Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A federal court in Argentina has ordered the “immediate” arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello for alleged crimes against humanity committed against dissidents. The court order came in response to an appeal by Argentine prosecutor Carlos Stornelli after a previous ruling dismissed the
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The potato was officially recognized as Oregon’s official vegetable on Monday during an induction ceremony hosted by the Oregon Potato Commission. State Senator Bill Hansell (R-Athena), a co-chief sponsor of SCR 3, was on hand to celebrate the occasion and delivered a speech highlighting the potato’s importance to Oregon. “The hard-working farmers
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer China has rolled out a raft of measures aimed at countering a prolonged downturn in its property market that is dragging on the world’s second largest economy. The chief of China’s central bank said it would cut the amount of reserves banks are required to keep. It also slashed interest rates on
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Morena, el partido en el poder en México, eligió este domingo a Luisa María Alcalde, secretaria de Gobernación, como su nueva presidenta nacional. Andrés Manuel López Beltrán, hijo del presidente saliente López Obrador, será el nuevo secretario de Organización. Alcalde, también exsecretaria del Trabajo, asume así las riendas de Morena
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A recently elected state lawmaker is among those who were arrested outside a Hawaii hospital. Ten people were arrested Monday for blocking temporary nurses being bused in to work at Hawaii’s only women’s and children’s hospital. Temporary nurses have been filling in because the hospital in Honolulu locked out its
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly a year after FBI agents seized his phones, New York City Mayor Eric Adams faces an expanding constellation of federal inquiries involving his administration. In recent weeks the investigations have produced a drumbeat of subpoenas, raids and whiplash-inducing developments for the first-term Democrat. Federal investigators have visited more
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon elections officials said Monday they had struck over 1,200 people from the state’s voter rolls after determining they did not provide proof of U.S. citizenship when they were registered to vote. Of those found to be possibly ineligible, only nine people voted in elections since 2021, the Oregon
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon elections officials said Monday they had struck over 1,200 people from the state’s voter rolls after determining they did not provide proof of U.S. citizenship when they were registered to vote. Of those found to be possibly ineligible, only nine people voted in elections since 2021, the Oregon
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — La Sala 1 de la Cámara Criminal y Correccional Federal de Argentina ordenó este lunes a un juzgado federal de ese país que ordene la inmediata detención del presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro y del ministro del Interior, Justicia y Paz, Diosdado Cabello, en el marco de una investigación
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, Manu Raju, Haley Talbot and Sarah Ferris, CNN Washington (CNN) — House Republicans are expected to bypass mounting GOP opposition to a spending bill to keep the government running into December by using a procedural floor move that would rely heavily on Democrats to pass the legislation and avoid a government shutdown.
Continue ReadingCNN By Pamela Brown, Jeremy Herb and Shoshana Dubnow, CNN Washington (CNN) — Melania Trump has barely been seen on the campaign trail this year. One of the few times she has appeared at a political event, she’s received a six-figure paycheck – a highly unusual move for the spouse of a candidate. The former
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — Small tsunami waves splashed ashore on some Japanese islands after an earthquake that may have been triggered by volcanic activity. The offshore quake Tuesday morning was not felt, and the tsunami advisory was lifted about three hours later. No damage was reported. The Japan Meteorological Agency had advised of a
Continue ReadingRIO DE JANEIRO A judge in Brazil’s northeastern Pernambuco state has ordered the preventive arrest of Gusttavo Lima, one of the nation’s biggest country music stars, in connection with a money laundering investigation. Judge Andrea Calada de Cruz wrote in her decision made public Monday that she was calling on Interpol to issue a red
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — First lady Jill Biden, former ambassador Andrew Young and the Rev. Al Sharpton were among those who paid tribute during funeral services Monday for New Orleans civil rights activist Sybil Morial. Morial, who was also the widow of New Orleans’ first Black mayor, Ernest N. “Dutch” Morial, and mother to former
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man convicted of sending his 17-year-old son into a restaurant to rob and kill rapper PnB Rock has been sentenced to 31 years to life in prison. A Los Angeles County judge handed down the sentence on Monday to 42-year-old Freddie Trone. In August, a jury found
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Thousands of concert-goers welcomed fall over the weekend in Redmond, bringing an expected multimillion-dollar boost to the economy. The three-day Cascade Equinox Festival wrapped up its second year at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds in Redmond, where you got to experience multiple genres across five different stages. “I just really love the people that you meet,
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) –– Un nuevo análisis de decenas de puntas de flechas ayudó a los investigadores a reconstruir un retrato más claro de los guerreros que se enfrentaron en el campo de batalla más antiguo conocido de Europa hace 3.250 años. Las puntas de flecha de bronce y piedra fueron recuperadas en el valle
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law requiring school districts to restrict student phone use. The move means California will join Florida, Louisiana, Indiana and other states in passing legislation limiting student device access. Proponents of the policies say they will minimize distractions in class and
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota attorney general, the local prosecutor and family of the victim want a Minnesota man’s murder conviction to be vacated. Jurors in 2009 found Edgar Barrientos-Quintana guilty of killing 18-year-old Jesse Mickelson in a drive-by shooting. But members of the attorney general’s Conviction Review Unit say they believe Barrientos-Quintana is innocent
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 has been found guilty of murder. He is the latest person to fail in an attempt to be acquitted of murder by reason of insanity. Jurors found Ahmad Alissa guilty on Monday. As a result, instead of remaining in a state
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