Germán Padinger (CNN) — Malala Yousafzai, la activista paquistaní ganadora del Premio Nobel de la Paz, se casó, según anunció este martes en Instagram. “Hoy marca un día precioso en mi vida. Asser y yo nos hemos casado para ser compañeros de por vida. Celebramos una pequeña ceremonia de nikkah en casa en Birmingham con
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By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has resentenced a death row inmate to life in prison for the second time in two years after finding that his trial was marred by racism during jury selection. The trial court judge on Tuesday resentenced Abu-Ali Abdur’Rahman to three consecutive life sentences.
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz told a story about the Holocaust to promote the company’s benefits to a group of employees in a meeting this past weekend. Schultz, who is Jewish, said a rabbi in Israel told him about the experiences of prisoners at concentration camps in Poland: They were
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS and DÉBORA ÁLVARES Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Powerful businesses are urging Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro to give up the country’s long-standing resistance on key issues at this year’s U.N. climate talks. The head of the CEBDS business group argues that Brazil can’t afford to pass up the chance to use
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS and DÉBORA ÁLVARES Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Powerful businesses are urging Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro to give up the country’s long-standing resistance on key issues at this year’s U.N. climate talks. The head of the CEBDS business group argues that Brazil can’t afford to pass up the chance to use
Continue ReadingBy Fox 12 Staff Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office has identified the teenager hit and killed by a falling tree branch on Saturday as 14-year-old Christopher Kelly of Portland. MCSO said Kelly was a freshman at Central Catholic High School. The sheriff’s office responded
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By Chris Boyette, Gregory Lemos and David Williams, CNN The Orlando Arson/Bomb squad announced the arrest of a man accused of setting fire to part of the Pulse Interim Memorial, which honors the victims of one of the worst mass shootings in US history. Authorities charged a 64-year-old man with felony criminal mischief for allegedly
Continue Reading By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The man who initiated the chase that ended in Ahmaud Arbery’s death rapidly changed his story to police on why he suspected Arbery was a criminal. A patrol officer who interviewed Greg McMichael at the scene of the February 2020 shooting told a jury Tuesday that
Continue ReadingBy Emma Lockhart Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX, Arizona (KTVK, KPHO) — An Arizona State student is giving a firsthand account of the chaos at the deadly AstroWorld Festival in Houston Friday night. Eight people were killed as a crowd of 50,000 people pushed toward the stage. Nineteen-year-old Bianca Strauss narrowly escaped.
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Goodman Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX, Arizona (KTVK, KPHO) — The Phoenix Holocaust Association (PHA), with the help of a dedicated board member, put together a unique project she calls “a labor of love.’ They collected Holocaust books and other books relating to genocides so they could donate them to
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By Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Hidden beneath the stark partisan polarization of American politics today are sharp intraparty divisions over some of the most central issues facing the nation, according to a new analysis from the Pew Research Center. The study assesses the public’s views on a range of issues and segments Americans
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By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Browns right guard Wyatt Teller has agreed to a four-year, $56.8 million contract extension with the team through the 2025 season. Teller has developed into one of the NFL’s best interior linemen during three seasons after coming over in a trade from Buffalo. The 6-foot-4,
Continue Reading By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — America’s commercial casinos are marking the industry’s best quarter ever and pushing U.S. casino revenue past what it was for all of 2020. Figures released Tuesday by the American Gaming Association show U.S. casinos are poised to have their best year ever in 2021 as
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AMES, Iowa (AP) — Lexi Donarski scored 18 points, making six 3-pointers, Ashley Joens added 15 points and No. 12 Iowa State beat Omaha 65-38 in a season opener for both teams. Donarski, the Big 12 freshman of the year last season, was 6 of 12 from distance and Joens, who led the conference and
Continue Reading AMES, Iowa (AP) — Lexi Donarski scored 18 points, making six 3-pointers, Ashley Joens added 15 points and No. 12 Iowa State beat Omaha 65-38 in a season opener for both teams. Donarski, the Big 12 freshman of the year last season, was 6 of 12 from distance and Joens, who led the conference and
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los que se atreven a viajar internacionalmente en la era del covid se enfrentan a un laberinto cambiante de normas y restricciones en los aeropuertos. Si quieres evitar quedarte varado durante dos semanas, será mejor que compruebes que tus documentos están en orden antes de cruzar cualquier frontera internacional. Más aún
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By Alanne Orjoux, CNN Two high school students, a mechanical engineering technology student from Illinois and a man who was trying to save his fiancée are among the eight people who died at the Astroworld Festival in Houston on Friday night, authorities said. Rapper Travis Scott, who was performing, has said he will pay for
Continue Reading By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — America’s commercial casinos are marking the industry’s best quarter ever and pushing U.S. casino revenue past what it was for all of 2020. Figures released Tuesday by the American Gaming Association show U.S. casinos are poised to have their best year ever in 2021 as
Continue Reading By SCOTT BAUER, TAMMY WEBBER and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors have rested their case against Kyle Rittenhouse after 5 1/2 days of testimony in which they sought to portray him as the instigator in the shootings that left two men dead and a third wounded during street protests in Kenosha,
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By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business If you’re among the millions of people who use payment apps like PayPal, Venmo, Square, and other third-party electronic payment networks, you could be affected by a tax reporting change that goes into effect in January. Payment app providers will have to start reporting to the IRS a user’s business
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