By Jo-Carolyn Goode Click here for updates on this story Feb. 23, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — In a recent announcement, Houston Independent School District (HISD) revealed its ambitious plans to expand the New Education System (NES) to 130 campuses, representing a significant shift in the educational landscape. However, amidst this expansion, concerns have been
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen, Holmes Lybrand, Nick Valencia and Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — Lawyers representing the Fulton County district attorney’s office are forcefully pushing back on allegations from former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants that cellphone data suggests the relationship between Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her top prosecutor in the Georgia
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Some Iowa teamsters descended Wednesday on the Iowa Statehouse, pushing back against a bill they say weakens Iowa unions. Our cameras captured a plane flying around the Capitol reading “Kill Senator Dickey’s Union Busting Bill.” Watch the video above for
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Juan Carlos Villena, fiscal de la Nación interino de Perú, quien asumió el cargo en diciembre tras la suspensión de Patricia Benavides, invocó a la ciudadanía a “mantenerse alerta” ante un proyecto de ley, iniciativa del congresista Jorge Montoya, del partido Renovación Popular. Durante un video difundido este jueves a través de
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president is defending his decision to disclose a reporter’s telephone number, saying a law that prohibits officials from releasing personal information doesn’t apply to him. Press freedom groups say the decision to make public the phone number of a New York Times reporter was an attempt to punish critical reporting,
Continue ReadingSHASTA LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Two children were killed when a hillside collapsed along a Northern California river. The Shasta County Sheriff’s Office says the two victims were caught in the debris and fell down the hillside Thursday morning near an off-highway vehicle recreational area downstream from Shasta Dam. The names of the juveniles were
Continue ReadingWSB, CNN By Rebekah Riess, Caroll Alvarado, Holly Yan and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Campus police arrested a suspect in the killing of an Augusta University College of Nursing student on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, according to local authorities. Campus police said they are recommending charges against Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, of
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration is struggling to stop the ongoing attacks by the Iran-backed Houthis against ships in the Red Sea and the group is continuing to fortify its weapons stockpile inside Yemen, even though the US has carried out significant strikes on the group in recent weeks, US officials told CNN. “We know
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Antony Blinken, declaró este viernes que cualquier expansión de los asentamientos israelíes en la Ribera Occidental sería incompatible con el derecho internacional, revirtiendo una posición de la era Trump que rompía con una política estadounidense de larga data. “Ha sido una política de larga data
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A federal judge in California will consider whether a former FBI informant charged with lying about a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden’s family must remain behind bars while he awaits trial. In Las Vegas earlier this week, U.S. Magistrate Judge Daniel Albregts allowed Alexander Smirnov to be
Continue ReadingBy MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A rural Pennsylvania county and its elected officials may have to pay the state’s elections agency hundreds of thousands of dollars to reimburse it for legal fees and litigation costs. The request made in recent days by Secretary of State Al Schmidt that Fulton County and
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press LA PARAGUA, Venezuela (AP) — The collapse of the open-pit gold mine that killed at least 16 people has underscored the dangers of working in a poorly regulated industry. It has also shown the crucial role that mining plays in the survival of thousands of people, who take a
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Continue ReadingBy Scott Heidler Click here for updates on this story PALM BAY, Florida (WESH) — A plea deal was reached on Wednesday for a Palm Bay pastor after the death of her 11-month-old baby — including no jail time and two years’ probation. The incident happened last May when police say she left the baby
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden pidió a los republicanos de la Cámara de Representantes que aceptaran el acuerdo fronterizo bipartidista, calificándolo como “el acuerdo fronterizo más sólido que el país haya visto jamás”, e instó a los gobernadores a presionar al Congreso para que apruebe el proyecto de ley. En una reunión de
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — La revolución de los medios digitales ha terminado. Sus dos líderes, Vice Media y BuzzFeed, se encuentran en una retirada frenética, entregando gran parte de sus imperios en línea mientras intentan proteger lo que queda de sus activos principales. Habiendo amenazado alguna vez con trastocar toda la industria y marcar el
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Police in Colorado have arrested a former funeral home owner accused of hiding a woman’s corpse in a hearse for two years and hoarding the cremated remains of at least 30 people. The arrest of 33-year-old Miles Harford is the latest allegation of misconduct by
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: Peter Bergen es analista de seguridad nacional de CNN, vicepresidente de New America y profesor en la Universidad Estatal de Arizona. y presentador del podcast de Audible “In the Room”, también disponible en Apple y Spotify. Bergen es autor de “The Cost of Chaos: The Trump Administration and the World”.
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy and John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — Reddit, the message board site known for its chronically online userbase and for originating much internet discourse, filed for its long-anticipated initial public offering on Thursday. The move would make Reddit the first major social media company to go public since Snapchat in 2017.
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, Haley Britzky and Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday declared that any expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank would be inconsistent with international law – reversing a Trump era position that broke with longstanding US policy. “It’s been longstanding US policy, under Republican and Democratic
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