By Lauren Lee, CNN Three months after Hurricane Ida barreled through Louisiana, the town of Jean Lafitte near New Orleans is still pulling itself out of destruction and despair. “Hurricane Ida was our Hurricane Katrina; it completely devastated our community,” said Jean Lafitte’s Mayor Tim Kerner. “This was the worst disaster in our history.” Nonprofits
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NEW YORK (AP) — Alec Baldwin will talk about the deadly shooting in October on the set of the movie “Rust” in an interview with George Stephanopoulos of ABC News. The interview will air as a prime-time special Thursday on ABC and will stream later on Hulu. Baldwin fired a prop gun that had been
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police have released video of follow-home robbers targeting a mother with a baby in a stroller after she opened the gates to her home in the Hancock Park neighborhood. A surveillance camera recorded the scene as the woman returned home from a walk and a silver car with tinted
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Siempre hay algo que ver en YouTube. Es posible encontrar videos para todos los gustos, desde musicales hasta tutoriales de videojuegos. Sin embargo, si bien el universo de contenido de la plataforma de Google es enorme (y prácticamente inagotable para una sola persona), hay algunos videos que se ven más que
Continue Reading By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors and attorneys for the suburban Minneapolis police officer charged in Daunte Wright’s death have resumed jury selection and quickly seated a fifth juror. Kim Potter is charged with manslaughter in the April 11 shooting of Wright, a 20-year-old Black motorist, following a traffic
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — La escritora Alice Sebold se disculpó con un hombre que la semana pasada fue exonerado de su violación, un crimen que escribió en sus memorias “Lucky”, pero la autora también pareció culpar tanto a un “sistema legal defectuoso” como al papel que jugó en la condena del hombre. “En primer lugar,
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — A pesar de lo que algunas películas navideñas te harán creer, Janucá no es el equivalente judío de la Navidad, ni es una festividad difícil de entender. Si tienes curiosidad, aquí hay algunas preguntas básicas que muchos no judíos (¡e incluso algunos judíos!) tienen sobre la festividad: Arrepentimiento, cortes de pelo,
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WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A jury has convicted a woman of two counts of first-degree murder for the 2018 arson deaths of another woman and her 9-year-old son. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that 45-year-old Denise Susanna O’Brien was convicted Tuesday in the deaths of 32-year-old Ashley Smith and her son, 9-year-old Jaykwon Sallis. The
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By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves have tendered a contract to slugger Adam Duvall, ensuring the National League RBI leader returns to the World Series-winning club for another season. The tendering of Duvall by the Tuesday night deadline was among a flurry of moves for the Braves. They also
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By Sana Noor Haq, CNN A petition asking reporters to stop interviewing Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith has garnered more than 2,500 signatures and counting. Appearing on the petition-hosting site Change.org, the appeal was started by user Dexter Morales on November 26, with the caption “Stop interviewing Will and Jada smith!” While Morales did
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — A gang has rammed vehicles into a prison in central Mexico and escaped with nine inmates. It’s one of the most dramatic breakouts the country has seen in recent years. Authorities in the state of Hidalgo say Wednesday’s pre-dawn attack resulted in injuries to two police officers. State police say soldiers,
Continue Reading By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Republican Gov. Charlie Baker says he won’t seek a third term as governor of Massachusetts. Baker’s announcement Wednesday comes as his party is bitterly split between supporters and foes of former President Donald Trump. His decision comes near the end of a second grueling year in which
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Toys “R” Us is opening a new store about a year after a planned relaunch of its brick-and-mortar presence failed. The retailer’s parent company, WHP Global, announced it will open a store at New Jersey’s American Dream mall in mid-December. In a press release, the company said the 20,000 square
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A 69-year-old man drifted in choppy waters for nearly a day while clinging to the bottom of his capsized boat until he was saved by the coast guard. Officials say the man was the only one on the boat when it capsized off the resort island of
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A U.K. parliamentary committee has criticized government plans to deter migrants from trying to reach Britain in small boats. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has proposed legislation that would give authorities patrolling the English Channel the power to turn away boats carrying migrants. The
Continue Reading By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A federal elections watchdog group has filed another complaint against former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens. The Campaign Legal Center alleges in its complaint filed Wednesday that the Republican U.S. Senate candidate broke a state campaign finance disclosure law. At issue is $100,000 that it says Greitens’
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The latest move in Wall Street’s jolting roller-coaster ride is back up, as stocks, oil and bond yields climb in Wednesday morning trading to recover some of their sharp losses from the day before. The S&P 500 was 1.5% higher following some better-than-expected readings on
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The latest move in Wall Street’s jolting roller-coaster ride is back up, as stocks, oil and bond yields climb in Wednesday morning trading to recover some of their sharp losses from the day before. The S&P 500 was 1.5% higher following some better-than-expected readings on
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By Devan Cole, CNN Former President Donald Trump showed “a flagrant lack of regard for public health” and endangered White House staff by not disclosing a positive Covid-19 test he received last year, his former communications director said Wednesday. “Full stop, this demonstrates a flagrant lack of regard for public health and for the well-being
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer The Texas Rangers have finalized their $175 million, seven-year contract with Gold Glove second baseman Marcus Semien. He is set to make $25 million next season, then $26 million each from 2023-27 before $20 million in the final year in 2028. Texas and Semien came to terms Wednesday. Semien
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