Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) – A lo largo de los años, la presencia hispana en Estados Unidos fue creciendo en todos los ámbitos. Y el económico no fue la excepción. No son pocos los empresarios de origen hispano que han triunfado en Estados Unidos, creando y dirigiendo empresas líderes de distintos sectores. A continuación, seis
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A former Massachusetts town official has pleaded guilty to storming the U.S. Capitol after she organized a bus trip to Washington, D.C., for fellow members of a right-wing group called “Super Happy Fun America.” Suzanne Ianni faces a maximum sentence of six months of imprisonment and five years of probation
Continue Reading By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — California is suing Amazon, accusing the company of violating the state’s antitrust and unfair competition laws by stifling competition and engaging in practices that push sellers to maintain higher prices on products on other sites. In an 84-page lawsuit filed Wednesday in San Francisco Superior
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By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Marshall’s campus is still buzzing after the Thundering Herd toppled Notre Dame in South Bend. Marshall beat a Top 10 team on the road for the second time in school history and became the talk of college football. Marshall coach Charles Huff, who was hired
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin about exporting Russian fertilizer through Black Sea ports to address a growing global food crisis. The U.N. chief says they also spoke about security at Europe’s largest nuclear plant where he said bombing
Continue ReadingBy Mark Morales and Ray Sanchez, CNN The 30-year-old mother of three children found unresponsive on the Coney Island shoreline in Brooklyn has been arrested and charged in their deaths, a law enforcement official told CNN Wednesday. Erin Merdy has been charged with three counts of second-degree murder, three counts of depraved indifference to human
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By Ted Barrett, CNN Sen. Tammy Baldwin, the lead Democratic sponsor of a bill that would codify same-sex marriage that faces a key procedural vote as soon as next week, said Wednesday she’s concerned midterm politics are complicating her ability to reach a deal on the legislation. “I think that we were ready to push
Continue Reading TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Scientists are planning to extract more DNA from the remains of possible Tulsa Race Massacre victims and test two more areas as potential sites to search for more remains. The committee overseeing the project was told Tuesday night that remains found last year and temporarily reburied in Oaklawn Cemetery will be
Continue Reading By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A new surveys shows nearly one in five U.S. adults bet money on sports over the past year. The report from the Pew Research Center shows that 19% of adults surveyed said they bet on sports. The most common way they did so involved bets
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — French officials say soccer star Paul Pogba’s brother is in police custody along with four other people as part of an extortion investigation. Investigators are examining allegations that Mathias Pogba and childhood friends attempted to extort millions from Paul Pogba, a World Cup winner. Mathias Pogba came to see police about the
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — French officials say soccer star Paul Pogba’s brother is in police custody along with four other people as part of an extortion investigation. Investigators are examining allegations that Mathias Pogba and childhood friends attempted to extort millions from Paul Pogba, a World Cup winner. Mathias Pogba came to see police about the
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Mykhaylo Mudryk scored an early equalizer to give Shakhtar Donetsk a 1-1 draw against Celtic in the Champions League. Mudryk used his speed and powerful left foot to beat Celtic goalkeeper Joe Hart with a rising shot in the 29th minute. The 21-year-old winger also scored in the 4-1 victory over
Continue Reading By JAN M. OLSEN and VANESSA GERA Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A right-wing bloc that includes a nationalist anti-immigration party has won a narrow majority in Sweden’s parliament. It’s a major political shift in the Scandinavian country that had a decades-long history of welcoming refugees, but is grappling with a crime wave linked
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — A pesar de las afirmaciones anteriores de haber alcanzado un alto el fuego, los combates entre Azerbaiyán y Armenia continuaba este miércoles, un día después de que casi 100 soldados murieran en enfrentamientos, según los ministerios de Defensa de Bakú y Ereván. Rusia sugirió que había mediado un alto el fuego
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Pulaski County sheriff’s deputies are investigating after finding the bodies of a man and woman Wednesday near Waynesville.
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By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer Purdue receiver Charlie Jones makes it all look so easy. The smooth transition from Iowa to Purdue, the perfect timing he’s established with childhood friend Aidan O’Connell, the crisp routes, the tough catches, even the long, striding runs afterward. It’s taken the sixth-year receiver two weeks to create a
Continue Reading By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer Purdue receiver Charlie Jones makes it all look so easy. The smooth transition from Iowa to Purdue, the perfect timing he’s established with childhood friend Aidan O’Connell, the crisp routes, the tough catches, even the long, striding runs afterward. It’s taken the sixth-year receiver two weeks to create a
Continue Reading MARSEILLE, France (AP) — National police say the crowd violence at the Champions League game between Marseille and Eintracht Frankfurt resulted in injuries to 17 police officers and two German fans, one of whom sustained a serious neck injury after being hit by a flare. Riot police intervened twice — shortly before Tuesday’s game and
Continue ReadingBy Russell Kinsaul Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a break-in and theft early Saturday morning at Columbia Auto Repair on Southwest Avenue. Thieves stole two cars, a Kia and a Hyundai, both had been stolen before and were getting repairs
Continue Reading By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer The only commissioner the Mountain West Conference has known is stepping down after nearly 24 years in charge. Craig Thompson’s last day will be Dec. 31. Thompson has been at the helm of a league that started operations in January 1999. He saw Mountain West teams take part in
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