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Continue ReadingAssociated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — In crisis-ridden Venezuela, nothing has been spared the uncertainty that plagues everyday life. The country has seen several million people leave in the last decade or so, and that is wreaking havoc not only on the nation’s politics and economy but also its dating scene. As a presidential election
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Victoria Estevez finally met someone who saw past her shyness. They spent two months learning about their likes and dislikes, texting about their families and friends, and walking around their hometowns on Venezuela’s Caribbean coast. On a trip to the capital in December, they held each other for the
Continue ReadingCNN By Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — A stunning scene played out at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday as a group of GOP senators chased Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle through the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, shouting that she has refused to answer questions regarding the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. “This was
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Herb, John Miller, Evan Perez, Lauren Fox, Annie Grayer, Curt Devine, Alayna Treene and Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — Thomas Matthew Crooks visited the Donald Trump rally location twice, his cell phone contained images of both Trump and President Joe Biden, and the would-be assassin’s search history included dates of the Democratic
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats at the highest levels are making a critical push for President Joe Biden to rethink his election bid, with former President Barack Obama expressing concerns to allies and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi privately telling Biden the party could lose the ability to seize control of the House if he
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan has reported it logged a trade surplus in June, the first in three months, highlighting a recovery in exports. Government data showed Thursday that for the first six months of this year, Japan’s trade deficit declined by more than half from the same period last year, to 3.23
Continue ReadingCNN By CNN Staff (CNN) — Night three of the Republican National Convention included former President Donald Trump’s choice for vice president, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, and other speakers who made false and misleading claims throughout the night. Here is a list of fact checks from CNN’s Facts First team. Vance’s misleading claim about
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Continue ReadingROME (AP) — The U.S. military is celebrating an all-Japanese U.S. Army unit that was key in liberating Italy’s central Tuscan region from Nazi-Fascist forces in July 1944, even while their family members were interned at home as enemies of the state following Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. Descendants of the Nisei soldiers traveled from
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man has been executed for the fatal shooting of a delivery driver during a 1998 robbery attempt. Sixty-four-year-old Keith Edmund Gavin received a chemical injection Thursday evening at a prison in southwest Alabama. Gavin was convicted of capital murder in the March 6, 1998, shooting death of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Democrats in the state legislative majority have rebuffed calls by New Mexico’s governor to address the “dangerous intersection” of crime and homelessness. At a special legislative session Thursday, they shunned Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s proposals to enhance criminal penalties, restrict panhandling and expand involuntary detention and treatment for
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Eyewitnesses in the New York metropolitan area spotted a rare daytime meteor streaking across the sky this week. NASA says this summer will be a sky-gazer’s delight with plenty of opportunities to catch more glimpses of fireballs. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed
Continue ReadingCNN By Eric Bradner, Daniel Strauss, Gregory Krieg and Arit John, CNN Milwaukee, Wisconsin (CNN) — Two days after being tapped as Donald Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance introduced himself to voters in a speech that highlighted the populist direction the two aim to take the Republican Party — and the nation. Vance’s
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Tras unos días de ligera moderación de las temperaturas en el Oeste, a finales de esta semana se recrudecerá el calor en la región. El Centro de Predicción Meteorológica (WPC, por sus siglas en inglés) advierte de que “las temperaturas máximas generalizadas entre los 32 y los 38 grados Celsius, seguidas
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — En el último enfrentamiento del litigio en curso entre Brad Pitt y Angelina Jolie sobre la bodega francesa Château Miraval de la expareja, ambos se enfrentan por la solicitud de Jolie para que Pitt entregue comunicaciones de terceros relacionadas con un incidente aéreo de 2016. “Jolie, sin embargo, rechazó el compromiso de
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Hace más de 20.000 años, en lo que hoy es Argentina, algunos de los primeros pobladores de América encontraron y masacraron con herramientas de piedra a una criatura gigante parecida a un armadillo, según un nuevo estudio. El descubrimiento, inferido a partir de las marcas de corte en los restos
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WOODSTOCK, England (AP) — Leaders from across Europe expressed support for Ukraine and concern about the direction of the United States on Thursday at a security-focused summit clouded by worries about whether the U.S. will remain a reliable ally if Donald Trump wins a second presidency. Newly elected U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Nabila Hamada gave birth to twin boys in Gaza early in the war, in a hospital reeking of decaying bodies and full of displaced people. When Israeli forces threatened the hospital, she and her husband fled with only one of the babies, as medical staff said the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former president is wounded in a shooting, the gunman quickly neutralized, and all of it is caught on camera. But for those who don’t believe their eyes, that’s just the start of the story. For some supporters of Donald Trump, the failure of the Secret Service to prevent the
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