Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Fuerzas de seguridad de Venezuela abatieron a Carlos Luis Revette, alias “El Koki”, presunto jefe de una banda que operaba en la Cota 905, un sector popular en el oeste de Caracas, informó el gobierno. El ministro de Relaciones Interiores, Justicia y Paz, Remigio Ceballos, dijo este martes en
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By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business Apple on Tuesday said it plans to introduce a contactless payment option later this year that will let businesses use iPhones to process transactions in stores without any additional hardware, competing with services like Square. The new “Tap to Pay” feature will allow US merchants of all sizes to accept
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By Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN The US government is set to transfer a detainee from the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba who authorities once alleged was an al-Qaeda operative who planned to be the “20th hijacker” on 9/11 but failed to board United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in rural Pennsylvania. After his capture
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Puerto Príncipe, Haití (CNN) — A principios de septiembre, una docena de miembros fuertemente armados de un equipo de élite de las fuerzas del orden de Haití se sentaban tranquilamente en varios vehículos encubiertos en la capital de Puerto Príncipe, con la quietud de la noche atravesada únicamente por el paso ocasional de
Continue ReadingBy ALEC NEWBOLES Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — A program is providing a lifeline for local victims of sex trafficking and domestic violence. The 911 Cell Phone Bank reclaims old phones and puts them in the hands of vulnerable Nevadans, giving them a way to call police for help.
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By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Flyers Claude Giroux has a tough decision to make before next month’s NHL trade deadline. Giroux continues to shine, even as the Flyers scuffle at the bottom of the standings. His three goals scored over the weekend in the All-Star game was just one more
Continue ReadingBy MADDIE WHITE Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — Two reported incidents of on-campus violence by students sent shock waves through Clark County School District last week. The valley’s leading mental health experts say it’s a bigger issue than these two incidents. The director of Clark County’s Juvenile Division said
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By Jack Guy, CNN An English pub that claims to be the oldest in Britain is closing due to financial problems worsened by the pandemic. Ye Olde Fighting Cocks in St. Albans, just north of London, has been in business since 793 AD, according to its website. Now it has closed its doors “after a
Continue Reading By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawsuit alleging that a former UCLA gynecologist sexually abused hundreds of women has been settled for $246.3 million. The amount of the settlement was announced Tuesday by UCLA and some of the lawyers representing 203 women. It’s one of hundreds of lawsuits filed by patients
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By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Major automakers are coming out with electric cars and SUVs that could, one day, threaten Tesla’s dominance in that field. But there’s a big fight brewing in another electric vehicle market where Tesla doesn’t even play. Electric work vans. Electric vans present a big opportunity because of two concurrent trends.
Continue Reading By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Major automakers are coming out with electric cars and SUVs that could, one day, threaten Tesla’s dominance in that field. But there’s a big fight brewing in another electric vehicle market where Tesla doesn’t even play. Electric work vans. Electric vans present a big opportunity because of two concurrent trends.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Boeing is reporting a slight edge over Airbus in airplane deliveries and a bigger advantage in new orders from last month. That’s according to reports Tuesday from the world’s two leading aircraft makers. Boeing says it delivered 32 commercial jetliners in January, up from 26 in the same month last year. That
Continue ReadingBy Allison Zeithammer Click here for updates on this story MISHAWAKA, Indiana (WBND-LD) — Two young local entrepreneurs are accomplishing a big feat, with opening their very own shoe store at University Park Mall. About a year ago, 21-year-old Riley High School alum Dorien Bradley met 24-year-old Marquon Wilbourn through X-box. It’s through the gaming
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN In Siân Heder’s Oscar-nominated coming-of-age film “CODA,” the Rossi family living room is a place the foursome gathers for big conversations — from the difficult and awkward to the celebratory. The cozy sea-green space is where teenage Ruby, the sole hearing member of a deaf family, chides her parents for engaging
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — A pre-match virtual team talk might not be the last time Chelsea’s players get instructions from absent manager Thomas Tuchel in their semifinal match at the Club World Cup on Wednesday. Tuchel tested positive for the coronavirus last week and was unable to fly to the United Arab Emirates on Saturday night
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By Michelle Watson and Gregory Wallace, CNN A flight from North Carolina to Los Angeles was diverted to New Mexico overnight after a passenger made a “threatening statement” to a crew member, a spokesperson for American Airlines said. “American Airlines flight 482 from Charlotte (CLT) to Los Angeles (LAX) diverted to Albuquerque (ABQ) following a
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Sana Noor Haq, CNN A black and white picture of a giant-tusked elephant, a self portrait of a woman blowing a puff of smoke and a majestic white horse bowing to the camera are among the winners in the National Awards program of the Sony World Photography Awards 2022. Led by the World Photography Organisation,
Continue Reading By ROB GILLIES and TRACEY LINDEMAN Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canadian lawmakers are expressing increasing worry about the economic effects of disruptive COVID-19 demonstrations. They spoke Tuesday after the busiest border crossing between the U.S. and Canada became partially blocked by truckers protesting vaccine mandates and other coronavirus restrictions. The Ambassador Bridge between
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN Español) — Comenzó en Chile la vacunación contra el covid-19 con una segunda dosis de refuerzo, o cuarta dosis, para personas mayores de 55 años. El proceso de vacunación con la cuarta dosis, que se inició el 10 de enero pasado con el personal de la salud y personas inmunocomprometidas, se extenderá ahora
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By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Fellow conservative Republicans are rallying behind a Kansas physician-legislator being investigated by the state medical board. They did so Tuesday by advancing state Sen. Mark Steffen’s measures to protect doctors pursuing potentially dangerous treatments for COVID-19 and to weaken state childhood vaccination requirements. Steffen is a
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