decorate their homes with lights, Ecuadoreans are getting some relief from the severe power cuts that have hounded the country this year with President Daniel Noboa saying there will be no power rationing for residential areas – for the time being. But some of
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Feldscher, CNN University Park, Pennsylvania (CNN) — By most measures of football success, James Franklin’s tenure at Penn State has been satisfying. A 100-41 record over 11 seasons, one Big Ten championship, a slew of players in the NFL. But there’s always been one question hanging over the Nittany Lions’ head coach: When
Continue ReadingMauricio Torres, CNN Español El narcotraficante Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela, exlíder del Cartel de Cali preso en una cárcel federal de Estados Unidos, pidió al presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, ser gestor de paz, de acuerdo con la carta que envió al mandatario y que este viernes publicó el director de Prosperidad Social del Gobierno colombiano,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Mark Burnett, the power producer who helped reintroduce Donald Trump to a national television audience with “The Apprentice,” is being tapped by the president-elect as special envoy to the United Kingdom in his upcoming administration. “With a distinguished career in television production and business, Mark brings a
Continue ReadingPor Dalia Faheid y Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Esta Nochebuena, el dueño de un boleto de lotería afortunado podría celebrar con el premio mayor de Mega Millions que se acerca a los US$ 1.000 millones, el más grande jamás ofrecido en el mes de diciembre. Como nadie ganó el premio mayor el viernes, el gran premio
Continue ReadingBy Marissa Wenzke Click here for updates on this story COSTA MESA, California (KCAL/KCBS) — A supervisor at a U.S. Post Office in Costa Mesa has been arrested and charged with stealing over 20 checks totaling more than $281,000 from the mail, federal prosecutors said. Joivian Tjuana Hayes was working at the Costa Mesa Post
Continue ReadingBy Dave Pehling Click here for updates on this story California (KPIX) — An East Bay CHP officer recently had to play Grinch after spotting a car decorated with exterior Christmas lights traveling on Interstate Highway 880, authorities said. The Hayward office of the California Highway Patrol posted about the incident on its Facebook page
Continue ReadingRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Santa Claus has arrived in Rio de Janeiro — under water. Starting on Saturday, he’ll be spotted at AquaRio Marine Aquarium swimming with sharks during their daily fish feeding sessions as part of the city’s Christmas festivities. Nine-year-old Guilherme Martins Matos said he’d seen Santa — or at least an
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard says it continues to search for survivors or victims of a speedboat that capsized carrying migrants off the eastern Greek island of Rhodes. The capsizing, the result of the boat’s maneuvering to evade a patrol vessel, according to authorities, left eight confirmed dead. A total of 18 migrants,
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — For a moment, it looked like Congress would actually enact reforms of controversial pharmacy benefit managers after several years of introducing bills and holding hearings. But it was not to be. The slate of measures that would have injected more transparency into the industry and changed some of its
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Federal officials have joined with the state of Arizona to begin fulfilling a settlement agreement that was reached with the Hopi Tribe nearly three decades ago. Officials on Friday filed condemnation documents to start transferring dozens of square miles of state land into trust for the Hopi. Tribal leaders called it a historic
Continue ReadingAP National Writer STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — In a time of incessant change, Penn State linebacker Dominic DeLuca is a throwback. The former walk-on’s team might be one too. DeLuca was guaranteed nothing when he arrived on campus nearly four years ago without the promise of a scholarship or much of anything else. He
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Amazon delivery drivers and Starbucks baristas are on strike in a handful of U.S. cities as they seek to exert pressure on the two major companies to recognize them as unionized employees or to meet demands for an inaugural labor contract. The strikes that started Thursday and Friday followed other recent standoffs
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After days of threats and demands, Donald Trump had little to show for it once lawmakers passed a budget deal in the early hours of Saturday, narrowly averting a pre-Christmas government shutdown. The president-elect successfully pushed House Republicans to jettison some spending, but he failed to achieve his central goal
Continue ReadingBy ShaCamree Gowdy, Dawn White Click here for updates on this story TARRANT COUNTY, Texas (KTVT) — A mother in Tarrant County is facing nine felony charges for alleged medical abuse involving her 15-year-old daughter. On Wednesday, the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office arrested 40-year-old Denise A. Zamora for allegedly submitting false medical histories that led
Continue ReadingBy Robbie Owens Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — Anna Marie Pedford has been called many things… in love. “I get called Nana, Nonny, Grandma, Granny,” the 79-year-old great-grandmother said with a laugh. “Sometimes I don’t even know my own name.” But this week, she proudly made room for another title:
Continue ReadingBy Adam Harrington, Charlie De Mar, John Odenthal Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — The Civilian Office of Police Accountability on Thursday released bodycam video of a shootout between Chicago Police officers and a hate crime suspect in West Rogers Park. Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, had been facing hate crime and
Continue ReadingWBBM By Adam Harrington, Charlie De Mar, John Odenthal Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — The Civilian Office of Police Accountability on Thursday released bodycam video of a shootout between Chicago Police officers and a hate crime suspect in West Rogers Park. Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, had been facing hate crime
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A ferry overloaded with people returning home for Christmas capsized on the Busira River in northeastern Congo, leaving 38 people confirmed dead and over 100 others missing, officials and eyewitnesses said Saturday. Twenty people have been rescued so far. The sinking of the ferry late Friday came less than
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