By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — One afternoon in mid-December, Pope Francis had a meeting that wasn’t on his official agenda or otherwise recorded, that underscored the utter dysfunction of the Catholic Church’s response to the global clergy sex abuse scandal. In the main reception room of the Vatican hotel where he
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A trial date has been pushed back from June to November for a former Los Angeles-area gang leader charged with killing hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas. Duane “Keffe D” Davis’ new attorney said Tuesday in court that he expects to be able to
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In the mid-1970s, the Eagles were working on a spooky, cryptic new song. On a lined yellow pad, Don Henley, with input from band co-founder Glenn Frey, jotted thoughts about “a dark desert highway” and “a lovely place” with a luxurious surface and ominous undertones. And
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States on Tuesday vetoed an Arab-backed and widely supported U.N. resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in the embattled Gaza Strip, saying it would interfere with negotiations on a deal to free hostages abducted in Israel. The vote in
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press When the invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, some analysts predicted it might take as few as three days for Russian forces to capture the capital of Kyiv. With the war now entering its third year, Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to be trying to turn that initial failure to
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — China’s central bank has cut its five-year loan prime rate while leaving its one-year rate unchanged. It was the first time the five-year rate, which is a benchmark for mortgage rates, was cut since May. The five year rate was lowered by 0.25 basis points to
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The first federal trial over a hate crime based on gender identity began Tuesday in South Carolina, where a man faces charges that he killed a Black transgender woman and then fled to New York. The U.S. Department of Justice alleges that in August
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El colombiano Rodrigo Pardo, excanciller, periodista y exdirectivo de algunos de los principales medios de su país, murió este lunes a los 65 años, informó su pareja, la chef y columnista Margarita Bernal, a través de una publicación en su cuenta de la red social Instagram. “Rodrigo. Novio. Amigo. Cómplice
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Taylor Swift y Travis Kelce recién comenzaron a salir en el verano, pero las especulaciones entre los seguidores sobre si se comprometerán están alcanzando un punto álgido. Los rumores alcanzaron su punto máximo cuando Kelce se preparaba para que los Kansas City Chiefs se llevaran a casa el anillo del
Continue ReadingBy Yoonjung Seo and Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A South Korean pastor once hailed as a hero for helping North Korean defectors escape to safety has been jailed for sexually abusing minors. Chun Ki-won was sentenced to five years in prison last week for abusing six teenage victims between 2016 and 2023,
Continue ReadingBy DANIEL COLE Associated Press TEAHUPO’O, French Polynesia (AP) — Peva Levy said he felt a powerful, natural energy known as “mana” when he surfed Teahupo’o’s waves on a piece of plywood for the first time, rushing down a crumbling white surf in front of an untouched volcanic beach several years before the steady streams
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — A flight heading from Toronto to New York City earlier this month had to turn around because of a “burnt electrical smell” in the cockpit. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says Endeavor Air Flight 4826 left Toronto’s Pearson International Airport the morning of Feb. 3 and was headed to JFK airport
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — Indian farmers who have been protesting for a week to demand guaranteed crop prices have rejected a proposal from the government, and say they will continue their march to the capital New Delhi. The protesting farmers began their march last week, but their efforts to reach the city have been blocked
Continue ReadingBy Cassandra Garcia Click here for updates on this story PALM BEACH COUNTY, Florida (WPTV) — A Palm Beach County woman said precious mementos placed on her grandparents’ gravesites were brushed to the side and piled up against a fence. It happened at the Lake Worth Memory Gardens cemetery along Kirk Road. Carina Neddo said
Continue ReadingBy Yoonjung Seo and Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has presented a car to his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un, state media said Tuesday, in another sign of warming ties between the two countries that have raised concerns in the United States. The Russian-made car for Kim’s
Continue ReadingBy Ramaa Reddy, CNN (CNN) — In early January, anyone who visited the ski resort village of Gulmarg in Indian-administered Kashmir with hopes of actually skiing was out of luck. A severe snow shortage, blamed on dry weather, threatened to derail the entire winter season, leaving both travelers and tourism operators disappointed. Multiple climate experts based in India
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Hirotake Yano, the Japanese billionaire founder of Daiso Industries who helped popularize the discounted dollar-shop concept, has died of heart failure. He passed away in Hiroshima on February 12, the company said in a statement on Monday. Close family members held a private funeral and a commemoration will be
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — La Arquidiócesis de Nueva York condenó el funeral de una activista transgénero que se realizó la semana pasada en la Catedral de St. Patrick’s, al expresar su indignación por lo que calificó de “comportamiento escandaloso”. Más de 1.000 personas llenaron los bancos de la venerada catedral en Nueva York el 15
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Nuevas Ideas, el partido de Nayib Bukele, tendrá una mayoría absoluta en el congreso unicameral de El Salvador, informó este lunes el Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE). El partido oficialista obtuvo 54 de 60 diputados que integrarán la Asamblea Legislativa, de acuerdo con el informe del TSE, que le
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO AP Business Writer SINGAPORE (AP) — The Singapore Airshow – Asia’s largest – kicks off Tuesday with an array of aerial displays including some by China’s COMAC C919 narrow-body airliner. The event, which runs from Feb. 20 to 25, is expected to draw more than 50,000 visitors and over 1,000 participating companies.
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