Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille has ordered gangs to surrender their weapons and acknowledged how dangerous life in Haiti’s capital and beyond has become. He also pledged in his televised speech to crack down on the rampant violence. Conille spoke late Wednesday, a day after a second group of
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Cuando el presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, regrese a Delaware desde Las Vegas la noche de este miércoles, en una interrupción de su viaje tras dar positivo por covid-19, se enfrentará a una de las decisiones más trascendentales de su larga vida política: ¿debe hacer caso a los crecientes llamados
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Relatives of some of the 13 American service members killed during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan appeared on stage at the Republican National Convention. Their appearance Wednesday brought an emotional moment that revived one of the low points of President Joe Biden’s presidency and one of his biggest political liabilities.
Continue ReadingBy Zenebou Sylla and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — A 26-year-old man was found guilty of attempted murder and other charges for a shooting in downtown Cleveland that left nine people wounded about one year ago, authorities said Wednesday. Seven men and two women ranging in age from 23 to 38 were wounded when an assailant fired
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — La Asamblea Legislativa de El Salvador, de mayoría oficialista, aprobó este miércoles un decreto que elimina el pago de aranceles a 160 productos de la canasta básica por un período de 10 años. La medida, propuesta por el presidente Nayib Bukele, fue aprobada por 59 de los 60 diputados
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John was this week’s Junior Forecaster, and he likes the heat. Seems appropriate that he is our forecaster during this summer’s long heat wave. John will start the fourth grade at Lynch Elementary School in Redmond this fall and enjoys fishing and swimming. John not only did the weather very well, but he certainly looked
Continue ReadingAP Golf Writer TROON, Scotland (AP) — Scottie Scheffler might not be the biggest draw in golf but he’s the center of attention at every major. The world’s No. 1 player is a heavy favorite again going into the British Open at Royal Troon. Scheffler says he never sought this kind of attention. He only
Continue ReadingBy 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 National
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Republicans were welcoming JD Vance as Donald Trump’s running mate on the same night devoted to blasting President Joe Biden’s leadership on the world stage. But even as Republicans talked of Vance as a potential heir to the “Make America Great Again” movement, Day 3 programming at the Republican National
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Estados Unidos informó el martes que en las últimas seis semanas se han reducido en más del 50% los cruces irregulares de inmigrantes en la frontera con México, pasando de 4.000 a 1.900 encuentros de migrantes por semana, según datos del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de ese
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SARVER, Pa. (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered Wednesday to remember the former fire chief shot and killed at a weekend rally for former President Donald Trump in the rural area of Pennsylvania shaken by violence perpetrated by a local 20-year-old man. A sign outside Lernersville Speedway in Sarvar, Pennsylvania, where the vigil
Continue ReadingCORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon authorities said Wednesday that they have recovered the body of award-winning chef Naomi Pomeroy following her drowning in a river accident. The Benton County Sheriff’s Office said it located her body Wednesday morning in the Willamette River between Corvallis and Albany after canoers saw it and called 911. Authorities said
Continue ReadingCORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon authorities said Wednesday that they have recovered the body of award-winning chef Naomi Pomeroy following her drowning in a river accident. The Benton County Sheriff’s Office said it located her body Wednesday morning in the Willamette River between Corvallis and Albany after canoers saw it and called 911. Authorities said
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A pair of 3-day-old wildfires north of Wickiup Reservoir and on Round Mountain were still held to about 250 acres total Saturday as crews made more progress and brought the Wickiup Fire to 20% containment and Round Mountain to 5% containment, officials said.
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Yumi Asada, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has formally apologized to a group of plaintiffs who were forcibly sterilized under the country’s decades-long former eugenics law following their lengthy campaign for justice. The Eugenic Protection Law, in place from 1948 to 1996, allowed authorities to forcibly sterilize people with disabilities,
Continue ReadingBy 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 Trump
Continue ReadingBy Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — As President Joe Biden flies back to Delaware from Las Vegas on Wednesday night, cutting his trip short after testing positive for Covid-19, he faces one of the most momentous decisions of his long political life: Should he heed the rising calls from his fellow Democrats to extinguish his
Continue ReadingMauricio Torres (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Estados Unidos se declaró preocupado por el arresto del jefe de seguridad de la dirigente opositora venezolana María Corina Machado y, a través del Departamento de Estado, llamó a que tanto él como todas las personas detenidas sin justificación en el país sean liberadas de forma inmediata.
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Looking down a street in Daulatpur, a rural village in Punjab, India with a mishmash of eclectic, colorful architecture, photographer Rajesh Vora felt he had struck lucky. In front of him, was a large facsimile of an Air-India plane on top of a pale green building. Facing it from across
Continue ReadingBy Sydney Bishop and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — A man arrested Monday in Milwaukee wearing a ski mask and carrying a concealed weapon without a permit in the vicinity of Fiserv Forum – the site of the Republican National Convention – was also carrying a backpack containing rifle ammunition, a mask from the movie
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